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Robert DeSaeger

Q: 2 user Time Capsule Disk Drive Setup

Can somone please help me on how to use Disk Utilities to create 2 partitions.

 

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thank

Posted on Aug 5, 2012 3:38 PM

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Q: 2 user Time Capsule Disk Drive Setup

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  • by Bob Timmons,Solvedanswer

    Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Aug 5, 2012 3:57 PM in response to Robert DeSaeger
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    Aug 5, 2012 3:57 PM in response to Robert DeSaeger

    If you are asking about a Time Capsule......it cannot be partioned unless the drive is removed from the Time Capsule, placed in a separate enclosure, and connected directly to your Mac so Disk Utility can be used to set things up.

     

    Then, you have to reinstall the drive again in the Time Capsule.  This is not easy, and it will void the warranty on the Time Capsule.

     

    Definitely not recommended unless you have done things like this before.

     

    Much better to simply let Time Machine backup to the Time Capsule automatically. Backups will be kept separate for each Mac automatically. I have had 4 Macs backing up to the same Time Capsule in the past with no problems at all. Each Mac can only "see" the backups from that Mac.

  • by Robert DeSaeger,

    Robert DeSaeger Robert DeSaeger Aug 5, 2012 4:11 PM in response to Bob Timmons
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    Aug 5, 2012 4:11 PM in response to Bob Timmons

    Do I need to partion the drive?? ? or can one drive share the Time Machine setup??

     

    This is the part that I do not know

  • by Robert DeSaeger,

    Robert DeSaeger Robert DeSaeger Aug 5, 2012 6:21 PM in response to Robert DeSaeger
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    Aug 5, 2012 6:21 PM in response to Robert DeSaeger

    I found out that there was no need to partion the Drive. For the Time Capsule can create numerious individule Time Machine Users

     

    Problem Solved.