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Contents 1. About Seagate Central 1 About This Guide 1 Features 1 Product Specifications 3 System Requirements 3 Supported Devices for the Seagate Media App 3 Hardware Specifications 3 2. Setting Up Your Seagate Central 5 Unpacking the Box 5 Connecting Your Seagate Central 5 Discovering Seagate Central 6 Personalizing Your Seagate Central 7 Private Folders 9 Connecting a USB Drive to Seagate Central 12 3. Backing Up Your Data 13 Seagate Dashboard 13 Installing Seagate Dashboard 13 Activating the Default Backup Plan 13 Creating a Customized Backup Plan 14 Restoring Files from Backup 17 Setting Up Apple Time Machine 18 Restoring Your Data from a Time Machine Backup 20 4. Playing Back Your Media 21 Playing Content with the Seagate Media App 21 Installing the Seagate Media App on iOS and Android Devices 21 Installing the Seagate Media App on Samsung Smart Hub devices . . . 21 Playing Content on DLNA Certified Devices 22 Re-Scanning the Seagate Central for New Content 22 Disabling the Media Server 22 Playing Music Stored on Seagate Central in iTunes 22 Changing the Frequency of New Music Scans 23 Disabling the iTunes Shared Library 23 Seagate Central User Guide vii

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Seagate Central User Guide
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Contents
1. About Seagate Central
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Product Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Supported Devices for the Seagate Media App
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Hardware Specifications
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Setting Up Your Seagate Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Unpacking the Box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Connecting Your Seagate Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Discovering Seagate Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Personalizing Your Seagate Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Private Folders
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Connecting a USB Drive to Seagate Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3. Backing Up Your Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Seagate Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installing Seagate Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Activating the Default Backup Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Creating a Customized Backup Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Restoring Files from Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Setting Up Apple Time Machine
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Restoring Your Data from a Time Machine Backup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4. Playing Back Your Media
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Playing Content with the Seagate Media App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing the Seagate Media App on iOS and Android Devices
. . . . . . 21
Installing the Seagate Media App on Samsung Smart Hub devices . . . 21
Playing Content on DLNA Certified Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Re-Scanning the Seagate Central for New Content
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Disabling the Media Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Playing Music Stored on Seagate Central in iTunes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Changing the Frequency of New Music Scans
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Disabling the iTunes Shared Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23