Your media and files on your own personal cloud.
Create your own personal cloud, without the monthly fees and mysterious location of your data. Store your media and files on the drive and access them securely over the Internet with any PC or Mac computer.

Or, use WD's mobile apps for easy access with your smartphone or tablet. It's like having up to 3 terabytes of extra storage for your mobile device.

Now streaming to your HDTV.
Watch your daughter's birthday party video or show off your vacation slideshow on your TV. The built-in media server streams music, photos and videos to any DLNA-certified multimedia device such as a WD TV Live media player, Blu-ray Disc player, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and connected TV. DLNA 1.5 & UPnP certified.

Shared storage for all your computers.
Now you can store your entire family's videos, music, photos and important files to one place for everyone in the home to share. Just plug the drive into your wireless router so that you can store and access files with any PC or Mac computer on your home network.

Automatic, wireless backup for all your computers.
Protect your precious memories and wirelessly back up all your PC and Mac computers on your network to one reliable location using WD SmartWare. Every time you save something, it's instantly backed up. Mac users can utilize all the features of Apple Time Machine backup software to protect their data.

Serve up your music with iTunes.
The drive includes iTunes server support so you can centralize your music and video collection and stream it to any PC or Mac computer with iTunes.

Speed without compromise.
A built-in, high-powered 800 MHz CPU gives you the horsepower you need for the most demanding applications and best-in-class read speeds faster than traditional USB 2.0 drives. Stream media seamlessly and transfer files without skipping a beat.

Easy to set up, easy to find on your network.
Set up is a snap. In just a few minutes, you're up and running. Mac, Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista computers will automatically find your My Book Live drive in seconds. If you're running Windows XP, our simple discovery software makes it easy to set up the drive.

Add an extra layer of protection for your files.
You can automatically make a second copy, or safepoint, of your My Book Live on another My Book Live or NAS drive on your home network. Now you’ve got double-safe protection for all your media and ultimate peace of mind.