MAXTOR FUSION ™ User’s Guide
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE Contents Introduction ................................................................1 Maxtor Fusion Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . About this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE INTRODUCTION Thank you for selecting a Maxtor product. About This Guide Maxtor Fusion™ lets you simply organize and personalize all your digital photos, videos, music and documents and selectively share your experiences with family, friends and colleagues either privately or publicly in a secure environment.
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE Follow these precautions to prevent data loss – Do not bump, move or drop the Maxtor Fusion while in operation. – Do not disconnect the power cord from your Maxtor Fusion without first shutting it down through the browser interface, or using the power switch on the back of the unit. Navigation Although the Maxtor Fusion interface runs from within a browser window, it uses its own navigational buttons rather than the forward, back, refresh buttons of your browser.
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE GETTING TO KNOW MAXTOR FUSION This section shows how – in just a few steps – to put your Maxtor Fusion to work quickly by importing files and sharing them with others. Once you have done this, you can import your entire archive of photos, videos, music, and documents. See “Importing Files” on page 7. Anyone with a user account and a web browser can import files. To use a web browser to import files: 1. Copy or move your picture files from your camera to your computer. 2.
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE At the bottom of the Import pop-up window click on < YES > next to the message “Need to Import folders/files at once in bulk?” Depending on your browser settings you may need to agree to the launching of the File Dropbox. Sharing Files by Invitation Once your files are imported onto your Maxtor Fusion, sharing them is easy. You can invite individuals and groups to look at and download your content, and you can make files publicly available.
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE 5. When your recipient clicks on the emailed link, a browser will open and thumbnails of the files that you shared with them will be displayed in their browser – see below. By double clicking on a thumbnail, they can launch a picture slide show or play a video or music file depending on the types of files that you have shared with them.
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE Linking Files to Online Groups You can link up to five pictures at a time to popular online communities such as MySpace and eBay. The microlink button automatically generates a link (URL) that users can click on to view the pictures in a dedicated browser window and HTML code (IMG) that can be used to embed the selected pictures into a web page. MySpace 1.
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE USING THE MAXTOR FUSION Maxtor Fusion offers a new level of flexibility and control for storing, organizing, accessing, and sharing personal digital content. Maxtor Fusion offers a simple yet powerful way to help transform scattered video, pictures, music, and documents files into personalized digital experiences that can be shared to reflect an event, an occasion, a person, an activity, or even a mood.
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE The Import window appears. You can move it by holding your mouse button down on the blue half-circle outside the window, on the upper right-hand corner. Alternately, you can drag many files to the Dropbox, and import them one at a time to different Category. NOTE: The drag and drop feature for bulk importing requires that you have Java installed on your computer. To learn more about Java go to www.java.
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE There are two advantages to using this method. The first is that all folder and sub-folder structures are preserved when importing files. And second, file transfers are much faster. Using this interface, you can import (and move, copy, and delete) just as you can on your Windows or Macintosh desktop.
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE Selecting the View The following views allow you to sort your files in many useful ways: View as Thumbnails – Small images (38x24-pixel thumbnails) representing your files are organized alphabetically based on filename. View as Large Thumbnails – Same as the previous view except the thumbnails are larger (58x52 pixels). View as Timeline – A clickable timeline allows you to sort your files by selecting a date of interest.
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE Organizing Files Using Categories and Folders Creating Folders You can organize your library using categories and folders. The categories are Pictures, Music, Video, and Documents, and are accessed by clicking the links in the upper left part of the screen. These categories cannot be changed but you can create your own folders (and sub-folders) within a Category to refine the organization of your library.
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE 4. Click the right-arrow next to the Move field to launch the Move/Copy command. 5. In the pop-up that appears, select Copy or Move and then click OK. The selected items are moved or copied to the new location. NOTE: In the View All view (accessed by clicking the View All button in the Organize area), you can copy and move folders by dragging and dropping.
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE Sharing Files If you need to set up a group: Once files are loaded onto your Maxtor Fusion, sharing them is easy. You can invite individuals and groups to view and download your content, and you can make files publicly available. 1. Click on the SHARE icon near the top of the interface, Sharing Files with an Individual 1. Select the files you want to share. You can select multiple files using the Shift, Control (PC), or Command (Apple) key when clicking the mouse button. 2.
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE Sharing Files through the Public Site Folder Searching and Tagging In addition to sharing your files through email invitations with an individual or group, you can also place files in an area that is openly accessible on the Web. Each user account is provided a separate Public Site area. The URL to this Public Site for your user account can be found in the Set Preferences menu. As your collection of files grows, the more you’ll need a good way to find specific files.
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE Adding Tags and Descriptions for Better Searches A tag is some text that is attached to a file and helps categorize or identify it in some way. You might be familiar with the terms keyword or metadata, which have very similar meaning and purpose. By attaching unique and descriptive tags to your files, you can make it easy and fast to find the files you seek. For example, you might have a picture with the filename rafting.jpg.
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE Exporting Files System Administration Tasks To make a copy of a file on Maxtor Fusion and save it to your local file system, you use the Export command. This section contains management and maintenance topics to help the Maxtor Fusion administrator. While any user can import and share files, only the administrator can create and manage user accounts, configure network settings, and back up files.
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE To Add a New User 1. If you’re not already logged in with the admin account, log out and log in again using admin as the username and the password assigned at installation time. 2. Click the Set Preferences button to the right of the content area (the button has the outline of a person). 3. In the USER PREFERENCES tab, click Add User at the bottom left-hand area of the interface. 4. Enter the information for the new user and click Save.
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE Changing Network Settings – Configure your time zone. By default, Maxtor Fusion obtains and configures all LAN settings at setup and installation time. As the administrator you can review or reconfigure network settings. If you’re not already logged in with the admin account, log out and log in again using admin as the username and the password assigned at installation time.
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS I’m having a lot of problems with the web interface to my Maxtor Fusion. Why? I had to restart my router/modem, and now people cannot access my shared files. How do I fix this? Check to see that you are using the latest supported browsers: When your router is turned off and then turned on you will lose the last IP address you had.
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE My USB drive is not recognized. External USB drives must be formatted for the FAT32 or VFAT file system. Drives formatted for the NTFS file system can be read by the Maxtor Fusion admin user but cannot be used as a destination for backing up or writing files. If I send an invitation to a user, do they have to use Firefox or Internet Explorer 6.0 to view the files? No. Users should be able to click on links received in most major browsers. I have a Mac and a PC.
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE APPENDICES Appendix I – Setup Wizard Adding Additional User Accounts You may not have finished the second part of the Maxtor Fusion installation – the Setup Wizard can be restarted at any time. Use the information here to help you complete Maxtor Fusion installation, or to assist you when making system-level changes (applying a new DNS Hostname, for example). Much of the information contained here is available in the Setup Wizard online help.
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE Dynamic DNS What is DNS? DNS stands for Domain Name Service. An integral part of the Internet, DNS functions just like a telephone book by keeping a table of names associated with numbers. DNS translates easy-to-remember names (www.maxtor.com) to the IP address (123.45.67.123) that's used by all the Internet plumbing – it is how people find things on the Internet.
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE For example, if you want your Maxtor Fusion to be called MyFusion, type that into the text box. If you go with the default, your domain name will be MyFusion.no-ip.info. 6. Take the No-IP information – Username, Password, and DNS Hostname, and enter it into the appropriate text boxes in the Setup Wizard window. Then press Next. DynDNS.org Select DynDNS.org.
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE Port Forwarding What is Port Forwarding? In general, your network router rejects requests for information that come from the Internet. Requests from users that want to access your Maxtor Fusion should not be rejected but passed on from your router. Port forwarding allows your router to pass along request (such as view a Web page or download a file) to the Maxtor Fusion. To enable applications to keep track of things, specific ports are designated.
MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE Appendix II – Maxtor Fusion Checklist Maxtor Fusion Information Dynamic DNS Service Information *Serial Number *Dynamic DNS Service Provider *Password for Admin Account *Username for Dynamic DNS Service *Email Address for Admin Account *Password for Dynamic DNS Service Time Zone *DNS Hostname Outgoing Email Settings (for Email Invitations) Port Forwarding *SMTP Server Name *Router Manufacturer *SMTP Username *Router Model *SMTP Password *Router Username *SMTP Ser
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