I want to set up my time capsule on a completely new network & location without losing the old backups. How do I do this?

I want to set up my time capsule on a completely new network & location without losing the old backups. How do I do this? I cannot find anything in the user manual.

The TC is very hard to just move.. it retains too much of the old network setup.. buried deep in the bowels of the firmware configuration files.. or even on the hard disk special partitions used by the TC.. invisible to you btw.. !!
Do a factory reset and setup from scratch.
That factory reset will have no affect on your backups.. even if you rename the TC.. not a bad things since you also want clients to respond to the new network.. simply reset TM to the new TC name and location.
See A4 here.
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Factory reset.
The Factory Reset Gen1-4.
Unplug your TC. Hold in reset. and power the TC back on.. without releasing reset for about 10sec. When the status light flashes rapidly; release it.
Be Gentle! Feel the switch click on. It has a positive feel.. add no more pressure after that.
TC will reboot after a couple of minutes with default factory settings and will wipe out previous configurations.
No files are deleted on the hard disk.. No reset of the TC deletes files.. to do that you use erase from the airport utility.
Factory reset Gen 5
Hold in reset for about 5sec until the status light flashes quickly.
If your AirPort Time Capsule still doesn’t respond, do a similar reset to the Gen1-4.
Unplug your AirPort Time Capsule .. hold in reset and power the TC back on.. without releasing the reset.. wait until status led flashes rapidly.

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This should clear up on its own and allow you to delete the account, however it can take 3-5 days before this happens.

Do you have to disable your Wifi on your existing Reuter if using time capsule to Create a new network

Does one need to disable the wifi on ones reuter if using a time capsule to create a new network what happens if you don't and what are the benefits of doing so

No but you may experience a bag of hurt from cross channel interference. You may have to reset the Subset Mask of one of the routers along with separating the broadcast channels.
Further if you then have one device a PC perhaps on one network and your Mac on another you may not be able to share files/ITunes etc.... with any ease.
So switching off the Wifi on the router/modem and hanging an Ethernet cable to the Time Capsule and setting that up as your WiFi router distributing the IP addresses over DHCP really is the least problematical approach.
IF you have cable Internet with a decoder with Ethernet output ditch your old router completely !

I have "migrated" my Time Capsule files to my new iMac and most of the files to me "I don't have permission to view files" I am they admin....will I thought I was. What gives?

I have "migrated" my Time Capsule files to my new iMac and most of the files to me "I don't have permission to view files" I am they admin....will I thought I was. What gives?

You should be able to change the permissions on the files.. this is yet another bungle by Mavericks I suspect.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13799
Sometimes it is because you Migrated wrongly.
http://pondini.org/TM/E10.html
It is not up to Mavericks because sadly the guy who wrote all this great info died recently.

After I configure my time capsule to my newly replaced macbook hard drive, are my old backups still available?

After I configure my time capsule to my newly replaced macbook hard drive, are my old backups still available?

How old was this backup? It sounds like it was at least several weeks old.
You can look directly in the TM backup for the music.
1. Connect to the external HDD the backup is kept on.
2. Open a Finder window and select the backup drive in the left hand panel. Double click into the folders until you see a list of folders with dates.
These are the incremental backups. You can start at the top or the bottom of the list but I suggest you double Latest/<HDD Name>/Users/<Account Name>/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music. From this location you can start looking for the "missing" music. When/if you find it you can simply drag-n-drop to ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music on the internal HDD.
If the music is actually not in the backups (for whatever reason) then you've got a problem.
You can download the uploaded files from the cloud by deleting the affected tracks from the iTunes library (but not the cloud!), highlighting multiple tracks at once, right-clicking and choosing "download."

I created a 2nd itunes account, not I want to merge the 2 accts and delete the old one - how do i do this?

i created a 2nd itunes account, not I want to merge the 2 accts and delete the old one - how do i do this?

Any reason you created a new account instead of updating the old account with any new info?
You cannot merge accounts. Anything purchased on an account will stay linked to that account and cannot be changed.

How do I set up my time capsule as an internal only network.

I currently have a time capsule that was attached via ethernet cable to my wireless router (Brighthouse network) and worked fine with Time Machine.
I want to disconect it from the router (no connection via ethernet cable or wireless) and configure it to be a separate network I can connet to and use to access the Time Capsule hard drive. So I want to establish a wirless base station that creates a new internal only network, not connected to the internet, that gives me access to the hard drive using Time Capsule.
I recognize that when I connet to the Timne Capsule in this configuration I would have to select it and would not be conected to the other wireless network at my house or to the internet.
Thanks for the help

Just take the TC and reset to factory..
Setup again with no WAN connection.. but leave the TC in router mode.. it will kick up a bunch of errors about having no WAN connection.. just ignore them all.
Create a wireless network.. try and use an IP address range not used by your main network.. just to help stop confusion.
When you swap between the two it should be able to work fine.

Move Time Capsule and Laptop to New Network

I have been searching the forums it haven't found a clear answer to this question. I have been backing up my laptop using Time Machine and Time Capsule on one wireless network (TC has joined the wireless network, it does not serve as the router for the network). I am now about to move to a new apartment and will be using a new wireless network. Can I transfer the laptop and the Time Machine to the new network and maintain the continuity of the backups I have been making? Can anyone provide guidance on how to do that? Also, is there a way to set it up prior to moving -- I know the SSID and password of the new network. I feel certain that these questions have come up before, but I can't find clear discussion of it.

My suggestion FWIW. Ask the cable/DSL provider if it would be possible to install just a modem with no router. Connect an Ethernet cable from the modem to the World or WAN port on the Time Capsule. Your computer can connect using wireless or wired as you choose.
The above should be done with all devices turned OFF for at least one minute. After you have everything physically connected first turn on the modem and wait until the status lights indicate it is connected to the ISP. Then power up the Time Capsule and wait until the status light turns Green or is blinking orange (or has changed from blinking to steady orange.) Lastly, power up the computer. Open Airport Utility and proceed from there.
If all goes well you will have a functioning network under the control of the Time Capsule router.
If the ISP will not provide a separate modem, then you have some potential problems using your Time Capsule. You would have to configure it to run in Bridge Mode. That means in Airport Utility you have to configure the Wireless setting to use the Join an Existing Network option. I can't tell you if a Time Capsule will work with a third-party router properly, but that is how you have to set it up.

I want to set up my time capsule using my existing router.

The set up guide gives me instructions to open AirPort Utility, select Time Capsule and click continue. When I do it tells me that this requires switching networks, which is exactly what I don't think I want to do. Where am I going wrong?

plug the ethernet cable into your existing router, the other end into the WAN port on the TC. Set your router to be the DHCP server on the network.
Go to TC settings and manually configure it into BRIDGE mode. Make sure the DHCP server is turned off and it should work fine. I have a Netgear router as my ADSL router, this is connected to the internal house GB LAN. The TC is in my home office and as plugged into one of the GB ports in the office which then goes back to the office GB switch and the back to the main house GB switch and on to the Netgear router. My TC is then configured as described. I also have 4 Airport express base stations configured in the same way and all hardwired to the GB backbone. All of the Airports including the Netgear are set to the same network ID and this gives me single wireless roaming around the whole house for macbook, iPhone etc. As an aside my Xbox also works wirelessly on the same wireless network when I move it from den as does my Wii. The rest of the time it is hard wired.
Hope this helps.

How can I set up a time capsule to extend my wifi network from a non-apple Medialink MWN-WAPR300N?

I just purchased a new Medialink MWN-WAPR300N from Amazon to replace my old 2008 500 GB Time Capsule.
I was wondering if it would be possible to use my old Time Capsule to extend the network from the Medialink router to the rooms in the back of my house. Would this be possible? How about if I use the Time Capsule as the primary point, and use the Medialink router to extend the network?
Thanks!

The Time Capsule would not be compatible with a Medialink product if you are thinking of trying to use the Time Capsule to extend the Medialink network using wireless only.
The same would be true if the Time Capsule were the primary router, and you tried to use the Medialink product to extend the Time Capsule network wirelessly.
If you can connect the two devices together using a permanent wired Ethernet connection, then you should be able to accomplish your goal.

How can I set up an external harddrive with time machine that already has data on it without losing the data?

I have an external hard drive that I use to hold photos and other files on that no longer fit on my macbook. I also use the external hard drive for back ups set up with time machine. I don't believe I ever did anything to partition it, I've just always had separate folders (Photos, Music, etc) with one being called "Back Ups" (or Backups.backupdb) that my time machine back ups would automatically go into. Recently, I made the switch from my HDD in my macbook to a new SSD of the same size. I used the back ups on the external hard drive to restore all my content, which all worked out fine. My problem now is in using my external hard drive. When I plug it in, it no longer seems to be working with time machine. Also, I was organizing some files within the external hard drive, and when I dragged one into a folder, it took a while to load. Before, it was instantaneous moving a file already on the external hard drive to another location within it. Can anyone help me in getting the external hard drive to work with my new SSD? I don't want to delete any of the folders or back ups that are already on it, since that's the only place I have some of those files. Please let me know if you need anymore details. Thanks! (sorry if this is posted in the wrong forum)

First, she has to be logged in to the same iTunes account as she used on the old computer.
Second, when she plugs the iPhone in to iTunes, right click on the phone name and select transfer purchases.
Third, enter one contact and one calendar entry into the new computer's addressbook/calendar.
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I have replaced my hard drive in my imac 24inch and restored the system from my time capsule. My question is now my time machine is trying to back up to my time capsule but it is already 3/4 full from the old drive in my imac. How do i best set up my time capsule with time machine after installing a new hard drive in the imac. I was hoping that i would restore the system and I would still be able to (after pointing time machine to my time capsule) access old files if needed in time machine. It has presently deleted a lot of older backups but still cannot fit it all in as it just sees a new hard drive worth of info and is attempting to back it all up on my time capsule.

wjosten wrote:
Me, I would never use Time Machine to do this. What I'd suggest you do is get an exterior enclosure for your new drive. Then use either Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper to clone your existing drive to your new drive. Once done, verify your clone is bootable & all of your data present. Then swap drives & use your old drive for Time Machine backups(after erasing it). Then get another drive & exterior enclosure to regularly clone your new drive to.
Unless he was swapping for a lower capacity HDD or to a lower capacity SSD, then the old drive would make a lousy Time Machine disk. However, whenever I swap out a disk I do exactly what you do. CCC to get the ol drive onto a new one. Test by starting up to the new (but still external drive). Then replace the internal drive.
I usually just sell the old drive on eBay. My Time Machine backup is always 2X the size of the internal drive, which I believe is a bit above recommendations, but works for me. The price of large external drives is almost the same as smaller internal ones.

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