Seagate GoFlex Home Support Question
Seagate GoFlex Home Support Question
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Question posted by Lapjr on August 20th, 2014
Goflex Home Will Not Let Me Select A User Name To Set Up
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User Guide - Page 7
... to any USB storage device, such as a drive or printer. • Reset Button: Resets the GoFlex Home password; FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
7 Special Features of GoFlex Home
Power Port
Power Button Ethernet Port and Lights
Reset Button USB Port
Figure 2: GoFlex Home Back
• Power Button: Turns GoFlex Home on your home network can access GoFlex Home. (You can store...
User Guide - Page 14
Select your country and enter an e-mail address for registration purposes, then click Next. GoFlex Home is named, activated, and ready to use. Windows
The Registration screen opens. Setting Up GoFlex Home - Step 4: Setting Up GoFlex Home
Figure 9: Registering GoFlex Home
5. Figure 10: Setup Complete
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
14 2.
User Guide - Page 15
...
The Seagate Dashboard is the central location from which you can upgrade to unlimited accounts (and add other members of the Seagate Dashboard, click Add Users.
See page 28 for other useful GoFlex Home features) by subscribing to your GoFlex Home network storage system (see page 15) and adding more computers to Seagate Share Pro.
User Guide - Page 16
... opens.
Enter and confirm a password for your GoFlex Home network storage system (see page 17).
6.
Click Add User. TIP: When entering passwords, balance convenience and security appropriately for the user.
User names are case-sensitive. You can begin using GoFlex Home as soon as you can act as the home network manager in this person to be able to your household...
User Guide - Page 18
...:
• "Getting Started with friends and family (see page 43).
• Set up , your next steps are case-sensitive.
4.
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
18 Setting Up GoFlex Home - Your GoFlex Home network storage system is set up additional computers by choosing their user name and entering their password, then clicking Log In & Launch Seagate Dashboard. Have the...
User Guide - Page 21
... is not available, you can use letters, numbers, dashes, dots, and underscores. Setting Up GoFlex Home - The name must start with a letter and must have a unique name. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
21
Read the End User License Agreement, then click I Accept to select a new name. Figure 16: Naming and Registering GoFlex Home
6. Spaces are not allowed. 3. Click Step...
User Guide - Page 25
...prompted, click Next again to GoFlex Home
3.
Figure 22: Creating a Password
4. Setting Up GoFlex Home - Enter the name you wish to retain your password, then click Next. Create a password to use when connecting Time Machine to another location, you previously set up Time Machine to back up your files to GoFlex Home. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
25 3. The password...
User Guide - Page 31
... Web browser and provides many of the Seagate Dashboard:
1. See page 8 for updated versions of the same features as the Seagate Dashboard. Select your user name, enter your computer. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
31 Open the Seagate Dashboard (see page 28).
2.
In Seagate Share, you can copy files from your computer; Updating the...
User Guide - Page 32
...the Dashboard or from SmartWebShortcut, you don't have to access GoFlex Home when they 're on their home network, but must use Seagate Share to sign in .
4....prompted, enter the name of your password the next time you don't have to access and manage GoFlex Home.
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
32
Open your user name and password.
3. (Optional) Select Remember Me so ...
User Guide - Page 36
...Windows) or launch SmartFolderShortcut from their own computer.
• GoFlex Home Personal: Folder that matches your home network. Getting Started with your user name and password.
• GoFlex Home Backup: Folder that everyone on your home network can be shared with others on page 39 for every GoFlex Home user account;
Getting to GoFlex Home" on your user name and password.
User Guide - Page 47
... user name and password, then click Connect. Go to use in the Print Using using field and then click
Add. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
47 Add your GoFlex Home network storage system can also connect a USB hub to your USB printer by searching or browsing for your computer:
On Windows: a. c.
When the wizard opens, click Next. d. Select...
User Guide - Page 60
...in the Address Book list, then click the Delete Contact icon.
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
60 However, if you can choose to invite specific friends and family to..., select the name in their original GoFlex Home folders. Click Yes to your address book in the Share panel.
2. To set up your address book.
6. The Details panel appears.
3. Click Sharing, then select Share...
User Guide - Page 61
... to Yes.
5.
Under Server Preferences, click Network Services.
4. This is set up automatically if your local LAN and Enable FTP access to the Internet to your router has UPnP enabled.
7.
FTP access is one way of copying files from any of your user name and password are casesensitive. To connect to GoFlex Home using FTP remotely, open...
User Guide - Page 63
.... if you can install on your computer for the invitations to access new shares; FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
63 On the Preferences page, click User.
3.
Your settings are available for allowing others on your GoFlex Home network storage system to resume a song or movie where you stopped it on a previous occasion.
• Hide Help Tips: Enables...
User Guide - Page 65
... computer is created, and the person can be at least six characters long and must be different from GoFlex Home. Select Create as you can 't use the same user name twice on GoFlex Home.
5. You can change GoFlex Home
account settings. • Give or remove access to the GoFlex Home Public folder. Open the Seagate Dashboard (see page 31).
2. Click Add New...
User Guide - Page 69
... GoFlex Home
Adding More Storage Capacity to re-create user names exactly, so that everyone can open the GoFlex Home Preferences page two ways:
• Open the Seagate Dashboard (see page 28), then click Preferences.
Press the Power button to do so), change network-related settings, and manage your GoFlex Home device. Be sure to GoFlex Home
3. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User...
User Guide - Page 72
... is still no connection, try a different Ethernet cable.
GoFlex Home includes five user accounts, including the home network manager who set up GoFlex Home initially. See page 8 for five computers.
If you will have exceeded the number of computers allowed. GoFlex Home includes licenses for more information. If the network cable is securely connected and the light is amber, the...
User Guide - Page 79
...and Time 71 Edit User 65 LAN Connection 70 Network Services 70 Network Sharing 70 Notifications 70 opening the Preferences page 69 Remote Access 71 removing a USB drive 67 Server Preferences settings 70 shutting down GoFlex Home 68 software updates 66
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
Index
Storage Devices 71 UPNP Router Configuration 70 User settings 63 printer, setting up 47 privacy...
User Guide - Page 81
... drives
adding to GoFlex Home 66 formatting with Seagate Share 71 removing from GoFlex Home 67 USB port image 7 USB printer, setting up 47 Use as Home Page Background 52 Use as Share Cover 59
user accounts 13, 22 adding 15, 64, 65 home network manager permissions 16, 65
password tips 16 users
deleting a user account 65 editing a user account 65 troubleshooting...
User Guide - Page 82
viewing photos and pictures 42, 43
W
watching movies and videos 42, 43
Windows
Index
adding computers to GoFlex Home 17 installing software 12 setting up GoFlex Home 12 Wipe 71
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
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