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Introducing Seagate Dashboard System Requirements for Seagate Dashboard
Seagate Dashboard User Guide 8
System Requirements for Seagate Dashboard
Seagate Dashboard runs on Windows and Mac computers. Make sure your system meets
the requirements listed in this section.
Note: The Protect, Share, and Save features of Seagate Dashboard only work with Dashboard-
enhanced Seagate drives. These features do not work on non-Dashboard-enhanced Seagate
drives, or drives from other vendors.
Windows Requirements
To use Seagate Dashboard on a Windows computer, you need the following:
• 2 GHz or higher AMD
®
or Intel
®
processor
• Windows
®
XP, Windows Vista
®
, or Windows 7 operating system
• 512 MB RAM (1 GB RAM for Windows Vista or Windows 7)
• Internet Explorer
®
6 or later, Firefox
®
2.x or later, or Chrome 4.x or later Web browser
Mac Requirements
To use Seagate Dashboard on a Mac computer, you need the following:
• Mac OS
®
X 10.6.8 or later operating system
• Safari
®
3.1 or later Web browser
Cloud Storage Requirements
To set up and use a Cloud Storage account, you need the following:
• Internet connection. For best results, the connection speed should be broadband DSL or
faster.
• Dashboard-enhanced Seagate drive, such as one of the Backup Plus family. The Cloud
Storage service is not compatible with non-Dashboard-enhanced drives.
Note: Seagate Central does not support the Cloud Storage service.
• Windows computer. The Cloud Storage service does not work with Mac computers, even
when connected to a Dashboard-enhanced Seagate drive.