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Seagate Central User Guide vii
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
Understanding LED Statuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Setting Up Apple Time Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Restoring Your Data from a Time Machine Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4. Playing Back Your Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Playing Content with the Seagate Media App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Installing the Seagate Media App on iOS and Android Devices . . . . . . 18
Installing the Seagate Media App on Samsung Smart Hub devices . . . 18
Playing Content on DLNA Certified Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Re-Scanning the Seagate Central for New Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Disabling the Media Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Playing Music Stored on Seagate Central in iTunes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Changing the Frequency of New Music Scans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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