WD Sync cannot connect WD Cloud drive

My Cloud OS 3 Personal & Network Attached Storage My Cloud
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Hi,

I have tried to connect the cloud drive in WD Sync but failed to do so.

When I configure the WD storage device in WD Sync it could see the storage device OK. I also sign in to mycloud OK without any issues. However when I select the device and going to proceed to the next step, it shows the message ‘please wait’ and it seems to do nothing. I could not proceed to the next steps.

Could anyone shed some lights on what to do next?

Thanks

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 Hi there and welcome to the WD community.

In order to better assist you, I would like to know the operating system you are using.

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Hi,

I am using mac os x

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Hi, I got the same problem, more or less…

At home, the MyCloud is already set up with WD Sync (Windows 10 PC), but when I try to connect to it from the PC at work (Windows 7 Ultimate PC), I got the same problem as described above.
I can login and select the MyCloud, But it only shows me “Please wait”. After a few minutes, I have to select my drive, again. This happens all the time, so I can’t proceed to the next steps.

Am I doing something wrong? Or are there some settings on my Windows 7 PC that I have to change, like Firewall or something?

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I am the same with a mac running OS X el capitan and a mac book pro OS X el capitan, the macbook pro works perfectly, however on the same network the mac wd sync service says that its starting up but never does anything… Any ideas?

I have done the normal, restart, reinstal everything, reformat the wd drive, but for the life of me work it out.

Thanks in advance Anthony

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Does this sound familiar:

Not a solution, but trying to ‘round up’ possible instances of the same problem.

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This is what i get when I try to use wd sync, theres is nothing wrong with my network or cables

1280×800 675 KB

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Is your My Cloud running the latest firmware (currently 4.04.01-112)?

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I think Jay’s problem is that he simply cannot access the device at all, so it’s rather hard to determine firmware version…

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Thats correct I can’t connect at all, even to install new firmware! The drive is functioning fine from what I can see it just can’t / won’t connect to my network even though its been on the network for nearly 2 years.

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I have uninstalled then reinstalled all wd software also as I thought maybe my software was out dated and might have been causing a conflict but still no joy.

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Your other threads show that there is something wrong with the operation of the Ethernet port on your MyCloud; it’s not just WD Sync that cannot connect to your MyCloud, nothing can connect to your MyCloud.

WD Sync is connecting okay to your ‘WDMyCloud2’, correct?

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Yes it finds mycloud2 immediately, I think its either firmware or something on the controller pcb is gone.

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I did some analysis last night. There is a REST API call that responds with the device firmware data. It could be @jaybelfast’s device isn’t providing that detail the WD Sync needs.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 13:15:49 GMT
Server: Apache
Vary: Accept-Encoding
X-Orion-Version: 2.7
Content-Length: 90
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Language: en

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<version>
   <firmware>04.04.01-112</firmware>
</version>
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How would i go about fixing this?

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Very good question. This is where WD support and development needs to step in. I was contacted on Friday and they have yet to respond with any actionable tasks.

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Jay’s MyCloud can’t even detect that the network cable is unplugged, so I think it’s something a bit more fundamental than not getting an API response…

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I understand what you are saying, but @jaybelfast indicated there is nothing wrong with his network or cables. @jaybelfast can you login to the dashboard of the second cloud device?

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One problem, multiple threads:

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Yes I can log onto the dashboard on the second cloud no problem.

Yes multiple posts to try and get a solution to one problem. :cry: