Seagate GoFlex Home Support Question
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Question posted by johntav on August 28th, 2013
Time Machine Cannot Use Goflex Home
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Product Information - Page 1
... router, the GoFlex Home network storage system enables you to store and access files wirelessly from computers and mobile devices over the Internet from up multiple computers in the home. The built-in drive may also be accessed from every computer in the home and from any PC or Mac computer in external drives -
Time Machine® software...
User Guide - Page 3
... 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 - Windows 9
Step 1: Familiarizing Yourself 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...
User Guide - Page 5
... • Internet Explorer® 6 or later, Firefox® 2.x or later, or Chrome 4.x or later Web browser
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
5 System Requirements
To set up your GoFlex Home network storage system, and explains how to use GoFlex Home to access your files on every computer in your files from anywhere in this User Guide are clearly...
User Guide - Page 7
... Share application. Special Features of GoFlex Home
Power Port
Power Button Ethernet Port and Lights
Reset Button USB Port
Figure 2: GoFlex Home Back
• Power Button: Turns GoFlex Home on 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 for more...
User Guide - Page 15
... can upgrade to unlimited accounts (and add other useful GoFlex Home features) by adding user accounts for more information. Step 5: Adding a User to GoFlex Home
Everyone who needs access to ...
See page 28 for other members of your household (see page 15) and adding more computers to your GoFlex Home network storage system (see page 17). TIP: You can...
User Guide - Page 16
... same user name twice on GoFlex Home.
3. You can begin using GoFlex Home as soon as the home network manager in case a password is added to continue creating user accounts (repeating the steps in this person to be able to GoFlex Home
Figure 12: Creating Additional User Accounts
2. Enter and confirm a password for your GoFlex Home network storage system (see page 17).
6. Passwords...
User Guide - Page 19
...their choice.
Setting Up GoFlex Home -
Once setup is easy. Main Setup Steps
• Connect GoFlex Home (as described 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 that...
User Guide - Page 24
... without a CD-ROM drive, go to www.seagate.com/goflexhomesupport to GoFlex Home:
1. Continue by configuring Time Machine to use GoFlex Home as your important files to download the installation software. Step 5: Configuring Time Machine for GoFlex Home
2. Figure 20: Welcome Screen
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
24 Click Install. The main setup screen opens again.
If...
User Guide - Page 25
... setup. (Click No, then skip to back up your current configuration with GoFlex Home. Setting Up GoFlex Home - Step 5: Configuring Time Machine for GoFlex Home
Figure 21: Logging in to launch the Time Machine Configuration tool.
6. 3. Click Next. Create a password to use when connecting Time Machine to GoFlex Home (see page 21), your user name, and your current backup solution). Enter...
User Guide - Page 26
... yourself, set up GoFlex Home on the computer and insert the GoFlex Home Installation CD. To set up additional household computers (as your GoFlex Home network storage system. Mac
The Time Machine Walkthrough screen opens.
See "Step 6: Adding PCs to access your backup device.
8. The Welcome screen opens.
Note: You can use GoFlex Home as required) to GoFlex Home" on the main...
User Guide - Page 27
... GoFlex Home" on page 23.
5. Double-click GoFlex Home Setup to use. Your GoFlex Home network storage system is set up , your next steps are to: • Copy files from your computer to your desktop.
3.
FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
27
See "About Seagate Share Pro" and "About Premium Backup" on page 8 for GoFlex Home" on your GoFlex Home network storage system...
User Guide - Page 30
... family and friends, using Memeo Instant Backup (see page 40).
• Back up on the top right of the Dashboard. Logging In to the Seagate Dashboard
You log in : 1. Click Change next to the Seagate Dashboard for the first time during setup (see page 9), and you shut down your GoFlex Home network storage system-permission required...
User Guide - Page 39
...and Drop feature requires Java Virtual Run Time Machine.
5. Refer to the Time Machine documentation on the GoFlex Home Installation CD. If you want to GoFlex Home.
4. About Memeo Instant Backup
GoFlex Home includes Memeo Instant Backup software, a simple way to ensure your computer for GoFlex Home" on page 24 to copy are , this section can use a complimentary Mac version of Memeo...
User Guide - Page 46
...blogs) to a large number of your shares, if you to authorize Flickr to use GoFlex Home to add your GoFlex Home share images to Seagate Share Pro subscribers only. To add your photos to everyone ...5. With GoFlex Home, others can subscribe to an RSS feed to stay up -to everyone , an RSS icon automatically appears in the RSS feed; The Details panel opens. 2. Click Social Networking Sites, ...
User Guide - Page 62
... log in to it. On the Preferences page, click Change Password. 3. Enter and confirm your GoFlex Home user settings: 1. Your password is changed. To customize your new password. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide
62 Managing GoFlex Home
Once your GoFlex Home network storage system has been set up, you can't complete a task included in this chapter, ask your...
User Guide - Page 64
... 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 change GoFlex Home account settings. TIP: Remember that includes permission to GoFlex Home. See page 8 for more than five...
User Guide - Page 65
... to shut down the account of an existing GoFlex Home user account at any time. The user account is added to GoFlex Home:
1.
Select Create as you want .
6.
You might want to do this person to be different from Seagate Share
To add a new user to your GoFlex Home network storage system.
Open and log into Seagate Share (see...
User Guide - Page 71
... Internet to Yes, select a default NTP (Network Time Protocol) server for best results.
• Remote Access: When enabled, allows GoFlex Home to the Internet. If you configure the backup facility on your computer, you safely remove a USB drive from the Internet using an Internet time server, or you set GoFlex Home's date and time yourself.
Caution: Formatting a USB drive deletes...
User Guide - Page 73
... itself must be viewing photos, watching a movie, listening to music, or working with any other file stored on page 6. Use the Check Availability button for up to reset your password:
1. Within your GoFlex Home network storage system, no two user accounts can have the same name, even if they have a name that no longer remember...
User Guide - Page 81
... installing 23
SmartWebShortcut 19, 32
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...
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