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Feb 9, 2015 1:30 PM in response to Bill999by LaPastenague,★HelpfulYes, it is fine with the TC.. and is also fine with the latest AE.. but not the earlier models. Albeit many people do run it regardless.
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Feb 9, 2015 1:31 PM in response to Bill999by Japib,★Helpful"OS X Time Machine supports compatible unencrypted USB disks connected to AirPort Time Capsule (802.11n and 802.11ac), and AirPort Extreme (802.11ac).": Meaning All Time Capsule Support it.
See the topic about Time Machine support for USB disks in this Apple Support document:
AirPort base stations: About USB disks - Apple Support
Time Machine backups are supported via USB hard drive connected to the AirPort Extreme"ac" version.
Time Machine backups were not supported via USB hard drive connected to earlier versions of the AirPort Extreme.
Some users who tried this on earlier version AirPort Extremes seemed to have some success with Time Machine backups....some had moderate success and some had no success with this.
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Feb 10, 2015 6:37 AM in response to LaPastenagueby davidg.brown,Do you have any researches that I can access to accomplish adding an external drive to increase Time Capsule back up memory ? Thanks
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Feb 10, 2015 6:54 AM in response to davidg.brownby Bob Timmons,Adding an external drive will NOT increase the memory of the Time Capsule drive. If you add an external drive to the Time Capsule, you will have two hard drives.....a Time Capsule and another drive. These drives will be separate from each other.
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Feb 10, 2015 7:07 AM in response to davidg.brownby Bill999,If you use both the internal drive and an external drive, the Time Machine will alternate drives: OS X Mavericks: Use multiple backup disks Instead, you could buy a larger external USB drive--preferably with its own power supply--and plug it into the Time Capsule, then designate the external drive only as your backup drive. That way, you'll be all set if you ever want to replace the Time Capsule with a new AirPort Extreme 802.11ac router.