I just purchased the Airport Extreme 2TB Time Capsule and have gone through the setup process. I set the auto back up and it is operating wirelessly, but I am unable to save files to the drive seperate from the backup.
We wanted to use this as mass storage device for photography (saving RAW and JPEG images) to keep the Macbook Air HD space free.
An ill-advised strategy. Backups and storage should be kept separate for security reasons. If you use a single drive for both and the drive fails then you've lost everything. With separate drives you only lose some things but not everything.
An ill-advised strategy. Backups and storage should be kept separate for security reasons. If you use a single drive for both and the drive fails then you've lost everything. With separate drives you only lose some things but not everything.
Thanks Kappy. That is a good point, but until I am able to buy a seperate drive, is there a way to do both with minimal effort?
As long as the Time Capsule shows a Desktop icon to select then you can simply copy files to the drive directly and bypass Time Machine's backups. Time Machine backs up in a special folder, so saving files to the drive directly does not put those file into the backup folder used by Time Machine. You should be able to access those files by opening a Finder window on the drive's Desktop icon.
Thanks again! I will give this a try.
Can I use the Aiport Time Capsule as a Hard Drive and a Back up device?
