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4. Getting Started with GoFlex Home Sharing Your Files with Friends and Family 11. Click the arrow in the share toolbar to return to the main Seagate Share page. Note: If you chose to allow specific people to access your share in Step 6, GoFlex Home automatically sends an e-mail to them, using your GoFlex Home e-mail address as the "from" address. See "Customizing Your GoFlex Home User Settings" on page 62 to learn how to set your GoFlex Home e-mail address. Copying Your Photos from GoFlex Home to Facebook Note: This feature is available to Seagate Share Pro subscribers only. If you create a share that includes pictures and photos, you can use GoFlex Home to create a photo album on your Facebook profile. To create a photo album on Facebook using your GoFlex Home share images: 1. In the Shares panel, move your mouse over the share, click the arrow that appears, then click View Details. The Details panel opens. 2. Click Social Networking Sites, then click the Share with Facebook box. The Service Authorization window opens. (This may take a few moments.) 3. Click Facebook. Another window opens, prompting you to authorize Seagate Share to link with your Facebook account. 4. If necessary, enter your Facebook account information, then close the browser window. 5. Click Authorization Complete. 6. Select an existing Facebook photo album, or create a new album, then click Submit. Seagate Share copies your photos from GoFlex Home to Facebook. (No music, movie, or document files in the share are copied to Facebook.) 7. Log in to Facebook, then navigate to the photo album where your images are. 8. Select the photos you uploaded, then click Approve Selected Photos. Once you have approved the photos, you can edit, organize and share them normally. If you add more photos to the same share on GoFlex Home, Seagate Share automatically copies them to Facebook. You must approve these new photos before they appear in your Facebook profile. Removing photos from the share doesn't remove them from Facebook. FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide 45

Section	Page
1. Introduction	5
About This Guide	5
System Requirements	5
Getting to Know GoFlex Home	6
Special Features of GoFlex Home	7
About Seagate Share Pro	8
About Premium Backup	8
2. Setting Up GoFlex Home – Windows	9
Step 1: Familiarizing Yourself with the Setup Process	9
Main Setup Steps	9
Understanding GoFlex Home’s Automatic Folder Creation	9
Step 2: Connecting GoFlex Home	10
Step 3: Installing the Software	12
Step 4: Setting Up GoFlex Home	12
Step 5: Adding a User to GoFlex Home	15
Step 6: Adding PCs to GoFlex Home	17
Next Steps	18
3. Setting Up GoFlex Home – Mac	19
Step 1: Familiarizing Yourself with the Setup Process	19
Main Setup Steps	19
Understanding GoFlex Home’s Automatic Folder Creation	19
Step 2: Connecting GoFlex Home	20
Step 3: Setting Up GoFlex Home	20
Step 4: Installing GoFlex Home Desktop Applications	23
Step 5: Configuring Time Machine for GoFlex Home	24
Step 6: Setting Up More Mac Computers	26
Next Steps	27
4. Getting Started with GoFlex Home	28
Opening the Seagate Dashboard	28
Navigating the Seagate Dashboard	29
The Seagate Dashboard Features	30
Logging In to the Seagate Dashboard	30
Updating the Seagate Dashboard	31
Opening Seagate Share	31
Navigating Seagate Share	33
Completing Tasks Multiple Ways in Seagate Share	34
Finding the Seagate Share Menus	35
Seagate Share Features	35
Seagate Share Pro Features:	35
Getting to Know Your GoFlex Home Folders	36
Privacy Limitations	37
Copying Your Files to GoFlex Home	37
Copying Files to GoFlex Home Using the Seagate Dashboard	37
Copying Files to GoFlex Home Using Seagate Share	38
Backing Up Your Files to GoFlex Home	39
About Memeo Instant Backup	39
Starting Automatic Backups	40
On-going Backups	40
Accessing and Enjoying Your Files on Your Home Network	40
Accessing Your Files From the Seagate Dashboard	41
Accessing Your Files From Seagate Share	42
Accessing Your Files with the SmartFolderShortcut	42
Accessing and Enjoying Your Files When You’re Away from Home	43
Sharing Your Files with Friends and Family	43
Creating a Share	43
Copying Your Photos from GoFlex Home to Facebook	45
Copying Your Photos from GoFlex Home to Flickr	46
Sharing Your Files with RSS Feeds	46
Setting Up a Centralized Printer	47
Enjoying Your Files on a Digital Video Player or Game Console	48
5. Enjoying and Managing Your Files in Seagate Share	50
Playing Music	50
Playing Music in Seagate Share	50
Playing Music with iTunes	50
Playing Movies and Videos	51
Enjoying Your Photos	51
Viewing Photos	52
Viewing Photos as a Slideshow	52
Making a Photo Your Home Page Background	52
Viewing Your Photos in Cooliris	53
Managing Files and Folders	53
Adding and Deleting Folders	53
Moving a Folder	54
Copying a Folder	54
Renaming a Folder	54
Adding Files to a Folder	54
Moving a File to Another Folder	54
Copying a File	55
Renaming a File	55
Adding Captions and Tags to Your Files	55
Downloading a File	56
Deleting a File from a Folder	56
Managing Your Shares	56
Accessing Your Shares	57
Viewing a Share	57
Adding Files to a Share	57
Removing a File from a Share	57
Creating a Share that Only You Can Access	58
Disabling Sharing on a Selected Share	58
Renaming a Share	58
Creating Cover Art for a Share	59
Downloading a File from a Share	59
Deleting a Share	60
Setting Up and Managing an E-mail Address Book for Shares	60
Accessing Your GoFlex Home Files Using FTP	61
6. Managing GoFlex Home	62
Changing Your Own GoFlex Home Password	62
Customizing Your GoFlex Home User Settings	62
Adding New GoFlex Applications to Your Computer	63
Adding and Managing User Accounts	64
Adding a New User Account to GoFlex Home	64
Adding a User from the Seagate Dashboard	64
Adding a User from Seagate Share	65
Editing or Removing an Existing User Account	65
Managing GoFlex Home and Connected Devices	66
Updating the GoFlex Home Software	66
Adding a USB Drive to GoFlex Home	66
Removing a USB Drive from GoFlex Home	67
Safely Removing the GoFlex Drive from the GoFlex Home Dock	67
Shutting Down and Restarting GoFlex Home	68
Resetting GoFlex Home to Its Original Settings	68
Adding More Storage Capacity to GoFlex Home	69
Managing GoFlex Home Settings and Preferences	69
Server Preferences Settings	70
Administration Settings	71
7. Solving Problems	72
Common Problems and Solutions	72
Why can’t I create a new user account?	72
Why won’t my computer connect to GoFlex Home?	72
Why can’t I use the name I want for GoFlex Home/my user account?	73
Why won’t Memeo Instant Backup let me back up more than three computers to GoFlex Home?	73
I’m the home network manager and I can’t remember my GoFlex Home password. How do I reset it?	73
Why does GoFlex Home seem to shut down by itself?	74
During setup, someone else logged into the Seagate Dashboard. What can I do?	74
Decoding the GoFlex Home Lights	74
Finding More Help	75

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4. Getting Started with GoFlex Home

Sharing Your Files with Friends and Family

FreeAgent® GoFlex™ Home User Guide

11.

Click the arrow in the share toolbar to return to the main Seagate Share page.

Note:

If you chose to allow specific people to access your share in Step 6, GoFlex Home

automatically sends an e-mail to them, using your GoFlex Home e-mail address as the “from”

address. See “Customizing Your GoFlex Home User Settings” on page 62 to learn how to set

your GoFlex Home e-mail address.

Copying Your Photos from GoFlex Home to Facebook

Note:

This feature is available to Seagate Share Pro subscribers only.

If you create a share that includes pictures and photos, you can use GoFlex Home to create

a photo album on your Facebook profile.

To create a photo album on Facebook using your GoFlex Home share images:

In the Shares panel, move your mouse over the share, click the arrow that appears, then click

View Details

The Details panel opens.

Click

Social Networking Sites

, then click the

Share with Facebook

box.

The Service Authorization window opens. (This may take a few moments.)

Click

Facebook

Another window opens, prompting you to authorize Seagate Share to link with your Facebook

account.

If necessary, enter your Facebook account information, then close the browser window.

Click

Authorization Complete

Select an existing Facebook photo album, or create a new album, then click

Submit

Seagate Share copies your photos from GoFlex Home to Facebook. (No music, movie, or

document files in the share are copied to Facebook.)

Select the photos you uploaded, then click

Approve Selected Photos

. Once you have

approved the photos, you can edit, organize and share them normally.

If you add more photos to the same share on GoFlex Home, Seagate Share automatically

copies them to Facebook. You must approve these new photos before they appear in your

Facebook profile. Removing photos from the share doesn’t remove them from Facebook.