Seagate Mirra Personal Server,ST3320833ET-RK - 320GB Mirra Synch Getting Started Manual

Getting Started
Guide for Macintosh

Mirra

Sync and Share
Personal Server

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Backup

Figure 1

Backing Up Your Files

Mirra continuously backs up your files and folders while
you work as long as it’s turned on. When you back up a
folder, all files and subfolders within that folder are also
automatically backed up.

Note: The Mirra Personal Server is designed to run in the back­ground, so you can keep working during the initial backup if you
choose. The initial backup takes roughly 20 minutes per GB of data,
because all your selected folders are being backed up at once.
Subsequent backups take less time.

Try out the Mirra backup process.

If you’d like to get a feel for how a Mirra backup works
before you begin backing up folders from your computer,
create a folder named “test” and copy a few files into it.
Then follow the steps below to back it up. Once you’re
comfortable using Mirra’s backup feature, delete the test
folder and begin the initial backup of your folders.

Step 1: Select folders for backup.

a. On the Backup & Restore screen of the Mirra desktop

application, select New Backup or Recommended

Backups on the Backup & Restore Tasks menu.

Clicking New Backup launches a window that allows
you to browse to the folder you want to back up
(Figure 1).

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Backup

Clicking Recommended Backups launches a window
listing frequently used folders that Mirra recommends
for backup (Figure 2).

Figure 2

b. You can also select a folder for backup in the Finder

by Control-clicking the folder and selecting Add

Folder “foldername” to Mirra Backups from the

shortcut menu (Figure 3).

Figure 3

Step 2: Confirm your backups.

Once you’ve selected a folder for backup, a Confirm

Backup window opens for each folder you selected

(Figure 4).

Figure 4

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Restore

• If you wish, change the folder name that will be
displayed on your Mirra.

• Click Back Up.

The Status Bar on the bottom of the Mirra application
provides feedback on the progress of the backup
(Figure 5).

Figure 5

Step 3: Verify that your folders have been backed up.

Backed up folders are listed on the Backup & Restore
screen (Figure 6).

Figure 6

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Web Access

Undeleting files and folders

If you want to recover a file or folder you’ve deleted from
your computer, you can use Mirra to undelete it and
restore it to its original location on your computer.

On the Backup & Restore screen, backed up files and
folders that have been deleted from your computer are
displayed with a line through them.

Step 1: Select the file or folder you wish to undelete
(Figure 7).

Figure 7

Step 2: On the Backup & Restore Tasks menu, select

Undelete File or Undelete Folder.

The deleted file or folder is automatically restored to its
original location on your computer.

Restoring a previous version of a file

Your Mirra automatically saves up to eight versions of each
backed up file. You can restore any version to its original
location on your computer.

Step 1: On the Backup & Restore screen, double-click
the file to be restored. The history for the file, including
previously saved versions, is displayed (Figure 8).

Figure 8

Step 2: Select the version you want to restore.

Step 3: On the Backup & Restore Tasks menu, select

Restore Selected Version. The file is automatically

restored to its original location on your computer.

Restoring Your Deleted or Overwritten Files

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Web Access

Accessing Folders via the Web

Once you’ve backed up folders on your Mirra, you
can access them from any computer connected to
the Internet via a free Web Account at Mirra.com. You
can view and download files from your Mirra, edit them,
and upload them back to your Mirra. Files uploaded
to your Mirra are copied back to the original folder on
your computer.

You can access files via the web as long as your
Personal Server is turned on and connected to the
Internet — even if your computer is turned off. Mirra
web access is secure. All connections are SSL­encrypted and user-authenticated by email address
and password for logon.

Accessing Files via Mirra.com

Step 1: Check the Web Access screen in the Mirra
application on your desktop to be sure your folders
are enabled for online access (Figure 9).

Figure 9

• If a folder is labeled Disabled, highlight it and click

Enable Access on the Web Access Tasks menu.

If your backed up folders are not displayed on the Web

Access screen and the Account Status bar is red, you

haven’t yet created a Mirra Web Account (Figure 10).

Figure 10

• Click Change/Create Account next to the Account
bar and enter your email address.

Seagate will send you a confirmation message with a
link to the Mirra web site to finish your account creation.