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Copying Content

You can copy content to and from your LaCie Fuel while connected to your computer via USB or Wi-Fi. If you are copying a large quantity of content, it is recommended to connect LaCie Fuel to your computer with the provided USB 3.0 cable for the fastest copy speeds.

To learn how to wirelessly connect your mobile device or computer to LaCie Fuel, see Connecting Your Device.

Important info on licensed media: It is your responsibility to comply with applicable copyright laws and to respect owner’s rights in content usage.

Technical note: Your mobile device can only play files in the formats that it supports. See your device's specifications for more information.

 

Connecting the LaCie Fuel to your computer

  1. Power on LaCie Fuel.
  2. Connect the provided USB 3.0 cable to your LaCie device and the USB 3.0 port on your computer.


  3. Locate the LaCie storage device on your computer:
    • Windows 8 users: Press the Windows key+D, then select File Explorer.
    • Windows Vista and 7 users: Go to the Start menu and click Computer.


    • Windows XP users: Go to the Start menu and click My Computer.
    • Mac users: Open a Finder window and look under DEVICES.

Important info for Mac users: Do not allow Time Machine to use your device for backups.

Technical info on Wi-Fi: When you physically connect LaCie Fuel to your computer, its Wi-Fi network automatically stops broadcasting.

 

Dragging and dropping content to LaCie Fuel

You can copy data from your computer to LaCie Fuel in different ways. One of the easiest methods is to drag and drop the files.

Windows

Mac

Wirelessly uploading content to LaCie Fuel

The easiest way to upload content from your mobile device is with the LaCie Media app.

The following instructions assume that you are wirelessly connected to LaCie Fuel. If you are not connected, see Connecting Your Device.

If you have not installed the LaCie Media app on your mobile device, go to your app store and download the app.

Uploading from a mobile device with LaCie Media

See the LaCie Media App user manual for instructions.

 

Uploading from your computer

  1. Wirelessly connect your computer to LaCie Fuel.
  2. Select LaCie Fuel:
    • Mac users: Select Go > Connect to Server. In the Server Address field, type cifs:\\172.25.0.1. Select Guest and choose Connect. Your LaCie Fuel is now mapped to your computer.
    • Windows users: Open an Explorer window. In the folder field, type \\172.25.0.1.\Public. Your LaCie Fuel is now mapped to your computer.
  3. Drag and drop files from your computer to your storage device.

 

Wirelessly downloading content from LaCie Fuel

You can wirelessly save content from LaCie Fuel to your mobile device or computer.

Wirelessly downloading to mobile devices

See the LaCie Media App user manual for instructions.

 

Wirelessly downloading to your computer

Connect your computer to LaCie Fuel’s Wi-Fi network or connect in concurrent mode. For more information, see Connecting Your Device.

  1. In a web browser, enter the IP address: 172.25.0.1.
  2. The Videos view displays in your web browser.
  3. Select the view that you want to download content from. For example, Videos or Photos.
  4. In the upper right corner, select the checkmark icon ().
  5. Select the items that you want to download. A check mark appears on each item that you select.
    • To select all files in the view, tap the icon with double boxes and check marks on the upper left ().
    • o remove all selections, tap the icon with double boxes on the upper left ().
  6. To download the files, select the send to icon () and then choose the download icon ().

 

Copying and synchronizing your files with Seagate Media Sync

When you make changes to the media files on your computer, you can have them automatically synchronized on LaCie Fuel with the Seagate Media Sync app.

Installing Seagate Media Sync

  1. In a web browser, go to www.seagate.com. In the Search field, type media sync.
  2. Select a link to install the software on your computer.
  3. Complete the installation instructions.

Copying and synchronizing files on Windows

  1. Connect the USB 3.0 cable to the LaCie Fuel and to your computer.
  2. Launch Seagate Media Sync. Make sure that the LaCie Fuel drive appears in the My Devices window.
  3. Click the Sync Now icon for the LaCie Fuel.
  4. Choose a synchronization plan.
    • Simple iPad Sync: Automatically synchronizes media files that an iPad can play or view. To make changes to the sync plan, select Edit Sync Settings on the Media Sync screen.
    • Simple Sync: Automatically synchronizes your computer’s media folders with an external drive. To make changes to the sync plan, select Edit Sync Settings on the Media Sync screen.
    • Custom Sync: Allows you to manually select the folders and media types to synchronize between your computer and an external drive.
  5. Select the folders on your computer to be synchronized with the external drive.
  6. Click Next to go to the File Types window.
  7. To sync only the files that can be opened on specific Apple or Android devices, click the menu below Sync files for and choose the devices from the list. To sync all files that are identified as movies, music, or images with any device, select all digital devices. The file types change based on the device you choose.
  8. Select one or more of the media type boxes to filter what is synchronized.
  9. Click Finish.
  10. When the sync is complete, safely eject LaCie Fuel from your computer (see Eject the hard drive).

Note on Automatic Sync: Automatic Sync continuously tracks file changes in synchronized folders and automatically synchronizes revised versions by overwriting older versions with newer versions. Automatic Sync can occur only when your external drive is connected.

 

Copying and synchronizing files on a Mac

  1. Connect the USB 3.0 cable to the LaCie Fuel and to your computer.
  2. Launch Seagate Media Sync. Make sure that the device appears in the left panel of the Seagate Media Sync window. If more than one device is connected to your computer, select the appropriate device for synchronization. Each device has its own settings.
  3. In the right panel of the application window, select a sync plan.
    • Simple iPad Sync: Automatically synchronizes media files that an iPad can play or view. To make changes to the sync plan, select Edit Sync Settings on the Media Sync screen.
    • Simple Sync: Automatically synchronizes your computer’s media folders with an external drive. To make changes to the sync plan, select Edit Sync Settings on the Media Sync screen.
    • Custom Sync: Allows you to manually select the folders and media types to synchronize between your computer and an external drive.
  4. Select Include my Movies, Music and Pictures folder to use your Mac’s default media folders as the source folders.
  5. To include other files and folders from your computer, click the + button and then navigate to the source media folders.
  6. To sync files that are specific to Apple devices, choose the device from the Sync files for: list.
  7. To filter what is synchronized, select what you want to synchronize under Include.
  8. Click Sync Now or select Automatic Sync if you want to automatically synchronize media when your computer is connected to LaCie Fuel.
  9. When the sync is complete, safely eject LaCie Fuel from your computer (see Eject the hard drive).

Note on Automatic Sync: Automatic Sync continuously tracks file changes in synchronized folders and automatically synchronizes revised versions by overwriting older versions with newer versions. Automatic Sync can occur only when your external drive is connected.

 

Using Media Sync to manage your connected drives

You can use the Seagate Media Sync application with any NTFS, exFAT, or FAT32 formatted drive. Drives can be connected using USB, FireWire, and eSATA interfaces.

Note: All NTFS, exFAT, and FAT32 USB external drives are automatically detected and listed in Seagate Media Sync. It can take a few seconds for the software to detect your drive. If your drive doesn’t appear, make sure it’s properly connected and turned on.

Click the drive to display information about how the space on the drive is being used.

Click the Settings icon to display options for testing the drive, controlling drive activity lights, power settings, registering the product, and updating the software. You can also choose whether to show Seagate Advisor messages about promotions and Tips and Tricks in your system tray.

Click the Drive Info icon to show the serial number of your drive, firmware version, and file system.

Deleting content from your LaCie Fuel

To delete content from your LaCie Fuel, connect it to a computer using the provided USB 3.0 cable. Open LaCie Fuel and select the content to delete. When you are finished deleting media, make certain to safely eject the LaCie Fuel from your computer (see Eject the hard drive).

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