Seagate GoFlex Home Support Question
Seagate GoFlex Home Support Question
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Question posted by chrFing on October 3rd, 2013
Cannot Connect To Goflex Home Asks For Password Mac
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Product Information - Page 1
... from computers and mobile devices over the Internet from any room in the home.
When connected to your home WiFi router, the GoFlex Home network storage system enables you to store and access files wirelessly from any PC or Mac computer in a central location on the GoFlex Home network storage system and enjoy your WiFi router, allowing you to store and access...
Product Information - Page 2
...file access and backup
• Internet connection for activation and Internet file sharing • Internet Explorer® 7, Firefox® 3.x, Chrome 4.x, Safari® 3, or later web browser • Windows® 7, Windows Vista®, 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 3
... Files on Your Home Network 40
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
3 Setting Up GoFlex Home - Setting Up GoFlex Home - Getting Started with the Setup Process 19 Step 2: Connecting GoFlex Home 20 Step 3: Setting Up GoFlex Home 20 Step 4: Installing GoFlex Home Desktop Applications 23 Step 5: Configuring Time Machine for GoFlex Home 24 Step 6: Setting Up More Mac Computers 26...
User Guide - Page 7
... your smart phone (available with everyone on and off. • Power Port: Connects GoFlex Home to a power source. • Ethernet Port: Connects GoFlex Home to your router.
• Ethernet Port Lights: Indicate network activity when blinking. • USB Port: Connects GoFlex Home to Seagate Share Pro. and Mac-compatible files all in one place.
• User Accounts: Up to five people...
User Guide - Page 9
... 2: Connecting GoFlex Home" on your home network. • Install the software on the other Windows computers on page 37. GoFlex Home also automatically creates Personal and Backup folders for each step and provides suggestions and options for everyone on your own user account and password during setup. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
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Windows
Setting up Mac...
User Guide - Page 10
... begin, then connect GoFlex Home: a. Connect the supplied Ethernet cable to your router and to the power port on GoFlex Home. Power Button in the Off position before continuing:
GoFlex Home Base
GoFlex Drive
Power Adapter
Quick Start Guide
Ethernet Cable
Installation CD
Figure 3: Package Contents
2. Windows
Step 2: Connecting GoFlex Home
Step 2: Connecting GoFlex Home
1. Ensure the...
User Guide - Page 11
... drive with the drive. c. Drive Light: Solid white when ready
GoFlex Home Light: Solid green when ready
Figure 6: GoFlex Home Lights
If the GoFlex Home light is not solid green, wait about two minutes to make sure that GoFlex Home has had a chance to the network or can 't connect to fully start up; Gently press down on the bottom of...
User Guide - Page 17
... to complete the installation. To add a PC to download the installation software.
2. 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 GoFlex Home: 1. Note: If you must install the GoFlex Home software-Seagate Dashboard and Memeo Instant Backup.
User Guide - Page 19
... access, where all your household. Once setup is easy. Mac
Setting up Windows computers-see "Copying Your Files to the folders of GoFlex Home. See "Step 2: Connecting GoFlex Home" on your home network to see. • A Backup folder that GoFlex Home creates automatically for getting the most out of their computers to GoFlex Home" on your own computer:
• ComputersBackup •...
User Guide - Page 20
... are setting up GoFlex Home on your computer, then insert the GoFlex Home Installation CD.
Double-click GoFlex Home Install to begin , make sure you have a pen and paper handy to keep track of the names and passwords you begin the installation. Mac
Step 2: Connecting GoFlex Home
Step 2: Connecting GoFlex Home
For instructions, see "Step 2: Connecting GoFlex Home" on your desktop...
User Guide - Page 25
... a password to use when connecting Time Machine to GoFlex Home
3. Click Next. Passwords are prompted to GoFlex Home (see page 21), your user name, and your password, then click Next. Step 5: Configuring Time Machine for GoFlex Home
Figure 21: Logging in to GoFlex Home. The password must be at least six characters long and must include one number. Mac
2. Figure 22: Creating a Password...
User Guide - Page 30
...connected to your GoFlex Home network storage system, and edit existing user accounts-permission required (see page 64).
• Manage your GoFlex Home network storage system-permission required (see page 39).
If you 've stored in GoFlex Home...see page 50).
• Change your GoFlex Home password (see page 37).
• Share files in the GoFlex Home Public folder and access the files you...
User Guide - Page 47
... on your USB
printer to the GoFlex Home dock, then connect your GoFlex Home network storage system can share it , then follow the on page 7 for information about sharing a printer, connecting to a network printer, or connecting to an Internet or intranet printer.)
To connect a USB printer to your user name and password, then click Connect. b. Select Registered User, enter your USB...
User Guide - Page 62
... FTP connection. OR, Open and log in to Seagate Share (see page 31), click Go To, then click Preferences. 2.
Enter and confirm your GoFlex Home user settings: 1. Your password is changed. Passwords must include one number.
6. To customize your new password. Note:
Some of the tasks described in this chapter, ask your home network manager to change your GoFlex Home and...
User Guide - Page 65
...GoFlex Home. Click Add New User.
4. Enter the user name in to GoFlex Home:
1. You can begin using GoFlex Home as soon as you want to do the same home network manager tasks as their computer is added to your GoFlex Home network storage system. Enter and confirm a password. Passwords... name for Mac). FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
65 Passwords are not case-sensitive. You...
User Guide - Page 67
... sure that no one is accessing GoFlex Home. OR,
Open and log in "Step 2: Connecting GoFlex Home" on the front of being saved, and that no one should be viewing photos, watching a movie, listening to or from the GoFlex Home dock:
1. Click Shut Down.
Click Storage Devices. Safely Removing the GoFlex Drive from the GoFlex Home Dock
To avoid losing data...
User Guide - Page 74
..., open a Web browser (such as yourself. On your network storage system accesses their folders and files. What can I do if a problem occurs.
GoFlex Home includes a power-save feature, which means that the drive is properly and fully connected to the network and ready for networked UPnP devices in My Network Places, then follow the on-screen instructions.)
To...
User Guide - Page 75
... neither the dock nor the drive is not connected to your network.)
• Ensure that the Ethernet cable connecting GoFlex Home to your router isn't damaged.
• Ensure that your computer to www.seagate.com/goflexhomesupport if you may still have any problems setting up or using your GoFlex Home network storage system. 7. Solving Problems
Finding More Help
•...
User Guide - Page 76
... 24 connecting GoFlex Home 10 Content panel in Seagate Share 33
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
Index
Cooliris 8, 34, 53 Copy and Paste 54, 55
copying a folder in Seagate Share 54 copying files 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...
User Guide - Page 78
... installing GoFlex Home software on Mac 20 installing GoFlex Home software on Windows 12 shutting down 68 troubleshooting 72 updating the software 66 GoFlex Home Agent 19 installing 23
GoFlex Home light 6, 11
GoFlex Home Premium Subscription 71
H Help 75
Seagate Dashboard 29 Seagate Share 34 Hide Help Tips setting 63 Home Background Position setting 63
home network manager permissions 16, 65
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