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Seagate Dashboard User Guide 23
5. Using Cloud Storage
This chapter explains how to set up and manage your Cloud Storage account so you can use
it as a destination for your data backups. You can manage your Cloud Storage account from
within Seagate
®
Dashboard, or you can log into your account using a Web browser.
Note: The Cloud Storage service is only available in the Windows
®
version of Seagate Dashboard.
About Cloud Storage
The Seagate Cloud Storage Service Powered by Nero is a secure, reliable place to store your
backed-up data online. When you purchased your Seagate Backup Plus drive, you received
a free 1-year subscription to the Cloud Storage service, along with 4 gigabytes of free
storage. You can easily increase the amount of available storage, and extend your
subscription beyond the initial year.
Note: Seagate Central does not support the Cloud Storage service.
When setting up a backup plan with the Protect feature, you can specify Cloud Storage as the
destination for the data backups; then when Seagate Dashboard executes the backup plan, it
will automatically upload your data files to your Cloud Storage account.
See “Protecting Your Data” on page 9 for information on how to create a backup plan.
Setting up a Cloud Storage Account
To start backing up your files to Cloud Storage, you must first create a Cloud Storage
account. To create a Cloud Storage account, do the following:
1. Connect your Dashboard-enhanced Seagate drive to your computer.