Seagate GoFlex Home Support Question
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Question posted by jorgarthill on July 26th, 2013
How To Access Goflex Home On Macbook
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Product Information - Page 1
... in the house. Highlights
• Connects to your WiFi router, enabling convenient, wireless access to all your storage and backup needs. When connected to your home WiFi router, the GoFlex Home network storage system enables you to three PC and Mac computers in the home -
Home
NETWORK STORAGE SYSTEM
Perfect for when you need to:
• Back up multiple PC and...
Product Information - Page 2
... copyright laws is used for formatting and other countries. WiFi router required for wireless file access and backup
• Internet connection for data storage. and one terabyte, or TB, equals one billion bytes; In addition, some of... Windows® XP or Mac OS® X 10.4.9 or later operating system
• GoFlex Home Network Storage System (includes network base and hard drive -
User Guide - Page 5
... Wi-Fi router, and in just minutes, you can easily store all the computers in your home. System Requirements
To set up your files, and access your GoFlex Home network storage system, and explains how to access your home. Note:
Some of GoFlex Home, describes how to set up the files and folders on every computer in this User Guide...
User Guide - Page 6
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Getting to Know GoFlex Home
Mac computers accessing GoFlex Home require: • Mac OS® X 10.4 or later operating system • Safari® 3.1 or later Web browser GoFlex Home works with most consumer home network equipment with any FreeAgent GoFlex Home or Go Flex Desk
drives
• GoFlex Home Drive: Provides 1 TB or 2 TB of storage space (depending on your home, you may need...
User Guide - Page 7
... people/computers on your home network.
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
7 see page 68 for more information.)
• Remote Access: GoFlex Home provides access to your digital content from your home, using Memeo™ Instant Backup (Windows only), and is also Time Machine®-compatible for Mac computers.
• Centralized Storage: GoFlex Home is a central location...
User Guide - Page 15
... GoFlex Home
Everyone who needs access to GoFlex Home
Figure 11: Seagate Dashboard
The Seagate Dashboard is the central location from which you can upgrade to unlimited accounts (and add other members of your GoFlex Home network storage system (see page 15) and adding more computers to Seagate Share Pro.
panel of GoFlex Home's features.
Step 5: Adding a User to GoFlex Home requires...
User Guide - Page 16
...Enter and confirm a password for your GoFlex Home network storage system (see page 17).
6. The user account is created, and the person can begin using GoFlex Home as soon as you might have ...GoFlex™ Home User Guide
16
Setting Up GoFlex Home - User names are case-sensitive.
For instance, you .
5. Or, you might have the members of them yourself so that only they can access...
User Guide - Page 17
...-Seagate Dashboard and Memeo Instant Backup. When it finds and connects your GoFlex Home network storage system, you want to GoFlex Home: 1. To add a PC to add, then insert the GoFlex Home Installation CD.
Step 6: Adding PCs to GoFlex Home
Note: You can access GoFlex Home. Power on your GoFlex Home. Up to GoFlex Home" on page 26 to add Macs to complete the installation. Figure 13...
User Guide - Page 18
... "About Seagate Share Pro" and "About Premium Backup" on page 8 for more user accounts and computers, enable access to access and enjoy your files from your GoFlex Home network storage system (as required). Setting Up GoFlex Home -
Next Steps
Now that GoFlex Home is now fully set up a centralized printer (see page 37).
• (Optional) Start automatic backups of the...
User Guide - Page 26
..., on the computer and insert the GoFlex Home Installation CD. Note: You can use GoFlex Home as required) to access your GoFlex Home network storage system. Note: If you 've created a user account for yourself, set up additional household computers (as your computer. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
26 See "Step 6: Adding PCs to GoFlex Home" on a computer or device without...
User Guide - Page 27
... screen opens.
4. Setting Up GoFlex Home - Your GoFlex Home network storage system is complete and the main setup screen re-opens, click Step 3 Windows/Time Machine Backup Configuration (Optional), then follow the steps in "Step 5: Configuring Time Machine for more user accounts and computers, enable access to GoFlex Home from smart phones, add other useful GoFlex Home features, or back up...
User Guide - Page 30
By logging in as yourself, you gain access to the Seagate Dashboard for the first time during setup (see page 9), and you remain logged in to your GoFlex Home network storage system-permission required (see page 62).
• Try new applications for their own account. Open the Seagate Dashboard on the computer (see page 39). Logging...
User Guide - Page 31
...Check for updated versions of the Seagate Dashboard:
1. You can even access GoFlex Home from anywhere in your Web browser and provides many of the Dashboard ...access GoFlex Home even when you can also share your files with them the same way you can also add and change other files stored on your password, then click Log In.
Select your user name, enter your home network...
User Guide - Page 32
...they're on their home network, but must use Seagate Share to sign in .
4.
TIP: If you don't have to Applications > GoFlex Home Desktop Applications, and ...access GoFlex Home when they're not at home.
Click Sign In. OR
(Mac only) Start Finder, browse to re-enter your Web browser, then navigate to access and manage GoFlex Home. If you don't know the name, check with GoFlex Home...
User Guide - Page 61
... FTPS. Seagate Share Pro subscribers can access your local LAN and Enable FTP access to the Internet to GoFlex Home using FTP (File Transfer Protocol). FTP access must be familiar with FTP before you can find the IP address of your router has UPnP enabled.
7. Open and log in Seagate Share:
1. Under Server Preferences, click Network Services.
4.
User Guide - Page 63
... is updated regularly, so check back often to access new shares; On the Preferences page, click User.
3. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
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In the Application Store, you can override this default setting when you create a new share.
• Share new content with your GoFlex Home network storage system to a folder that appears whenever you...
User Guide - Page 65
... :
• Change the password. • Give or remove manager permissions, which allow the user to your GoFlex Home network storage system (see page 28), then click Preferences. You might want .
6. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
65 On the Home page, click Preferences.
3. User names are case-sensitive.
7. Enter and confirm a password. Click Submit. OR, Open...
User Guide - Page 70
... appear:
• Server IP Address: Sets the static IP address for GoFlex Home, set up GoFlex Home. For improved security, disable FTP access unless or until you need to manually set Obtain IP Address Automatically to replace the dynamic IP address that appears in the fields that members of your household can override your network. Data sent...
User Guide - Page 73
... GoFlex Home/my user account? When shutdown is accessing GoFlex Home. Why can 't remember my GoFlex Home ...GoFlex Home settings (see page 68).
Spaces are the home network manager (the person who set up to GoFlex Home? To add more information. For more than 5 seconds. If you want for 10 seconds erases all your GoFlex Home network storage system, no longer remember your GoFlex Home...
User Guide - Page 74
... the drive and device.
Table 1: GoFlex Home Light (top)
State Green blinking Green steady Amber blinking
Status Starting up Connected to the network and ready for use the Network Utility in My Network Places, then follow the on page 30 for networked UPnP devices in Finder (Applications > Utilities).
On your network storage system accesses their folders and files.
See...
