Seagate FreeAgent Desk for Mac Betriebsanweisung

Safely Ejecting Drives 8FreeAgent for MacintoshSafely Ejecting DrivesIt’s important that you follow the correct procedure to eject your drives from yo

Running Diagnostics 9FreeAgent for MacintoshManaging Your DrivesThe My Drives view provides a central point from which to manage your Drive Manager de

Running Diagnostics 10FreeAgent for MacintoshWhen the test is complete, the results are displayed in the My Drives view:Figure 15: Diagnostics in P

Updating Your Software 11FreeAgent for MacintoshThe drive pictured above is functioning normally. If the diagnostic encounters an error during testing

Updating Your Software 12FreeAgent for MacintoshStep 2: To turn on Software Update, check Check for updates automatically.Step 3: To check for updat

Reading the LED Status Indicators 13FreeAgent for MacintoshStep 6: Click OK.Reading the LED Status IndicatorsYour drive has an LED status indicator t

Creating Backup Plans 14FreeAgent for MacintoshBacking Up & Restoring FoldersThe Backup & Restore feature allows you to • Create and manage mu

Creating Backup Plans 15FreeAgent for MacintoshSimple Backup appears in the Backup Plans list.If this is your first time opening the Backup Plans view

Creating Backup Plans 16FreeAgent for MacintoshStep 2: Click OK in the sheet.Step 3: Select Enable Scheduled Backup.All days are scheduled for backu

Creating Backup Plans 17FreeAgent for MacintoshStep 4: To re-name the Simple Backup plan, double-click on Simple Backup in the Backup Plans pane so t

iFreeAgent for MacintoshContentsGetting Started...

Creating Backup Plans 18FreeAgent for MacintoshWhen the backup is complete, the date, time, and number of files in the backup are displayed:Figure 26:

Creating Backup Plans 19FreeAgent for MacintoshCreating a Custom Backup PlanTo select specific folders for backup and set up a backup destination and

Creating Backup Plans 20FreeAgent for MacintoshStep 3: To name this Backup Plan, double-click untitled backup so that it becomes editable and enter a

Creating Backup Plans 21FreeAgent for MacintoshStep 4: Select untitled backup or the name you’ve given it (Custom Backup in the image above) and sele

Creating Backup Plans 22FreeAgent for MacintoshStep 7: Set the power options to accommodate your backup schedule and click OK.Step 8: Click Folders

Creating Backup Plans 23FreeAgent for MacintoshStep 9: Click the plus sign (+) below the Folders tab view to browse to a folder to back up.An Open sh

Creating Backup Plans 24FreeAgent for MacintoshStep 10: Select a folder for backup and click Open.The Folders tab view now displays the path of the f

Creating Backup Plans 25FreeAgent for MacintoshStep 11: Repeat Steps 9 and 10 until you’ve selected all the folders you want to back up.Step 12: Cli

Creating Backup Plans 26FreeAgent for MacintoshListed are the drives currently connected to your computer.Step 13: Select the destination drive for y

Managing Backup Plans 27FreeAgent for MacintoshManaging Backup PlansEditing Backup SettingsTo edit the settings for a Backup Plan,Step 1. Click Backu

Using the Mac Reformatting Tool 1FreeAgent for MacintoshGetting StartedThe Drive Manager software offers these features:• Backup & Restore to prot

Managing Backup Plans 28FreeAgent for MacintoshStep 2: In the Backup Plans list, select the Backup Plan to be edited.(a) To edit the name of this Ba

Managing Backup Plans 29FreeAgent for MacintoshStep 4: Select a path and click the plus sign (+) below the Folders list.An Open sheet displays the cu

Managing Backup Plans 30FreeAgent for MacintoshStep 5: Select a different folder for backup and click Open.The Folders tab view now displays the path

Backing Up Manually 31FreeAgent for MacintoshStep 2: Select the Backup Plan to be deleted in the Backup Plans view.Step 3: Click the minus sign (–).

Backing Up Manually 32FreeAgent for MacintoshStep 2: Click Back Up Now.The progress bar below the Schedule tab view indicates a backup in progress. W

Restoring Files 33FreeAgent for MacintoshRestoring FilesWhen you back up the files stored in selected folders, Drive Manager saves ten (10) previous,

Restoring Files 34FreeAgent for MacintoshStep 2: Select a Backup Plan in the Backup Plans list.Step 3: Click Restore Files.The Restore options sheet

Restoring Files 35FreeAgent for MacintoshListed are the contents of the backed up folder.Step 4: Select the files and, if relevant, the file versions

iFreeAgent for MacintoshIndexBBacking Up & Restoring Folders 14Backing Up Manually 31Creating Backup Plans 14Managing Backup Plans 27Restoring Fil

iiFreeAgent for MacintoshUUpdating Your Software 11Using Simple Backup 14Using the Formatting Tool 1

Using the Mac Reformatting Tool 2FreeAgent for MacintoshThe FreeAgent Drive Finder window contains the Mac Reformatting Tool.Step 3: Double-click the

Installing the Software 3FreeAgent for Macintosh• When the reformat is complete, the Drive Manager.dmg file appears on your desktop:• The Installer

Installing the Software 4FreeAgent for MacintoshStep 2: When you’ve read the information, click Continue.The Software License Agreement window opens:

Installing the Software 5FreeAgent for MacintoshStep 4: Click Agree in the sheet.The Select a Destination window opens:Step 5: Select your Macintosh

Installing the Software 6FreeAgent for MacintoshStep 6: Click Install.A sheet warns that you’ll have to restart your computer:Step 7: Click Continue

Installing the Software 7FreeAgent for MacintoshWhen the installation is complete, a Restart window opens:Step 8: Click Restart to restart your compu