Can I backup a powerbook operating 10.4.11 to a time capsule? If so how?
can I backup a powerbook operating 10.4.11 to a time capsule? If so how? I am already using another Powerbook with Time Machine to do automatic back ups but that operates on OS 10.5.8.
If you connect the Tiger PB via FireWire Target Disk Mode to the TM-ready computer, you may be able to archive it that way....
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Can I create separate folders to save media on my Airport Time Capsule? Issue is I have a 256GB HDD Mac Pro Retina which is almost full. TC will only take backup of my HDD. So where would I save my photos and videos from my iPhone and iPad?
It is a hard one.. laptops with small drives are a pain.
What you need is a home media server.
Some people use a PC running itunes for cost.. but that is nothing like as good as using a Mac mini.. they make great little HTPC device.. you can plug in large hard disks and store all your files and media. And share it with the network.. Read up apple's instructions on home sharing.
https://www.apple.com/au/support/homesharing/
For cost you can buy a mini from 2011 or 2012.. I would not recommend earlier ones.. the advantage of 2012 is they have USB3 ports. But you will pay more for them.. new mini is not as useful.. they have soldered in memory and you cannot upgrade.. the old mini was the most easily modified mac in the whole range. Uses little power and can be bought for a $300US for a good one second hand.. maybe less. -
I have a time machine backup file on a USB hard drive. I bought a time capsule / airport extreme, flat 3TB. I wish to transfer the backup file from the usb hard drive to the time capsule hard drive. 10.6.8
Unfortunately, Time Machine backups that are stored on a drive that has been connected directly to a Mac are completely different than Time Machine backups that are stored on a Time Capsule.
Frankly, it is not worth the effort and trouble to try to transfer the old backups to the new Time Capsule.....my opinion....having done this in the past.
It is possible though, but I would not recommend it due to the complexity and downsides involved with this. To give you an idea of how to do this, check out this support article.
http://pondini.org/TM/18.html
Even if you transfer the "old" backups over to the Time Capsule successfully, Time Machine will not simply "add on" to the old backups.
Time Machine will make a new complete backup of your Mac and then add incremental backups from that point.
My advice.....start a new backup on the Time Capsule and move forward. Keep the USB hard drive around for a month, maybe 2 or 3 in case you need to go back to an old backup for some reason. At that time, you will not likely need the old backups at all since you will have a current 2-3 month history of new backups. At that point, you can erase the USB drive and use it for another purpose. -
I recently moved my Aperture Library file to an external hard drive. Can I now create a vault to be saved on my Time Capsule for the Aperture library on this external hard drive?
One thing to bear in mind, if you are using Time Machine on your Time Capsule and have it set so the TM backup includes your external drive, you will effectively be backing up your Aperture library twice on the same drive, once with Time Machine and once with the vault. This isn't a problem unless you start to run out of space.
Another thing to note, vaults on network drives used to be flaky (i.e. not really supported) and required workarounds to be able to use them. I'm not sure if this has changed, but I just managed to create a vault on my TC ok. -
Can i buy a smaller macbook air (64gb) but use the time capsule for additional data ?
can i buy a smaller macbook air (64gb) but use the time capsule for additional data ?
If you plan to store important "original" or "master" files and documents on the Time Capsule, then you might want to think about a way to back up those files to another hard drive.
Why? If the Time Capsule has a problem...and you have no backups....you lose everything. -
How can i be sure my photos are backed up to my time capsule
My MacBook Air is backing up to my Time Capsule 3T, but how can I double check that all of my photos are being backed up?
Thanks for clarifying that you are using Time Machine and iPhoto in regard to your questions.
There are a number of other applications that will back up your Mac to the Time Capsule.....Carbon Copy Cloner, SuperDuper and Chronosync to name just a few. That is why we were asking for more information.
As far as Time Machine and iPhoto are concerned, it is unfortunate that a few years ago, Apple removed the feature which would allow you to "browse" the images in your Time Machine backups in the iPhoto Library. If you want to restore any images from your Time Machine backups, you must restore the entire iPhoto Library then use iPhoto to view the images that you want.
You can get a good idea of whether your iPhoto Library backups are good by comparing the size of the iPhoto Library in your Pictures folder to the size of the iPhoto Library in your Time Machine backups. If the size is the same, then you know that everything is being backed up by Time Machine.
To do this, click the "smiley face" Finder icon at the lower left of the Mac's screen on the dock
Open the Pictures folder
Click once on the iPhoto Library to highlight it
Click the "gear" icon at the top of the window
Click Get Info
Note the size of the iPhoto Library
Now open Time Machine and choose a date from the past from the timeline on the right side of the screen.
Navigate to the iPhoto Library in the Pictures folder
Double click the iPhoto Library and note the size of the library
If the library is being backed up, the size of the library on your Mac and in the Time Machine backups will be the same. -
How do I backup my MacBook Pro and Mac Mini to 1TB Time Capsule
I cannot backup my MacBook Pro (osx 10.8.2) on Time Capsule using Time Machine. The following Time Machine error message appears: The backup disk image “/Volumes/Data-1/BARBARA’s MacBook Pro.sparsebundle” is already in use. There is no problem when I use Time Machine to backup Mac Mini (osx 10.6) on same 1TB Time Capsule.
See > http://pondini.org/TM/C12.html Do it on the Mac that shows that error message
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How can I erase (or remove) the hard drive from a dead Time Capsule?
How can I erase (or remove) the hard drive from a dead Time Capsule?
I found this having had the same problem...
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=553818
Having removed the hard drive I'm finding I can't reformat it. I manage to mount the HD but Disk Utility crashes when trying to format (HD attached to Mac via Newer Tech. SATA cables to USB) and causes what I think is a kernal panic on my Mac which hard crashes. I see 3 partitions when attempting to mount one of which is AFP. Anyone got any ideas about how to do this? I've dug around but the only progress I've made is to note others have had to work around ACL's when replacing the logic board of the TC. Not sure if this even relates to the problem. However the tool for doing this seems to have been removed from SL. (Forum references to this procedure all relate to 10.5). -
Why can't I use iDisk for a back-up disk for Time Capsule?
G'Day All,
I am new to apple and mostly am loving it! Being new to this product has me asking some basic questions, like ... why can't I use iDisk for a back-up disk for Time Capsule?
Here I have something like 20 gb disk space available, but it seems I need to buy an external hard drive (or an airport) in order to use, what I believe is one of apples greatest inventions, the Time Machine...
Can anyone correct my flawed understanding or, better yet, teach me how to do it properly?
Cheers
GabrielGabr1el wrote:
Thank you Pondini.
Speed makes sense, but I thought I had plenty of size available ... never mind! Looking over some of the other posts, it looks as though I'd be better off with an external Hard drive than the Apple Time Capsule (if I want more than 12-18months service).
That was true of some of the ones made a couple of years ago (many of which Apple replaced way beyond the warranty period, and even some beyond the 3-year AppleCare period). Presumably Apple has fixed the power supply problem in the newer units, so they'll last longer.
If you don't have AppleCare for your Mac, I'd strongly suggest buying it. If you do, and buy a TimeCapsule, Airport, or other accessory within 2 years, it's covered, too.
But unless you need a wireless router, yes, paying for one in a Time Capsule doesn't make sense. A good external HD is a much better buy.
thank you for the links - I am still getting used to the way Apples work ...
If you haven't found these yet, you may find some handy tips here: http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/
here: http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/
and some of the other videos listed on the Time Machine Tutorial page. -
I can not activate my iphone to be used for the first time, it is blocked. how do i unlock. can someone help me
dis the activation server is not available try again later or contact tech support.
has no sim card installed more already tried with the sim card still not of.
bought in china. -
Can I watch movies on Apple TV that are on my time capsule?
Can I watch movies on Apple TV that are on my time capsule?
Welcome to the Apple Community.
Yes, so long as the movies on your time capsule are part of your iTunes library and iTunes is running on your computer. -
HT3275 How can I delete a backup of one of my computers from a shared time capsule?
Hello,
I have a Time Capsule which is used for backup with Time Capsule by two Macs.
One of the Macs is currently offline and I want to delete it's backup manually from the Time Capsule.
This operation takes very long and my impression is, it can not be completed.
How can I delete the backup which is obsolete to free disk space on the Time Capsule?
Kind Regards
RalphThe fastest, simplest, and most reliable solution would be to erase the Time Capsule disk. That will only take a few minutes, but you will erase the backups of both Macs when you do this. If you don't mind starting over again on the "other" Mac, that would be the way to go.
Few of us ever need the backups, especially backups from months and maybe years back, but I understand that it is not easy to think about erasing them and starting over with new backups.
Deleting an individual backup will take a long time ....that is the way that it is.
Things will go 4-5 times faster on average, and there will be much less of a chance of an error occurring if you connect the Mac using an Ethernet cable to one of the LAN <-> ports on the Time Capsule for the process.
Once the sparsebundle file has been deleted, you can disconnect the Ethernet cable.
I've done this a number of times with no problems. Basically, I setup the file to delete overnight and check the progress in the morning. In every case, the file has been completely deleted when I check. -
HT201250 Can I shut down my mac in the middle of a time capsule backup?
If I shut down my mac when time capsule is processing a backup, will it cause any problems?
Only a minor problem. The backup will be cancelled, so after you start your Mac up, the next backup will have to do a "deep scan" to figure out what's changed since the last (completed) backup. That will take somewhat longer than usual.
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I have an Apple TV (3rd Gen) and Apple Time Capsule (4th Gen). How can I access Movies and Music stored in the Time Capsule from Apple TV. This is very n't give frustrating that Apple doesn't give their customers with an straight forward access to their customers in between their own products. Iam repenting that buying these products is completely waste of bucks. Appreciate your help...
Welcome to Apple Support Communities
The Time Capsule is clearly announced as a router with a hard drive to make backups, not to store anything and share it with your Apple TV.
To access to movies and music from the Time Capsule, note that the Apple TV can only access to them if they are stored in your iTunes library, so you will have to put your movies and music into iTunes to access to them, and then, put your iTunes library on the Time Capsule in order to access to your data from there -
Time machine backup from USB drive connected and backing up to Time Capsule
Hi all forum virgin here, so be gentle.
I'll get straight to it. Much net trawling hasn't resulted in a definitive answer on this which surely I'm not alone in
I have: MBP networked to TC (where TM resides) and USB drive connected.
A- I simply want to TM backup not only MBP but USB drive on network as well?
As far as I can see there is no way of selecting this and after TM back has finished the only way I can check is
to enter TM (fancy space screen view) and obviously idrive doesn't appear in finder view.
I have tried connecting to MBP and obviously TM backs it up too and I can see in Enter TM. But I need this
drive on network so a further 2 things here:-
B- when I remove from MBP and TM backs up again will it see it's not there and delete as a change?
C- will it keep in previous backups if I cycle back to that particular one?
Andy help here would be most welcomeSlymon2000 wrote:
B- when I remove from MBP and TM backs up again will it see it's not there and delete as a change?
Sooner or later, yes, as LaPastnague says. It depends on when the backups are done. The first backup of each day is kept for a month; all others are deleted after 24 hours. After a month, the first backup of the week is kept as long as there's room, and the others deleted.
Obviously not a reliable solution.
A better method might be to use a different app to back it up to the TC's internal HD, but that presents another problem. See #Q3 in Using Time Machine with a Time Capsule for an explanation and some possible workarounds.
The 3rd-party apps CarbonCopyCloner and ChronoSynch can do network backups (others probably can, too).
So you might be able to "reserve" some space on the TC's HD and use one of those apps. As LaPastnague says, though, that will be relatively slow.
If there isn't enough room on the TC's internal HD, you could get another USB drive and connect it to the TC also (via a powered USB hub) and back up to it. That will be even slower, though.
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