After I back everything up to my time capsule, can I just delete it off my computer then to make more storage room?

I just did a full back up to my time capsule. There are a ton of pictures that I can delete to make room for more stuff on my computer. If they're all backed up to the time capsule, am I able to delete them from my computer then or will they delete from the time capsule as well? Thanks!

The following sentence contains a simple concept that many users cannot seem to grasp.
If you delete any file from your Mac....then you have no backup.
The file on the Time Capsule has just become your "master" or "original"
What will happen when....not if....the Time Capsule has a problem?
So, while you can delete the files on your Mac, I would only do this with a data that I could afford to lose....since at some point, you will lose it.

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HT3275 Time Capsule can no longer delete oldest files

My Time Machine/Capsule always used to delete the oldest files to make room when the Capsule needed more space. Recently it has stopped doing this and only gives me the options to 'change to a larger drive' or 'delete some file to make room'.
Could the problem be because I've recently upgraded my OS from 10.5.8 to 10.6.8?
Please advise me what I can do.

Yes, when you update the OS it cannot auto delete old files.. Good to see you are updating from 4th to 3rd last OS version.. I think some people consider the latest greatest OS to be essential. whereas on older computer the older OS may be better.
You can do exactly what is suggested.. buy a new external drive and use that.. External drive plugged into the iMac is no problem and much faster and better than TC.
Or you can plug the USB into the TC and archive the old backups if you want to keep them.. erase the drive of the TC then start again. A clean new backup is a good idea anyway.

Time Capsule - can you recover deleted files?

I've been using my time capsule as a external hard drive to store some files, I have recently purchased a mirrored external hard drive to store them on, and in the transfer some of the files that were stored on the Time Capsule have gotten deleted, prior to being fully transfered. Is there a way to run a recovery software on the time capsule?

No, you cannot do anything as the disk is a network drive.. you have to remove the disk and plug it into the Mac using a USB to Sata holder for instance.. and use the recovery software there.

TS1253 Once I save my photos to the airport time capsule; can I delete them from the computer drive?

Once my photos have been saved by the airport time capsule can I delete them from my computer hard drive.

Please think about this for a moment.
If you move your images to the Time Capsule...and delete them from your computer's hard drive......then, the only copy of the images that you will have will be on the Time Capsule.
So, now your "originals" are on the Time Capsule....since you deleted them from the computer's hard drive to create more space.
When...not if....the Time Capsule has a problem and you cannot access your images.......where will your backups of your images be?

Can I use two Time Capsules? one as an extension of my laptop (for music and video storage) and the other one to back up everything from the laptop and Time Capsule (for music and videos)

Can I use two Time Capsules? one as an extension of my laptop (for music and video storage) and the other one to back up everything from the laptop and Time Capsule (for music and videos)

Not via Time Machine. It cannot back up from a network location.
The 3rd-party apps CarbonCopyCloner and ChronoSync may be workable alternatives.
EDIT: And, if you're going to do that, you could back up from the Time Capsule to a USB drive connected to the TC's USB port. Second TC not required.
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Time Capsule - can't get my back-ups off of either of my

I would greatly appreciate help in getting to my back-ups on my 3TB time capsule and then my 1TB older TC. I need to restore some pictures that were backed up in 2013. I have read that the Yosemite OS has really done a number on accessing older back ups. If there is a less technical way to recover those back ups than what I read that was authored just after the new OS came out I would greatly appreciate it!

Answered in the Time Capsule area.. please stick to one area to post.

Using an external drive with shared files (iPhoto, iTunes), attached to a Time Capsule, can the contents of the external drive be backed-up to the internal Time Capsule drive? Perhaps a RAID1 mirror to a partition?

Using an external drive with shared files (iPhoto, iTunes), attached to a Time Capsule, can the contents of the external drive be backed-up to the internal Time Capsule drive? Perhaps a RAID1 mirror to a partitioned Time Capsule? I understand that the Time Machine (software) cannot backup a networked drive (the external) and that Time Capsule (the router/wireless hard drive) does not have its own backup software... so it won't backup the connected drive. What I would like is an alternate solution for having an automated backup of a networked drive. A 2TB Time Capsule has more than enough space for Time Machine backups of my family of Macbooks, so I had hoped to mirror a 500GB external drive (with shared media files) to a portion of the Time Capsule internal hard drive. I assume this would require a partition of the Time Capsule drive. If not, would the sparse file from the various computers being backed up need to be copied to the external drive as part of the RAID1 setup? This seems like overkill for the Time Machine backup, but it would cover the media files.

The complexity with this idea is the software has to run from a Mac computer on your network.. so you need a Mac turned on, probably most of the day.
It isn't possible to partition the TC although you can create a image area.
The software would have to copy the material, that means all files to be copied, go from USB drive, back to the Mac, then back to the TC, and written to the drive. In other words you have just added Network congestion, although a proper incremental backup type software will not actually use a lot of capacity.
Finally it will be slow.. network drives are slower than internal drives. Well USB connected drive is much slower than the same drive connected directly to the computer.. and if the drive is connected directly to a computer it can be shared with the network.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4577/airport-extreme-5th-gen-and-time-capsule-4th- gen-review-faster-wifi-/4
Read carefully the speed of the USB drive plugged into the TC.

HT201250 My time machine is not backing up automatically to my time capsule since my upgrade to Moutain Lion.

Since I upgraded my iMac,my time machine is not backing up automatically to my time capsule since my upgrade to Moutain Lion.

I have a similar problem. On my iMac, I swapped out (at Genius Bar) my HD via Seagate replacement program. Ever since my time machine won't backup. I get a error msg that says:
Time Machine couldn't complete the backup to "[my time machine name]"
The backup disk is not available.
Any suggestions.
Thanks

How do I back up music on my time capsule?

How do I back up music on my time capsule? I want to remove it from my computer because I have too much music to store on the computer. I want to access the music to put on other devices too. What is the best way to do that? I just set up my airport time machine today and have never used one.

You can move the iTunes library to the TC.. but it has consequences..
Moving it is the easy part.. Apple have specific instructions.
iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Media folder - Apple Support
The problem is the TC is far from ideal place to move the library to.. a USB drive plugged into the computer (USB3 if you have it is very fast.. but even USB2 is faster than TC).
Once the library is there.. you will have a few issues.
1. You cannot back it up with Time Machine.. so you must take steps to back it up manually or using a third party utility.
2. Where are you going to back up to.. a USB plugged into the TC is the worst possible location as any file copy will be exceedingly slow.
3. The network drive will tend to continually drop out.. and Apple did not design the TC with media extensions.. so it is nothing but a dumb as a board HDD in a router.. it will give constant errors in iTunes that it has lost the library because of the time it takes for the disk to respond to requests.
4. The best way is to not put your Media library onto the TC at all.. but Good Luck..

How do i use a time capsule as a shared drive and back it up to another time capsule using time machine ??

how do i use a time capsule as a shared drive and back it up to another time capsule using time machine ??

You cannot backup network drives with Time Machine.
You can simply setup the TC in the network.. it is a shared drive.

How to back up Home folder to Time Capsule using Backup in OS 10.4.11

I'm new to Time Capsule, but just set up one that I was given, which does 802.11n wireless. No problem connecting to my Intel MacBook and Time Machine. HOWEVER, using Backup v 3.2 on a Dual G4 running OS 10.4.11 was not seamless. The Backup app (needs a MobileMe subscription to use over 100 Mb) gave me the option of a Time Capsule backup, but kept failing to back up my Home folder. The reason given was not enough disk space. Not the problem; plenty of space when I accessed Time Capsule using Airport on my MacBook (OS 10.5). Finally I accessed the Time Capsule from the G4 using the path: Finder => Go => Network => Time Capsule => Connect => TC Password. In other words, I had to access the Time Capsule as if I were networking to another computer.
So had Backup given me some instructions along this line, I wouldn't have had to dither around so long. When I quit Backup and reopened it, the backup plan for the home folder proceeded as normal.

I've found a solution, no need to post a response. Thanks!

I cant back up my mac with time capsule.

While trying to back up my imac with time capsule it stops at the same point and says there is an error. Techtool deluxe scan revealed I have errors in volume structure, surface scan, and directory scan. All 3 say i should reformat the media, replace the data and test again. How do i do this?

What does the error message say? It's likely one of the messages in #C3 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting.

Back up multiple devices on time capsule??

How do I set up back up for my multiple devices mac air, mac book pro, i phone, i pod, mac to back up on a single time capsule??

You can do that. Apple Support Contributor Pondini create this FAQ that answers that question, and more:
http://pondini.org/TM/TCQ1.html
iPhones and iPods do not back up directly to Time Capsule. They are backed up to a Mac - you choose which one - and the Mac is periodically backed up to Time Capsule. You can even configure your iPhone to sync to your Mac wirelessly. So, the end result is similar.

I am trying to back up on my new time capsule with my mac book pro. It's been 25 hours and only done 5.8gb of 129gb. any advice. Thanks

I am trying to back up on my new time capsule with my mac book pro. It's been 25 hours and only done 5.8gb of 129gb. any advice. Thanks

You can backup 2 computers as long as the TC has enough space.
Your access might be restricted if you set it up with users.. you must log in with the correct user to get access to the files.
Otherwise you should be able to see both sparsebundles just with finder.
Look at Pondini's excellent FAQ
this one in particular may help
http://pondini.org/TM/17.html

HT3728 how do i back up my laptop to time capsule?

how do i back up my laptop to time capsule? which is a Windows 7 system

Time Machine will not work on a PC, so the next best thing might be a Windows application like Genie Timeline Pro to perform a similar service.
Contact the nice Genie folks for your follow up questions and support on how to get backups started from the Windows laptop to the Time Capsule.
Genie Timeline Pro | Overview | Time Machine Backup Software for ...

After I back everything up to my time capsule, can I just delete it off my computer then to make more storage room?

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