Zeropc User Guide
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ZeroPC User Guide Welcome to ZeroPC – your Lifetime Desktop in the Cloud! rev. July 2011 1 Unplug your computer – your desktop in the cloud follows you wherever you go! The ZeroPC ‘Lifetime Desktop in the Cloud” enables users to move their full desktop experience online, unify, consolidate and manage all of their digital content into one secure place for accessing and sharing between people using any browser and any Web-enabled device. Using ZeroPC as an advanced central repository for all of their content, users have confidence that they are always connected to their valuable files, documents, photos, videos and other content wherever they go and from any device. With a few simple clicks, users can easily select the content they want to share, customize the desktop ‘look and feel’, and then “publish” their desktop to share with anyone they choose through ZeroPC’s Transferable Desktop feature. ZeroPC doesn’t require learning any additional programs because it utilizes familiar ‘drag & drop’ processes and user interfaces to a Windows-like environment. The ZeroPC platform is integrated with a universal email checker to access of the user’s emails from a single place, a built-in messenger that supports most popular messaging services, access to full feature, high-quality Microsoft-compatible productivity tools similar to Word, PowerPoint and Excel with collaboration and sharing features. Users can safely lock away all of their confidential documents or keepsakes in their own ZeroPC safety box which nobody else can open! ZeroPC also features easy access to favorite Web apps and any content stored at popular external storage providers. For Facebook enthusiasts, ZeroPC provides a simple way to browse all of their friends’ photo albums using a single click. 2 This User Guide introduces you to many of the features provided by your ZeroPC. In this document we will review: 1. Browser Notes – A quick word about Pop-Up Blockers and other Browser Notes 2. Accounts Manager – linking all of your web content, e-mails, Facebook and Twitter to ZeroPC 3. Universal Inbox – providing a way for you to quickly view and respond to new emails 4. File Explorer – view and manage all of your online content 5. Safety Box – secures your most sensitive documents 6. Copying Files to ZeroPC – How to copy your content to your ZeroPC easily and securely 7. Quick Share – a quick and easy way to share your content 8. Transferable Desktop – easily share the entire ZeroPC desktop experience with others 9. ThinkFree – an online productivity tool for editing documents, spreadsheets and presentations 10. Local Application – seamless integration to available local applications 11. Sticky Notes – a quick an easy way to jot down your thoughts 12. Universal Instant Messenger – this works with Yahoo IM, Google Chat, AIM and more 13. Personalization – this is going to be your lifetime desktop – make it personal! Let’s get started… 3 A Quick Word About Pop-up Blocker and Browser Notes: Please disable pop-up blocker and allow pop-ups in your browser for ZeroPC. Some browsers like Chrome comes with the pop-up blocker enabled as default. They may prevent certain ZeroPC features from working properly. Please be sure to check your browser’s pop-up blocker settings to enable this feature. If you are unfamiliar with pop-ups or how to manage the blocker settings please go to one of the sites listed below for detailed explanations and instructions. You may need to copy and paste the relevant URL into a new browser window. For Microsoft’s Internet Explorer – click here For Mozilla Firefox – click here For Google Chrome – click here For Apple Safari – click here (Please review the next page for an important note for Mac Safari 5 users) return to table of contents 4 Important Note for Mac Safari 5 Users: There is a known problem with Apple’s Safari Browser Version 5 and how it handles Java Applets. ZeroPC uses Java Applets to support some of our functionality. The problem with Safari 5 is that it will sometimes freeze when visiting web sites that use Java Applets. In that case the user must force quit Safari. There is an easy one-time fix for this problem. 1) Open Finder and navigate to Applications -> Utilities -> Java Preferences. 2) Launch Java Preferences 3) On the General tab click the option to run applets In their own process (see below) That will resolve the freezing problem with ZeroPC and also any other web site using Java Applets. return to table of contents 5 Linking your Account with Accounts Manager ZeroPC allows quick and easy access to your email accounts, web-based content storage providers and even Facebook and Twitter. But first you need to tell ZeroPC about your accounts by using the Accounts Manager tool. You can access the Accounts Manager directly from the Desktop or by selecting it from the “apps” menu: return to table of contents 6 This is what the Accounts Manager screen looks like when you first open it. You can expand any of these services by clicking on the downarrow located at the right side of the screen. Controls for your ZeroPC user profile Setup access to your email accounts here Connect ZeroPC to your Facebook Profile Connect ZeroPC to your Twitter Profile Connect ZeroPC to your Google Docs Connect ZeroPC to your Google Picasa Connect ZeroPC to your files on Box.net Connect ZeroPC to your Dropbox Profile Connect ZeroPC to your Evernote Profile Connect ZeroPC to your Flickr account Connect ZeroPC to your files on Sugarsync return to table of contents 7 As you can see ZeroPC connects to many popular web services. This is done by using standard and secure interconnection methods provided by the host web services. You are not required to connect any of these services with ZeroPC. However, by doing so you enable one of the powerful features we provide by allowing quick, easy and unified access – all from your ZeroPC desktop. Let’s have a look at each of these items. My Profile: This is your ZeroPC profile. You can manage your storage quota, purchase additional ZeroPC Credits and review your billing log including charges and credits. return to table of contents 8 Managing your storage quota: You can store content in your ZeroPC desktop. You may increase or decrease your storage quota once per day. This places unprecedented control in your hands to manage your account. To view and adjust your quota click on the Manage your storage quota link in the My Profile section of Accounts Manager. This screen lets you know how you are using your storage quota. To increase or decrease your assigned storage quota just choose your new value from the dropdown selection and click the Apply button. The change is immediate - you can use your additional space right away. Remember, you may only adjust your storage quota once per day. return to table of contents 9 Universal Inbox: Use the Universal Inbox to connect your all of your IMAP e-mail accounts for easy access from your ZeroPC. Click on the Manage e-mail accounts… link to enter the details of each of your accounts. We have preconfigured the server settings for GMail and Yahoo. You may specify other IMAP e-mail providers but you will need to obtain the server settings from their support pages. Once you have setup your e-mail accounts you will be able to access unread emails from the Universal Inbox application: Further discussion of the Universal Inbox application appears later in this guide. return to table of contents 10 Box.net Integration: This allows you to quickly link your Box.net account to your ZeroPC. You only have to link your Box.net account to ZeroPC once. Then, every time you login ZeroPC will automatically establish a connection. Click the Sign in via Box.net OAuth to start the secure authentication process. Please note that as part of this initial authentication we have to open a popup window to Box.net’s login page. So please be sure that you have enabled popups when you initiate the sign in process. Note that the Status will change to logged in after successful authentication. Now you can access all of your Box.net content using ZeroPC’s native File Explorer. return to table of contents 11 SugarSync Integration: This allows you to quickly link your SugarSync account to your ZeroPC. You only have to link your SugarSync account to ZeroPC once. Then, every time you login ZeroPC will automatically establish a connection. Click the Sign in using your SugarSync credentials to start the secure authentication process. You will be prompted to enter your SugarSync username and password. Note that the Status will change to logged in after successful authentication. Now you can access all of your SugarSync content using ZeroPC’s native File Explorer. return to table of contents 12 Flickr Integration: This allows you to quickly link your Flickr account to your ZeroPC. You only have to link your Flickr account to ZeroPC once. Then, every time you login ZeroPC will automatically establish a connection. Click the Sign in via Flickr Oauth to start the secure authentication process. Please note that as part of this initial authentication we have to open a popup window to Flickr’s login page. So please be sure that you have enabled popups when you initiate the sign in process. Flickr’s authentication page requires you to login and then explicitly authorize ZeroPC to access your account. Once you have authorized access you can close the Flickr popup. Then you must click the Authorize link in Accounts Manager to finalize the connection: Now you can access all of your Flickr content using ZeroPC’s native File Explorer.