By adding an external hd to time capsule does it increase the size of available space for time machine back-ups?

By adding an external hd to time capsule does it increase the size of available space for time machine back-ups?

No, each drive is treated separately. Sorry!!

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    If your Time Capsule looks like this..
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    The situation is my parents have a business and each have a MacBook, they want a system where they share files with each other. BUT they want it to be done automatically on a day to day basis. For example if my dad creates a quotation for a client of his, and my mom wants to come home with the laptop to work on this file. What must happen is that before my dad leaves, he backs up his MacBook to the Time Capsule (only the new files get updated) and then my mom will then click a button and it will update the new files that my dad has backed up to the Time Capsule. BUT it should also work the other way around.
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    Kind Regards
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    They do not want to create a central server where they manually have to go and save and fetch new files, they want it to be automatic.
    The ironic thing is you are trying to use Time Machine as a central server.. only it is not.
    A central server is exactly the right way to do it. But it can be done automatically.. you just use some synchonisation software. (Central server means you all work on the same files and you have centralised backup)
    http://mac-sync-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
    Using some cloud method would be the other suggestion.. but I am not sure exactly how to do it. I have lousy internet so cloud is really too hard to use for storage.. but Apple do lots of stuff to help people with cloud to synchronize fies.

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    I recently tried to make a backup with the new MacBook I have but I always get the same answer from the Time Capsule System that there the backup is too large for the backup volume and that Time Machine requires more backup volume. Now, I dont know how to create more backup volume, the Time Capsule I have is a 2TB system and I thought that new backups would overwrite the oldest backups ...

    Dominik Hock wrote:
    I recently tried to make a backup with the new MacBook I have but I always get the same answer from the Time Capsule System that there the backup is too large for the backup volume and that Time Machine requires more backup volume.
    How much data is TM backing-up?  The amount used on your internal HD (and any externals that are also being backed-up)?
    Is anything else on the TC besides these backups?  If so, what, and how large?
    I thought that new backups would overwrite the oldest backups ...
    Yes, if it can.  But it won't delete your last remaining backup, so you're without any. 
    See #C4 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting for details.
    Sounds like it's trying to do do a very large backup, and just can't make room. 

  • Help! Time Capsule not connected to the Internet

    Hi everyone!
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    Matteo

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    2. Express.. wait 2min.
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  • Can I use my time capsule for time machine back ups and as an external storage device?

    I have a time capsule and have set it up so that my time machine back ups are saved on it, but I would also like to use it as an external hard drive. Is this possible?
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    By external hard disk we usually mean one plugged into the computer by USB or Firewire or Thunderbolt.
    None of those works on the TC.. it is plugged in by ethernet or use wireless connection.. that means it is a network drive.. not an external drive. The difference might not mean much to you.. but it is totally different to the computer. In the former case the computer has full control of the disk. In the case of the network drive, the disk is controlled by the TC firmware and the files are stored and accessed by network. This has large implications.
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    Store files on the TC.
    This is asked several times a day.. obviously people are struggling with their latest SSD being too small.
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    1. No backup.. no way Time Machine can backup a network drive. No place to backup to.. So all your files will be at risk. And you will need to buy a third party like CCC to do backup.
    2. The TC cannot be partitioned and mixing TM backups and data is not great. It was and is and ever shall be a backup device for Time Machine.
    3. The drive is slow to spin up and quick to spin down.. there is no control. In fact the TC is so lacking in controls for even the router side.. that you cannot do more than the most basic of setups.
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              Even apple btw say don’t do it.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5168 Although mostly about FAT32           it adds network drives.
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    7. The only suitable location for most libraries is a computer. You can plug in an external hard disk.
    Read pondini for some work arounds.
    Q3 here. http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html

  • I am trying to move previous Time Machine back ups off an external drive to my new Time Capsule. How do I do that?

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    http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
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    IMHO.. don't... just start a new backup and keep what you already have saved up.. if you don't need it in 6months time.. or a year.. then you can wipe it.

  • How I can set up the DynDns inside the Time capsule, or only with the Time capsule I have external access from a PC for ex.?

    How I can set up the DynDns inside the Time capsule, or only with the Time capsule I have external access from a PC for ex.?

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    Sorry your language is very hard to follow.. and I am sure you are finding my answers similarly difficult.
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  • Why wont iPhoto read my library on my time capsule? just spins the color wheel!

    why wont iPhoto read my library on my time capsule? just spins the color wheel!

    A Time Capsule is a hardware device that can be used in may ways
    Are you using it as an external drive? or as a Time Machine backup device? 
    If it is a TM bakcup then you can not directy access the files there - you use TM to restore them then use the
    LN

  • Time capsule could not complete the backup

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    88%
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    /dev/disk6s2                         
    86%
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    Many a slip between Lion and particularly TC firmware 7.6..
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    For the issue at hand.
    http://pondini.org/TM/C17.html
    You might like to look through the rest of the Pondini KB of what can go wrong with TM.. there is an awful lot of it.

  • Can time capsule store more than the data on my computer?

    Can time capsule store more than the data on my computer?
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    It is a backup device.. in fact it is a backup device for wireless clients in particular hence it is a wireless router with a hard disk inside.. if you use it for storage.. it has one or two big weaknesses..
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    But the biggie.. IMHO.. no backup.. the TC has no way to back itself up.. and TM cannot include the content of the TC in a backup to another location.. TM cannot backup any network drive.
    So your files will be stored on one bottom of the market, cheapest possible drive available.. with no backup.. !!
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    Read a bit of pondini.
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    Q3

  • I have 2 macbooks each with an account for me and one for my wife. I use one Macbook logged in with my account and my wife uses the other Macbook only loged in on her account. We both make regular time-machine back-ups each on a separate external disk

    I have 2 Macbooks each with an account for me and one for my wife. I use one Macbook logged in with my account and my wife uses the other Macbook only logged in on her account. We both make regular time-machine back-ups each on a separate external disk. Is it possible to update her account on my macbook using her external disk without overwriting my stuff on the same Macbook and vice versa?

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    Just copy the missing files over from her Mac to yours. If there are differennt programs on each then they would need to be installed on both.

  • My Time Capsule does not work with existing WiFi

    Following a question solved on March 24 by LaPastenague, but gone bad again.
    Apple AirPort Time Capsule
    I felt the need for a physical backup of my data, as I would not completely trust the different clouds. I use, and have used Dropbox for 4-5 years and are very satisfied with that, but I am still not sure if or when a political lunatic will shut off the internet.
    I purchased the Apple AP Time Capsule 2T, because all my other stuff are Apple, and that it's wireless. My old backup is Maxtor 300 GB.
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    The APTC was difficult to make working as it would not accept to be in an existing network, but with good help from the Apple Community, LaPastenague, with forcing the TC connect to the APE with Ethernet cable in bridge mode, ref "My Time Capsule does not work with existing WiFi" from March 24, the problem was solved and all gadgets worked together in a perfect harmony, until we changed location.
    Now, as I have my second WiFi network, and the APExspress is reconfigured, it's like the TC thinks, I am the base boss here, I am not taking orders from APE one more time, and it simply does not work, not only that, it fluctuates all the time.
    I have a slight feeling that the two WiFi bands are making the trouble as during the configuration of the TC sometime the last figure 6 and 7 pops up, and that has something two do with the two different 2,4 and 5 GHZ bands
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    I am thinking of returning the TC if I don't make it work now, but how do I delete all the data that's on it?

    I can deal with the last question first and easily.
    I am thinking of returning the TC if I don't make it work now, but how do I delete all the data that's on it?
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    A Zero out data is the secure way,, by writing 0 ie low level drive format.
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    7 pass will take a week.. not recommended..
    35 pass erase is ridiculous.. it would take a month.. put an ax through the TC. It is quick and better.
    Now, as I have my second WiFi network, and the APExspress is reconfigured, it's like the TC thinks, I am the base boss here, I am not taking orders from APE one more time, and it simply does not work, not only that, it fluctuates all the time.
    The fact that it did work and has now failed might point to faulty unit.
    The only way to tell is reset it properly to factory and start over.
    Universal Factory Reset.. any model TC or AE.
    Unplug your TC/AE from power or turn off at the power point.
    Hold in reset. and power the TC/AE back on..  all without releasing reset and keep holding in for about 10sec. (this is often difficult without a 2nd person or a 3rd arm).
    Release it when the status light flashes rapidly. If it doesn’t flash rapidly you have missed it and try again.
    Note..
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    TC/AE will reboot after a couple of minutes with default factory settings and will wipe out previous configurations of the router.
    No files are deleted on the hard disk in a TC.. No reset of the TC deletes files.. to do that you use erase from the airport utility.
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    Remember to keep all names short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric.
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