How do I connect my AirPort Time Capsule to a disk?
1 Open AirPort Utility, located in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder. 2 Select your Time Capsule and click Continue. available wireless devices, and then select your Time Capsule from the list. 3 Follow the onscreen instructions to set up your Time Capsule and your wireless network.
How do I connect an external hard drive to my AirPort Extreme?
Connecting the Hard Drive to the AirPort ExtremeOpen the AirPort Utility application. (Its in Applications → Utilities.) The window shown below appears.Click Manual Setup.Click Disks. The window shown below appears. Click File Sharing. The window shown below appears.Select the Enable file sharing checkbox.28 Dec 2011
Format external hard drive for macOS Backing up a Mac with Time Machine requires an external hard drive formatted for macOS. Formatting the drive will erase everything on it and configure it for macOS. After formatting the drive, if prompted to back up with Time Machine, select Use as Backup Disk.
Can I use my AirPort Express as a wifi extender?
If you have an AirPort Extreme or AirPort Express unit as your primary wireless router, you can configure an AirPort Express device to work in conjunction with it as a Wi-Fi extender using Ethernet or Wi-Fi. Connecting the devices by Ethernet usually gives the best result.
If you plan to use your drive for Time Machine backups on a Mac, and you use only macOS, use HFS+ (Hierarchical File System Plus, or macOS Extended). A drive formatted this way will not mount on a Windows computer without additional software.
Can I use Time Capsule as a wireless hard drive?
Yes, this is possible and actually quite simple. To prevent the Time Capsule from acting as a WiFi access point or router, and use it only as a backup disk, just open the AirPort Utility app on a Mac (Applications -> Utilities -> AirPort Utility) and do the following: Select your Time Capsule and hit Edit .
APFS or APFS Encrypted disks are the preferred format for a Time Machine backup disk. If you select a new backup disk thats not already formatted as an APFS disk, you get the option to erase and reformat it.