Seagate MAXTOR FUSION User Manual

MAXTOR FUSION™

User’s Guide

MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE
Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 1
Maxtor Fusion Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	1
About this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	1
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	1
Handling Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	1
Maxtor Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	2
Getting to Know Maxtor Fusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	3
Importing Files From a Recent Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	3
Sharing Files by Invitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	4
Linking Files to Online Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	6
Using the Maxtor Fusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	7
Login In as a User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	7
Importing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	7
Sorting Your Files with the View Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	9
Viewing and Setting Detailed File Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	10
Organizing Files Using Categories and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	11
Sharing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	13
Searching and Tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	14
Exporting Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	16
Setting User Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	16
System Administration Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	16
Frequently Asked Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	19
Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	21
Appendix I – Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	21
Adding Additional User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	21
Dynamic DNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	22
Email Invitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	23
Port Forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	24
Appendix II – Maxtor Fusion Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	25

© 2006 Maxtor Corporation. All rights reserved. Changes are periodically made to the information herein which will be incorporated in revised editions of this publication. Maxtor may make changes or improvements to the product(s) described in this publication at any time and without notice. Maxtor is a registered trademark of Maxtor Corporation. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Maxtor Corporation, 500 McCarthy Blvd., Milpitas, California 95035 USA

MAXTOR FUSION USER’S GUIDE

INTRODUCTION

Thank you for selecting a Maxtor product.

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. While providing one central safe location for all your digital content, Maxtor Fusion’s simple, web-based interface makes blending and assembling all types of files easy, provides versatility with support for all operating systems, and enables quick remote access to all your content from anywhere, anytime. The gigabit Ethernet connection to your network router enables fast access and two USB ports are provided for easy storage expansion with additional hard drives.

About This Guide

This User’s Guide contains four sections:

–The Introduction provides a brief overview of features, care, and support information.

–Getting to Know Maxtor Fusion shows how to quickly load and share files with others. It provides brief, straightforward information on how to accomplish tasks such as importing and sharing files.

–Using the Maxtor Fusion describes how to use the many features and capabilities, and provides more comprehensive instructions on using Maxtor Fusion.

–Frequently Asked Questions provides a Q&A for common questions.

Maxtor Fusion Features

–Simple interface to organize, personalize and selectively share all types of digital content

–Secure environment for private and public sharing

–Email invitations to specified guests safely takes them directly to what you want to share

–Assemble different types of content to share more expressive digital experiences

–Easily create unique combinations of photos and videos from the same event for different people

–One central safe location for all your digital content

–Remote access to all your digital content anytime, anywhere

–High capacity storage for large amounts of data

–Supports Windows XP SP2 and Macintosh OS X (10.4 or higher)

–Fast gigabit Ethernet connection to network router

–Easy expansion – Two USB ports for additional hard drive storage

In addition, there are appendices which provide information which is useful when running the Setup Wizard, and a place to record important system information.

The following symbols and conventions are used in this guide:

Bold	Used for menu, command, and keyboard selections you
	make and screens you will see.
Italics	Used for emphasis and to identify new terms, which
	may also be defined in the Glossary.

System and Network Requirements

Please see the Maxtor Fusion Setup Guide for complete system requirements, network hardware prerequisites, and installation procedures.

Handling Precautions

Please handle your new Maxtor Fusion with care! Follow the precautions listed here or you could damage the internal components and void the product warranty. Review the Maxtor Limited Warranty for more information.

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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.

–Do not set any liquids or drinks on or near the Maxtor Fusion. Liquids will damage the internal electronics.

–Do not open the Maxtor Fusion enclosure. This can cause loss of data and will void the product warranty.

Maxtor Product Support

Maxtor Corporation provides a comprehensive product support section on its web site, including the latest software drivers, product specifications, a complete troubleshooting section, and the Maxtor Knowledge Base.

Visit www.maxtorkb.com for the following information:

–Search the Knowledge Base

We store all resolved problems and FAQ’s in our knowledge base. Search by product, category, keywords, or phrases.

–My Stuff

–Most Popular Help Topics

Top five most frequently asked questions.

–Software Download

Download installation and update software for your Maxtor Fusion.

Maxtor Worldwide Support

Visit www.maxtor.com and click worldwide support or contact us for product support outside of the USA.

Much of the information found is this User Guide can also be found in the online help.

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.

During the installation process, please refrain from using the buttons on your browser – use the Next and Back buttons provided in the Setup Wizard screens.

Clicking on the Next button moves to the next step of the Setup Wizard. Please note that all of the information requested must be filled in for the setup process to be completed successfully.

Back

Clicking on the Back button moves to the previous step of the Setup Wizard. Information that was previously entered can be changed by deleting or overwriting the previous entries.

Quit

Clicking on the Quit button exits the Setup Wizard. You may quit at any time but will need to return and complete all of the steps of the Setup Wizard before you can use Maxtor Fusion. The information and settings you enter do not take effect until the very end of the process.

Help

Clicking on the Help button opens a browser window with this help file.

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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.

Importing Files From a Recent Event

You've just returned from a weekend of whitewater river rafting. You've got some great pictures, and want to share them with others. The picture files are too big to email, and not everyone wants every picture. With the Maxtor Fusion, it's easy to share your pictures with individuals and groups, and let people view and download the pictures they want.

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.Click on the Launch desktop icon to open your browser and then log in to your Maxtor Fusion.

3.Click on the Pictures category and then click the Organize button. Create a new folder for the rafting pictures by typing in a folder name, such as “Rafting,” in the New Folder box and then click the enter arrow to the right of the box.

4.The folder you just created in the left-hand column of the browser window. Click on the folder to open it.

5.To import your pictures to the Rafting folder, click on the Import button.

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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.

NOTE: To use the File Dropbox your computer must have Java installed. To learn more about Java go to www.java.com – you can download the latest version by clicking on the Download Now button.

6.From your computer’s file manager, drag and drop the pictures from your rafting trip, either as a file group or as a folder, from your file manager to the File Dropbox window. Note that the maximum file size is 2 GB.

7.Click on the IMPORT ALL button to copy the files from your computer to the Rafting folder in your Maxtor Fusion.

8.After the import operation has finished, close the File Dropbox by clicking on the X icon in the upper corner.

9.Click Refresh to display the thumbnails of the pictures you just imported.

NOTE: When pictures are imported to your box, thumbnails are automatically created for each file. It may take several minutes to generate the thumbnails for every imported picture. As the thumbnails are being generated the default camera icon thumbnails will be replaced by the picture thumbnail. Thumbnail generation progress can be monitored through a message in the screen tip as you mouse over a thumbnail. Clicking Refresh will replace the camera icons with newly generated thumbnails.

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. It's easy to invite an individual to share your content – you need only select the files and enter their email address.

Sharing Files with an Individual

1.Select one or more files – you can select more files by using the Shift, Control (PC), or Command (Apple) key when clicking the mouse button.

2.Once files are selected, click on the SHARE button at the top of the browser screen.

3.In the text box next to PERSON: type in an email address.

4.Click on the arrow to the right of this box, and click OK to confirm that you want to share the selected file(s). An email containing a link to the shared files will be sent to the email address, similar to the picture below.

NOTE: The email message containing the link to the shared files can be forwarded by the recipient to other email addresses. Any recipient of the link will be able to view and download the files as though they were the original recipients.

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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.

Sharing Files with the Whole World

This is really easy – within each category, select the files you want to share with the world, then click on MAKE PUBLIC. The files will be available at your public URL link in the respective Categories (Documents, Music, Pictures, and Video).

NOTE: You can find the link information by clicking on

Set Preferences, then selecting the User Preferences tab (automatically selected) – your personal link is listed on the line starting with Your Public URL/Link. Anyone with a web browser can access and download the files you make public.

Viewers can vote on their favorite files! Just double-click on a file, and then select the icon in the upper right-hand corner that expresses your thoughts. A running total is kept in the lower right hand corner of the web page.

To remove files from your Public Site area click on Public Site, select the files to be removed and then drag and drop them to the Trashcan icon.

NOTE: When files are moved to the Trashcan from the Public Site, they are not deleted. They are only removed from public view. The original files are maintained within their respective categories.

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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.Select up to five pictures by holding down the Control key (Command key for Mac users) and then mouse clicking the desired pictures.

2.Click on the microlink icon.

3.Select the IMG tab. In the pop-up window, select the entire link – it starts with “<img” – and copy (Control-C or Command-C) to your computer's clipboard.

4.Login to your MySpace account and click on Edit Profile.

5.Select the area where you wish the photo to appear

– for example, About Me – and paste (Control-V or Command-V) the HTML IMG code into the box.

6.Click on Save All Changes, and you’re all set.

eBay

1.Log into eBay and create a new listing to sell.

2.Go through the listing steps until you reach Item Description. Copy and paste the HTML IMG code into the description.

3.You can add additional images to your eBay listing using URL links. Continue with your listing until you reach the section “Add Pictures,” click on the tab Your Web Hosting and paste the URL link into the Picture 1 Web Address.

NOTE: You may need to use a photo editor to adjust the picture to the size you need.

For more information and support on embedding content or linking files to other sites, please refer to the support or help section of the destination web site.

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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. With the easy-to-use interface, shown below, you can import files and share them with others, and even create picture links to web sites such as MySpace and eBay.

Maxtor Fusion is designed to share personal files. Please obey all applicable copyright laws.

The admin user assigns Usernames and Passwords. If you have installed the Maxtor Fusion icons on your desktop, double-click the Launch icon to open a browser at the login screen. Or, type in the DNS Hostname or IP address of the Maxtor Fusion. Log in using your Username and Password.

Importing Files

One of the first things you’ll want to do is import files onto your Maxtor Fusion. There are two ways to add files to your Maxtor Fusion: through the web browser interface or over your local network (LAN) using your PC’s file manager (Windows Explorer or Mac Finder). If you have a large numbers of files to load onto Maxtor Fusion, it is recommended that you use the LAN interface. The files you import are copied – the original files on your computer are not changed or moved.

If you’ve added a lot of files to your Maxtor Fusion and wonder if you have enough space to import more files, you can check the disk space gauge in the upper right-hand part of the interface. If you need more information than just the percentage of disk space that’s available, click the icon for a detailed and categorized listing.

Importing Using the Web Interface

This option is best for uploading content to your Maxtor Fusion when you are accessing it from outside of your home network or working from someone else’s computer.

1.Select the folder where you would like the imported files to be placed by clicking on the Category and then clicking on a desired folder and sub-folder. The categories are in the upper left hand side and are labeled: Pictures, Music, Video, and Documents. Folders are displayed in the left column of the interface when in the thumbnail views.

Sub-folders are displayed along side the thumbnails in the main viewing area. To learn how to create a new folder, refer to “Creating Folders” on page 11.

2.Click on IMPORT in the upper right-hand corner.

The rest of this section will assume your are logged in.

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