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Seagate Dashboard User Guide.
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Seagate Dashboard User Guide 3 Contents 1. Introducing Seagate Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Seagate Dashboard Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Protecting Your Data (Windows Only) .
Seagate Dashboard User Guide 4 Viewing Information About Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Adjusting Drive Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Getting Technical Support for Your Seagate Drive .
Introducing Seagate Dashboard Seagate Dashboard Features Seagate Dashboard User Guide 5 1. Introducing Seagate Dashboard Seagate ® Dashboard is a powerful, yet easy-to-use utility for backing up your data and sharing and saving media on your social media networks.
Introducing Seagate Dashboard Getting Started With Seagate Dashboard Seagate Dashboard User Guide 6 See “Using Cloud Storage” on page 23 for more information. Note: The Protect feature and Cloud Storage service are only available on the Windows version of Seagate Dashboard.
Introducing Seagate Dashboard Getting Started With Seagate Dashboard Seagate Dashboard User Guide 7 • Double-click the Seagate Dashboard icon on your desktop. • Right-click the Seagate Dashboard icon in the system tray, and select Open Seagate Dashboard from the menu.
Introducing Seagate Dashboard System Requirements for Seagate Dashboard Seagate Dashboard User Guide 8 System Requirements for Seagate Dashboard Seagate Dashboard runs on Windows and Mac computers. Make sure your system meets the requirements listed in this section.
Protecting Your Data Activating the Default Backup Plan Seagate Dashboard User Guide 9 2. Protecting Your Data Seagate ® Dashboard includes a robust and flexible data backup feature.
Protecting Your Data Creating a Customized Backup Plan Seagate Dashboard User Guide 10 Seagate Dashboard starts backing up your data to your Seagate drive. If you have more than one Seagate drive connected to your computer, your data is backed up to the drive designated as the default backup drive.
Protecting Your Data Creating a Customized Backup Plan Seagate Dashboard User Guide 11 From here, you specify the files, destination, and frequency for the backup plan, as shown in Figure 4. You can configure each backup setting individually, or you can step through the backup configuration process by clicking the < and > buttons.
Protecting Your Data Creating a Customized Backup Plan Seagate Dashboard User Guide 12 4. Navigate to the directory or files you want to back up and place a checkmark next to each one. When you are done, click the > button to move to the next backup configuration screen.
Protecting Your Data Creating a Customized Backup Plan Seagate Dashboard User Guide 13 6. Indicate how often the files should be backed up. You can select from the following options: • Snapshot: Executes the backup plan only once. • Monthly: Executes the backup plan a specific day of each month, at a specific time.
Protecting Your Data Restoring Files from Backup Seagate Dashboard User Guide 14 8. After you create a backup plan, Seagate Dashboard shows its status on the Protect screen, On this screen, you can cl.
Protecting Your Data Restoring Files from Backup Seagate Dashboard User Guide 15 3. Seagate Dashboard displays a list of the currently active Backup plans. Click Find Backups to display the of the backups saved on your drive, then select the backup plan that saved the file you want to restore.
Protecting Your Data Restoring Files from Backup Seagate Dashboard User Guide 16 6. Click the > button, and select the location on your system where you want to restore the file. By default, Seagate Dashboard will save the restored files in their original location on your system.
Sharing Your Pictures and Videos How Picture and Video Sharing Works Seagate Dashboard User Guide 17 3. Sharing Your Pictures and Videos Seagate ® Dashboard provides an easy way to upload your pictures and videos from your local system to popular social networking services such as Facebook, Flickr, and YouTube.
Sharing Your Pictures and Videos Example: Uploading Pictures to Facebook Seagate Dashboard User Guide 18 on) in each folder. You can filter the display by entering text in the Search field. For example, entering jpg in the Search field shows only those files in the folder with jpg in the file name.
Sharing Your Pictures and Videos Example: Uploading Pictures to Facebook Seagate Dashboard User Guide 19 Note: Videos uploaded to Facebook are always placed in the My Videos folder, regardless of the destination album you specify in the Album selection screen.
Sharing Your Pictures and Videos Example: Uploading Pictures to Facebook Seagate Dashboard User Guide 20.
Saving Your Online Pictures with Seagate Dashboard How Picture Saving Works Seagate Dashboard User Guide 21 4. Saving Your Online Pictures with Seagate Dashboard The Save feature of Seagate ® Dashboard lets you download and save pictures from your social media accounts.
Saving Your Online Pictures with Seagate Dashboard Example: Downloading Pictures from Facebook Seagate Dashboard User Guide 22 5. On the Save screen, Seagate Dashboard shows the number of new pictures that have been posted in your account. “New” pictures are those that Seagate Dashboard has found in your account but hasn’t already downloaded.
Using Cloud Storage About Cloud Storage Seagate Dashboard User Guide 23 5. Using Cloud Storage This chapter explains how to set up and manage your Cloud Storage account so you can use it as a destination for your data backups.
Using Cloud Storage Setting up a Cloud Storage Account Seagate Dashboard User Guide 24 2. On the Seagate Dashboard Home screen, click the Cloud Storage icon at the top of the screen. 3. Click the Create a new account link to display the account sign-up page.
Using Cloud Storage Signing Into Your Cloud Storage Account Seagate Dashboard User Guide 25 Signing Into Your Cloud Storage Account To use Cloud Storage as a destination for data backups, you must be signed into your Cloud Storage account.
Using Cloud Storage Using the Cloud Storage Web Portal Seagate Dashboard User Guide 26 Click the Manage Tab to display additional settings. On this tab, you can select from the following options: • Information: Shows your Cloud Storage account information.
Using Cloud Storage Using the Cloud Storage Web Portal Seagate Dashboard User Guide 27 • Open a browser and go to http://cloudstorage.seagate.com, then log in with your Cloud Storage account username and password.
Using Cloud Storage Using the Cloud Storage Web Portal Seagate Dashboard User Guide 28.
Managing Your Seagate Drives with Seagate Dashboard Viewing Information About Your Drive Seagate Dashboard User Guide 29 6. Managing Your Seagate Drives with Seagate Dashboard Seagate ® Dashboard makes it easy to adjust settings and features on your Seagate drives.
Managing Your Seagate Drives with Seagate Dashboard Adjusting Drive Settings Seagate Dashboard User Guide 30 on the drive. You can click the magnifying glass button to open a new window and explore the contents of the drive. Adjusting Drive Settings Click the Manage tab to adjust settings for your Seagate drive.
Managing Your Seagate Drives with Seagate Dashboard Getting Technical Support for Your Seagate Drive Seagate Dashboard User Guide 31 • Power: Sets the amount of time before the drive’s power save feature takes effect. The power save feature places the Seagate drive in a standby mode after it has been inactive for a certain amount of time.
Managing Your Seagate Drives with Seagate Dashboard Getting Technical Support for Your Seagate Drive Seagate Dashboard User Guide 32 If you cannot find the information you are looking for on the Seagate web site, or if you want to contact Seagate Technical Support directly, select your region from the list box at the bottom of the screen.
Managing the Seagate Dashboard Software Configuring Seagate Dashboard Settings Seagate Dashboard User Guide 33 7. Managing the Seagate Dashboard Software From the Seagate ® Dashboard Settings screen,.
Managing the Seagate Dashboard Software Setting Up Your Seagate Drives for Seagate Dashboard Seagate Dashboard User Guide 34 Setting Up Your Seagate Drives for Seagate Dashboard The Drives tab on the .
Managing the Seagate Dashboard Software Configuring Seagate Dashboard Features Seagate Dashboard User Guide 35 Dashboard features, as well as disable Seagate Dashboard access to specific social media networks. On this tab, you can select from the following options: • Language: Sets the language used in the Seagate Dashboard user interface.
Managing the Seagate Dashboard Software Viewing the Seagate Dashboard Log Seagate Dashboard User Guide 36 Viewing the Seagate Dashboard Log Whenever Seagate Dashboard completes an operation, such as executing a backup plan, or transferring files to or from your social media networks, it records information in its log.
Managing the Seagate Dashboard Software Updating the Seagate Dashboard Software Seagate Dashboard User Guide 37 Updating the Seagate Dashboard Software From time to time, Seagate updates the Seagate Dashboard software. Click the Updates tab to check for updated Seagate Dashboard software and download and install it.
Seagate Dashboard User Guide 38 Index A Apple Time Machine 9 auto save 21 B backing up data 9 – 16 continuously 13 selecting files 11 setting destination 12 setting frequency 13 snapshot 13 backup p.
Seagate Dashboard User Guide 39 disabling the feature 35 supported file types 17 social networking services 6 disabling access from Seagate Dashboard 35 supported Seagate drives 5 system requirements .
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