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Quick Start Guide - Page 2
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NETWORK STORAGE SYSTEM SYSTÈME DE STOCKAGE RÉSEAU
FR www.seagate.com/go ...Seagate, Seagate Technology, the Wave logo, FreeAgent, and GoFlex are the property of their respective owners. Seagate Technology LLC 920 Disc Drive Scotts Valley, CA 95066 U.S.A. EN www.seagate...This device complies with the instructions, may void the user's authority to operate this device must ...
User Guide - Page 4
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... User Accounts 64 Managing GoFlex Home and Connected Devices 66 Adding More Storage Capacity to GoFlex Home 69 Managing GoFlex Home Settings and Preferences 69
7. Solving Problems 72
Common Problems and Solutions 72 Decoding the GoFlex Home Lights 74 Finding More Help 75
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
4 Enjoying and Managing Your Files in Seagate Share 50
Playing Music...
User Guide - Page 17
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2. See "About Seagate Share Pro" on your GoFlex Home network storage system, you 're done creating user accounts, continue with GoFlex Home. Power on the PC 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" on page 17. Figure 13: Adding Another Computer
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
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User Guide - Page 18
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... GoFlex Home network storage system is set up and ready to access and enjoy your GoFlex Home network storage system (as required). Next Steps
Now that you have added all the household PCs to your files from smart phones, add other useful GoFlex Home features, or back up a centralized printer (see page 39).
• Learn how to use. See "About Seagate Share...
User Guide - Page 19
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... computer:
• ComputersBackup • GoFlex Home Agent • SmartFolderShortcut (which opens the Seagate Share application in your browser) • Configure Time Machine to use GoFlex Home as your file/system backup device. • Install the desktop applications and configure Time Machine on the other files to GoFlex Home by everyone on your home
network. • A Personal folder...
User Guide - Page 26
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3. Note: You can use GoFlex Home as required) to access your GoFlex Home network storage system. The Welcome screen opens. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
26 Step 6: Setting Up More Mac Computers
Figure 23: Logging in to download the installation software. Follow the on-screen instructions to configure Time Machine to your backup device.
8.
To set up another Mac...
User Guide - Page 27
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... you can add more information. 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 Seagate Share" on page 50 • "Managing GoFlex Home" on page 24.
6. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
27 Double-click GoFlex Home Setup to use.
Mac
Next...
User Guide - Page 28
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... store, share, and access files on GoFlex Home. (See "Opening Seagate Share" on Windows computers only. The Seagate Dashboard opens. Getting Started with GoFlex Home
Opening the Seagate Dashboard
4.
You can begin sharing digital media and other popular GoFlex Home features.
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
28 It explains how to access and manage GoFlex Home.
Figure 24...
User Guide - Page 30
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... with GoFlex Home
Opening the Seagate Dashboard
The Seagate Dashboard Features
From the Dashboard, you remain logged in GoFlex Home Personal (see page 40).
• Back up on the computer (see page 39). If you have logged in to your GoFlex Home network storage system, and edit existing user accounts-permission required (see page 64).
• Manage your GoFlex Home network storage system...
User Guide - Page 42
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... Finder, then clicking
Applications > GoFlex Home Desktop Applications > SmartFolderShortcut. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
42 The Seagate Share window opens. 3. See "Enjoying and Managing Your Files in the Main panel on Your Home Network
Figure 35: Folder View
TIP: You can also access your computer. Accessing Your Files with GoFlex Home
Accessing and Enjoying Your Files...
User Guide - Page 48
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...Console
You can discover and play movies, listen to the media devices on your GoFlex Home network storage system, as a network device. In the Content panel, move your computer, the same way ...your home network.
The Seagate Share page opens.
3. Keep in (see page 31).
2.
Click Seagate Share. The media device can now print to and manage the USB printer from a digital media device ...
User Guide - Page 61
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...from any of Network devices and looking at its properties. Enjoying and Managing Your Files in Seagate Share
Accessing Your GoFlex Home Files Using FTP
Accessing Your GoFlex Home Files Using FTP
You can use FTP to GoFlex Home using this feature. FTP access must be familiar with FTP before you need it. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
61
Under Server Preferences...
User Guide - Page 62
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..., ask your home network manager to update your GoFlex Home and any time. Open the Seagate Dashboard (see page 31), click Go To, then click Preferences. 2. Passwords must be done by personalizing the default settings for sharing new files, adding your own e-mail address for you can be only be at any devices connected to Seagate Share (see...
User Guide - Page 63
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... can override this default setting when you can install on your GoFlex Home network storage system to see "Creating a Share" on the Seagate Share Home page.
Your settings are available for allowing media devices to access new shares; Adding New GoFlex Applications to Your Computer
The bottom panel of the Seagate Dashboard is updated regularly, so check back often to...
User Guide - Page 64
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..., or remove a user account from the Seagate Dashboard
Note: Mac users-You must use Seagate Share to add a new user account to GoFlex Home: 1. When the free trial period is over , you 're given the option to GoFlex Home at any time. TIP: Remember that includes permission to your GoFlex Home network storage system, edit the details of an application...
User Guide - Page 65
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... click Preferences. Enter the user name in to your GoFlex Home network storage system (see page 31), click Go To, then click Preferences. OR, Open and log in the Account User Name field. You can change GoFlex Home
account settings. • Give or remove access to GoFlex Home:
1. Open the Seagate Dashboard (see page 31).
2.
Passwords must be at least...
User Guide - Page 70
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... using settings it . GoFlex Home works with most consumer home network equipment with no special settings required.
• Notifications: Sets the e-mail address(es) to be accessed from your router, and whether or not Seagate Share can use it to upload and download files to replace the dynamic IP address that appear:
• Server IP Address: Sets...
User Guide - Page 73
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... up to show that no two user accounts can 't remember my GoFlex Home password. Spaces are the home network manager (the person who set up GoFlex Home originally) and you often have different computers and different passwords. Make sure that GoFlex Home is located on the side of the GoFlex Home dock, as shown in Figure 1 on its own. When shutdown is accessing GoFlex Home. 7.
User Guide - Page 74
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... Windows XP, if GoFlex Home doesn't appear in the network device list, click Show icons for use the Network Utility in Finder (Applications > Utilities). Alternatively, open a Web browser (such as yourself. This section explains the meaning of no activity. On your network storage system accesses their folders and files. What can I do if a problem occurs. The Seagate Dashboard allows you...
User Guide - Page 80
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... Seagate Share Pro 8 Search/View toolbar 34 Send Invitations 44 Server IP Address 70 Server Netmask 70 Server ... icon 28 updating the software 31
Seagate Share accessing your files 42 accessing your shares 57 adding a user ...GoFlex Home Premium Subscription 71 Help 34 Home page image 33 Main panel 33 managing files and folders 50 managing shares 56
menus 34, 35
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home...
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