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This tutorial will show you how to upload and download media content to and from your
Social Network sites using Seagate Dashboard 3.0.
To begin, launch Seagate Dashboard.
After Dashboard launches, click on the Social button.
There are two selections on the Social page.
The Share selection lets you upload your media content to your Social Network sites.
The Save selection lets you download and save your media content from your Social Networks
to your Backup Plus external drive.
First, we will show you how to use the Share feature to upload your content to a Social
Network site.
To get started, click on the Share button.
The Share page will display shortcuts to your Social Network sites.
Next, click on the shortcut for the site you want to upload your media to.
You will be required to enter your login credentials so that Seagate Dashboard can access your
site.
After you have entered your information, click Login to continue.
Seagate Dashboard will ask permission to post to your Social Network.
Click Okay to grant permission and continue.
Once you have provided the necessary permissions, an explorer window will launch.
From here you can select the content you want to upload.
To navigate to your content, click on the plus sign next to the OS entry.
After navigating to the content you want to upload, select the files by putting a check
mark in the corresponding check boxes.
After making your selections, click on the Forward button to continue.
Next, you will be prompted to select the album you want to upload your pictures to.
If you do not have an album, you will be prompted to create one.
When you have finished this step click the Check button to finalize the process and begin
uploading your content.
Your content will be uploaded to the Social Media site of your choice.
This is all that's required to upload content to your Social Media site using Seagate Dashboard
3.0.
Next we will show you how to download content from your social media site to your Backup
Plus device.
To begin, confirm that you are logged into your Social Network account then navigate
to the Seagate Dashboard Social page.
Once the Social page displays, click on the Save button.
You will be advised if there is any content available for download.
To download the content, click on the notification link.
The files will begin downloading to the My Online Documents folder located on your Seagate
Backup Plus drive.
There are two shortcuts available for you to access the My Online Documents folder,
the My Online Documents link and the Search icon.
First we will show you the My Online Documents link.
Clicking on the My Online Documents link will launch an explorer window.
Expand the My Online Documents directory tree structure to navigate to your content.
Your downloaded content will be saved to your album which can be found in the My Online
Documents directory.
Next, we will show you the Search Icon shortcut.
Clicking the Search icon will launch the Window view of the My Online Documents.
Click on the Album folder to access your downloaded content.
These are all the steps required to upload and download content to and from your Social
Media site.
For more information on Seagate Dashboard and its features, please see the rest of the
Seagate Dashboard 3.0 tutorials.