Overview of the portable hard drive Seagate Backup Plus

Today we share with you the impressions and simultaneously describe the functions and features of a portable external hard drive from Seagate called Backup Plus. This product is a usual external storage volume of 500 GB to 1 TB depending the model makes it possible not only to store a file and data, but also to make other very useful things. But first things first.

So, we got to model Seagate Backup Plus 1TB version in blue. Pro package can not say anything special, in the end, it's not super fancy smartphone or ultrabook to shock even the buyer wrapper. The box is detected after opening the plastic container, and wherein the desired device is stored.

Options, unlike the previously reviewed Seagate GoFlex SatelliteNot so rich, however, all that is necessary for the use of credit default storage destination, that is, the disc itself and the cable is present.

The cable itself is not a huge different in length (about 30 cm) and very, very like Mac owners thanks to the elegant white color. A small digression about the connection. The kit includes only the USB 3.0 cable, but Mac users can optionally purchase a FireWire 800 itself or Thunderbolt cables.

Now about the appearance and characteristics of the store. It is a very compact (12 by 8 centimeters with a height of only 14.5 millimeters) and easy, you can even say imponderable (224 grams) that the portable device is definitely a huge plus.

The second advantage is the disc surface. It is not glossy! Of course, at a certain desire and effort, and you can slap this device, but you can not think of new prints on the body at every touch. If you look closely to the body of the disk, we can see that it consists of two parts. Detail of the port for the connection of the cable is removed and before us the USM interface.

Connected to a computer disk shines on us white LED and asks to begin its work.

After the drivers are installed storage operating system appears as an ordinary hard drive.

Here we are free to create their own folders and file structure, but first and foremost it is worth paying attention to are located on the default drive applications. Here and open up the possibilities that distinguish this portable hard drive from the other.

Application called Seagate Dashboard (for PC and Mac) allows you to turn the storage means in the automatic creation of backups any data from the computer and from social networks, and download the data in the social profiles directly from the drive without the use of browser.

Consider each of the functions separately.

Protection

Seagate called backup data protection. Since this is debatable, but the point here is still there, especially if we are talking about the failure of the hard disk of a computer or a loss of control over social networking account. When this option is offered to us immediately create a backup of all user data from all hard disks on your computer, or create your own custom backup plan, specify files and folders to copy and specifying the time intervals at which will occur up.

After creating the first backup Dashboard will monitor changes in those files that have been selected for backup, and transfer the changed files in the backup.

Setting the interval between the creation of backups is quite flexible: a gap of one month can be set to one hours, and for the most disturbing users have the option of immediate backup when you change or add a file or folder.

Backup to the cloud

The last option comes the choice of location, which will create a backup copy. In addition to the store, the user can create an account in the cloud Seagate service to backup and the most-important data there. It is noteworthy that the first year of use of cloud storage (4 GB) will not cost a dime.

After all the parameters of the first backup begins, which subsequently can remove or reconfigure.

Backup data from social networks

In addition to backup data from a computer, the Dashboard offers backup valuable data from your Facebook and Flickr profiles. It is enough to authorize her own account from the menu, then hold up manually or set up automatic backups.

Loading data from disk to social services

The app is able to not only maintain, but also to load data into your profiles in Facebook, Flickr and YouTube. To do this, log in to the desired service, select the files you want to upload and specify additional information (for example, for Facebook is the title of the album for download, as well as adding a comment to him).

Total

Certainly, Seagate Backup Plus can be very useful for those who care about the extra security of their data. Selective automatic backups will forget about the need to manually copy important information and backup data Social services is a really simple and effective tool for safe storage of video and photos. In the end, it's just a great external hard drive with USB 3.0, and there will always use it.