Sharing a USB drive attached to a Time Capsule

I attached a USB drive to my Time Capsule and want to share it with both Windows and Mac users on my network while not sharing my TC main drive which I use for backup. Can someone assist in the setup?
Thanks

dougkramer wrote:
... if I connect a USB hard drive, can I run Time Machine and then pick either the Time Capsule drive or the USB drive to back up to?
see this user tip: http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/2.html
Will I be able to backup wirelessly from my MacBook Pro?
yes. however, it is recommended that the initial backup is done using a hardwired connection.
Can I then also backup wired to my ethernet-connected iMac (at a faster speed) ?
see above
In other words, the TIme Capsule is capable of automatically backing up both wired and wirelessly, right?
yes.
JGG

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Using an external drive with shared files (iPhoto, iTunes), attached to a Time Capsule, can the contents of the external drive be backed-up to the internal Time Capsule drive? Perhaps a RAID1 mirror to a partition?

Using an external drive with shared files (iPhoto, iTunes), attached to a Time Capsule, can the contents of the external drive be backed-up to the internal Time Capsule drive? Perhaps a RAID1 mirror to a partitioned Time Capsule? I understand that the Time Machine (software) cannot backup a networked drive (the external) and that Time Capsule (the router/wireless hard drive) does not have its own backup software... so it won't backup the connected drive. What I would like is an alternate solution for having an automated backup of a networked drive. A 2TB Time Capsule has more than enough space for Time Machine backups of my family of Macbooks, so I had hoped to mirror a 500GB external drive (with shared media files) to a portion of the Time Capsule internal hard drive. I assume this would require a partition of the Time Capsule drive. If not, would the sparse file from the various computers being backed up need to be copied to the external drive as part of the RAID1 setup? This seems like overkill for the Time Machine backup, but it would cover the media files.

The complexity with this idea is the software has to run from a Mac computer on your network.. so you need a Mac turned on, probably most of the day.
It isn't possible to partition the TC although you can create a image area.
The software would have to copy the material, that means all files to be copied, go from USB drive, back to the Mac, then back to the TC, and written to the drive. In other words you have just added Network congestion, although a proper incremental backup type software will not actually use a lot of capacity.
Finally it will be slow.. network drives are slower than internal drives. Well USB connected drive is much slower than the same drive connected directly to the computer.. and if the drive is connected directly to a computer it can be shared with the network.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4577/airport-extreme-5th-gen-and-time-capsule-4th- gen-review-faster-wifi-/4
Read carefully the speed of the USB drive plugged into the TC.

How can I limit acces to files on drives attached to my Time Capsule?

My home network is set up with a 1TB Time capsule and several attached USB hard drives. On those drives I've got a bunch of movies, tv shows, home videos, music, pics etc. that I either stream or transfer to my various devices for viewing/listening. My wife and I have recently become the permanent guardians of my 13 year old neice and she'd like to have access to some of the media. In general I have no problem with this, but there are movies and cable tv programs that aren't appropriate for a 13 year old. Is there a way to give her access to some, but not all of the files on the drives attached to the Time Capsule? I'm thinking perhaps creating a "Rated R" folder and password protecting, or somehow having the Time Capsule look at which user is attempting to access certain files and either granting or preventing access. She's using my old G4 tower running 10.6 and will be viewing these videos on either that machine or an iPod Classic, or perhaps a Touch if Santa comes through . . . and her grades are good.
Thanks,
Adam

Thanks for clarifying that you are using Time Machine and iPhoto in regard to your questions.
There are a number of other applications that will back up your Mac to the Time Capsule.....Carbon Copy Cloner, SuperDuper and Chronosync to name just a few. That is why we were asking for more information.
As far as Time Machine and iPhoto are concerned, it is unfortunate that a few years ago, Apple removed the feature which would allow you to "browse" the images in your Time Machine backups in the iPhoto Library. If you want to restore any images from your Time Machine backups, you must restore the entire iPhoto Library then use iPhoto to view the images that you want.
You can get a good idea of whether your iPhoto Library backups are good by comparing the size of the iPhoto Library in your Pictures folder to the size of the iPhoto Library in your Time Machine backups. If the size is the same, then you know that everything is being backed up by Time Machine.
To do this, click the "smiley face" Finder icon at the lower left of the Mac's screen on the dock
Open the Pictures folder
Click once on the iPhoto Library to highlight it
Click the "gear" icon at the top of the window
Click Get Info
Note the size of the iPhoto Library
Now open Time Machine and choose a date from the past from the timeline on the right side of the screen.
Navigate to the iPhoto Library in the Pictures folder
Double click the iPhoto Library and note the size of the library
If the library is being backed up, the size of the library on your Mac and in the Time Machine backups will be the same.

How to share external USB drive connected to airport time capsule

I have a 4TB Seagate USB Hard Drive connected to my Airport Time Capsule. The Time Capsule connected to a newer iMac running Maverick.
I use the Time Capsule for Time Machines Backups and as a Router, as it was designed for.
I want to use the external Seagate drive to share content with other devices (Mac, IOS, Windows) on my home network
Problem: I cannot figure out how to SHARE the external Seagate drive so that any other devices can see it.
Steps tried: Go to System Preferences, Sharing, and I am unable to add this Seagate drive to list of sharable objects. It is grayed out.

the drive is formatted as AppleShare. Is that a potential problem?
No, that is the correct setting if you want to share out the drive.
Finally, when I run Disk Utility I don't see the Seagate drive (nor the Time Capsule) at all.
Remember that the Time Capsule is a network drive. Any other drive connected to the USB port on the Time Capsule is also a network drive.
Disk Utility cannot be used on a network drive. It only works on a drive that is directly attached to a Mac. If you need to partition the USB drive or something similar, you will need to connect it directly to your Mac for the operation.
Otherwise, everything looks correct in AirPort Utility.

Can I backup to a USB drive connected to my Time Capsule?

I can't seem to find much documentation on what the USB port on the Time Capsule is for. I see it's useful for attaching printers and external hard drives. But if I connect a USB hard drive, can I run Time Machine and then pick either the Time Capsule drive or the USB drive to back up to?
Will I be able to backup wirelessly from my MacBook Pro?
Can I then also backup wired to my ethernet-connected iMac (at a faster speed) ?
In other words, the TIme Capsule is capable of automatically backing up both wired and wirelessly, right?

dougkramer wrote:
... if I connect a USB hard drive, can I run Time Machine and then pick either the Time Capsule drive or the USB drive to back up to?
see this user tip: http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/2.html
Will I be able to backup wirelessly from my MacBook Pro?
yes. however, it is recommended that the initial backup is done using a hardwired connection.
Can I then also backup wired to my ethernet-connected iMac (at a faster speed) ?
see above
In other words, the TIme Capsule is capable of automatically backing up both wired and wirelessly, right?
yes.
JGG

Saving my itunes libary to a hard drive attached to my Time Capsule?

Hi there
I hope to not make this into a long story but I do have a question I am not completely sure about. I have searched high and low in these forums and the iTunes forums for my answer and can not find anything, so sorry in advance if this sort of question has been answered anywhere else!
I have a network all set up at home with my Time Capsule attached to my cable modem set up to create a wireless network. I then have an apple TV, my mac mini and 2 airport expresses attached wirelessly to the network (all n devises)set up to join a wireless network. I have set the network up so that it shows two different networks for the 5GHz band and 2.4GHz as some of my devises was not connecting to the 5GHz band even though the signal was great for that band (getting single to noise ratio of 40+ for my apple TV and one of my airport expresses and transfer rates of 270mbps on the 5GHz band).
The signal to my mac mini which is in another room is not so good at all on either the 5GHz band or 2.4GHz (signal to noise ratio normally around 10-15 on both bands). There is a lot of interference as I live in a block of flats that has about 6 other wireless networks and obviously my walls and furniture etc... These things I can not do anything about and I am not overly bothered about it as I am normally getting transfer rates of about 70mbps for my mac mini, sometimes up to 100mbps but doesn't stay there for long. But it does quite regular drop down to 50mbps sometimes lower. Now my internet speed is 10mbps so there isnt a problem there.
My problem comes that when I want to sync movies/TV shows between my mac mini and apple TV and use air tunes to stream music to my kitchen. The syncing of data takes a long time and I get regular drop outs with my airport express when streaming music. I am guessing seen as my iTunes library is stored on an external fire wire 800 HD to my mac mini that the signal problems and transfer rates from my mac mini is the bottle neck. I would like to be able to sync between my apple TV and mac mini quicker (utilizes the full speed of the network seen as my apple TV has transfer rates of 270mbps) and stop the drop outs with the airport express in the kitchen (this is the airport express that has the signal to noise ratio of 40+ and transfer rates of 270mbps).
So my questions is, if I ran an eithernet cable through my flat and attached my mac mini to the time capsule with that, will it improve the syncing times of my iTunes data between the mac mini and apple tv and help stop the drop outs when streaming through air tunes to the airport express. Or can I attached an external hard drive to the time capsule, set it us as a network drive and then set that drive in the iTunes preferences as where to where its media folder is?
Thanks in advance for your help.

speachmusic wrote:
if I ran an eithernet cable through my flat
you could do that - or you could employ a pair of *powerline adapters* _*such as these*_.
either way, as William pointed out, it will boost syncing speed and improve reliability.
Or can I attached an external hard drive to the time capsule, set it us as a network drive and then set that drive in the iTunes preferences as where to where its media folder is?
yes. my test iTunes library lives on an external HD hanging off my TC and, using a hardwired connection, data transfer speeds are more than sufficient for what you intend to do.
in fact, i would recommend the external drive connected to the TC over using the TC itself. one reason is that you will not be able to backup what is on the TC's drive using time machine. also, if the TC croaks and needs to be replaced, it will be difficult to retrieve the data from it.
an external HD, otoh, could be connected to you Mac periodically and backed up to another external HD using free apps such as _*Carbon Copy Cloner*_.
JGG

Can I perform a Time Machine backup to a USB drive connected to the Time Capsule 3TB

I would like to perform Time Machine backups to a portable USB drive, to use as an off-site backup copy. However, when I plug the drive into the Time Capsule (3TB) it isn't seen by Time Machine from any of the computers on my network. What do I need to do to make this work?

I'm not sure about whether Time Machine can include a drive that is a month out of date in a normal rotation.
This won't be a "normal" rotation. Assuming that you have already configured Time Machine on each Mac to back up to the USB drive, when you connect the drive to the Time Capsule, you will need to manually click Backup Now on a Mac to get the backup started. Then, do the same with other Macs that you want to back up.
You could wait and see if Time Machine will start to back up on its own, but the wait would be unpredictable as far as time was concerned.
Time Machine will also spend a good deal more time in the "Preparing" stage since it will have to look a month of history on the Mac since the last backup.
It is set up and recognized in the Airport utility, and mounts normally. I can see the files using finder, but I can't get Time Machine to recognize that it is there and available for backups.
So, if you open System Preferences on a Mac,
Then, open Time Machine
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The USB drive doe not appear as a potential destination?
Have you restarted both the Mac and the Time Capsule?
Any recent changes to the Mac.....like installing a new operating system?

Can i access a external Hard-drive attached to a time-capsule remotely?

Hello there,
im sure i have seen this question floating around before but i there are many options to do this.
i have a 2TB Time capsule and i have a 500gb external hardrive attched through the USB port?
i am wanting to know if i can access that Harddrive through the Internet and maybe pick it up from school (Outside my home network)
is this possible and how do i do it?
My Macbook is running: OSX 10.8.3
Airport Utility: 6.2
Thanks
Tom

It is possible to share disks to the Internet. You'll need to manage this with the AirPort Utility (found in /Applications/Utilities.) Launch this and select your Time Capsule, and select Edit. Go to the Disks tab. You should see something like this:
You'll need to make sure that the checkbox next to Share disks over WAN is checked. Click Update.
In order to access the disk you will need to know the public IP address of the AirPort base station. Select your Time Capsule again and look for IP address. Note this somewhere.
When you are away from your network, in the Finder go to the Go menu. Select Connect to Server. Where you see Server Address: enter afp:// followed by the IP address you copied down. Be sure there are no spaces following the //. Click Connect. This should connect you to the disk.
One problem with this scheme is that if your IP address is gotten from your Internet Service Provider by DHCP (most cable modems for homes use this protocol) it may change over time. You can either put up with this, or ask for a static IP address (which costs more) or use a Dynamic DNS set up.
Hope this helps you. Best of luck.

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Since having my MacBook Pro repaired (for a video problem) Time Capsule returns the following message: "This backup is too large for the backup disk. The backup requires 428.08 GB but only 192.14 GB are available."
I notice that there is also a new sparse bundle.
Since TC has my ONLY backup (going back about 4 years) I am reluctant to wipe it and start over fresh as I am afraid of losing files.
Is there a way of dealing with this?
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The repair shop likely replaced a major circuit board on your MacBook Pro, so Time Machine thinks that you have a "new" computer and it wants to make a new complete backup of your Mac.
You are going to have to make a decision to either add another new Time Capsule....or USB drive to your existing Time Capsule....and in effect start over with a new backup of your Mac and then move forward again.
For "most" users, I think this is probably the best plan because you preserve all your old backups in case you need them at some point, and you start over again with a new Time Capsule so you have plenty of room for years of new backups.
Or, as you have mentioned, you have the option of erasing the Time Capsule drive and starting all over again. The upside is that you start over and have plenty of room for new backups. The downside is that you lose years of backups.
Another option....trying to manually delete old backups individually....is tricky business....and very time consuming. To get an idea of what is involved here, study this FAQ by Pondini, our resident Time Capsule and Time Machine expert on the Community Support area. In particular, study the pink box.
http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/12.html
Once you look through this, I think you may agree that this type of surgery is not for the faint of heart. I would suggest that you consider this only if one of the other options just cannot work for you.

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To add a 6 TB G-Raid (Mac os extended) ext drive to a 2Tb time capsule, using a powered usb with the TC usb port. Using the airport utility 5.6 on iMAC (10.7.3). Went to manual setup,then disk. Have options of the TC

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4Buck5 wrote:
Want to add a 6 TB G-Raid (Mac os extended) ext drive to a 2Tb time capsule, using a powered usb with the TC usb port. Using the airport utility 5.6 on iMAC (10.7.3). Went to manual setup,then disk. Have options of the TC or 6TB. Won't allow update to the 6TB
I am not 100% what isn't allowed.. but I am assuming you want to spread the backup across the two disks.. internal TC and 6TB external.. this is not possible.. It has to be one or the other. TC has no way to build a raid JBOD or anything else. Nor would you want to as that is the most likely to fail and kill your data.
Let me add, backing up 6TB over USB on TC.. will be the most excruciating experience of your life.. cf child birth or passing kidney stones.. large ones.. being the male equivalent.

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