Renaming Drives Connected to Time Capsule by USB

I have two external drives connected to my Time Capsule via a USB hub. How can I change the name on these drives? I can change the name of the data drive on the time capsule through Airport Utility but not the drives connected via USB.

Plug them into a computer and change it via disk utility.

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    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.
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    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.
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  • External HD connected to Time Capsule via USB, how can I back up this drive to Time Capsule?

    I have my itunes media all on an external drive connected directly to Time Capsule via USB.
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    how can I back up this drive to the Time Capsule?
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  • Best practices with external drives connected to Time Capsule?

    I'm enjoying my new MBP but the storage limitations are a challenge with twenty+ years of data. I know it's not technically sanctioned by Apple but in another forum I found a discussion about successfully connecting an external drive to the Time Capsule. I tried this for a few months and had some problems, so I wonder if anyone here might have some insight into which of my drives would be best to use in this way and what, if anything, I must do to bless it for the task.
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    With apologies for the tome.

    kevlee64 wrote:
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    Ah, that's a different colored horse.   
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    Many of those need software/firmware updates to work with Lion.  Check with Iomega.

  • New External Drive connected to Time Capsule moving files problem

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    I have attached the macbook to the tc via ethernet cable. Should I turn off my wireless connection or will itunes recognize to go with the faster connection on it's own?
    You MBP will try to connect based on the order of the list of network devices on the System Preferences > Network window. If Ethernet is not at the top of the list, then go ahead and temporarily disable AirPort.
    After all this is done will the wireless connection be fast enough for normal itunes operation?
    For audio streaming it should be, but just be aware that your iTunes host will have to get the audio source wirelessly from the TC, which in turn will have to get the data from the USB hard drive. Finally, the iTunes host will have to wirelessly stream the iTunes audio via AirTunes to the AirPort Express.

  • I want to backup an external hard drive connected with time capsule

    What to do? I want a macbook air but realise that the storage is limited. I want to have en external HDD connected through time capsule or similar to access storage "wirelessly". I want everything backed up automatically through time capsule. I understand time capsule does not back up connected external HDDs unfortunately. If it did my problem would be solved. How should I do? Can a two time capsule solution be possible where one is used för storage and the other for time machine also backing up time capsule nr 1?
    I do not want to loose all my photos! They won´t fit a macbook air... I have tried "crash plan" wich is one of many ckoud solutions to try and take care of all my hundreds of GBs but it doesn´t work well. Takes forever to backup and it keeps loosing contact with the external HDD i have connected through the time capsule.
    This must be a very common need but I find no good solutions?!
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    You are right.. there is no decent solution from Apple..
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    Look at Synology and QNAP.. they are not cheap but will work fine with Macs, TM even although it can be messy setting up. But the real NAS will auto backup to a USB drive.. plus the raid system offers protection against a dead drive.
    Some people use a Mac Mini as a server.. (you don't need server version OS on it).. but the disk expansion is going to cost you as much as the true NAS.

  • External hard drive connected to Time Capsule for iTunes.

    I have copied my iTunes library to an external hard drive and connected the hard drive to my time capsule. I have an iMac and a MacBook and want to see the same iTunes content on each. I want to use the iMac as the main place to add iTunes content and see the results on the MacBook. I have told both iTunes (the iMac and the MacBook) the location of the hard drive, but I see different content on each. For example, if I add new music to the iMac I can't see it on the MacBook.
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    Welcome to the discussions, squire78!
    If your external drive is connected directly to your computer, you can have Time Machine backup both your computer and the external drive.
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  • Sharing an external Hard Drive connected to Time Capsule

    Hi all,
    I have my time capsule set and running now for a few weeks. I have an external hard drive which want to connect it to TC and share it over the network.
    I connected the HD to the TC and restarted the machine. But I'm not sure why is not showing the HD.
    Did I need to reset the TC to make the port sharing work? I just didn't want to reset it before asking the question.
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    Ah, so you are connecting your keyboard to the Time Capsule via usb?  I don't believe that will work.  If your keyboard has an ethernet port and supports sharing of the hard drive you could try running an ethernet cord from your keyboard to your Time Capsule and then seeing if your other computer that are connected to the Time Capsule can see the drive.
    You honestly may have more help if you post in the Korg forums.  www.korgforums.com

  • Backing up external hard drive (connected to time capsule) using time machi

    hi. don't know if this is possible or not - am now using an external hard drive to store all my movies as my macbook pro's hard drive is filling up and i'm running out of space (it's 250gb). have created a separate itunes on the external hard drive and stream these movies to my apple tv. the external hard drive is connected to my time capsule and access it on the macbook pro that way wirelessy. is there a way to now back up my movies on the external hard drive to the time capsule using time machine (that it's already connected to)?

    Welcome to the discussions, squire78!
    If your external drive is connected directly to your computer, you can have Time Machine backup both your computer and the external drive.
    If the external drive is connected to the USB port on the Time Capsule, Time Machine cannot backup this drive.

  • Backing up a share point (external hard drive connected to Time Capsule) using time machine.

    I am currently using Mac OS X Lion, and just set up my time capsule with an external hard drive to store itunes, iPhoto libraries, etc.  Is it possible to use time machine to backup the external hard drive to the 2 TB internal hard drive in the time capsule?

    You cannot backup network drives with Time Machine. It will work only on HFS+ formatted local drives.
    Is it possible to use time machine to backup the external hard drive to the 2 TB internal hard drive in the time capsule?
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    If you unplug the disk and plug it into a Mac.. and if it is HFS+ formatted then you can back it up.
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  • Time capsule 2TB,connected to mac mini server leopard, LG DP1W mediacenter/player for watching movies on my tv from my harddisk tower connected to time capsule by usb/hub on G-technologie 8 TB G-SPEED Q RAID-oplossing(hard disk tower) is this gonna work??

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    can i secure it with a password given to my sister or father that is only works for 1 file???? so that i get multiple passwords
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    hello,
    ik have a question about the hardware i wanna buy
    i have a IMAC that is 3 years old and running on leopard snow 10.5, i want to upgrade the software from this mac to 10.6 and put 4GB workmemory into it, i have now 1GB.
    I have ordered a MAC MINI SERVER leopard snow 10.6(also ordered a dvd superdrive, wireless typing, and a wireless mouse for the mac mini)
    i have ordered a Time Capsule 2TB
    i want to connect to the Time capsule this:
    G-technologie 8 TB G-SPEED Q RAID-oplossing (hdtower)
    UPC of EAN nr.: 705487185744 in the mac store
    i want to connect to the Time Capsule this for my TV to play movies from the harddisktower connected to my time capsule:
    LG DP1W MEDIAPLAYER/CENTER without harddisk build into it, with WiFi connection butt, i'm gonna use te 2.0 USB connection that is faster and stabile.
    -Connecting the Time Capsule to the Internet
    i'm also gonna use this: gear4 PG467 UNITY REMOTE(control everything with iphone)
    i'm also want to connect by 2.0 USB my canon all in one foto printer, WiFi is not working properly and i have many times problems with connection my printer wireless.....
    And for the future i also want to connect a Dymo Labelprinter by 2.0 USB
    in total 7 usb connections: only the time capsule have one port, so i can split to more ports by a usb-hub????
    Well i have another question: i want to store a movie database on the external harddisktower that is connected to the time capsule.....
    How can... let me say: my sister, and father who live on 2 different adresses get access to the movie database and watch them at their own home?????
    can i secure it with a password given to my sister or father that is only works for 1 file???? so that i get multiple passwords
    how does this works??? to share/upload/download to the internet only to one person????
    i hope someone can help me????

  • Can't see contents of USB hard drive connected to Time Capsule

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    Fixed it. I connected the USB drive directly to my computer, and dragged the folder into the 'Shared' folder, which Time Capsule had created. The original folder is now visible, which is what I wanted!

  • Can't access a USB Drive connected to Time Capsule from a Windows PC.  Apple Care can't/won't assist.  HELP!!!

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  • External Hard Drive Connected via Time Capsule USB

    I've saved all my iMovie files on an external hard drive originally connected to my iMac via a USB port. Now, I'm connecting the same hard drive to the USB port on my Time Capsule but iMovie can't access the files. The hard drive shows up in iMovie but has a yellow triangle with a "!" on it? What is my problem here?

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  • Backup to an external hard drive connected to time capsule

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