Sharing Content Using Social Media: Overview - EMC Iomega StorCenter ix2-dl User Manual

Iomega StorCenter ix2-dl User Guide

Sharing Content using Social Media: Overview

If you have an account with social media services such as Facebook, Flickr, or YouTube, you can
share content on your Iomega StorCenter ix2-dl with your friends and family using one or more of
these social media sites. To share your content using social media sites, create Shares called Active
Folders, and connect each Active Folder with a social media account. Refer to the help topic links
below for more information on these procedures. When you add photos and movies to an Active
Folder, those files are automatically uploaded to the social media site associated with that Active
Folder. If you have photos or movies you want to share with others, this is a great way to make your
content available to people who may not have access to your StorCenter ix2-dl .
If you have configured a Personal Cloud on your StorCenter ix2-dl , you can grant Personal Cloud
users access to Shares and Active Folders. This is useful if you want to allow users to add files to
your social media sites. For example, if your StorCenter ix2-dl has a Flickr Active Folder, you can
grant Personal Cloud users access to that Active Folder. In this manner, when photos are added to
the Flickr Active Folder, either by you or by Personal Cloud users, those photos are uploaded
automatically to your Flickr account.
Note that an Active Folder can only be associated with one social media account. For example, if
you want Active Folders for your Facebook and YouTube accounts, create two Active Folders, and
assign one Active Folder to Facebook, and one to YouTube. Using this example, any photos you add
to your Facebook Active Folder are automatically uploaded to your Facebook page, and any movies
you add to your YouTube Active Folder are automatically uploaded to your YouTube page. Not only
is this a fast and easy way to share content, but uploading content to your social media sites
provides an additional backup of your content, as the content is stored both on your StorCenter ix2-
dl and at your social media accounts.
How do I...
make a Share an Active Folder
upload to Facebook
upload to Flickr
upload to YouTube
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