HT1178 can I add a external hard drive to my time capsule

I have a time capsule. and I want to add a external hard drive. how can I do that?

Buy any USB external drive and plug it in. However, it will not be usable as additional storage for the Time Capsule. It can only be used as a separate drive you can use for storage or as a separate backup drive if you switch to it in Time Machine.

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  • How can i add an external hard drive to my time capsule

    How can i add an exteranl hard drive to my time capsule

    yes, plug a USB drive .. correctly formatted.. in.

  • Can I add an additional hard drive to my time capsule?

    Can I add an aditional hard drive to my time capsule if the time capsule is near capacity?
    If the Time Capsule is near capacity, will it stop backing up?

    Can I add an aditional hard drive to my time capsule if the time capsule is near capacity?
    Yes
    If the Time Capsule is near capacity, will it stop backing up?
    No, Time Machine will automatically start to delete the oldest backups to make room for new backups.

  • Can I connect an external hard drive to my time capsule to add virtual hard drive space?

    I would like to make a 4 TB external hard drive available wirelessly on my home network.  I have heard that I could connect it to my router or my Time Capsule to do this.  Is this possible?  Is there any special setup I need to do to enable this to work? 
    Additionally, I have two Macbooks in the house and have recently purchased a second Time Capsule.  I would like to back up each computer to its own Time Capsule.  Is there a configuration that would make this possible?
    If the two Time Capsules are connected together via an ethernet cable (in extend the network mode), and one elects to back both of their computers up to the primary Time Capsule, does the primary use the secondary Time Capsule's hard drive space to continue backing up once it becomes full?
    Thanks in advance for any advice you all may have for me in this situation!

    See if Pondini can help http://pondini.org/TM/Home.html

  • Should I add an external hard drive to my Time Capsule?

    I have a 1TB Time Capsule that is full.  I'd like to add a 2TB external hard drive.  Can this be done and if so how?

    Sure. just buy a 2TB external usb drive and plug it in.. format it via the airport disk erase or setup first by using GUID format HFS+ on a Mac and plug it in to the TC.
    If you 1TB is older and out of warranty.. open the bottom rubber mat.. easy with a hotair gun. or even hair dryer and upgrade the disk to 2TB.. google search lots of people have done it .. works fine.. recommend not greater than 2tb as the new 3tb seem to have issues.

  • Can I add a USB hard drive to the time capsule

    I am wanting to know if one could add an external HD to the USB port on the time capsule? 

    You might be able to. If you want to transfer the contents of one to the other, you will have to do that via your computer. But, if you wanted to increase memory space, then maybe. Try looking it up in the Time Capsule Manual.
    P.S. It does say you can connect USB drives to it.

  • Can I use an external hard drive plugged to Time Capsule to extend it's storage?

    I have the first Time Capsule that was out.
    It's 500gb and now I need more. But I didn't want to setup separate systems.
    Can I plug a hard drive to the USB and make it work as a backup storage as well?
    Thank you,
    Ennio

    This has always been possible with any Time Capsule, although as Niel mentions, it is not the preferred method for Time Machine backups.
    If you want to try this, make sure that the drive is formmated correctly in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and use a powered USB hub, even if the hard drive has its own power supply.

  • How can i connect an external hard drive to my time capsule?

    I can see it though my airport utility but not my network.

    goldenmaestro wrote:
    I have the same problem, it is NTFS formatted, is that a problem?
    Sure is.. The TC cannot use it.. cannot see it or read it.
    You need to connect the disk to the Mac, format it HFS+ and make sure it is GUID type disk not MBR windows type. Although you can also use fat32 IMHO that is really backward step.
    Windows can still write to it, as the TC or airport can offer SMB to the network.. it is irrelevant the format of a drive plugged in.
    The USB port is underpowered in the TC.. even though the hard disk is powered you sometimes need a powered hub.. and not all powered hubs work.
    Also note USB is slow.. connected to a network device it is double or triple slow.
    It is far better to plug the USB drive straight into the computer and use it in native format to the OS of the computer.

  • Adding an External Hard Drive to a Time Capsule

    I want to add an External Hard Drive to my Time Capsule to be accessed by both a Macbook Pro and a windows PC
    I've added it ok and I think I configured Airport utility ok yet when I find my time capsule in the network neighbor hood and log in to it
    I cannot see the external hard drive. I configured the airport utility with Accounts, with  disk Password and a device password.
    yet I cannot see or find the External hard drive. the hard drive is fromatted with Ex-fat
    If someone could point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it.
    thanks

    As long as you keep the drive at the network location at the Time Capsule, both Macs and PCs will be able to read and write to a drive formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled), also known as HFS+.
    As you know, FAT32 has a file size limitation of 4GB for a single file. That may or may not be of concern.
    Would recommend HFS+ if you plan to keep the drive located at the Time Capsule.

  • Can I increase the capacity of Time Machine with an external hard drive connected to Time Capsule?

    Can I increase the capacity of Time Machine with an external hard drive connected to Time Capsule via the USB port?  My current Time Machine has a total capacity of 1TB.  I'd like to double or triple its memory.  I don't want to use the external hard drive in lieu of the Time Capsule hard drive.  I'd like to use it in addition to.  Just don't know if/how it's possible.
    This is another one of those questions that I've searched the web for answers, and have gotten tricky answers back.  So now I'm trying to introduce a clean slate to the mix.
    Thank you for your time!

    Well, what you mentioning is possible.  However, I don't know whether it's supported (as in, "easy to set up.").  Time Machine officially supports backing up to a locally attached drive, to a machine running a Time Machine server (i.e. running OS X Server software), and to a Time Capsule.  I don't know that it officially supports a drive attached to an AirPort or to a Time Capsule.  Though I know some people have gotten it to work.
    Best I can say is to try it.  Plug the drive into the Time Capsule, ensure it's shared on the network, and then try and set it as a backup target from a machine in the Time Machine backup panel (you'll need to ensure it's mounted first).  If it works, you're all set.

  • I need to add a secondary hard drive to my time capsule. Can something that has been set up for a windows machine work without re-formatting?

    I need to add a secondary hard drive to my time capsule. Can something that has been set up for a windows machine work without re-formatting?

    In addition to Niel's comments, if you plan to use Time Machine to backup a Mac to the secondary drive.....that application needs a drive that has been specifically formattted for Mac.  That would be Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
    PCs can also read and write to the Mac formatted drive.

  • I connected a external hard drive to the Time capsule but I can't get it to connect, I connected a external hard drive to the Time capsule but I can't get it to connect

    I connected an external hard drive to the Time Capsule but can't get it to work.

    And are you using a powered USB hub? The USB port on the Time Capsule is under powered, so you almost always need to use a powered USB hub, even if the hard drive has its own power supply.

  • If i connect an external hard drive to a time capsule, can i access this drive via internet?

    If i connect an external hard drive to a time capsule, can i access this drive via internet?

    If the drive can be accessed in local lan, then it can be accessed from internet assuming you have setup using one of the remote access methods.
    See remote access here.
    https://discussions.apple.com/community/wireless/airport?view=documents

  • How can my daughter use the hard drive in the Time Capsule ...

    So, I am in Oklahoma and my daughter is in Tennessee...
    She has a Time Capsule where the Wi-fi base station quit working, but the hard drive may be OK.
    She bought an Airport Express to use as a wi-fi router.
    The question, then, is:
    How can my daughter use the hard drive in the Time Capsule to do Time Machine backups?
    Thank you very much for your insights.
    Roberto

    It can be done but is very messy. That is assuming the TC is still functional which I kind of doubt.. the wifi is seldom the only thing that will die .. so whatever problems it has the wifi would be the least of it.
    Anyway.. do a factory reset to get started.
    The Factory Reset Gen1-4.
    Unplug your TC. Hold in reset. and power the TC back on.. without releasing reset for about 10sec. When the status light flashes rapidly; release it.
    Be Gentle! Feel the switch click on. It has a positive feel..  add no more pressure after that.
    TC will reboot after a couple of minutes with default factory settings and will wipe out previous configurations.
    No files are deleted on the hard disk.. No reset of the TC deletes files.. to do that you use erase from the airport utility.
    If the LED is not lit then the TC is dead, not just the wireless.
    The setup for using the TC is explained in the bottom of this thread.
    TC in a second local network.
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4817218?tstart=30
    The idea is to set the TC to provide router function.. and the computer plugged in by ethernet to as a second network.. but there are rules on how this is done which I have explained in that thread.
    I notice that Mountain Lion deals better with order of network priority than Snow Leopard used to .. so it might not need to have manually set gateway and dns.. although I would still recommend it. It simply stops the second network causing issues.
    It is much easier to simply purchase an external drive and plug that in.
    It is cheaper, faster and more reliable than using the TC for TM anyway.
    Plus a lot of the later machines no longer have ethernet ports.. and using dongles is far from neat.. although thunderbolt to ethernet is IMHO necessary accessory for anyone without ethernet.

  • How to proceed on transferring the content of an external hard drive into the time capsule.

    I just bought a new MBP and a 2T time capsule but i don’t know how to proceed on transferring the content of an old external hard drive into the brand new time capsule.
    The old external hard drive is a carbon copy of another external HD which was my time machine backup but unfortunately someone stole it from me…  so I was thinking about transferring the content from the old external hard drive to the time capsule and then set time capsule as the new time machine backup.
    Is there anybody whose can give me a hand and tell what is the best to do?
    Thanks
    sb

    Configure Time Machine preferences. Be sure to remove the external drive from the Exclude list.
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