FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide (Version 2)
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Accessing and Enjoying Your Files on Your Home Network . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Accessing and Enjoying Your Files When You’re Away from Home . . . . . . 45
Sharing Your Files with Friends and Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Setting Up a Centralized Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Enjoying Your Files on a Digital Media Player or Game Console . . . . . . . . 50
5. Enjoying and Managing Your Files in Seagate Share . . . . . . . . . . 52
Playing Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Playing Movies and Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Enjoying Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Managing Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Managing Your Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Accessing Your GoFlex Home Files Using FTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
6. Managing GoFlex Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Changing Your Own GoFlex Home Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Customizing Your GoFlex Home User Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Adding New GoFlex Applications to Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Installing Remote Access App for Smartphones and Tablets . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Adding and Managing User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Managing GoFlex Home and Connected Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Adding More Storage Capacity to GoFlex Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Managing GoFlex Home Settings and Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
7. Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Common Problems and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Decoding the GoFlex Home Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Finding More Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80