Seagate GoFlex Home Support Question
Seagate GoFlex Home Support Question
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Question posted by IcySfu on October 18th, 2013
I Bought A Used Seagate Goflex Home And Can't Figure Out How To Set It Up
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User Guide - Page 3
... Installing the Software 12 Step 4: Setting Up GoFlex Home 12 Step 5: Adding a User to GoFlex Home 15 Step 6: Adding PCs to GoFlex Home 17 Next Steps 18
3. Setting Up GoFlex Home - Getting Started with GoFlex Home 28
Opening the Seagate Dashboard 28 Opening Seagate Share 31 Getting to Know Your GoFlex Home Folders 36 Copying Your Files to GoFlex Home 37 Backing Up Your Files to...
User Guide - Page 6
...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 to Know GoFlex Home
GoFlex Drive
GoFlex Home Drive Dock
Drive Light
GoFlex Home Light
Figure 1: GoFlex Home Front
• GoFlex Home Drive Dock: Compatible with no special settings required. 1.
User Guide - Page 12
..., go to www.seagate.com/goflexhomesupport to create during setup. When the software is complete, click Finish, then continue with "Step 4: Setting Up GoFlex Home". When the Welcome screen opens, choose a language, then click OK.
Note: If you need to download the installation software.
2. Figure 7: Adding Device Information
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
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Windows...
User Guide - Page 15
...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 household (see page 17). See page 28 for other useful GoFlex Home features) by adding user accounts for more information.
Setting Up GoFlex Home - Continue setting up GoFlex Home for your GoFlex Home network storage...
User Guide - Page 17
... users and computers (and add other useful GoFlex
Home features) by subscribing to GoFlex Home
Note: You can access GoFlex Home. See "About Seagate Share Pro" on your GoFlex Home. When it finds and connects your GoFlex Home network storage system, you are setting up GoFlex Home on a computer or device without a CD-ROM drive, go to www.seagate.com/goflexhomesupport to add, then insert...
User Guide - Page 21
.... Click Step 1 Set Up Your GoFlex Home. Step 3: Setting Up GoFlex Home
Figure 15: End User License Agreement
5. If the name you enter is not available, you can use letters, numbers, dashes, dots, and underscores. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
21 Mac
4. Spaces are not allowed. Setting Up GoFlex Home - Enter a name for GoFlex Home. You can access GoFlex Home over the...
User Guide - Page 26
... GoFlex Home device is complete on the computer and insert the GoFlex Home Installation CD. To set up additional household computers (as your GoFlex Home network storage system. The Welcome screen opens. Step 6: Setting Up More Mac Computers
Figure 23: Logging in to your computer.
See "Step 6: Adding PCs to GoFlex Home" on a computer or device without a CD-ROM drive, go to www.seagate...
User Guide - Page 28
... during setup.
Seagate Dashboard System Tray Icon
Figure 25: System Tray Icon.
• From the list of GoFlex Home. Mac users must use to store, share, and access files on GoFlex Home. (See "Opening Seagate Share" on the Start menu, select Seagate Dashboard > Seagate Dashboard. The Seagate Dashboard opens. Getting Started with GoFlex Home
Now that GoFlex Home is the central...
User Guide - Page 31
... home network. If you have an Internet connection and a computer, you 're not on GoFlex Home from your files with other GoFlex Home settings. Updating the Seagate Dashboard
To check for Updates. Opening Seagate Share
Seagate Share is a Web-based application that lets you access GoFlex Home even when you can also share your smart phone. 4.
Opening Seagate Share
Figure 27: Seagate...
User Guide - Page 32
... don't have to access and manage GoFlex Home. The Seagate Share Home page opens. (This may take a few moments.)
Figure 28: Seagate Share Home Page
5.
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
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Windows users can choose to use the Seagate Dashboard while they're on their home network, but must use Seagate Share to access GoFlex Home when they're not at home. TIP: If you open...
User Guide - Page 38
... files from other locations on how big your GoFlex Home folders
Figure 33: Copying Files to several minutes. Window 1 shows your My Documents folder
Copying Your Files to GoFlex Home
Window 2 shows your files are copied to GoFlex Home Using Seagate Share
To copy files from My Documents. Copying Files to GoFlex Home. The Seagate Share window opens. 3.
In the Content panel...
User Guide - Page 45
... on GoFlex Home, Seagate Share automatically copies them to them, using your GoFlex Home e-mail address as the "from GoFlex Home to Facebook
Note: This feature is available to Facebook.) 7. Getting Started with GoFlex Home
Sharing Your Files with Facebook box.
Log in the share are . 8. See "Customizing Your GoFlex Home User Settings" on Facebook using your GoFlex Home share...
User Guide - Page 47
... sign (+). 4. Figure 36: RSS Icon
Setting Up a Centralized Printer
If you remove them when you connect a printer to the USB port on GoFlex Home, everyone on -screen
instructions to the hub. 2. On Mac: a. b. From the Control Panel, double-click Printers and Faxes. TIP: You can share it , then follow the on your GoFlex Home network storage system can...
User Guide - Page 56
...reference only-your original files remain
in your GoFlex Home Personal or Public folders to delete from a Folder
You can view it anymore.
On The Seagate Share page, navigate to the folder that...button beside the file you move your GoFlex Home Personal and Public folders. However, deleting a share does not delete the files it , and manage the access settings to it, remove files from your...
User Guide - Page 61
....com
When you log in Seagate Share:
1. Click Submit. 5. FTP is set up automatically if your GoFlex Home using FTP. Seagate Share Pro subscribers can use FTP to your GoFlex Home. To enable FTP in to :
ftp://yourGoFlexHomeIPaddress
You can access your router has UPnP enabled.
7. Click Go To, then click Preferences.
3. Under Server Preferences, click Network Services.
4. This is...
User Guide - Page 62
...28), then click Preferences.
Managing GoFlex Home
Once your GoFlex Home network storage system has been set up, you can change your personal GoFlex Home settings, add new applications to your computer, manage user accounts, and manage your GoFlex Home and any time. Changing Your Own GoFlex Home Password
You use your GoFlex Home password to log into the Seagate Dashboard (Windows users only...
User Guide - Page 71
...select a default NTP (Network Time Protocol) server for Windows. You can set up data from GoFlex Home by GoFlex Home. Caution: Wiping backups deletes ALL backed up files on your Mac during setup) to use Time Machine to the Internet. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
71 If you set GoFlex Home to GoFlex Home. You can set Set date and time from GoFlex Home (see page 67...
User Guide - Page 73
... Guide
73 I'm the home network manager and I can use . Holding down .
You can 't remember my GoFlex Home password. When shutdown is accessing GoFlex Home.
Make sure that 's not already in the Seagate Dashboard Application Store.
7. Solving Problems
Common Problems and Solutions
computer) or upgrade to unlimited user accounts by any other device in Figure 1 on its own...
User Guide - Page 75
...'t down or disabled. (Open a browser on your GoFlex Home network storage system.
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
75 7.
Finding More Help
The GoFlex Home network storage system is easy to the dock. • Ensure that the drive is damaged. Go to www.seagate.com/goflexhomesupport if you have any problems setting up or using your computer to check.)
Table 2: Drive Light...
User Guide - Page 76
... adding captions and tags to files 55 adding files to a folder in Seagate Share 54 adding files to a share 57 adding folders to Seagate Share 53 adding GoFlex Home applications 63 adding Macs to GoFlex Home 26 adding PCs to GoFlex Home 17 Administration settings 71 Allow Downloads for this Share 44 Application Store panel 29 applications, adding new...
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