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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1412937" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>i assume that you are referring to wanting to back up to the <strong>Time Capsule</strong> which is a combination router and hard drive. Time Machine is the program used to complete the backup. If that assumption is wrong disregard the rest of this post. </p><p></p><p>The USB port on the back of a Time Capsule is designed for attaching usb hard drives/printers to it so they can be shared over the network. AFAIK you can't use that port to attach a Mac to it using a male to male cable. Besides, unless I did a bad job converting the numbers an ethernet connection between the Mac and Time Capsule should be faster if you are using a gigabit ethernet connection.</p><p></p><p>Assuming such a connection would work over USB there is an additional problem. would arise if you made subsequent backups via ethernet or wirelessly. Time Machine uses a sparse bundle file to store a backup when it's performed over a network. That is not used when a drive is directly connected to the Mac so it would likely start over if you shifted from one type of backup to the other.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1412937, member: 131855"] i assume that you are referring to wanting to back up to the [B]Time Capsule[/B] which is a combination router and hard drive. Time Machine is the program used to complete the backup. If that assumption is wrong disregard the rest of this post. The USB port on the back of a Time Capsule is designed for attaching usb hard drives/printers to it so they can be shared over the network. AFAIK you can't use that port to attach a Mac to it using a male to male cable. Besides, unless I did a bad job converting the numbers an ethernet connection between the Mac and Time Capsule should be faster if you are using a gigabit ethernet connection. Assuming such a connection would work over USB there is an additional problem. would arise if you made subsequent backups via ethernet or wirelessly. Time Machine uses a sparse bundle file to store a backup when it's performed over a network. That is not used when a drive is directly connected to the Mac so it would likely start over if you shifted from one type of backup to the other. [/QUOTE]
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