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.

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  • Using Time Machine on multiple devices w/ Time Capsule on an exisitng Airpo

    I recently moved home and my house already has an Airport Extreme network. When living alone, I used my TimeCapsule.
    I have an iMac and a MacBook Pro that I had setup on Time Machine to back up wirelessly to Time Capsule.
    How can I do this with the already existing Airport Network? Because I can't connect the Time Capsule to the actual modem from the cable company. I don't want to pay to get a second modem and I don't want a second network in my house.
    *I just want the Time Capsule setup to wirelessly use Time Machine for both of my devices.*
    Is this possible?
    I looked in all the forum pages and could not find an answer.
    Thank you,
    Naitasia

    I assume that you can "see" your Time Capsule if you open AirPort Utility and click Manual Setup, correct?
    All you need to do is:
    Connect an ethernet cable from one of the LAN <-> ports on the AirPort Extreme to the WAN (circle of dots) icon on the Time Capsule
    Open AirPort Utility - click Manual Setup
    Click the Wireless tab below the row of icons
    Wireless Mode = None
    Click the Internet icon
    Connect Using = Ethernet
    Connection Sharing = Off (Bridge Mode)
    Update and the TC will restart in about 30 seconds and you have a green light.
    On each of your Macs:
    Open System Preferences (gear icon on the dock)
    Open Time Machine
    Click Select Disk
    Click your TC to highlight it
    Click Use for Backups
    That will get backups going again. Post if you have any questions.

  • Time Capsule only works for one device at a time, how to make it capable to be used for multiple devices at times

    Time Capsule only works for one device at a time, how to make it capable to be used for multiple devices at times.
    Please help to set it up, thanks in advance

    You need to give more info..
    Firstly only works for what.. networking.. backup.. wireless. You need more nouns.. more adjectives... describe what you want and what fails.. then we can figure out why.
    Most likely you have bridged it when it should be in router mode..
    Most likely you are using Lion or ML which has the airport utility bridge the TC by default.
    Change it to working as a router. That might help.
    If you press reset button it will default back to router btw.
    If you are on Lion.. use a real utility. http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1547

  • Can I backup my LaCie Mass Storage device to time capsule?

    I was told at the Apple Store that I could not back up my LaCie to time capsule.  My time capsule shows the LaCie as an available backup device.  Why would this not work?

    Look at the info in the backup..
    http://pondini.org/TM/15A.html
    You can also use software to help you track exactly what is backed up in incrementals.
    http://pondini.org/TM/8.html
    Spend some time reading through Pondini.. he has a wealth of info spread across several pages.

  • 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..

  • Can i store or back up my itunes on Time capsule?

    can i store or back up my itunes on Time capsule?

    You can store your itunes on the TC but you should not.
    The Time Capsule has no easy backup method. It is a backup device.. not a NAS.
    If the itunes is on a computer connected to the TC and running Time Machine the itunes will be backed up. is this what you mean? You can also make a copy of the itunes but not use it as a main store.

  • Multiple Backups on Time Capsule

    Can I create multiple backup folders on Time Capsule to use for individual backups on multiple Macs on the same Time Capsule? If not how would I backup mulitple Macs on the same Time Capsule?

    Time Machine automatically creates separate files for each Mac that backs up on the Time Capsule.
    Each user can only see the backups of their respective Mac.
    The practical limit of multiple Macs backing up to the single Time Capsule would probably be in the 4-6 range.

  • 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 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 ...

  • Will the airport devices and time capsule work with telstras mobile hotspot (Sierra Wireless AirCard 753S Mobile Hotspot)??

    will the airport devices and time capsule work with telstras mobile hotspot (Sierra Wireless AirCard® 753S Mobile Hotspot)??

    Yes. There are 2 ways you could use these devices:
    Wirelessly 'join' the network. This would be slower and doesn't offer extending functionality.
    Use an Ethernet cable (through Powerline if you can't run a cable). This is faster and offers extending functionality. I would recommend using Bridge Mode if possible.

  • HT4522 Multiple computers on Time Capsule.  "Backup is too large for the backup disk"   ???

    I am getting the following error:
    "Time Machine Error
    This backup is too large for the backup disk. The
    backup requires 15.38 GB but only 3.94 GB are
    available."
    I have a two MacBook Pros that I have been backing up to my 1 TB Time Capsule using Time Machine.  Recently, I have started getting errors saying that there is not enough space to complete backups.  Between the two MacBook Pros, there is a max of 400 GB that I am trying to backup.  I thought that old backups were deleted to make room for new ones - so what gives?
    I used Migration Assistant to migrate everything from the old MacBook Pro (2009) to a new MacBook Pro (2011).  I also used Migration Assistant to Migrate everything from an old MacBook to the old MacBook Pro (2009).  So, I am now only using the two MacBook Pros (2009 and 2011).
    Is it possible that there are old backups on the Time Capsule from the MacBook and the MacBook Pro (2009) from before the Migration?  If so, how do I find them and delete them? 
    My goal is to create more space on the Time Capsule so I can continue backups of the two Pros.  Thanks for the help in advance.  Sorry if this is confusing.  Please ask questions to clarify.

    The time machine does not work as well when there are multiple computers using the TC.
    It really does not seem able to dispose of the old backups.
    Pondini may help..
    http://pondini.org/TM/C4.html
    IMHO.. The best bet is to plug in a USB drive large enough to save everything on the TC and do a back directly from the airport utility.. disk, archive..
    Then wipe the TC using erase.. and do a fresh TM backup on both computers.
    Keep the USB drive in a draw for a year and a day.. after that you can assume anything on it is no longer required wipe it and do another backup of the TC.

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