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- Page 1 FreeAgent GoFlex Home User Guide ® ™...
- Page 2 © 2010 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Seagate, Seagate Technology, the Wave logo, and FreeAgent are trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC, or one of its affiliates. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Getting to Know GoFlex Home ........ - Page 4 Accessing Your GoFlex Home Files Using FTP ..... 61 6. Managing GoFlex Home ........62 Changing Your Own GoFlex Home Password .
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Page 5: Introduction
This User Guide also provides detailed instructions for using Seagate Share, a Web-based application that allows you to access your files on GoFlex Home over the Internet, as well as share files with friends and family. -
Page 6: Getting To Know Goflex Home
Compatible 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 model) • GoFlex Home Light: Provides information about GoFlex Home’s current state: •... -
Page 7: Special Features Of Goflex Home
• Ethernet Port Lights: Indicate network activity when blinking. • USB Port: Connects GoFlex Home to any USB storage device, such as a drive or printer. • Reset Button: Resets the GoFlex Home password; resets GoFlex Home to its original factory settings (normally not necessary—see page 68 for more information). - Page 8 Seagate Share Pro in the Seagate Dashboard Application Store. About Premium Backup If you would like to back up more than 3 PCs to your GoFlex Home, you can purchase a Premium Backup software upgrade from the Application Store on your Seagate Dashboard.
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Page 9: Setting Up Goflex Home - Windows
Once setup is complete, each member of your household can upload their own digital media and other files to GoFlex Home by dragging and dropping files from their computers to the folders of their choice. For more information, see “Copying Your Files to GoFlex Home”... -
Page 10: Step 2: Connecting Goflex Home
Ensure the Power button is in the Off position before you begin, then connect GoFlex Home: a. Connect the supplied Ethernet cable to your router and to the Ethernet port on GoFlex Home. b. Connect the supplied power adapter to a power outlet (DC 12V) and to the power port on GoFlex Home. - Page 11 Gently press down on the drive until it clicks into place. c. Press the Power button. Figure 5: Docking the GoFlex Drive Wait for the lights on the front of GoFlex Home to stop blinking. This may take a couple of minutes. Drive Light: GoFlex Home Light:...
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Page 12: Step 3: Installing The Software
Power on your computer, then insert the GoFlex Home Installation CD. Note: If you are setting up GoFlex Home on a computer or device without a CD-ROM drive, go to www.seagate.com/goflexhomesupport to download the installation software. When the Welcome screen opens, choose a language, then click OK. - Page 13 Enter an e-mail address that can be used for occasional system messages. You will receive a system message if there is a problem with the drive, if the drive is full, or if your Seagate Share Pro subscription is expiring soon.
- Page 14 The Registration screen opens. Figure 9: Registering GoFlex Home Select your country and enter an e-mail address for registration purposes, then click Next. GoFlex Home is named, activated, and ready to use. Figure 10: Setup Complete FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide...
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Page 15: Step 5: Adding A User To Goflex Home
Figure 11: Seagate Dashboard The Seagate Dashboard is the central location from which you can access all of GoFlex Home’s features. See page 28 for more information. Continue setting up GoFlex Home for your household by adding user accounts for other members of your household (see page 15) and adding more computers to your GoFlex Home network storage system (see page 17). - Page 16 Click Add User. The user account is created, and the person can begin using GoFlex Home as soon as their computer is added to your GoFlex Home network storage system (see page 17).
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Page 17: Step 6: Adding Pcs To Goflex Home
Power on the PC you want to add, then insert the GoFlex Home Installation CD. Note: If you are setting up GoFlex Home on a computer or device without a CD-ROM drive, go to www.seagate.com/goflexhomesupport to download the installation software. -
Page 18: Next Steps
Repeat the steps in this section until you have added all the household PCs to your GoFlex Home network storage system (as required). Your GoFlex Home network storage system is now fully set up and ready to use. Next Steps Now that GoFlex Home is set up, your next steps are to: •... -
Page 19: Setting Up Goflex Home - Mac
Once setup is complete, each member of your household can upload their own digital media and other files to GoFlex Home by dragging and dropping files from their computers to the folders of their choice. For more information, see “Copying Your Files to GoFlex Home”... -
Page 20: Step 2: Connecting Goflex Home
Power on your computer, then insert the GoFlex Home Installation CD. Note: If you are setting up GoFlex Home on a computer or device without a CD-ROM drive, go to www.seagate.com/goflexhomesupport to download the installation software. Double-click the GoFlex Home Installation icon that appears on your desktop. - Page 21 Spaces are not allowed. Because you can access GoFlex Home over the Internet, the device must have a unique name. If the name you enter is not available, you will be prompted to select a new name.
- Page 22 3. Setting Up GoFlex Home – Mac Step 3: Setting Up GoFlex Home If the Product Key hasn’t been entered automatically, find it on the bottom of the GoFlex Home base and enter it in the Product Key boxes. Click Next.
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Page 23: Step 4: Installing Goflex Home Desktop Applications
Enter an e-mail address that can be used for occasional system messages. You will receive a system message if there is a problem with the drive, if the drive is full, or if your Seagate Share Pro subscription is expiring soon. -
Page 24: Step 5: Configuring Time Machine For Goflex Home
Mac version of Memeo Instant Backup provided in a stand-alone folder on the GoFlex Home Installation CD. If you are setting up GoFlex Home on a computer or device without a CD-ROM drive, go to www.seagate.com/goflexhomesupport to download the installation software. - Page 25 Step 5: Configuring Time Machine for GoFlex Home Click Next. Figure 21: Logging in to GoFlex Home Enter the name you gave to GoFlex Home (see page 21), your user name, and your password, then click Next. Figure 22: Creating a Password Create a password to use when connecting Time Machine to GoFlex Home.
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Page 26: Step 6: Setting Up More Mac Computers
Power on the computer and insert the GoFlex Home Installation CD. Note: If you are setting up GoFlex Home on a computer or device without a CD-ROM drive, go to www.seagate.com/goflexhomesupport to download the installation software. The Welcome screen opens. -
Page 27: Next Steps
Repeat the steps in this section until you have added all the household Mac computers to your GoFlex Home network storage system (as required). Your GoFlex Home network storage system is now fully set up and ready to use. Next Steps Now that GoFlex Home is set up, your next steps are to: •... -
Page 28: Getting Started With Goflex Home
Opening the Seagate Dashboard 4. Getting Started with GoFlex Home Now that GoFlex Home is set up, everyone in your household can begin sharing digital media and other files, storing files on GoFlex Home and accessing them from anywhere on the Internet, and backing up the files on their computers to GoFlex Home. - Page 29 Click the Display Seagate Dashboard when drive is attached box if you want the Dashboard to open automatically when you power on your computer. Click ? (the online Help icon) in the top right corner to open the Seagate Dashboard online Help.
- Page 30 Logging In to the Seagate Dashboard You log in to the Seagate Dashboard for the first time during setup (see page 9), and you remain logged in even when you shut down your computer. You don’t need to log in each time you open the Dashboard.
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Page 31: Opening Seagate Share
If you have an Internet connection and a computer, you can use Seagate Share to watch movies, listen to music, view photos, or work with other files stored on GoFlex Home from anywhere in the world. You can also share your files with friends and family. - Page 32 Seagate Share opens. If prompted, enter the name of your GoFlex Home. (The name was created during setup. If you don’t know the name, check with the person who set up your GoFlex Home.) Then, enter your user name and password.
- Page 33 • Content panel: Lists your three GoFlex Home folders. Any external USB drive connected to your GoFlex Home appears in the Content panel as an External Storage folder. You can use the plus (+), minus (-), and arrow ( ) buttons in the Content panel to add a folder, delete a folder, and upload new files to GoFlex Home.
- Page 34 69 for more information) Completing Tasks Multiple Ways in Seagate Share Seagate Share provides several ways of doing the same task. As you become familiar with Seagate Share, you’ll find the method you’re most comfortable with. For instance, to move files to a share, you can: •...
- Page 35 Finding the Seagate Share Menus You can do most of the tasks you want to do on Seagate Share (such as starting a slideshow, adding a folder to a share, starting a movie, or downloading a file) from the menus that appear when you move your mouse over the file or folder you want, then click the arrow that appears.
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Page 36: Getting To Know Your Goflex Home Folders
• GoFlex Home Backup: Folder that only you can see and access, where all your backup files are stored. See “Backing Up Your Files to GoFlex Home” on page 39 for more information. When you open My Computer (Windows) or launch SmartFolderShortcut from Finder (Mac), your GoFlex Home folders are listed as three separate drives. -
Page 37: Copying Your Files To Goflex Home
GoFlex Home. Copying Your Files to GoFlex Home Your first step with GoFlex Home is to copy (or upload) files from your computer to GoFlex Home. You can choose which files you want to upload, and choose whether to share those files with others on your home network or keep them private and viewable only by you. - Page 38 (You can also copy files from other locations on your computer besides My Documents.) The folders and files are copied to GoFlex Home. Depending on how big your files are, this may take a few moments to several minutes.
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Page 39: Backing Up Your Files To Goflex Home
Repeat this step until all the files you want to copy are selected. (Large number of files or folders) Click Drag and Drop. Open Finder or Windows Explorer, find the folders and files you want to copy, then drag and drop them into the Seagate Share Drag and Drop window. -
Page 40: Accessing And Enjoying Your Files On Your Home Network
Internet. You can watch movies, listen to music, view photos, and open other files in the GoFlex Home Personal and Public folders the same way you would if they were stored directly on your computer. You can also edit, save, or delete files stored on GoFlex Home. - Page 41 To access your folders on GoFlex Home: Open the Seagate Dashboard (see page 28). In the My Applications panel, click Folder View. Your three GoFlex Home folders open in a Web browser, but in a folder view similar to My Documents. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide...
- Page 42 You can also access your three GoFlex Home folders from My Computer by expanding My Network Places and clicking GoFlex Home. Watch movies, listen to music, view photos, and open other files from your GoFlex Home folders the same way you would if they were stored directly on your computer.
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Page 43: Accessing And Enjoying Your Files When You're Away From Home
GoFlex Home folders. A share doesn’t contain copies of your files, just references to files, so it takes up very little room on GoFlex Home. (If you delete a file from its folder, change the name of the file or folder it’s in, or move the file or folder, the file disappears from any share in which it’s included.) - Page 44 Send Invitations. Note: The first time you invite friends to view a share, Seagate Share prompts you for your e-mail address, which is used as the return address on the invitation sent by Seagate Share. You can change your e-mail address later, if you want (see page 62).
- Page 45 Note: This feature is available to Seagate Share Pro subscribers only. If you create a share that includes pictures and photos, you can use GoFlex Home to create a photo album on your Facebook profile. To create a photo album on Facebook using your GoFlex Home share images: In the Shares panel, move your mouse over the share, click the arrow that appears, then click View Details.
- Page 46 Note: This feature is available to Seagate Share Pro subscribers only. If you create a share that includes pictures and photos, you can use GoFlex Home to add your photos to your Flickr photostream. To add your GoFlex Home share images to your Flickr photostream: In the Shares panel, move your mouse over the share, click the arrow that appears, then click View Details.
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Page 47: Setting Up A Centralized Printer
To connect a USB printer to GoFlex Home: Use a high-quality USB cable (not included) to connect your USB printer to the USB port on the back of the GoFlex Home dock. See Figure 2 on page 7 for help locating the USB port. TIP: You can also connect a USB hub to the GoFlex Home dock, then connect your USB printer to the hub. -
Page 48: Enjoying Your Files On A Digital Video Player Or Game Console
Enjoying Your Files on a Digital Video Player or Game Console You can play movies, listen to music, and view photos stored on GoFlex Home from a digital media device that’s connected to your home network. The media device can be: •... - Page 49 4. Getting Started with GoFlex Home Enjoying Your Files on a Digital Video Player or Game Console All the supported media files in the folder are now available from any media device connected to your home network. If the folder you’ve chosen has subfolders inside it, all the files they contain are shared as well.
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Page 50: Enjoying And Managing Your Files In Seagate Share
Some of the features described in this chapter are available to Seagate Share Pro subscribers only. See “About Seagate Share Pro” on page 8 for more information. Playing Music This section explains how to use Seagate Share and iTunes to enjoy the music files stored on GoFlex Home. Playing Music in Seagate Share To play music stored in a Seagate Share folder: On The Seagate Share page, navigate to the folder that contains the music you want to hear. -
Page 51: Playing Movies And Videos
To create an iTunes library that all GoFlex Home users can access: Open and log in to Seagate Share (see page 31). In the Content panel, click the GoFlex Home Public folder, then click the plus sign (+). The New Folder window opens. -
Page 52: Viewing Photos
Seagate Share page. Making a Photo Your Home Page Background You can use one of your photos as a background image for the Home page of Seagate Share (the first page that opens after you sign in). -
Page 53: Managing Files And Folders
To open and view your photos in Cooliris: On The Seagate Share page, navigate to the folder or share that contains the photo you want to use. Double-click the share. Your photos open is Cooliris, and the name of the share, its description, and the theme you choose when you created the share appear, as well. - Page 54 When you copy a folder, the original stays where it is and you place a second version in another location. Nothing is removed from the original folder or location. To copy a folder in Seagate Share, use the folder menu (see page 35) to Copy and Paste the folder to a new location.
- Page 55 A file’s tags store additional information about a file. Tags appear in the Details panel of the Seagate Share page when you view a file within a folder. Tags don’t appear in shares, or when you post your photos on Facebook, Flickr, or by RSS feed. You can use tags to search for a file.
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Page 56: Managing Your Shares
Click Yes to confirm the deletion. Managing Your Shares Once you have created a share (see page 43), you can use Seagate Share to add files to it, remove files from it, rename it, and manage the access settings to limit or expand who can view it. - Page 57 The Shares panel of the Seagate Share page • On the Shares page To open the Shares page, log on to Seagate Share (see page 31), click Go To in the Navigation toolbar, then click Shares. Viewing a Share To view a share: In the Shares panel, double-click the share you want.
- Page 58 Creating a Share that Only You Can Access To create a share that only you can access: On The Seagate Share page, navigate to the folder you want. Move your mouse over the folder, click the arrow that appears, click Add to Share, then click New.
- Page 59 You can use a photo, a document, or an image from a music or movie file as the cover art for a share. The cover art appears as the share icon on the Shares page of Seagate Share. (If you set a document as the cover, a generic document icon is used.) To use a file as the cover art of a share: On The Seagate Share page, navigate to the share you want.
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Page 60: Deleting A Share
RSS, your photos will no longer be available to the RSS readers. To delete a share: On The Seagate Share page, select the share you want to delete, then click the minus sign (- ) in the Share panel. -
Page 61: Accessing Your Goflex Home Files Using Ftp
Click Submit. FTP access is enabled. Ensure that your router is set to forward port 21 to your GoFlex Home. This is set up automatically if your router has UPnP enabled. To connect to GoFlex Home using FTP locally, open a browser and browse to:... -
Page 62: Managing Goflex Home
Changing Your Own GoFlex Home Password You use your GoFlex Home password to log into the Seagate Dashboard (Windows users only) and to log in to GoFlex Home from the Seagate Share application or FTP connection. You can change your password at any time. -
Page 63: Adding New Goflex Applications To Your Computer
Seagate Share sends out (see “Creating a Share” on page 43). • Home Background Position: Sets the size of the image (if any) used on the Seagate Share Home page. Click Clear Home Background to not use an image on the Home page. -
Page 64: Adding And Managing User Accounts
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 GoFlex Home. - Page 65 Click Submit. The user account is created, and the person can begin using GoFlex Home as soon as their computer is added to your GoFlex Home network storage system (see page 17 for Windows or page 26 for Mac).
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Page 66: Managing Goflex Home And Connected Devices
Home, next to the Public, Personal, and Backup folders. To add a USB drive to GoFlex Home, connect it directly to the USB port on the back of the GoFlex Home dock, or use a high-quality USB cable (not included). See Figure 2 on page 7 for help locating the USB port. - Page 67 The Shut Down screen opens Click Shut Down. The white drive light on the front of GoFlex Home blinks to show that GoFlex Home is shutting down. When shutdown is complete, both lights turn off. Remove the GoFlex drive by carefully lifting it from the connectors on the dock.
- Page 68 GoFlex Home safely shuts down and restarts. When it is fully powered on and connected to your network, it appears in the list of drives at the top of the Seagate Dashboard, and your GoFlex Home folders appear in Explorer and Finder.
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Page 69: Adding More Storage Capacity To Goflex Home
Adding More Storage Capacity to GoFlex Home If you need additional storage capacity on GoFlex Home in the future, you can connect a USB drive directly to GoFlex Home (see page 66) or upgrade to a new or larger-capacity GoFlex Home or GoFlex Desk drive (see page 67 for instructions on removing and replacing the drive in your GoFlex Home). - Page 70 GoFlex Home while you’re travelling, you should set Obtain IP Address Automatically to Yes. No other input is required.) If you need to manually set up a LAN connection for GoFlex Home, set Obtain IP Address Automatically to No, then enter all the required information in the fields that appear: •...
- Page 71 Home to obtain its settings from the Internet using an Internet time server, or you can set GoFlex Home’s date and time yourself. If you set Set date and time from the Internet to Yes, select a default NTP (Network Time Protocol) server for best results.
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Page 72: Solving Problems
Share Pro. See page 8 for more information. Why won’t my computer connect to GoFlex Home? If you have installed the GoFlex Home software on your computer but it won’t connect to GoFlex Home, check that your home network is working properly and that the GoFlex Home device is properly connected and powered on. - Page 73 GoFlex Home folders. Using a paperclip, press and hold the Reset button for three (3) seconds. The reset button is located on the side of the GoFlex Home dock, as shown in Figure 1 on page 6. Caution: Don’t hold the Reset button longer than 5 seconds.
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Page 74: Decoding The Goflex Home Lights
Decoding the GoFlex Home Lights The lights on the front of the GoFlex Home dock change color and flash to indicate the status of the drive and device. This section explains the meaning of the lights and what to do if a problem occurs. -
Page 75: Finding More Help
Ensure that neither the dock nor the drive is damaged. Finding More Help The GoFlex Home network storage system is easy to use, but you may still have questions. Go to www.seagate.com/goflexhomesupport if you have any problems setting up or using your GoFlex Home network storage system. - Page 76 GoFlex Home 62 adding captions and tags to files 55 Cut and Paste 54 adding files to a folder in Seagate Share 54 adding files to a share 57 adding folders to Seagate Share 53 Dashboard. See Seagate Dashboard...
- Page 77 43 adding PCs 17 accessing with FTP 61 Backup folder 9 adding captions and tags in Seagate Share 55 changing your password 62 adding to a folder in Seagate Share 54 configuring Time Machine 24 automatic backups 39...
- Page 78 How to... panel on Seagate Dashboard 29 movies watching 42 installing GoFlex Home Desktop Applications 23 watching with Seagate Share 51 installing GoFlex Home software on Mac 20 moving a folder in Seagate Share 54 installing GoFlex Home software on Windows 12 music Instant Backup 40...
- Page 79 GoFlex drive 67 creating a Home page background 52 Rename 54 creating cover art for shares 59 renaming a folder in Seagate Share 54 rotating in Seagate Share 52 renaming files in Seagate Share 55 sharing on Facebook 45...
- Page 80 54 watching movies and videos 51 copying files 55 working with files and folders 34 copying files to GoFlex Home 38 Seagate Share Pro 8 copying photos to Facebook 45 copying photos to Flickr 46 Search/View toolbar 34...
- Page 81 44 updating GoFlex Home software 66 removing files 57 updating the Seagate Dashboard 31 renaming 58 uploading files to GoFlex Home 37 setting up an e-mail address book 60 UPNP Router Configuration setting 70 viewing 44 UPnP-AV 48 Sharing Emails Sender setting 63...
- Page 82 Index viewing photos and pictures 42 adding computers to GoFlex Home 17 installing software 12 setting up GoFlex Home 12 watching movies and videos 42 Wipe 71 Windows FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide...