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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 1251001" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>It's not necessary to use FAT32 to see it, and really it's just a bad bad bad idea to use FAT32 unless you are sharing files with a Windows computer. Even then, it shouldn't be used as a primary storage device. FAT32 is a bit fragile compared to HFS+ (the native file system for OS X) and NTFS.</p><p></p><p>Reformat it using Mac OS Extended (journaled). It will have to be attached to your Mac, not the Time Capsule, to be formatted. Once formatted, you can eject it, then connect to the TC. To view the drive, you'll have to select "Time Capsule" from your sidebar, then select the USB Drive.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: By the way, when you select "Time Capsule" from the sidebar and if you see no drives, you may not have logged in. Up top in the Finder window, you should see a button labeled "Connect As". Hit that to log in to the TC and its connected drive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 1251001, member: 38864"] It's not necessary to use FAT32 to see it, and really it's just a bad bad bad idea to use FAT32 unless you are sharing files with a Windows computer. Even then, it shouldn't be used as a primary storage device. FAT32 is a bit fragile compared to HFS+ (the native file system for OS X) and NTFS. Reformat it using Mac OS Extended (journaled). It will have to be attached to your Mac, not the Time Capsule, to be formatted. Once formatted, you can eject it, then connect to the TC. To view the drive, you'll have to select "Time Capsule" from your sidebar, then select the USB Drive. EDIT: By the way, when you select "Time Capsule" from the sidebar and if you see no drives, you may not have logged in. Up top in the Finder window, you should see a button labeled "Connect As". Hit that to log in to the TC and its connected drive. [/QUOTE]
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