This article provides additional detail regarding the removal of some Seagate Dashboard features.
Question: Which features are being removed?
Answer:
- Mobile Backup
- Social (Save and Share)
- Cloud Backup
Answer: Since these feature are no longer being updated by Seagate, some features may partially work while others may stop working completely.
Question: What if I want to continue to use the social feature?
Answer: Do not update Seagate Dashboard. The functionality should continue to work until an update is released by Youtube, Facebook, or Flickr.
Question: What if I want to continue to use the cloud backup?
Answer: Do not update Seagate Dashboard. The functionality should continue to work until an update is released by your Cloud provider.
Question: What if I want to continue to use mobile backup?
Answer: The servers that handle mobile backup will be turned off after the update in early 2018.