Create a user name and password, and you can access the Western Digital anywhere over the Internet.
After you’ve installed the My Book, you can set up a MioNet remote access account using an installer on the Western Digital software CD. To remotely access the My Book, Western Digital includes MioNet, a completely free, simple Web-based service. Unlike Time Machine, which backs up new information at scheduled intervals, the Anywhere Backup software instantly backs up any new files you add to your computer. Anywhere Backup allows you to back up your computer to the device quickly and easily. The My Book comes prepackaged with its own version of backup software, the Western Digital Anywhere Backup software. It can also be used to directly connect to your computer if you’d prefer to treat the My Book World simply as an external hard drive.Īt the time of this review, the device was not Time Machine ready, but Western Digital has updated the device with TIme Machine compatibility. If the 1TB of storage space isn’t enough, you can use the USB port on the back to attach an external drive to augment the capacity of the server. Anything dropped in the music folder automatically appears as shareable in iTunes, and anything dropped in any of the folders is DLNA ready. The server appears as a network device, and you can access the video, music, and pictures folders as you would those on a typical network server in OS X. Instead, you configure the server through a Web browser. While others have interactive desktop-based programs, the My Book doesn’t come with desktop-based software. The My Book has the most streamlined interface of the media servers we’ve reviewed.