Mounting External Hard Drive via Time Capsule USB
Trust me, I've done my research, but I refuse to take 'no' for an answer. Also, most posts are pre-2013, so at least this will be a more current thread.
Goal:
- use external hard drive attached to Time Capsule USB, simply so I can move around the house without constatntly ejecting it.
- control this device as if it were mounted directly to my Mac
- ideally have TC do autobackups on this External hard drive also
My guess at a solution, but need help accomplishing it:
- TC won't backup a 'shared' device. Therefore, I need to somehow designate this wireless HD as an attached device, not shared
- It would need to be mounted independantly from the TC (which, I have inadvertantly done at one point, but it quickly dissappeared and I never got it to work again) as if it were directly wired into my Mac via its USB
As close as I've come:
- I've set external hard drive to only be accessed by my account under sharing options. But removing Sharing options entirely in system preferences makes the drive completely dissappear
- I've made sure the external drive is not being excluded from TC backups
- I've set the drive to 'open' upon login. It automatically connects great, but only under shared folder under the TC. I need to make it mount independantly!
- It won't show up in Disk Utility to try and make edits. Hardwiring to mac lets me fiddle with it, but when reattaching to TC, noting really changes
This is such a simple setup goal, and many users would benefit from it. I know, I know, Time Capsule "can't do this". Yeah, I bet it actually can, I just need to figure out a workaround and trick the system.
Regards. Thanks for your brainstorming.
