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Seagate Dashboard User Guide

Seagate Dashboard User Guide
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1. Introducing Seagate Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Seagate Dashboard Features . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Protecting Your Data (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sharing Your Pictures and Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Downloading and Saving Your Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controlling Settings for Your Seagate Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 5 5 6 6 6

Getting Started With Seagate Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 About the Seagate Dashboard Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 System Requirements for Seagate Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Windows Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MacRequirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cloud Storage Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 8 8 8

2. Protecting Your Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Activating the Default Backup Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Creating a Customized Backup Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Restoring Files from Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

3. Sharing Your Pictures and Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
How Picture and Video Sharing Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Example:Uploading Pictures to Facebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

4. Saving Your Online Pictures with Seagate Dashboard . . . . . . . . . 21
How Picture Saving Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Example: Downloading Pictures from Facebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

5. Using Cloud Storage . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
About Cloud Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Setting up a Cloud Storage Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Signing Into Your Cloud Storage Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Managing Your Cloud Storage Account fromSeagate Dashboard . . . . . . . 25 Using the Cloud Storage Web Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

6. Managing Your Seagate Drives with Seagate Dashboard . . . . . . . 29

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Viewing Information About Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Adjusting Drive Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....