User guide
Table Of Contents
- User Guide
- Contents
- Getting Started
- Managing Your Drives
- Backing Up and Restoring Folders and Files
- Synchronizing Folders
- Managing Security
- Creating an Encryption Folder
- Managing an Encryption Folder
- Index
Seagate Manager User Guide for Use With Your FreeAgent™ Drive 27
Synchronizing Folders Using the Sync Preview Window
— OR —
• Select Sync Now from the Seagate Status menu to Sync on ALL connected
drives:
The Sync Preview window opens.
Listed are the files scheduled to be overwritten.
If you do NOT want to overwrite an older file version with a newly-synchronized version,
• Uncheck the file in the On column.
Using the Sync Preview Window
Use the Sync Preview window to manage your synchronized files.
• Add or delete files
• Decide whether to overwrite existing file versions
• Resolve conflicts over which version of a synchronized file to save
If the same file is edited on different computers at the same time, a conflict occurs
over which version of the file to save. When the drive containing a changed version
of a file is connected to a computer containing another changed version of the same
file, the Sync Preview window opens.
To use the Sync Preview window,
Step 6: Use the On checkbox to tell Seagate Manager which file versions to overwrite, add,
or delete.
Step 7: Click Sync Now to complete the sync.
A Sync Progress window informs you of the progress of the sync.
Step 8: When the sync is complete, click OK to close the window.
Figure 7: Sync Now