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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 1250474" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>No, plugging in a new drive will not "combine" the storage. You can use one drive or the other, or perhaps have some of your Macs use one, the rest use the others. ALTHOUGH… I have a better idea (see below)...</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>Probably. I see no reason why not. But….</p><p></p><p>Which Time Capsule do you have? If it's the older one with the 500MB or 1 TB drive, and you feel daring, you can actually replace the drive with something bigger. I replaced my 500 MB drive with a 1.5 TB Western Digital Green drive, and it worked out great. In fact, if you plan this out in advance, I've read you can partition it beforehand, then use one partition for something else. I'm seriously considering repurposing it as a media server. Here's a guide I used… they actually make a strong argument for using the WD Green drives instead of the existing Seagate drive. I've read that you can put as big as the newer 3TB drives in.</p><p><a href="http://www.applefritter.com/node/23907" target="_blank">Cracking Open the Time Capsule | Applefritter</a></p><p></p><p>If you have the newer Time Capsule, then this won't work. The new ones won't recognize all the space on a 3 TB drive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 1250474, member: 38864"] No, plugging in a new drive will not "combine" the storage. You can use one drive or the other, or perhaps have some of your Macs use one, the rest use the others. ALTHOUGH… I have a better idea (see below)... Probably. I see no reason why not. But…. Which Time Capsule do you have? If it's the older one with the 500MB or 1 TB drive, and you feel daring, you can actually replace the drive with something bigger. I replaced my 500 MB drive with a 1.5 TB Western Digital Green drive, and it worked out great. In fact, if you plan this out in advance, I've read you can partition it beforehand, then use one partition for something else. I'm seriously considering repurposing it as a media server. Here's a guide I used… they actually make a strong argument for using the WD Green drives instead of the existing Seagate drive. I've read that you can put as big as the newer 3TB drives in. [url=http://www.applefritter.com/node/23907]Cracking Open the Time Capsule | Applefritter[/url] If you have the newer Time Capsule, then this won't work. The new ones won't recognize all the space on a 3 TB drive. [/QUOTE]
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