exe for PC) and follow the onscreen instructions. To install the Dashboard software on your computer, you simply have to double click the file (.dmg for Mac users. The Dashboard software is located on the Backup Plus drive itself, so there’s no need to download it. We found the Seagate Dashboard to be very simple to use as it allowed us to easily protect, share and save data. The Seagate Dashboard is included with the entire Backup Plus family, and with it users are able to have a simple, streamlined method of ensuring that all of their content is backed up.

This is aimed at organising your media (photos, mainly) to be presented in a convenient fashion in their free app and home appliances. Lyve is another partner which Seagate has signed up with. And I agree, there are other backup services that have a better workflow, and versioning. The subscription fee for the 200GB plan is $3.99 per month.īoth Microsoft and Seagate stress that OneDrive is more about collaboration and sharing than for backups. On a completion of two years, users will have to subscribe to or lose OneDrive storage capacity. Seagate has also partnered with Microsoft to offer 200GB of OneDrive online storage which are free for two years. In addition, the device is also compatible with devices running iOS and Android OS. Out of the box, the Seagate Backup Plus 4TB is designed to work with both Mac and PCs, so it’s directly compatible with Time Machine and Windows Backup for instance. On the top, you will find a large Seagate logo moulded onto the body of the device, with the back having the USB 3.0 port. The chassis of the device is made of black polycarbonate, with perforations for cooling. It does however share the same ease of use, bundled software and overall spirit that made the “Slim” (12mm) line of product successful with the masses. However, the Backup Plus is 20.5mm thick, thus prompting Seagate to change the drive's name.

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