User guide

4. Getting Started with GoFlex Home Opening the Seagate Dashboard

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The Seagate Dashboard Features

From the Dashboard, you can:

• Copy content from your computer to GoFlex Home (see page 44).

• Share files in the GoFlex Home Public folder and access the files you’ve stored in GoFlex

Home Personal (see page 48).

• Back up the files on your computer to GoFlex Home, using Memeo Instant Backup (see

page 46).

• Share files with family and friends, using Seagate Share (see page 57).

• Change your GoFlex Home password (see page 70).

• Add new users to your GoFlex Home network storage system, and edit existing user

accounts—permission required (see page 72).

• Manage your GoFlex Home network storage system—permission required (see

page 70).

• Try new applications for free from the Application Store, or purchase and install new

applications like Memeo Premium Backup (see page 71) or Seagate Share Pro (see

page 10).

• Log in to GoFlex Home as a different user (see the next section).

Logging In to the Seagate Dashboard

You log in to the Seagate Dashboard for the first time during setup (see page 12), and you

remain logged in even when you shut down your computer. You don’t need to log in each time

you open the Dashboard.

However, you can log in to the Dashboard from any computer that’s connected to GoFlex

Home, even if someone else is already logged in with their own account. By logging in as

yourself, you gain access to your own GoFlex Home folders.

Note: Changing users on the Dashboard interrupts any file backup plan set up on the computer (see

page 46). If you have logged in to the Dashboard on someone else’s computer, allow them to

To log in to the Dashboard when someone else is already logged in:

1. Open the Seagate Dashboard on the computer (see page 35).

2. Click Change next to the user name on the top right of the Dashboard.