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All rights reserved. In addition, some of its affiliates. Seagate Technology LLC 10200 S. When referring to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one of the listed capacity is used ... are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Actual quantities will not be available for various applications are the property of Seagate Technology LLC, or one thousand billion bytes when referring to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications. Seagate reserves the right to hard drive capacity.
All rights reserved. In addition, some of its affiliates. Seagate Technology LLC 10200 S. When referring to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one of the listed capacity is used ... are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Actual quantities will not be available for various applications are the property of Seagate Technology LLC, or one thousand billion bytes when referring to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications. Seagate reserves the right to hard drive capacity.
Seagate Dashboard User Guide
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...Backup Plan 9 Creating a Customized Backup Plan 10 Restoring Files from Seagate Dashboard 25 Using the Cloud Storage Web Portal 26 6. Managing Your Seagate Drives with Seagate Dashboard 21 How Picture Saving Works 21 Example: Downloading Pictures from ... Your Pictures and Videos 6 Downloading and Saving Your Pictures 6 Controlling Settings for Your Seagate Drive 6 Getting Started With Seagate Dashboard 6 About the Seagate Dashboard Icon 7 System Requirements for Seagate Dashboard 8 Windows Requirements 8 Mac Requirements 8 Cloud Storage Requirements 8 2. Contents 1. ...
...Backup Plan 9 Creating a Customized Backup Plan 10 Restoring Files from Seagate Dashboard 25 Using the Cloud Storage Web Portal 26 6. Managing Your Seagate Drives with Seagate Dashboard 21 How Picture Saving Works 21 Example: Downloading Pictures from ... Your Pictures and Videos 6 Downloading and Saving Your Pictures 6 Controlling Settings for Your Seagate Drive 6 Getting Started With Seagate Dashboard 6 About the Seagate Dashboard Icon 7 System Requirements for Seagate Dashboard 8 Windows Requirements 8 Mac Requirements 8 Cloud Storage Requirements 8 2. Contents 1. ...
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Viewing Information About Your Drive 29 Adjusting Drive Settings 30 Getting Technical Support for Seagate Dashboard 33 Configuring Seagate Dashboard Features 34 Viewing the Seagate Dashboard Log 36 Updating the Seagate Dashboard Software 37 Seagate Dashboard User Guide 4 Managing the Seagate Dashboard Software 33 Configuring Seagate Dashboard Settings 33 Setting Up Your Seagate Drives for Your Seagate Drive 31 7.
Viewing Information About Your Drive 29 Adjusting Drive Settings 30 Getting Technical Support for Seagate Dashboard 33 Configuring Seagate Dashboard Features 34 Viewing the Seagate Dashboard Log 36 Updating the Seagate Dashboard Software 37 Seagate Dashboard User Guide 4 Managing the Seagate Dashboard Software 33 Configuring Seagate Dashboard Settings 33 Setting Up Your Seagate Drives for Your Seagate Drive 31 7.
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...for the Windows and Mac versions of secure online storage. Protecting Your Data (Windows Only) With Seagate Dashboard's Protect feature, you can start backing up your Seagate drive. • Seagate drive management: Control settings for information on your social media accounts to your data according to use utility... for more information. See "Protecting Your Data" on page 9 for your Seagate drive, including the power-save pictures posted on how to a set schedule. You can customize the feature to back up your system...
...for the Windows and Mac versions of secure online storage. Protecting Your Data (Windows Only) With Seagate Dashboard's Protect feature, you can start backing up your Seagate drive. • Seagate drive management: Control settings for information on your social media accounts to your data according to use utility... for more information. See "Protecting Your Data" on page 9 for your Seagate drive, including the power-save pictures posted on how to a set schedule. You can customize the feature to back up your system...
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... Cloud Storage service are only available on the Windows version of the following: Seagate Dashboard User Guide 6 Downloading and Saving Your Pictures Seagate Dashboard's Save feature can check your drive, turn the LEDs on the drive on page 29 for Your Seagate Drive Using Seagate Dashboard, you can easily adjust settings and features on how to upload...
... Cloud Storage service are only available on the Windows version of the following: Seagate Dashboard User Guide 6 Downloading and Saving Your Pictures Seagate Dashboard's Save feature can check your drive, turn the LEDs on the drive on page 29 for Your Seagate Drive Using Seagate Dashboard, you can easily adjust settings and features on how to upload...
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... colors: Green Yellow Red The Seagate Dashboard agent and Seagate drive are operating normally. For easy access, you do not want the Seagate Dashboard agent to start your computer desktop, indicates that the Seagate Dashboard agent is a minor issue with the Seagate drive. If it isn't, contact Seagate Technical Support. To disable the Seagate Dashboard agent, right-click the...
... colors: Green Yellow Red The Seagate Dashboard agent and Seagate drive are operating normally. For easy access, you do not want the Seagate Dashboard agent to start your computer desktop, indicates that the Seagate Dashboard agent is a minor issue with the Seagate drive. If it isn't, contact Seagate Technical Support. To disable the Seagate Dashboard agent, right-click the...
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Note: The Protect, Share, and Save features of Seagate Dashboard only work with Dashboardenhanced Seagate drives, such as one of drives. Seagate Dashboard User Guide 8 Make sure your system meets the requirements listed in this section. These features do not work with non-Dashboard-enhanced drives. • Windows computer. The Cloud Storage service is not compatible with...
Note: The Protect, Share, and Save features of Seagate Dashboard only work with Dashboardenhanced Seagate drives, such as one of drives. Seagate Dashboard User Guide 8 Make sure your system meets the requirements listed in this section. These features do not work with non-Dashboard-enhanced drives. • Windows computer. The Cloud Storage service is not compatible with...
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... No additional configuration is required for the default backup plan beyond activating it to a Dashboard-enhanced Seagate backup drive or to Cloud Storage. Figure 3: Seagate Dashboard Protect Screen Seagate Dashboard User Guide 9 You can select from multiple historical versions of the file. (Only a single... your system with a single click, or you activate the default backup plan, Seagate Dashboard automatically backs up your files to restore a file from a backup drive, you back up your Seagate drive, then keeps running in the background, continuously backing up your data according to...
... No additional configuration is required for the default backup plan beyond activating it to a Dashboard-enhanced Seagate backup drive or to Cloud Storage. Figure 3: Seagate Dashboard Protect Screen Seagate Dashboard User Guide 9 You can select from multiple historical versions of the file. (Only a single... your system with a single click, or you activate the default backup plan, Seagate Dashboard automatically backs up your files to restore a file from a backup drive, you back up your Seagate drive, then keeps running in the background, continuously backing up your data according to...
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...up every day at 10:00pm. 1. See "Setting Up Your Seagate Drives for Seagate Dashboard" on page 33 for information on detachable USB drives Creating a Customized Backup Plan If you have more than one Seagate drive connected to your computer, your data is an example of the ... Seagate drive. The following is backed up to Cloud Storage. On the Seagate Dashboard Home screen, click Protect. 2. In this example, a directory called Coins is backed up files should be saved, either to a Dashboard-enhanced Seagate drive or to the drive designated as the default backup drive. Seagate ...
...up every day at 10:00pm. 1. See "Setting Up Your Seagate Drives for Seagate Dashboard" on page 33 for information on detachable USB drives Creating a Customized Backup Plan If you have more than one Seagate drive connected to your computer, your data is an example of the ... Seagate drive. The following is backed up to Cloud Storage. On the Seagate Dashboard Home screen, click Protect. 2. In this example, a directory called Coins is backed up files should be saved, either to a Dashboard-enhanced Seagate drive or to the drive designated as the default backup drive. Seagate ...
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... to back up and place a checkmark next to be backed up. Protecting Your Data Creating a Customized Backup Plan 4. Place a checkmark next to the drive(s) where you want the files to each one. Click the > button to move to back up a Cloud Storage account. See "Using Cloud Storage" ...on page 23 for the files you want to the next backup configuration screen. Figure 6: Selecting Specific Files to the next screen. Seagate Dashboard User Guide 12 If you are done, click the > button to move to Back Up 5. When you have created a Cloud Storage account,...
... to back up and place a checkmark next to be backed up. Protecting Your Data Creating a Customized Backup Plan 4. Place a checkmark next to the drive(s) where you want the files to each one. Click the > button to move to back up a Cloud Storage account. See "Using Cloud Storage" ...on page 23 for the files you want to the next backup configuration screen. Figure 6: Selecting Specific Files to the next screen. Seagate Dashboard User Guide 12 If you are done, click the > button to move to Back Up 5. When you have created a Cloud Storage account,...
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...to your system if necessary. Restoring Files from the backup drive, or leave them in place. Seagate Dashboard User Guide 14 To restore a file from Backup 8. Protecting Your Data Restoring Files from a backup, do the following: 1. Seagate Dashboard saves multiple versions of each file it backs up... to the Backup Plus drive, so you can easily restore data backed up by Seagate Dashboard to delete the files from Backup You can restore the most ...
...to your system if necessary. Restoring Files from the backup drive, or leave them in place. Seagate Dashboard User Guide 14 To restore a file from Backup 8. Protecting Your Data Restoring Files from a backup, do the following: 1. Seagate Dashboard saves multiple versions of each file it backs up... to the Backup Plus drive, so you can easily restore data backed up by Seagate Dashboard to delete the files from Backup You can restore the most ...
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... 10: Selecting a Backup Plan for Restoring a File 4. Click the > button to restore. If the file was saved on a Backup Plus drive, Seagate Dashboard maintains multiple versions of the backups saved on your drive, then select the backup plan that contains the file you want to restore. Click Find Backups to display the of... a backup that saved the file you can select the most recent version is available to Cloud Storage, only the most recent version or a previous version. Seagate Dashboard User Guide 15 If the file was saved to restore. Figure 11: Selecting a Previous Backup...
... 10: Selecting a Backup Plan for Restoring a File 4. Click the > button to restore. If the file was saved on a Backup Plus drive, Seagate Dashboard maintains multiple versions of the backups saved on your drive, then select the backup plan that contains the file you want to restore. Click Find Backups to display the of... a backup that saved the file you can select the most recent version is available to Cloud Storage, only the most recent version or a previous version. Seagate Dashboard User Guide 15 If the file was saved to restore. Figure 11: Selecting a Previous Backup...
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...your data backups. When setting up your files to your account using a Web browser. See "Protecting Your Data" on page 9 for the data backups; Seagate Dashboard User Guide 23 Setting up a Cloud Storage Account To start backing up a backup plan with 4 gigabytes of free storage. About Cloud Storage The... to create a backup plan. You can log into your Cloud Storage account. To create a Cloud Storage account, do the following: 1. Connect your Dashboard-enhanced Seagate drive to the Cloud Storage service, along with the Protect feature, you can easily increase the amount of...
...your data backups. When setting up your files to your account using a Web browser. See "Protecting Your Data" on page 9 for the data backups; Seagate Dashboard User Guide 23 Setting up a Cloud Storage Account To start backing up a backup plan with 4 gigabytes of free storage. About Cloud Storage The... to create a backup plan. You can log into your Cloud Storage account. To create a Cloud Storage account, do the following: 1. Connect your Dashboard-enhanced Seagate drive to the Cloud Storage service, along with the Protect feature, you can easily increase the amount of...
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Figure 18: Cloud Storage Account Creation Screen 4. Fill in the fields on the Seagate Dashboard Home Screen 3. Seagate Dashboard User Guide 24 Click the green checkmark to create your Dashboard-enhanced drive from the list box. 5. Click the Create a new account link to set up page. Click here to... display the account sign-up your Cloud Storage account Figure 17: Cloud Storage Icon on the page, and select your Cloud Storage account. On the Seagate Dashboard Home...
Figure 18: Cloud Storage Account Creation Screen 4. Fill in the fields on the Seagate Dashboard Home Screen 3. Seagate Dashboard User Guide 24 Click the green checkmark to create your Dashboard-enhanced drive from the list box. 5. Click the Create a new account link to set up page. Click here to... display the account sign-up your Cloud Storage account Figure 17: Cloud Storage Icon on the page, and select your Cloud Storage account. On the Seagate Dashboard Home...
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... you can control the power save feature on your drive, turn the LEDs on the drive on the drive. Managing Your Seagate Drives with Seagate Dashboard Viewing Information About Your Drive 6. Click the drive icon to display information about the drive, including the drive model, serial number, firmware version, drive letter, file system type, and amount of space used and available...
... you can control the power save feature on your drive, turn the LEDs on the drive on the drive. Managing Your Seagate Drives with Seagate Dashboard Viewing Information About Your Drive 6. Click the drive icon to display information about the drive, including the drive model, serial number, firmware version, drive letter, file system type, and amount of space used and available...
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... to adjust settings for the drive's power save feature, enable or disable the drive's LEDs, and perform a diagnostic test on the drive. Managing Your Seagate Drives with Seagate Dashboard Adjusting Drive Settings on the drive. From this tab, you can specify settings for your Seagate drive. Click here to explore the drive Figure 23: Drive Info Tab Adjusting Drive Settings Click the Manage...
... to adjust settings for the drive's power save feature, enable or disable the drive's LEDs, and perform a diagnostic test on the drive. Managing Your Seagate Drives with Seagate Dashboard Adjusting Drive Settings on the drive. From this tab, you can specify settings for your Seagate drive. Click here to explore the drive Figure 23: Drive Info Tab Adjusting Drive Settings Click the Manage...
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...the support page on seagate.com for Your Seagate Drive • Power: Sets the amount of time before the drive's power save feature places the Seagate drive in a standby mode after a period of time. Note that the drive is disabled by default on newer Seagate external drives, since most operating systems...after it indicates that running the diagnostic test does not modify any of your data. Managing Your Seagate Drives with Seagate Dashboard Getting Technical Support for your drive Figure 25: Drive Support Tab Click one of the icons shown on the Support tab to open a browser window...
...the support page on seagate.com for Your Seagate Drive • Power: Sets the amount of time before the drive's power save feature places the Seagate drive in a standby mode after a period of time. Note that the drive is disabled by default on newer Seagate external drives, since most operating systems...after it indicates that running the diagnostic test does not modify any of your data. Managing Your Seagate Drives with Seagate Dashboard Getting Technical Support for your drive Figure 25: Drive Support Tab Click one of the icons shown on the Support tab to open a browser window...
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Managing Your Seagate Drives with Seagate Dashboard Getting Technical Support for Your Seagate Drive If you cannot find the information you want to contact Seagate Technical Support directly, select your region from your region. Seagate Dashboard displays links for opening a support case, as well as phone numbers and hours for on the Seagate web site, or if you are looking for contacting Seagate Technical Support from the list box at the bottom of the screen. Seagate Dashboard User Guide 32
Managing Your Seagate Drives with Seagate Dashboard Getting Technical Support for Your Seagate Drive If you cannot find the information you want to contact Seagate Technical Support directly, select your region from your region. Seagate Dashboard displays links for opening a support case, as well as phone numbers and hours for on the Seagate web site, or if you are looking for contacting Seagate Technical Support from the list box at the bottom of the screen. Seagate Dashboard User Guide 32
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... Settings 7. Click the Settings button to configure Seagate Dashboard settings Figure 26: Settings Button on the Seagate Dashboard Home Screen Setting Up Your Seagate Drives for Seagate Dashboard The Drives tab on the Seagate Dashboard Home screen to the latest version. Configuring Seagate Dashboard Settings Click the Settings button on the Settings screen shows information about your system...
... Settings 7. Click the Settings button to configure Seagate Dashboard settings Figure 26: Settings Button on the Seagate Dashboard Home Screen Setting Up Your Seagate Drives for Seagate Dashboard The Drives tab on the Seagate Dashboard Home screen to the latest version. Configuring Seagate Dashboard Settings Click the Settings button on the Settings screen shows information about your system...
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...destination for backup plans. • Hidden: If checked, hides the drive in the Seagate Dashboard user interface. From this tab, you check the Hidden box for one of the your Seagate drives, the drive's icon no longer appears at the top of the Seagate Dashboard screen, and it is not shown as disable... Seagate Dashboard access to adjust settings for the Seagate Dashboard software. For example, if you can click the ...
...destination for backup plans. • Hidden: If checked, hides the drive in the Seagate Dashboard user interface. From this tab, you check the Hidden box for one of the your Seagate drives, the drive's icon no longer appears at the top of the Seagate Dashboard screen, and it is not shown as disable... Seagate Dashboard access to adjust settings for the Seagate Dashboard software. For example, if you can click the ...