Automated downloads in Time Capsule

Can I use Time Capsule for automated torrent downloads just like in Belkin PlayMax Router Torrent Genie while my Mac is in offline mode ?

No, Apple do not provide any apps for TC and there is no way to install a torrent program.

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Can't Copy Files from Downloads to Time Capsule

Hi all, this is my first post so please be gentle.
I am experiencing a rather interesting problem with my Time Capsule. Currently it is accesed by 2 macs daily (an iMac and a Mac Pro) and we both access the files on the time capsule simultaneously (obviously not the same files, but we plunk around in there at the same time).
The other user on the network sometimes (read: not always) has a problem copying a file from downloads (lately it was a .pdf file) into the time capsule--the file will drag over, act like it is being copied, and then we hear the bong sound that Macs make when they paste something over. The file name will flash and then go away. Nothing is in the folder.
I have tried to copy to another folder to no avail, as well as disconnect from the Time Capsule and then reconnect. Nothing seems to solve the problem. We CAN however open the file from downloads and perform a Save As, placing it in the folder we would like it to be in. When we do that, it works like a charm.
Obviously we can work around it but it gets to be a bit tedious to have to Save As all the time. I appreciate any and all help! Thanks!

This exact problem popped up recently.. i will need to go back and look at the post.
I need more info.
What OS level are on both Macs?? Your listed OS is 10.6.7. Is that still the case? Is it the same on both Macs?
When you copy a file over, can the other Mac find it, even if the original one cannot?
I hope you are using a new directory you created for this file sharing.. Can you remember which Mac created the directory?? Can you try creating a new directory from the Mac with issues and see if the problem still exists.. I feel sure the issue is some permissions thing.. but I can remember the previous thread suggested it wasn't.
I also want you to look in the TC log when this happens and see if there is an AFP disconnection or some other issue coming up at that moment.

Can I download to time capsule?

Can I use time capsule like a normal hard drive. I want to be able to stream movies from TC to other devices.

The TC can act as a file store.. it has no media player or any other functionality.. so if the media player like a WDLive is going to use it.. fine it will stream movies.. ie the WD can pick up the file and stream it... or ipad can use airplay to play a file to ATV. ATV itself cannot play media from TC.. it has no smarts in either box.. both are dumb boxes.

Time Capsule Mounting Multiple Volumes

I'm having a strange issue with my Time Capsule, when I list all mounted volumes in the terminal I get this:
/Volumes/Backup of eh’s Computer:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x+ 3 root eh 102 19 Mar 15:04 Backups.backupdb
/Volumes/Time Capsule Disk:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 3 eh admin 102 27 Mar 20:30 Downloads
/Volumes/Time Capsule Disk-1:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 eh admin 68 27 Mar 20:33 Downloads
/Volumes/Time Capsule Disk-2:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 3 eh admin 102 27 Mar 20:24 Downloads
/Volumes/Time Capsule Disk-3:
total 0
drwxrwxrwx 12 eh eh 364 27 Apr 20:47 Downloads
drwxrwxrwx@ 6 eh eh 264 19 Mar 15:01 eh’s Computer_0016cbccb505.sparsebundle
drwxrwxrwx 9 eh eh 264 3 May 19:37 External
drwxrwxrwx 621 eh eh 21070 27 Apr 16:21 Robotone
drwxrwxrwx 4 eh eh 264 20 Mar 14:34 iTunes
Only the latest one shows up in the Finder and the other three are hidden, is there any way I can stop these three extra volumes from mounting? and I assume they are taking up space on the Time Capsule.

Ok fixed it, if anyone wants to know
In Finder, type “Apple-Shift-G” it will prompt you for a location, type “/Volumes” and hit go. Trash extra Time Capsule mounts and disconnect/reconnect Time Capsule.

I recently purchased a time capsule and thought I would put my itunes on it as an external drive as my mac book air only has 120gb. However I can not be connected to the internet and the TC at the same time in order to download the files to the TC. Help?

I recently purchased a Time Capsule and put my iTunes library on there so that I wasn't using up my hard drive space. Only 120gb on my mac book air. However when I download songs from iTunes I can not be connected wirelessly to the internet at the same time. Can I hard wire my TC in to my mac so that I can treat the TC as just an external hard drive? Thanks

Initially, you asked if you can hardwire your MBA to the TC. The answer is yes, by using the optional USB Ethernet adapter that Apple provides. However, in order for your MBA to access the TC's internal or USB-attached HDD, it would need to establish a network connection to it. This would be true of any NAS device on an Ethernet network. Therein, lies the problem. Your MBA cannot connect to two networks simultaneously.
One option then, would be to have two separate iTunes Media folders; one on the MBA & the other on the TC. This way, you can download the music to your MBA when connected to the Internet at the AirPort lounge, and then use iTunes Consolidate Library feature to transfer the audio files to the TC's iTunes Media Folder location. A great program to help maintain multiple iTunes Librarys and/or Media Folders, that you may want to consider, is PowerTunes.

Time Capsule timeouts when accessing secure web pages, downloading apps, backing up to iCloud, etc.

Last week I upgraded my broadband connection to fibre, requiring me to install a different router because the Draytek one I had in place was not suitable, so I went for a Time Capsule. My other devices are a 13” MacBook Air, an iPad 2 and an iPhone 4.
Web browsing performance was immediately fantastic, with consistent readings on the Mac of 12ms ping, 35Mbps+ download speed and 1.5Mbps+ upload speed. One oddity I did notice when running a speed test (using speedtest.net), but which I didn’t think about much at the time, is the time taken between finishing the download test and starting the upload test. In my previous experience there would be only a few seconds between them, but on my new fibre connection through Time Capsule it takes anything from 30 seconds to a minute for the upload test to begin.
However, a few days ago I tried to download some app updates in iTunes to the Mac, but after a wait I received a message that the network connection had timed out. I tried again multiple times and each time the result was the same.
I then Googled the problem to see what might be causing it, but I found I was not able to access any results from the Apple Support Communities pages because the browser would time out with a network connection error, or they would take an absolute age to load. Subsequently, I have also discovered that I cannot backup my iOS devices to iCloud (it tries for ages and then says there was an error), I cannot log in to any online accounts (the browser eventually times out with a network connection error) and I cannot send email from the mailbox that syncs with my work Exchange account. I have also realised that the Apple Support Communities pages are secure, so the common theme seems to be there is a problem accessing anything that requires security/authentication/encryption.
This is not a Wi-Fi issue as it is the same when I switch off Wi-Fi on the MBA and attach it to the router via an Ethernet cable.
It is also not a Mac/iPad issue, as both function normally on my work Wi-Fi network.
I have reached the end of my limited technical tether, so does anybody have any suggestions please?

Hi,
Many thanks for taking the time to respond.
Bizarrely, after more than a week of problems and time wasted in trying to resolve them, I arrived home from work today to find that everything is working perfectly. The network is exactly as it has been all week and when I called my ISP they said they had changed nothing on the line, so it's a complete mystery.
I'm happy it's working, but it would have been nice to understand what caused the problem, just in case it happens again.
Anyway, thanks again and sorry for wasting your time.
Gareth

I used an external hard drive for my backups via Time Capsule. I bought a new computer and I want to transfer all my old fonts over to the new one but when I go into the Font Library from the hard drive backup but my downloaded fonts aren't there?

I used an external hard drive to back up my computer using Time Capsule before I bought a new one. I am slowly transferring information fromt he backup to my new computer and I want to transfer over my old font book. When I go into the Font folder on the hard drive the only fonts that show up are the ones that came stock with the computer not any of the ones I have downloaded over time. Could they be downloaded somewhere else?

The answer to that would probably be "Yes." If you don't remember where your fonts were stored, you may want to search your backups for any of the font files you know the names to. See where that takes you.
Ideally, Font Book and other font managers will temporarily store the fonts you "installed" into the System when you run the OS. When you shut down, etc. they are removed and reloaded on restart. The permanent place fonts reside is where you saved them when or after you downloaded them. I typically create a Resources folder on the root level of the computer and place a Fonts folder there. Then I install fonts from there, and they are available to all users on that iMac.
Perhaps if you did not have that kind of a strategy, perhaps many of them are still in your Downloads folder?

How can I download files directly to time capsule?

I currently have time capsule 1TB working wirelessly as a backup for my macbook. I also would like to use it as an external hard drive. I can not figure out how to do this even after reviewing the questions on the forum. I have tried to import video through imovies and the time capsule does not show as a drive I can download into. Any advice?

I also would like to use it as an external hard drive.
Open Macintosh HD and look for the Time Capsule icon under the SHARED heading on the left side of the window.
If the Time Capsule icon does not appear here, click anywhere on the open desktop so that the Finder menus appear at the top of the screen. Click the Finder menu, then click Preferences. Click the General tab. Under the heading of "Show these items on the desktop", make sure that there is a check mark next to 'Connected Servers"
Click on the Time Capsule icon on the left side of the window
Double click the folder that appears on the right side of the window
This will mount the Time Capsule disk icon on the desktop
You can drag/drop, copy/paste to this disk
It is generally a good idea to reserve the Time Capsule disk for Time Machine backups as much as possible, as sooner or later there will be a battle for space on the drive.

Windows not recognizing my time capsle - I just purchased a new computer that runs windows 8 and it doesn't want to recognize the time capsule as an external hard drive (ie doesn't show up under my compter). I've downloaded airport utility...

I just purchased a new computer that runs windows 8 and it doesn't want to recognize the time capsule as an external hard drive (ie doesn't show up under my compter). I've downloaded and run airport utility, but it seems to have a hard time finding the time capsule...maybe one out of 10 times it will find it.
What's more, when I look under network infrastructure under the control panel, it shows my Broadcom ADSL centurylink Router...so I'm wondering if my modem/router combo is overriding the router function on my timecapsule and the time capsule is not being used as a router...
Any help much appreciated!

In this case the TC should be in bridge mode.
Win8 is still problematic. Try using ethernet instead of wireless. I think the drivers are poor still and it is well worth having a try via ethernet if you haven't already.
Otherwise you will need to wait for apple to release bonjour for windows 8 and airport utility.. which is not out yet.
Also make sure the windows is set to home, not work or public.. even turn off the firewall.
Open windows explorer and type the TC ip address into the address bar.. (none of which is perhaps the same.. I gave away windows at vista.. shudder)
\\TCIPadderss.

So i just got an 3T external hard drive and i have moved my itunes over to it successfully and have started using Time Capsule but is there a way to make things i download go directly to my external hard drive and not to my internal one?

i just got a 3T external hard drive and i have moved my iTunes over to it and i have started using time capsule but when i download things can i make the downloads go directly to my external hard drive? Or make my mac ask me where it should download it to?

just change the preferecnes for whatever app you're using to download the files to the external drive

Downloading information from a time capsule to a hp windows 8

If i hook up my Hp with windows 8 can i download files form a time capsule? Will there be any harm to my computer?

You can download files from TC if you can get it to work.. as yet Apple do not have an airport utility or bonjour version for win8. Some people seem to get it working ok.. others not.. Do not buy a TC for this use. If you already have it.. try.. it will not harm the computer.
If you want to share files with a Mac you can do it directly. No need for a TC.

I purchased a new airport time capsul to use with my older MacBook Mac OSX 10.6.8 and am having trouble downloading the updated software for it .

I purchased a new airport time capsul to use with my older MacBook MAC OSX 10.6.8 Can't seem to download the upgraded software. Can anyone help?

Please review the System Requirements for the Time Capsule.
http://www.apple.com/airport-time-capsule/specs/
Setup and Administration
iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 5 or later and AirPort Utility 1.3
Mac with OS X Lion v10.7.5 or later and AirPort Utility 6.3

Trying to connect Airport time capsule to my leopard iOS mac. Downloaded software for time capsule for snow leapard/leopard but still says I need more software. What do I need?

Trying to connect Airport time capsule to my leopard iOS mac. Downloaded software for time capsule for snow leapard/leopard but still says I need more software. What do I need? I have a 10.5.7 iOS (Leopard). It connects to wifi at speeds in the airport and has plenty of storage capacity and memory.

If your Time Capsule looks like this..
Please review the System Requirements to set up and administer the device.....
Setup and Administration
iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 6 or later and AirPort Utility 1.3
Mac with OS X Lion v10.7.5 or later and Airport Utility 6.3 or higher
http://www.apple.com/airport-time-capsule/specs

Time Capsule download issues with Windows 7

Hello together
My problem is as follows: upload to Time Capsule with two PCs running on Windows 7 (both 32 and 64 bit) and a Mac Book Pro is working without any problems occuring. TC and the two PCs are in the same workgroup and PCs are connected via WIFI in private mode.
Download from TC to Mac Book Pro works without problems. But in contrast to that, when downloading with the two Windows7-based PCs the connecting is breaking off all the time and the message "Network error" will be displayed. In order to get a new connection to TC the power plug must be unplugged and replugged again. Do you have any advice what to do? Thanks very much in advance.

Are you using SMB compatible names for the TC and wireless.. short, no spaces.. pure alphanumeric.. If not do so?
I also recommend using fixed channels and maybe fixed mode. Lock up as much as possible as the PC does not deal as well as the Mac with the auto band, channel and mode switches.
I am not sure what you mean by this..
PCs are connected via WIFI in private mode.
Please explain a bit more.
Windows wireless drivers are often terrible.. many people have fixed issues by using a more recent driver direct from the wireless card manufacturer.. this is important.. not windows default driver,, not computer manufacturer supplied one.. eg intel card then get latest intel driver from intel.
Are you running bonjour for windows on the PC's??
Try using static IP address which also might help.. windows did have issues with dhcp in the past.

Using Automator to AutomaConnect iMac on Network for Backup to Time Capsule

My wife uses her new 2.66 GHz iMac (10.5.2) for e-mail via dial-up. She has airport capability in iMac and we have an Airport network that I use. I am ready to add Time Capsule this weekend. I want to be able to have Time Machine back up her computer to TC at night when she is not using it. I plan to use it to back up my MB Pro also.
Here's what I would like to do. Automatically disconnect her modem connection at, say 2 AM, then turn Airport on (in her iMac), let Time Machine back up to TC. After a couple of hours, shut down Airport and reconnect her dial-up connection. Is this possible with TC and Time machine using Automator?

Thanks, Guru, but the problem is that the dial-up e-mail on the iMac will not work with airport on. So, my wife leaves airport off most of the time. I believe the e-mail client tries to connect to the dial-up isp through airport and gets no connection when airport is on.

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