Yes I have USB-C ports on the MacBook but I was hoping to hang a disc drive off of the airport time capsule which has several ethernet ports and I also believe a USB port so that question is moot. Anyway, I have decided to just hang a Samsung one terabyte SSD off of my MacBook and assigned that as the Time Machine back up drive so the problem is solved. It just seemed to me that having a hard disk drive attached to your MacBook Pro kind of defeated the purpose of having a portable laptop when there is another device connected to it which would have to be disconnected or carried with. The SSD is Bus powered and so not such a paperweight on the MacBook Pro as would be a hard drive spinning mechanical drive With an external power supply. Sent from my IPhone
> On Nov 22, 2025, at 10:26 AM, Steve Matzura <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why are you insisting on an ethernet connection? Have you no spare USB or > thunderbolt ports? > >> On Nov 21, 2025, at 8:07 PM, Phil Halton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Previously I had an airport time capsule connected to my Motorola surfboard >> modem and the data drive in the time capsule was being used by Time Machine >> for back up. Now, this drive is obsolete after upgrading to Tahoe. I have >> upgraded the modem to an Xfinity gateway modem/router. This gateway has >> ethernet ports and I am wondering can I connect a hard drive to the Xfinity >> gateway and assign it as the Time Machine data drive? There There are no USB >> or USC ports on the Xfinity Gateway and since the airport time capsule was >> connected to my old modem via ethernet cable I assumed that there are other >> drives that could be connected to the rotor in this way as well. Can you >> give me any recommendations as to the configuration that would work here?? >> Are there disc drives that I can connect via ethernet to the Xfinity >> gateway? Thanks for any help >> Sent from my IPhone >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >> [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> [email protected] >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/51C83389-7D4E-4774-A6E4-AA84CBF87436%40gmail.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/B49C60EA-703F-4FCB-8791-01A19BA4F451%40noisynotes.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/F154F2CF-3ABA-4BE6-83FB-27363AD328ED%40gmail.com.
