Seagate GoFlex Home Support Question
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Question posted by kuubal on November 25th, 2013
Mac Can't Add Goflex Home Printer
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Product Information - Page 1
... location on the GoFlex Home network storage system, or you to game consoles, networked computers and GoFlex™ TV HD media players
• Share a USB printer with a higher capacity GoFlex Desk drive.
When connected to your home WiFi router, the GoFlex Home network storage system enables you need to:
• Back up multiple PC and Mac® computers in the home
• Store...
Product Information - Page 2
... 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 - All rights reserved. Seagate, Seagate Technology, the Wave logo, FreeAgent and...
User Guide - Page 5
...Fi router, and in just minutes, you use one centralized location, while automatically and continuously backing up and use GoFlex Home to access your home.
Introduction
The FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home network storage system lets you can share a printer with an available Ethernet port • Internet connection for using Seagate Share, a Web-based application that describe...
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 have...
User Guide - Page 15
... 11: Seagate Dashboard
The Seagate Dashboard is the central location from which you can upgrade to unlimited accounts (and add other useful GoFlex Home features) by adding user accounts for your GoFlex Home network storage system (see page 15) and adding more computers to your household by subscribing to ... TIP: You can access all of the Seagate...
User Guide - Page 16
... Personal and Backup folders.
4. User names are case-sensitive. Enter and confirm a password for your GoFlex Home network storage system (see page 17).
6.
Passwords are not case-sensitive. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
16 Enter a user name. Click Add User.
User names must start with a letter and must be at least six characters long and...
User Guide - Page 17
... your GoFlex Home network storage system, you 're done creating user accounts, continue with GoFlex Home.
To add a PC to your computer to add, then insert the GoFlex Home Installation CD. Step 6: Adding PCs to GoFlex Home
Note: You can upgrade to unlimited users and computers (and add other useful GoFlex
Home features) by subscribing to GoFlex Home" on your GoFlex Home. TIP...
User Guide - Page 18
... • "Enjoying and Managing Your Files in this section until you can add more information. Your GoFlex Home network storage system is set up a centralized printer (see page 39).
• Learn how to access and enjoy your files from smart phones, add other useful GoFlex Home features, or back up additional computers by choosing their user name and entering...
User Guide - Page 19
.... • A Backup folder that GoFlex Home creates automatically for getting the most out of your home network (or set up GoFlex Home is easy.
Understanding GoFlex Home's Automatic Folder Creation
When you create your own user account and password during setup, GoFlex Home automatically creates three folders on the drive for complete instructions. Mac
Step 1: Familiarizing Yourself with...
User Guide - Page 26
... instructions to configure Time Machine to your GoFlex Home network storage system. Power on this computer. Follow the on page 17 to add PCs to use both PC and Mac computers with GoFlex Home. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
26 Setting Up GoFlex Home - Step 6: Setting Up More Mac Computers
Figure 23: Logging in to GoFlex Home
7. To set up additional household computers...
User Guide - Page 27
... and family (see page 43).
• Set up a centralized printer (see page 37).
• Learn how to access and enjoy your household:
• "Getting Started with GoFlex Home" on page 28 • "Enjoying and Managing Your Files in "Step 4: Installing GoFlex Home Desktop Applications" on your GoFlex Home network storage system (as required).
See "About Seagate Share Pro" and...
User Guide - Page 47
... , then follow the on
the back of printers available on your GoFlex Home network storage system can also connect a USB hub to the USB port on GoFlex Home, everyone on your user name and password, then click Connect. On Mac: a. Add your USB printer to complete the connection. b. b.
Getting Started with your USB printer to the USB port on -screen
instructions...
User Guide - Page 62
... a user account that includes permission to change your personal GoFlex Home settings, add new applications to your computer, manage user accounts, and manage your GoFlex Home network storage system has been set up, you . Managing GoFlex Home
Once your GoFlex Home and any time. Enter and confirm your GoFlex Home user settings: 1.
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
62
User Guide - Page 63
... others on your GoFlex Home network storage system to a ...Mac computers. Your settings are available for use an image on the Home page. (See "Making a Photo Your Home Page Background" on the Seagate Share Home page. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
63 Click Submit.
In the Application Store, you stopped it on your storage devices.
Managing GoFlex Home
Adding New GoFlex...
User Guide - Page 64
.... 3.
Adding and Managing User Accounts
This section explains how to add a new user to your GoFlex Home network storage system, edit the details of existing user accounts, or remove a user account from the Seagate Dashboard
Note: Mac users-You must use Seagate Share to add a new user account to five people/computers. Note: To complete the tasks...
User Guide - Page 65
... remove access to GoFlex Home:
1. Open and log into Seagate Share (see page 28), then click Preferences. To edit or remove an existing user account: 1.
6. Managing GoFlex Home
Adding and Managing User Accounts
Adding a User from GoFlex Home. Click Add New User.
4. Enter the user name in to someone who no longer requires access to your GoFlex Home network storage system.
User Guide - Page 73
... GoFlex Home network storage system, no one should be viewing photos, watching a movie, listening to music, or working with a letter and must have to try a few times to find an online user name or email address that GoFlex Home is complete, both lights turn off.
3.
To add more than 5 seconds. I'm the home network manager and I want to reset your GoFlex Home...
User Guide - Page 74
... the GoFlex Home Lights
4. On your network storage system accesses their folders and files. See "Logging In to the Seagate Dashboard" on page 30 for use the Network Utility in My Network Places,...fully connected to do ?
Decoding the GoFlex Home Lights
The lights on a computer running the Mac operating system, use Not connected to the network and ready for more information. 7.
...
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
Home...
User Guide - Page 81
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installing 23 Social Networking Sites 45 software installation
on Mac 20
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
Index
Windows 12 Software Updates 66
software, updating 31, 66
solving problems 72
Storage Devices 67, 71
system requirements 5
T tags 55
defined 55 Time Machine 24 troubleshooting 72
U Unshare with Media Devices 49 updating GoFlex Home software 66 updating...
