However, the remote access from a PC is working fine.

I had to get Technical support to even gain access to it

It works wonderfully for quick setup and easy unsecured access as a network-accessible storage drive across many platforms.

I dislike how the backup software works as well as the issues accessing it remotely, but overall it is a solid product for the price.

The accessing your files using the Seagate Media App on your IOS devices is easy and quick, but the remote access from other locations isn't always reliable.

Certain formats of movies (such as .MOV) which can perfectly well be viewed on a PC/Mac can no longer be viewed when accessed via Seagate's remote access portal (software crashes) so that your only option is to download back on the PC/Mac for local

Easy to setup, remote access... then in less than a year it failed for no apparent reason

We've since accumulated a few new devices, and once connected to Wifi they all immediately gain access to everything stored on the Seagate

Slow and erratic access, much less than what I expected

Not so silent as expected, makes loud noises when backing up automatically (especially at night).The remote access via Seagate webpage must to be improved, have only the basic settings as “upload” and “download”, and the speed is not so fast, but actually does his job

Remote Access is supported through Seagate's insecure web site on ports 80 and 443, and I can not find any way to reassign these ports, add MAC control or provide for any advanced security that would allow direct access.

Also, for the Central the remote access is only free for two years, after that there is a $20.00 subscription fee

Remote access and ability to link folders/files to others like dropbox is great.

This hard drive would randomly spin up like it was being accessed at random times of the night despite all computers being turned off.

Seamless remote disk access: The SMB implementation is solid

so now I can easily stream my content to my Roku devices at home as well as access the content remotely.

It took me days to put about 1GB of media files on this device and now when I try to access this it will not display photo thumbnails within an hour and the access is intermittent.

Seagate's free Remote Access (iPhone) app that allows this same access capability via our wireless provider

Easy to setup, remote access... then in less than a year it failed for no apparent reason

Easy to use, set up, access from anywhere.

The app is terrible; browser-based remote access is nearly as bad.

Having seamless Global Access was the dream come true!

The software was okay to install, but the setup and use is a pain specially the online access

Access to the Seagate Central was inconsistent

I love the personal cloud access from the internet, it really works

My network server changed and Seagate could not recognize a change and made it impossible to log in, manage the central page or even gain any access to the services

So access and use is much easier

Provides me with amazing amount of backup storage and ready access including remote access.

Lost access to the private partition that is needed for backups

Drive does not run hot (important as I use a power supply double the size), powers down automatically after a few minutes of non-use, and there is then generally a ten or so second delay in powering back up when accessed

Some specific troubles I had: I tried to set up user account to enable secure folder and remote access

Simple to setup, works great, provides access to music, photos, etc

Finally got the remote access but have lost all the stuff that was backed up and have to redo all that from all my computers, phones and tablets

Now I notice that it's free remote access for 3 years, after that you will need to pay for the use of it every year

Internet access relatively easy to set up

Access by iPad Seagate app was good when the it worked and streaming of videos to the smart TV was excellent.

That's another disappointing moment - there is absolutely no mention in product description or advertisements that Seagate will only give you free remote access for 3 years, after which you will be forced to pay $20/year

bought this thinking that the USB port would allow normal access to the HD for quick (not cloud) access and management

The transfer rate is fast enough to stream HD movies from the 55-inch Samsung Smart TV.The only drawback so far is that remote access is bit slow for large files, like videos

I would rate it as a perfect 5, however, the remote access is horrendous

works as described, easy setup and access

Cons:Takes forever to show up on OS X.Remote access is painfully slow on all devices

Remote access worked for half a day and then it would not recognize my login and password

The transfer times were fast by direct connecting the drive to my computer and the initial Time Machine back-up went as fast as when I set up my Western Digital 1TB drive.

Finally I tested with a disk drive speed test and confirmed as well as with the activity monitor that it wouldn't do over 1-

The quality of the picture is as beautiful as if I were playing the actual DVD

Works as per the ads, easy to set up and performs as expected.

Really disappointing as I had high hopes for this drive

I do not regret my decision as of yet.

this is basically like holding your data hostage as I'm sure if you sent it in they would be happy to sell you a drive to copy it to and charge you to copy it to

I'd access them and upload files remotely, as well as at home

whereas before the best I could achieve was ~10-13mb/s and sometimes worse

I had read numerous reviews panning the upload speed, and I experienced 1.5 MB/s, which was in line with what I expected (but agonizingly slow when you're putting up digital copies of movies at 1-2GB a pop)

whereas before the best I could achieve was ~10-13mb/s and sometimes worse

I had read numerous reviews panning the upload speed, and I experienced 1.5 MB/s, which was in line with what I expected (but agonizingly slow when you're putting up digital copies of movies at 1-2GB a pop)