Support for more than one hard drive hanging off the same 1 TB time capsule, via hub?

There are some other Q&A entries regarding this but they leave a few things ambiguous, so I thought I'd just explain my specific situation and hope someone will give me a clear yea or nay on what I hope to do.

I have a 1 TB Time Capsule, about a year old, and currently have a 2 TB Western Digital external drive attached via its USB port. I would like to add another 2 TB drive.

If I connect a powered USB hub to the TC's USB drive and then the two external drives to the hub, will I see both drives, as well as the TC's own, in the Time Machine configuration options? I will be routing Time Machine backups from an iMac to one of the external drives, and backups from other Macs in the house to the TC's drive and the second external drive.

Thanks for any help you can lend. I think it will work but want to be sure before I order the additional drive and hub.

• Asked by Edward H from Boulder
• Dec 15, 2010
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How many external hard drives can be attached to the Time Capsule 1TB? I realize a USB HUB is required.

• Asked by William S from Genoa
• Sep 4, 2010
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My 250GB G5 (backed up to 1TB ext hard with time machine) is now full. Can i use TC to expand diskspace and leave time machine on existing drive?

I have an imac and macbook pro both backed up thru time machine to a 1TB Western Digital Mybook external hard disk, connected via firewire to the imac. However the hard disk on the imac (250gb) is now full and the macbook will be full soon. I would like to free both up by using a 1TB Time Capsule as my central hard disk, connected wirelessly to imac and mackbook if possible. How do i do this without disturbing the current time machine set up. Or can i just plug the Time Machine external drive into Time capsule and continue without loads of configurations??? I can't erase the time machine because there is important data on it which was deleted from the imacs hard drive. Can anybody suggest a solution to set up a home network which optimizes the disk space, incorporates printer and remote access to data which is all backed up.

• Asked by Frank C
• Jan 19, 2010
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can I use time machine to back up a computer to an external hard drive connected to time capsule?

I have a time capsule (1TB) which is now full, as it is backing up three computers. I would like to connect an external hard drive to the time capsule and back up one computer to the external hard drive and the others to the time capsule. Is this possible, and if so, how?

• Asked by Andrew B from Santa Fe
• May 7, 2010
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How many USB hard drives can be connected to the time capsule?

I am getting a 1 TB time capsule, but I have a lot of data that is already on multiple external hard drives. I know that you can connect a USB hub to the TC, but how many drives can it actually support?

• Asked by Stephen R from Tulsa
• Jan 31, 2011
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Can you back up an external hard drive that's an auto backup of 1 TC (connected via USB) with another second TC?

So the hard drive is an auto back up of the first TC via USB and I'm wondering if I can have another TC backup that external hard drive. In the end I would have three backup/copies of the same thing.

• Asked by Heather T from Valley Village
• Apr 6, 2010
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I plan to buy an Imac but am not sure whether to buy a 1TB or 2TB hard drive with similar size Time Capsule. Its for family photos,doc etc. Ideas tks

• Asked by Nicholas H from Kingston
• Jan 22, 2010
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Can I back up an external hard drive using Time Capsule?

I have Time Capsule set up to back up my iMac, but I would also like to backup my external hard drive that stores all of my music and movies. Can Time Capsule back up my external hard drive?

• Asked by Kenneth S from Atlanta
• Jul 4, 2012
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can you use time capsule as a hard drive

I am running out of memory and would like to transfer data like photos to another hard drive and erase the photos from my Macbook. Can I use the time capsule or is an external hard drive better. Also I have one but it doesn't show what I have stored in it. It is only for back ups. Want one that I can access and able to view pics, documents etc. Any advice??

• Asked by Jules V from New Orleans
• Jun 28, 2010
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Do I have to have the time capsule or can I use an alternative hard drive & is it for apple notebooks?

Do not know anything about computers but I have bought my daughter an apple laptop for christmas, need to know if I need a time capsule or can I use another external hardrive for her to store photos music & films and also if I do need a Time Capsule can it be used with all apple laptops/computers

• Asked by Tracey W
• Nov 9, 2009
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