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I bought an AirPort Time Capsule and would like to back up all of my music which is on an external hard drive. The hard drive's name is gray when it appears in the options menu so I cannot exclude it from the list of things to exclude (in other words, I can't inlcude it.)
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4), MacBook, iMac, iPhone, iPod, iPhone
A grayed out drive name indicates that the drive is not formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled), which is also known as HFS+.
If the external drive is connected to your Mac, that drive must be formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for Time Machine to be able to back it up.
Tip....formatting a drive will erase all of the contents on the drive, so you may need to move all of the data on the drive to another temporary location, perform the format operation, then move the data back to the drive.
A grayed out drive name indicates that the drive is not formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled), which is also known as HFS+.
If the external drive is connected to your Mac, that drive must be formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for Time Machine to be able to back it up.
Tip....formatting a drive will erase all of the contents on the drive, so you may need to move all of the data on the drive to another temporary location, perform the format operation, then move the data back to the drive.
Can I use part of the 3TB on my Time Capsule to temporrarily hold my data whilst I format the other hard drive? If so, is it as easy as dragging a dropping the folder int the Time Capsule?
Storing normal data files on the Time Capsule is unfortunately not as easy as dropping the folder on the Time Capsule.
Open up Macintosh HD on the Mac
Look for the SHARED heading on the left
Click on the Time Capsule icon and a folder named "Data" will appear (unless you have renamed it)
Double click the "Data" folder to mount the drive on the desktop. You may need to enter the device password for the Time Capsule when you do this the first time
Once the drive icon is on the desktop, you can drag data to the icon and drop it there. Double click the icon to open up the drive and see the files
Everything worked out very well. Thank you for all the help.
How do I include external hard drives into Time Capsule backups?
