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GoFlex™Home User Guide

FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide

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Contents

1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Getting to Know GoFlex Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Special Features of GoFlex Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2. Setting Up GoFlex Home – Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Step 1: Familiarizing Yourself with the Setup Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Step 2: Connecting GoFlex Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Step 3: Installing the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Step 4: Setting 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 – Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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

Step 6: Setting Up More Mac Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4. Getting Started with GoFlex Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Opening the Seagate Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Opening Seagate Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Getting to Know Your GoFlex Home Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Copying Your Files to GoFlex Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Backing Up Your Files to GoFlex Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Accessing and Enjoying Your Files on Your Home Network . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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Accessing and Enjoying Your Files When You’re Away from Home . . . . . . 43

Sharing Your Files with Friends and Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Setting Up a Centralized Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Enjoying Your Files on a Digital Video Player or Game Console . . . . . . . . 48

5. Enjoying and Managing Your Files in Seagate Share . . . . . . . . . . 50

Playing Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Playing Movies and Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Enjoying Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Managing Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Managing Your Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Accessing Your GoFlex Home Files Using FTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

6. Managing GoFlex Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Changing Your Own GoFlex Home Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Customizing Your GoFlex Home User Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Adding New GoFlex Applications to Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Adding and Managing 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

1. Introduction About This Guide

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1. Introduction

The FreeAgent®GoFlex™ Home network storage system lets you use one external drive for

all the computers in your home. With enough capacity to support multiple computers and

users, you can easily store all of your files in one centralized location, while automatically and

continuously backing up the files and folders on every computer in your home.

Setup is as simple as connecting to your Wi-Fi router, and in just minutes, you can begin

wirelessly accessing files and streaming photos, music and movies to personal computers

(PCs), Mac®computers, and game consoles. Plus, you can share a printer with every

computer in the home by simply connecting it to the USB port on GoFlex Home.

About This Guide

This User Guide introduces the features of GoFlex Home, describes how to set up your

GoFlex Home network storage system, and explains how to use GoFlex Home to share and

store your files, back up your files, and access your files from anywhere in the world.

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.

Note: Some of the features described in this User Guide are available only on computers running the

Windows operating system. Sections of the guide that describe Windows-only features are

clearly marked.

System Requirements

To set up and use GoFlex Home, you need:

•Home network (also called a Local Area Network, or LAN)

•Wired or wireless router with an available Ethernet port

•Internet connection for file sharing over the Web

PCs accessing GoFlex Home require:

•Pentium III 500 MHz-equivalent processor or higher

•256 MB RAM

•Windows®XP, Windows Vista®, or Windows 7 operating system

•Internet Explorer®6 or later, Firefox®2.x or later, or Chrome 4.x or later Web browser

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Mac computers accessing GoFlex Home require:

•Mac OS®X 10.4 or later operating system

•Safari®3.1 or later Web browser

GoFlex Home works with most consumer home network equipment with no special settings

required. However, if you have a business-grade router in your home, you may need to adjust

its network settings.

Getting to Know GoFlex Home

•GoFlex Home Drive Dock: 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:

•Green blinking: GoFlex Home is starting up.

•Green steady: GoFlex Home is connected to the network and ready for use.

•Amber blinking: GoFlex Home is not connected to the network.

•Drive Light: Provides information about the drive’s current state:

•White steady: GoFlex drive is installed in dock and ready for use.

•White off: GoFlex drive is not installed or is experiencing a problem.

Figure 1: GoFlex Home Front

GoFlex Home Drive Dock

GoFlex Drive

GoFlex Home Light

Drive Light

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•Power Button: Turns GoFlex Home on and off.

•Power Port: Connects GoFlex Home to a power source.

•Ethernet Port: Connects GoFlex Home to your router.

•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).

Special Features of GoFlex Home

•Instant Backup: GoFlex Home protects your important files with automatic, “set it and

forget it” file backup using Memeo™ Instant Backup (Windows only), and is also Time

Machine®-compatible for Mac computers.

•Centralized Storage: GoFlex Home is a central location for storing digital media (music,

photos, movies) and other household files you want to share with everyone on your home

network. You can store Windows- and Mac-compatible files all in one place.

•User Accounts: Up to five people/computers on your home network can access GoFlex

Home. (You can upgrade to unlimited accounts by subscribing to Seagate Share Pro. See

page 8 for more information.)

•Remote Access: GoFlex Home provides access to your digital content from anywhere

inside or outside your home, using the Web-based Seagate Share application. You can

even access GoFlex Home from your smart phone (available with Seagate Share Pro—

see page 8).

Figure 2: GoFlex Home Back

USB Port

Power Button Reset Button

Power Port

Ethernet Port and Lights

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•Centralized Printing: If you connect a printer to the USB port on your GoFlex Home,

everyone on your home network can wirelessly print from that one printer. See page 47

for more information.

•

Music and Video Streaming (DLNA)

: Everyone on your home network can stream music,

movies, and videos to their computer or to a digital media device, such as a FreeAgent

GoFlex TV, from GoFlex Home. (

DLNA stands for Digital Living Network Alliance, and is a

technology that allows you to enjoy the digital media files stored on your GoFlex Home on

a digital media device.)

•Seagate Dashboard: This software serves as a central location from which you can

access all of GoFlex Home’s features (Windows only).

•Easy Expansion: If you require additional storage capacity in the future, you can easily

remove and replace the drive in GoFlex Home—no tools required. You can also connect

an external USB drive directly to GoFlex Home for even more storage space. See

page 69 for more information.

About Seagate Share Pro

Unlimited user accounts and other handy features are available with an upgrade to Seagate

Share Pro, which provides premium service options that are available by yearly subscription.

Seagate Share Pro includes:

•Access to GoFlex Home and Seagate Share for an unlimited number of people.

•Remote access to GoFlex Home from a smart phone, such as a Blackberry®or iPhone®,

or from another portable entertainment device, such as an iPad.

•Integration with Facebook

and Flickr

, which lets you easily copy your GoFlex Home

photos to your online accounts.

•The 3D wall interface by Cooliris, which enhances your enjoyment of your GoFlex Home

photos.

•Secure remote access to GoFlex Home with FTPS.

•Integrated RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds, which make it effortless to keep

friends and family updated with your latest shared files, such as vacation photos.

To learn more about these and other Seagate Share Pro features, click Learn More under

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.

Premium Backup software allows you to back up an unlimited number of PCs to your GoFlex

Home.

2. Setting Up GoFlex Home – Windows Step 1: Familiarizing Yourself with the Setup Process

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Setting Up GoFlex Home – Windows

Setting up GoFlex Home is easy. This chapter explains each step and provides suggestions

and options for getting the most out of GoFlex Home.

Step 1: Familiarizing Yourself with the Setup Process

Before you begin, familiarize yourself with the steps you’ll follow while setting up GoFlex

Home, and with the folders that GoFlex Home creates automatically for you during setup.

Main Setup Steps

•Connect GoFlex Home (as described in the printed Quick Start Guide).

•Name, activate, and register GoFlex Home.

•Install the software on your own computer:

•Seagate Dashboard, for access to all GoFlex Home features

•Memeo Instant Backup, for automatic file backups

•Create individual user accounts and passwords for everyone on your home network.

•Install the software on the other Windows computers on your home network (or set up

Mac computers—see page 19).

See “Step 2: Connecting GoFlex Home” on page 10 for complete instructions.

Understanding GoFlex Home’s Automatic Folder Creation

When you create your own user account and password during setup, GoFlex Home

automatically creates three folders on the drive for you:

•A Public folder, where files can be stored and accessed by everyone on your home

network.

•A Personal folder that only you can access, where you can store personal or private files

that you don’t want anyone else on your home network to see.

•A Backup folder that only you can access, where all your backup files are stored.

GoFlex Home also automatically creates Personal and Backup folders for each user account

you create for the members of your household. 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” on page 37.

2. Setting Up GoFlex Home – Windows Step 2: Connecting GoFlex Home

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Step 2: Connecting GoFlex Home

1. Unpack the box and ensure you have these items before continuing:

2. 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.

Figure 3: Package Contents

Figure 4: Connecting the Cables

GoFlex Home Base

Ethernet Cable

GoFlex Drive

Power Adapter Quick Start Guide

Installation CD

Power Button in Off Position

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3. Dock the drive into the base, then press the Power button.

a. Align the connector on the bottom of the drive with the connector in the base.

b. Gently press down on the drive until it clicks into place.

c. Press the Power button.

4. Wait for the lights on the front of GoFlex Home to stop blinking. This may take a couple of

minutes.

If the GoFlex Home light is not solid green, wait about two minutes to make sure that GoFlex

Home has had a chance to fully start up; if it’s blinking amber, GoFlex Home either can’t

connect to the network or can’t communicate with the drive. See “Solving Problems” on

page 72 for more help.

Figure 5: Docking the GoFlex Drive

Figure 6: GoFlex Home Lights

GoFlex Home Light:

Solid green when ready

Drive Light:

Solid white when ready

2. Setting Up GoFlex Home – Windows Step 3: Installing the Software

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Step 3: Installing the Software

1. 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.

2. When the Welcome screen opens, choose a language, then click OK.

A setup wizard opens.

TIP: If the Setup wizard doesn’t open automatically, open Explorer, navigate to the CD,

then double-click SeagateDashboardSetup.exe.

3. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the Seagate Dashboard and Memeo Instant

Backup software applications.

4. When the installation is complete, click Finish, then continue with "Step 4: Setting Up GoFlex

Home".

Step 4: Setting Up GoFlex Home

TIP: Before you continue, make sure you have a pen and paper handy to keep track of the

names and passwords you need to create during setup.

When the software is installed, the GoFlex Home Setup wizard opens automatically. This may

take a few moments.

The wizard finds and connects your computer to GoFlex Home, then the Device Information

screen opens.

Figure 7: Adding Device Information

2. Setting Up GoFlex Home – Windows Step 4: Setting Up GoFlex Home

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If your computer can’t connect to GoFlex Home, see “Solving Problems” on page 72.

1. Enter a name for GoFlex Home.

The name must start with a letter and must be at least three characters in length. You can use

letters, numbers, dashes, dots, and underscores. Spaces are not allowed.

Because you can access GoFlex Home over the Internet, the device must have a unique

name. Use the Check Availability button to ensure the name you want is available.

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.

2. Click Next.

GoFlex Home is activated, and the Account Information screen opens.

3. Create a user account for yourself by entering a user name and password. Passwords must

be at least six characters long and must include one number. Passwords are case-sensitive.

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.

4. Click Next.

Figure 8: Creating the First User Account

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The Registration screen opens.

5. 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 9: Registering GoFlex Home

Figure 10: Setup Complete

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6. Click Launch Seagate Dashboard.

The Seagate Dashboard opens.

The Seagate Dashboard is the central location from which you can access all of GoFlex

Home’s features. See page 28 for more information.

7. 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).

Step 5: Adding a User to GoFlex Home

Everyone who needs access to GoFlex Home requires their own user account. Your GoFlex

Home includes five user accounts.

TIP: You can upgrade to unlimited accounts

(and add other useful GoFlex Home features)

by subscribing to Seagate Share Pro. See “About Seagate Share Pro” on page 8 for

more information.

To add new user accounts to GoFlex Home:

1. In the How to... panel of the Seagate Dashboard, click Add Users.

Figure 11: Seagate Dashboard

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The Add Users window opens.

2. Enter a user name.

User names must start with a letter and must be at least three characters in length. User

names are not case-sensitive. You can’t use the same user name twice on GoFlex Home.

3. Enter and confirm a password for the user.

Passwords must be at least six characters long and must include one number. Passwords are

case-sensitive.

TIP:

When entering passwords, balance convenience and security appropriately for your

household. For instance, you might have the members of your household choose their

own passwords, but enter and keep track of them yourself so that you can act as the

home network manager in case a password is forgotten or another issue arises. Or,

you might have the members of your household enter their own passwords in private,

so that only they can access the files they store in their Personal and Backup folders.

4. Select Allow this user to create, modify, and delete user accounts if you want this person

to be able to do the same home network manager tasks as you.

5. 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).

6. Click Add Another User to continue creating user accounts (repeating the steps in this

section), or click Done.

Figure 12: Creating Additional User Accounts

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When you’re done creating user accounts, continue with “Step 6: Adding PCs to GoFlex

Home” on page 17.

Step 6: Adding PCs to GoFlex Home

Note: You can use both PC and Mac computers with GoFlex Home. See “Step 6: Setting Up More

Mac Computers” on page 26 to add Macs to your GoFlex Home.

To add a PC to your GoFlex Home network storage system, you must install the GoFlex

Home software—Seagate Dashboard and Memeo Instant Backup. Up to

five people/

computers on your home network can access GoFlex Home.

TIP: You can upgrade to unlimited users and computers

(and add other useful GoFlex

Home features)

by subscribing to Seagate Share Pro. See “About Seagate Share Pro”

on page 8 for more information.

To add a PC to GoFlex Home:

1. 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.

2. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

When the software is installed, the GoFlex Home setup wizard opens automatically. When it

finds and connects your computer to GoFlex Home, the Log-in screen opens.

Figure 13: Adding Another Computer

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3. Have the computer’s regular user log in by choosing their user name and entering their

password, then clicking Log In & Launch Seagate Dashboard. Remember that passwords

are case-sensitive.

4. 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:

•Copy files from your computer to your GoFlex Home folders (see page 37).

•(Optional) Start automatic backups of the files on your computer (see page 39).

•Learn how to access and enjoy your files from home and while travelling (see page 40

and page 43).

•Share selected files with friends and family (see page 43).

•Set up a centralized printer (see page 47).

Pass along these chapters of the User Guide to each member of your household:

•“Getting Started with GoFlex Home” on page 28

•“Enjoying and Managing Your Files in Seagate Share” on page 50

•“Managing GoFlex Home” on page 62

Don’t forget that you can add more user accounts and computers, enable access to GoFlex

Home from smart phones, add other useful GoFlex Home features, or back up additional

computers by subscribing to Seagate Share Pro or purchasing a Premium Backup software

upgrade. See "About Seagate Share Pro" and “About Premium Backup” on page 8 for more

information.

3. Setting Up GoFlex Home – Mac Step 1: Familiarizing Yourself with the Setup Process

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3. Setting Up GoFlex Home – Mac

Setting up GoFlex Home is easy. This chapter explains each step and provides suggestions

and options for getting the most out of GoFlex Home.

Step 1: Familiarizing Yourself with the Setup Process

Before you begin, familiarize yourself with the steps you’ll follow while setting up GoFlex

Home, and with the folders that GoFlex Home creates automatically for you during setup.

Main Setup Steps

•Connect GoFlex Home (as described in the printed Quick Start Guide).

•Name, activate, and register GoFlex Home.

•Install the desktop applications on your own computer:

•ComputersBackup

•GoFlex Home Agent

•SmartFolderShortcut (which allows you to access your files through Finder)

•SmartWebShortcut (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 Mac computers

on your home network (or set up Windows computers—see page 9).

See “Step 2: Connecting GoFlex Home” on page 20 for complete instructions.