File transfers in Time Capsule!!!

Hi, I'm looking at purchasing a TC 2TB as my old 250g Seagate is full.  Can I transfer movie, photo, music files etc that are on my Seagate to the TC and also can I use the TC or part of it to use as my Time Machine back up?  Also if the answer is yes, is purchasing a Lightning Cable also good item with the speed transfer?  Any and all help is appreciated... thnx.

You can store the stuff on the seagate on the TC if you want.. but the TC is not a file store.. it has no way to back itself up so keep the original source of the files.
Mixing data and backups on the TC can be done.. as the disk fills you may run into troubles so read up what you are doing beforehand.
Q3 here is relevant.. but read through a bit of pondini.
http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html
I do not see how a lightning cable is relevant to a TC and a seagate USB?? drive.
Plug the seagate into the MBP and copy the files to the TC. you do not need any other cables.
TC is network device.. you cannot copy files to it apart from network, either ethernet or wireless.. even USB is useless.. the files will still be transferred via the computer.

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