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Eject via Desktop

1. Select the desktop icon for your hard drive and drag it to the Trash.
2. When the image is no longer visible on your desktop, you can physically disconnect the hard drive from

your Mac.

Seagate Backup Plus Desktop

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Page 1: ...lus Desktop User Manual Click here to access an up to date online version of this document You will also find the most recent content as well as expandable illustrations easier navigation and search c...

Page 2: ...e your Backup Plus Desktop from your computer Safely removeexternal storagefrom a Windows PC Safely removeexternal storagefrom a Mac 5 Back up your computer to Backup Plus Desktop What is a backup Bac...

Page 3: ...8 Frequently asked questions 17...

Page 4: ...0 cable Micro B to Type A Power cable Quick Start Guide Software Lyve and Seagate Dashboard available for download Minimum system requirements You can connect your Backup Plus Desktop to a computer th...

Page 5: ...s standard that provides high bandwidth for data transfers Transfer rates can attain up to 5Gb s as opposed to USB 2 0 s 480Mb s This means that USB 3 0 is theoretically up to ten times faster than it...

Page 6: ...certain to only use the power cable included with your Seagate Backup Plus Desktop Attaching third party or other Seagate power cables with incorrect voltage can damage Backup Plus Desktop Step 2 Con...

Page 7: ...us Desktop Lyve Automatically collect photos and videos stored on all your devices and display them in one organized view For details visit Lyve Dashboard Backup software for your Windows computers mo...

Page 8: ...read hard drives formatted as NTFS but write access is not available without the aid of a special driver If you want to use Backup Plus Desktop with a Macintosh computer download and install the Parag...

Page 9: ...ou don t see the Safely Remove Hardware icon click the Show hidden icons arrow in the system tray to display all icons in the notification area 3 In the list of devices choose the device you want to r...

Page 10: ...Select the desktop icon for your hard drive and drag it to the Trash 2 When the image is no longer visible on your desktop you can physically disconnect the hard drive from your Mac 10 Seagate Backup...

Page 11: ...copies select data files onto an external storage device If the computer s hard drive fails the files are safe on the external storage drive but the operating system and applications must be reinstall...

Page 12: ...esktop has sufficient capacity to hold the data you want to back up All of the options in the table can be automated except for copy and paste Copying and pasting is a manual task that requires your a...

Page 13: ...Windows Mac OS Extended HFS the native hard drive file system for Mac Windows users can read and write to HFS journaled hard drives by installing the Paragon driver for Mac exFAT generally compatible...

Page 14: ...e sure the storage device is connected to and mounted on the computer 2 Select Go Utilities in the Finder menu bar 3 In the Utilities folder double click Disk Utility All connected storage devices par...

Page 15: ...Windows desktop Go to Control Panel Choose Power Options Choose Change plan settings Choose Change advanced power settings Expand the Hard Disks in the window Confirm that the setting is set to Never...

Page 16: ...nd data that had been available can be inaccessible once the bad sector is reallocated Follow the steps below to run First Aid 1 From the Finder click Go Utilities Disk Utility 2 Hard drives are liste...

Page 17: ...matting and Partitioning for instructions Q Will my Seagate hard drive s USB 3 0 port work with my computer s USB 2 0 port A Yes the cable end that plugs into the computer USB Type A is compatible wit...

Page 18: ...ocker that can protect hard drives with a password For more information about Bitlocker consult Microsoft s support documentation Q Can I encrypt my Seagate hard drive A Yes the hard drive can be encr...

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