Great Product!
I have a billion pictures just sitting on my phone because I'm too scared of losing them so this product is perfect! A great way to get free up storage on my phone while making sure that I still have easy access to all of my photos. Definitely recommend.
Great Alternative to Storing Data in "the Cloud"
If you’re hesitant about storing your data in “the cloud”, the Amber X is a great alternative. It’s an easy-to-set-up home based cloud data backup for all your smart devices. You own all your data and there’s no membership required. Plus, it’s safe, secure and private!
Limited functionality, doesn't support reading files for word, excel etc.
When uploaded photos from phone etc. It make a few hundred folders with dates and one picture in each file folder. Not sure why they put one picture in one folder. In another directory it seems I can load a series of pictures in one folder. This is made only for photo viewing and saving and nothing else. When on PC and want to add a file then shows D drive for example but my directory I call Download does not show up in their file utility. Then it has a Windows file manager and the directory shows up with the files so found the file but has to be drag and drop to load. The application is unable to see Excel files until it is loaded and the phone of pc app is unable to open either Word or Excel files to view. It seems to only open PDF files to read. Very high priced for something that does not act like a cloud server when it can save and view files other than photos. Although they designed this just for photos it should be able to see and save other files since it is based on cloud technology. Menu structure different from PC and phone and phone does not show directory that PC shows. Also upload photo to a directory from PC and said it loaded ok but the picture was nowhere to be found unless it uploaded to and unknown location. For PC "My Amber" shows home, my devices, my documents, uploads. For phone "My Amber" shows My Albums, People & things, files, shared by me, manage Amber X. Totally different directory structure making things difficult to load in a know location. Also only one directory showed up and PC had the 2 directories I made and 2 showed up. Lots of other strange user interface problems that cannot be traced to what I loaded on the PC, and the other way around. Lots of other problems. This is not a cloud device but seems like just a local drive that has a difficult user interface and unable to display common files like Word or Excel etc.
After 3 weeks of usage, indexing the photos and videos are taking forever.
It’s a more reliable product than WD Mycloud.
High Speed!
I liked that this product was easy to set up and use. It's also high speed which is always great!!!
Super easy to use!
Amazing quality and super easy to use 🙂
Needs a more helpful app
Needs a more helpful app Mobile app did not give you the link you need to put the desktop on a PC or a iMac Mobile app only help with downloading pictures from phone, I would like it also download contacts from phone, desktop apps are good if you know computers, but if you’re not computer Wise they do not help enough to help you download documents and pictures, it needs to be where it is good to use manually, and has a automatic part for people that do not know computer as well. Having back up is not a lot of help if it cannot help you do the back up that is needed. Note Customer Service did send me a link for a PC, and IMac but I had to ask them for it. The link needs to be in the mobile app. Storage capacity needs to be 1TB at the same money for this item.
Amazing Backup solution!
This cloud backup device is super easy to use and perfect backup solution for all your needs! It's lightweight and has an instruction that tells you what you exactly need to do to properly use this device. I'm so happy to have known about it, feeling relieved I don't have to worry about my phone's storage capacity filling up ☺
Great Cloud device
It was great to backup my phone and have all of my photos in one place that was safe and FREE!
Best Storage for Newborn Captures
I love this product because it is easy to use, portable and just what I needed for all my newborn pics & videos. Absolutely love it!
Really great entry level NAS
Out of the box, this device just works - I wouldn’t say it’s easy enough for your mom to use, but if you know what an ip address is you can probably figure this thing out. It automatically creates web access + smb access, and sets up a secure username and password for you that is shared across both places.
You can also choose to encrypt the disk when you first set it up, if you are worried about the device itself getting stolen with sensitive data.
In a recent update they have unlocked the ability to use this as a Home Assistant server and a Plex server. I have set up the Plex side of that, and it works perfectly- can handle multiple direct play streams to my Apple TV, iPad, and computer at the same time. Not a huge surprise, since the hardware in here is more powerful that Synologys, WD, Qnaps, etc. that are twice the price.
I don’t personally use this for photo backup, but the app makes it easy enough to set that up.
All in all, if you want an easy to maintain NAS that that’s relatively affordable - and you don’t need many TBs of redundant data (i.e. if the built in 512GB + an external drive is enough for you) then this is hard to beat.
Perfect in every way, personal cloud ownership.
It's a personal cloud for my photos & files
A good local device to build up a private cloud
Personal cloud file hosting
Great as backup but rooms for improvement
Convenient
Safe and Easy to use
Cool product
Perfect for iCloud devices
The media are impressed too.
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