can i back up iPad,iMac,macproc all device to be backed up to time capsule

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I bought a Time capsule Not clear ?


I have mac Pro with 250 GB all photos's


I have new i mac with 1 TB ?


I have 3 diff iphones


I have 3 diff ipods


i have 2 diff ipads's


I have Lot of Pic in old external drives which needs to bought to new i mac and stored.. I am really confused how to proceed?


is 2TB enough? or 3tb to better to go with?

Combination of all products

Posted on Jan 4, 2014 4:01 PM

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Jan 4, 2014 10:10 PM in response to spandy2002

You are better keeping the photos on the external drives as backups.


You can of course also copy the photos to the computer and then use Time Machine to backup.. you do not want to copy the photos directly to the TC.. that is not the way to store them. TC is for TM backups.


I have 3 diff iphones


I have 3 diff ipods


i have 2 diff ipads's


iOS does not backup to a TC.. it backs up to icloud or itunes.


If your local itunes is being used to backup the devices then the iTunes will be backed up by TM to the TC.


is 2TB enough? or 3tb to better to go with?


You can add extra capacity to a TC by plugging in a USB drive.


Or as many as you like via a powered hub.


But the USB will be slow.. so best to keep your files on a

very large hard disk installed in the Mac Pro since it is the only computer that you can add standard drives to..


Load in a couple of 3TB drives in there and use that via the network.

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