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3. Backing Up Your Data

Setting Up Apple Time Machine

Seagate Central User Guide

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Time Machine immediately starts backing up your computer to your Seagate Central device.

Restoring Your Data from a Time Machine Backup

See the Time Machine online help for details about how to restore data from a Time Machine
backup.

Figure 22:

Time Machine Backing Up Your Mac to Seagate Central

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Summary of Contents for STCG2000100

Page 1: ...Seagate Central User Guide Model SRN01C...

Page 2: ...referring to hard drive capacity one gigabyte or GB equals one billion bytes and one terabyte or TB equals one thousand billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity In addition some of the lis...

Page 3: ...the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful in...

Page 4: ...PORTANTE Pour l utilisation de dispositifs mobiles D claration d exposition aux radiations Cet quipement est conforme aux limites d exposition aux rayonnements IC tablies pour un environnement non con...

Page 5: ...he correct charger and refer to the manufacturer s instructions or equipment manual for proper charging instructions Do not leave a battery on prolonged charge when not in use After extended periods o...

Page 6: ...Seagate Central User Guide vi...

Page 7: ...stalling Seagate Dashboard 13 Activating the Default Backup Plan 13 Creating a Customized Backup Plan 14 Restoring Files from Backup 17 Setting Up Apple Time Machine 18 Restoring Your Data from a Time...

Page 8: ...from the Seagate Media App 33 7 Using Seagate Remote Access 34 Setting Up a Seagate Remote Access Account 35 Using Seagate Remote Access with the Seagate Media App 35 Using Seagate Remote Access with...

Page 9: ...e connect Seagate Central to your network and copy content to the device To get the latest firmware how to videos tips and troubleshooting information go to the Seagate Customer Support site Features...

Page 10: ...te Dashboard to manage backups either continuously or according to a schedule Seagate Dashboard also gives you the option to back up your data to cloud storage For Mac computers Seagate Central is ful...

Page 11: ...es as well as select Samsung Smart TVs and Blu ray players allows you to access the contents of your Seagate Central on other devices Product Specifications This section identifies the system requirem...

Page 12: ...te Central Product Specifications Seagate Central User Guide 4 Network Connectivity One 10 1000 Ethernet port USB Connectivity One USB 2 0 port for connecting external storage devices to the Seagate C...

Page 13: ...tems you need If you do not find all of these items please contact Seagate Customer Support Connecting Your Seagate Central To connect your Seagate Central to your network 1 Connect Seagate Central to...

Page 14: ...e the device in File Explorer On a Mac computer you can see the device in the Finder window If your device did not show up on your network go to http www seagate com central setup for additional setup...

Page 15: ...On Windows computers a Click Start then Computer to list the devices connected to your computer a In the left column click Network b Right click the Seagate Central device and select View device webp...

Page 16: ...tes a Seagate remote access account for you with this address If you already have a remote access account with TappIn Seagate s remote access provider type in that email address d Password Enter a pas...

Page 17: ...ate a user the Seagate Central device appears in your network with the device name you specified on the Personalize page The device contains two folders Public and the private folder created for the n...

Page 18: ...e Seagate Central device Note If your Windows user name and password do not match the user name and password for the private folder on your Seagate Central you may need to enter the Seagate Central de...

Page 19: ...he Public folder 2 Click the Connect As button and enter the user name and password for the Seagate Central user account 3 After you connect as the Seagate Central user the private folder is now visib...

Page 20: ...t on the Seagate Central When you connect a USB drive to the port it appears as a folder on your Seagate Central see Figure 11 You can transfer files between the Seagate Central as well as other devic...

Page 21: ...alling Seagate Dashboard Download the Seagate Dashboard software from the Seagate website Follow the on screen instructions to install Seagate Dashboard on your Windows computer You install the softwa...

Page 22: ...e files destination and frequency for the backup plan You can configure each backup setting individually or you can step through the backup configuration process by clicking the and buttons The defaul...

Page 23: ...up When you are done click the button to move to the next configuration screen 5 Select the devices where you want to back up the files If you have created a Cloud Storage account it appears as a des...

Page 24: ...ss To back up files to a private folder click Sign in Select a user name from the list and enter the password 7 Click the button to move to the next screen 8 Indicate how often to back up the files 9...

Page 25: ...rd to your system Seagate Dashboard maintains multiple versions of each file it backs up so you can restore the most recent version or a previous version To restore a file from a backup 1 On the Seaga...

Page 26: ...ckmark to restore the file from the backup to the selected location Setting Up Apple Time Machine Time Machine is the backup software built into Mac OS X You can set up Time Machine to continuously ba...

Page 27: ...al To back up your computer to the Public folder on the Seagate Central click the button next to Guest and click Connect To back up your computer to a private folder on the device click the button nex...

Page 28: ...achine immediately starts backing up your computer to your Seagate Central device Restoring Your Data from a Time Machine Backup See the Time Machine online help for details about how to restore data...

Page 29: ...computer Playing Content with the Seagate Media App The Seagate Media app lets you view your media on Apple iOS devices Android devices and Samsung Smart Hub devices Note The Seagate Media app gives y...

Page 30: ...h DLNA Re Scanning the Seagate Central for New Content Whenever you copy new videos photos or music to your device Seagate Central needs to re scan the device to add the new content To add the new con...

Page 31: ...al adds the songs to the library the next time it scans the device for new music Changing the Frequency of New Music Scans By default Seagate Central scans for new music once every hour To change how...

Page 32: ...agate Central in iTunes Seagate Central User Guide 24 1 Log in to your Seagate Central as an administrator See Logging In to Your Seagate Central on page 39 2 Click the Services tab 3 Click iTunes 4 U...

Page 33: ...count Fill in the fields as follows In the Facebook User Name field enter the login name for the Facebook account This is usually an email address From the Owner list select a Seagate Central user If...

Page 34: ...sabling Facebook Archiving Seagate Central User Guide 26 If you want to remove the Facebook account from Seagate Central click Delete Removing a Facebook account from Seagate Central does not remove t...

Page 35: ...te Media App on page 33 For information about how to download and install the Seagate Media app see Installing the Seagate Media App on iOS and Android Devices on page 21 If you have activated your Se...

Page 36: ...rtain video formats You might be able obtain a third party media player from the app store for your device that allows you to play videos in unsupported formats To stop playback of a video press the B...

Page 37: ...tions button or tap the Select All button and then tap the Play button To view a slideshow When viewing a photo tap the Slideshow button The slideshow options appear You can add transition time loop a...

Page 38: ...m titles and artwork tap the Albums button Tap the album to list the songs in the album To display songs that belong to a particular genre of music tap the Genre button and then tap one of the music g...

Page 39: ...button To adjust the volume drag the volume slider at the bottom of the Now Playing screen Viewing Documents 1 From the list of media types select Documents 2 Select the document you want to view Not...

Page 40: ...download in one of the media views 2 Tap the Options button or Select the files to download or tap the Select All button 3 Tap the download icon The files begin to download to your device To stop dow...

Page 41: ...App By default the files on your Seagate Central device are visible from the Seagate Media app If you want to prevent the app from having access to files on your Seagate Central do the following 1 Lo...

Page 42: ...ely when connected to the Internet from a web browser or using the Seagate Media app on a mobile device You can use the Seagate Media app on Apple iOS and Android devices to play music and videos and...

Page 43: ...count through the Seagate Media app Note The Seagate Media app gives you access to content in the Public folder only To get access to content in a private folder log in to Seagate Remote Access using...

Page 44: ...invite remote users to share files or folders on your Seagate Central device To log in to the Seagate Remote Access web interface 1 Open a web browser and go to http access seagate com 2 In the Email...

Page 45: ...cations to the people you have invited To share files and folders 1 In the Seagate Remote Access web interface navigate to the file or folder you want to share 2 Click the icon at the bottom left corn...

Page 46: ...n to your Seagate Central as an administrator See Logging In to Your Seagate Central on page 39 2 Click the Services tab 3 Click Remote Access 4 Uncheck the box next to Enable to disable the service W...

Page 47: ...counts Make sure that the user you create has administrator privileges Logging In to Your Seagate Central 1 Open the Seagate Central Assistant On Windows computers do the following a Click Start and t...

Page 48: ...he Add a new user button 3 Enter the user name and password for the new user Seagate Central creates a private folder on the drive with this name 4 In the Remote access field enter a valid email addre...

Page 49: ...unt you want to change or delete You cannot delete the account you are currently logged in to Changing Seagate Central Drive Settings The administrator has access to the Settings tab where you can mak...

Page 50: ...ant the Seagate Central to get its IP address automatically from your router recommended Select Static if you want to enter the IP address details Disk Manager Displays information about the hard driv...

Page 51: ...mmon problems Manage Seagate Central Internet Shortcut Not Working If the Manage Seagate Central Internet shortcut does not open in your browser try the following For Windows computers 1 Click Start a...

Page 52: ...the folder again Logon Failure Windows Only If your Windows user name and password does not match that of a Seagate Central user Windows prompts for a user name and password when you try to connect t...

Page 53: ...into Seagate Remote Access matches the email address for a Seagate Central user See Setting Up a Seagate Remote Access Account on page 35 Make sure that the password for your Seagate Remote Access acc...

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