Yes, please open this link to watch the three minute video that includes all essential aspects of using DriveSpan App:
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I get an Error Message in ‘DriveSpan App’, what can I do?
Via DriveSpan App for iOS and Android you can easily merge and consolidate all of your  media and data located on a PC and attached external hard discs / storage drives, mobile devices, or on your cloud storage to one central storage location (e.g. a PC, an external hard disc or the cloud). All included devices for consolidation – your sources and the target – are controlled wireless via ‘DriveSpan App’ within the same WiFi network.
Before starting the consolidation, you should check your configuration and your use case for enabling a smooth and error-less consolidation. For details on setting up your devices for consolidation, also check Nero KnowHow 00144. For a demo video of DriveSpan App check Nero KnowHow 00154.
Check your configuration and use cases based on below factors:
- the number and types of used devices
- the size of your data to be consolidated
- the capacity (free space) on your target device
- the bandwidth of your network
- etc.
During the consolidation, DriveSpan App will identify issues and if possible will provide clear text solutions via the info box on the home screen. In most cases this will help you to resolve the issue. For example: the above message shows that external drive E is not responding. In this case you should check the proper physical connection and also the power supply of your drive (if the latter applies for your case).
After the consolidation is finished, respective errors will be documented in âOverviewâ > âError Reportâ. The âError Reportâ lists all given issues during a consolidation with related error codes, and a description of the issue. If you did not manage to fix your issue based on the proposed solution in the info box, please check the âError Reportâ and report your issue including the given error code.
If no errors occurred during your consolidation, the âOverviewâ will not show an âError Reportâ.
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What is ‘WiFi+Transfer’ for the Mac and how does it work in connection with ‘DriveSpan App’?
‘DriveSpan App’ on your mobile device is the central control unit for connecting sources and a target wireless to your consolidation scenario, and for executing the consolidation.
If you are making use of a Mac including internal and attached external storage, ‘WiFi+Transfer’ is in charge of connecting and exchanging data between your Mac (wireless or via LAN) to DriveSpan App running on your mobile device.
Before using a Mac
- Install ‘DriveSpan’ from Google Play or Apple App Store to your mobile device
- Make sure to buy the function of integrating your Mac into consolidation via ‘DriveSpan In-App-Purchase’
- Download the free ‘WiFi+Transfer’ tool from Apple Mac Store and install it on your Mac
Selecting a Mac and available external storage
Make sure your Mac is switched on and uses the same network as the mobile device, on which  ‘DriveSpan App’ is running. Press on the add source symbol on DriveSpan home screen and in the device selection window, select your Mac.
Press on the Mac name listed here. If the permission to connect to this Mac was not set so far, ‘DriveSpan App’ will send a 6-digit access code to your Mac. Type the given PIN into the interface showing at ‘DriveSpan App’ and press ‘Access’. Your Mac is set for connecting with ‘DriveSpan’, now. If you are using the same Mac ever so often in connection with ‘DriveSpan App’ on the same mobile device, you will not have to enter the PIN, again.
Allow access to internal/external Drives
If you want to select internal partitions or attached drives in your Mac for consolidation with DriveSpan App, WiFi+Transfer needs to grant permission for your Mac system, so that you can add the respective drives as a source or target for consolidation in a second step within DriveSpan App.
1. Click on ‘WiFi+Transfer’ tool showing up at the top of your Mac Desktop. WiFi+Transfer will list available internal or external drives. Click ‘Grant Access’ to the device that you want to use for consolidation – in our example we selected the personal Mac folder ‘april’ .
2. The Mac Finder will open with the prior selected drive auto listed. Click ‘Grant Access’ again to finally approve the selection.
3. WiFi+Transfer tool will show you the approved device for consolidation, now.
Within Drive Span App on your mobile device you can now add the granted drives as a source or target for your consolidation.
If you do not change the drive setup in your Mac, next time you integrate your Mac into the consolidation with DriveSpan App, no further action is required.
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How can I check Consolidation Results via ‘DriveSpan App’ and via âOverviewâ Index?
Once you pressed âConsolidate nowâ, ‘DriveSpan App’ will start the process of copying source after source while identifying duplicate data on the source drives as well as on the target drives, making sure that the consolidated space is free of duplicates.
Summary Screen in DriveSpan App
This screen will show you the essential details of your consolidation. It tells you:
- how many sources were copied to target
- the size of all files within the consolidation process
- the overall file size of duplicates (which are not copied)
- the overall file size of the clean consolidation
- the total duration of the consolidation
Check your Consolidation via âDriveSpan’ Folderâ and âOverviewâ Index
‘DriveSpan App’ consolidates all your source drives in the original folder structure, and will display the given structure after consolidation for each device.
This helps you verifying the consolidation results based on the sorting, naming, and data managing principles you are used to.
If you have used a PC or external drive as your target for consolidation, you can easily check the folder structure displayed under the folder âDriveSpanâ.
This folder will include all of your source devices named the same way ‘DriveSpan App’ has shown them, before. In our consolidation case this looks like shown here.
Via Windows Explorer click on the folder ‘DriveSpan’ on your target drive, and you will see your source devices with the given folder structure and included files that you are familiar with. Access your source folders and continue working with your folders and files as regular.
In other cases, depending on the sources you selected this could also look like this:
- PC = name
- Mac = your name
- iPhone/Pad = your name
- Android smartphone/tablet = name
- OneDrive = your name (account name)
Additionally you can find an overview in html format. This âOverviewâ index is a platform spanning overview, allowing you to verify all the sources you consolidated to your target. You can also view this index via ‘Drive SpanApp’ on your mobile device via a web browser interface when you click on the provided link in the summary page: ‘Go to Overview.html’.
âOverviewâ will provide a list view of the given folder path structure and source files as existing on the source devices. Duplicates that were not copied will reflect this via showing a link path to the file that was copied.
Apart from verifying folders and files based on the original folder path, you can also browse the meta-data of your files within categories: Photosâ, âVideosâ, âMusicâ, âDocumentsâ, and Other. This works source-spanning, and for example, you can use âOverviewâ under âMusicâ for finding all album titles within all consolidated sources.
If you use the âOverviewâ function on a PC or Mac, clicking on a given file will open it in the file location of your PC system.
For a demo video of DriveSpan App check Nero KnowHow 00154.
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What is ‘WiFi+Transfer’ Tool for the PC and how does it work in connection with ‘DriveSpan App’?
‘DriveSpan App’ on your mobile device is the central control unit for connecting sources and a target wireless to your consolidation scenario, and for executing the consolidation.
If you are making use of a PC* including attached external storage, ‘WiFi+Transfer’ is in charge of connecting and exchanging data between your PC (wireless or via LAN) to ‘DriveSpan App’ running on your mobile device.
Make sure your PC is switched on, and both your PC and your mobile device running ‘DriveSpan App’ are logged in to the same network.
In ‘DriveSpan App’ source or target selection (also see Nero KnowHow 00144) click on the listed PC. If not set permission to this PC yet, ‘DriveSpan App’ will send a 6 digit access code to your PC. Type the given digit into the interface showing at ‘DriveSpan App’. Your PC is set for connection with ‘DriveSpan’, now, and if you are using the same PC ever so often in connection with ‘DriveSpan’ on the same mobile device, you will not have to enter the PIN again.
Once done, you can access all internal and external drives (connected to your PC) and set them as a source or target for consolidation.
*Note on using a PC with DriveSpan App
Integrating a PC into the consolidation requires ‘WiFi+Transfer’ installed on the respective computer. If you are using ‘Nero Platinum 2019’ or ‘Nero Standard 2019’ (or later versions), ‘WiFi+Transfer’ was already installed on your PC together with the ‘Nero Suite’ installer. So, you are set to use all ‘DriveSpan App’ features also with your PC.
Free ‘DriveSpan’ version users can buy the option to consolidate via PC or Mac. To utilize this make sure to have ‘WiFi+Transfer’ installed on the PC and/or Mac. A free PC version of ‘WiFi+Transfer’ tool is available for download at www.drivespan.net. A free Mac version of WiFi+Transfer is available via Mac App Store.
For a demo video of DriveSpan App check Nero KnowHow 00154.
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