Can I use Time Capsule to just back up my iTunes catalogue?

Can I use Time Capsule to just back up my iTunes catalogue? or will it back up everything on my Mac?

Set Time Machine to exclude everything else, or keep Time Machine turned off and drag the catalogue to the Time Capsule manually.
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  • Can I use time capsule as a back-up device and not use the wireless?

    Hello. I have recently had many issues with a new Time Capsule.
    My question is : Can I use my TC as a back-up device and not wireless while I am using my Lynksys router as my WiFi device? Thx.

    Can I use my TC as a back-up device and not wireless while I am using my Lynksys router as my WiFi device?
    Yes, turn off the wireless on the TC if you want to do this.
    Open AirPort Utility, click on the TC, and click Edit
    Click the Wireless tab at the top of the page
    Change Wireless Mode to Off
    Update to save the new settings

  • Can I use Time Capsule as just a regular had drive?

    I have an older tme capsule and I'd like to use it as just a 1-tb extenal hard drive with my Mac Pro. I messed around with the Time Capsule configuration and finally have a green light, yay! BUT, I was hoping it would show up on my desktop like the other drives.
    The Time Capsule:
    Is connected directly to my Mac Pro via a cat 5 cable.
    It is showing a solid green light.
    I have wifi turned off.
    I have a time machine set up with a western digital 2TB external drive.
    I see it show up in my finder side bar as a shared device.
              When I right click it the TC icon in the side menu and select open, the window shpw "not connected" at the top. (Even thought the light is green)
    Thank you for any thoughts on this.
    Will

    You can use it as a regular drive but it will always be a shared network volume.
    To access it in finder when you select the drive for the first time you will need to attach to it. Click on the connect as button in the upper right hand corner of the finder window and enter the password you set for the drive.
    If you don;t remember the password or never set one open Airport Utility and connect to the Time Capsule. Select the Disks tab and select the way you want to attach to the drive. Then go back to the Finder and connect to the drive.
    regards

  • Hi can I use Time Capsule 4th generation as a back up at the same time between my iMac and HP PC

    HI Just bought a 4th generation Time Capsule and after a bit of trouble, I was able to do the following...
    1. Connect TC to my modem via ethernet cable
    2. Set up my first time Machine from my iMac to Time Capsule
    3. Set up my HP PC via ethernet cable to Time Capsule
    4. Set up HP Printer Scanner to USB port in Time Capsule, can now print from my PC and iMac using the same printer.
    Here is the question...
    Can I use Time Capsule (2TB version, not that this should matter, I think) as an external back up for my HP PC, running Windows 7?
    I asked this question at Apple Store and they said YES, now I have my doubts as I cannot see Time Capsule as an external drive when I check my PC and computer part there, can see my C drive, D drive (internal backup drive in my PC), E drive (DVD drive) and that is it.
    Installed AirPort utility for Windows, have version 5.5 something. I can see TIme Capsule using this at my PC but can I somehow save my HardDrive to Time Capsule, even manually?
    Or is the problem that as I started Time Capsule with Time Machine Backup first, it has formatted Time Capsule to support only Apple version, and this is why I cannot see Time Capsule as an external harddrive?
    Any help would be appreciated!
    I have already an external HD for my Windows PC, just thought this way I could potentially have all the data in one place and also able to use 1 printer...
    Many Thanks

    Remember Apple Names are not fully SMB compatible..
    Reset the TC and do the setup with all SMB naming.. ie.. short, no spaces, pure alphanumeric.
    That means TC name eg TC
    Wireless name (different for 5ghz) eg TC24ghz and TC5ghz
    And hard disk share name.. eg Data
    Make sure all passwords also match that convention.. but you can use more characters.. up to 20 or more if you are paranoid. Pure alphanumeric though.
    In the file sharing area. set the right workgroup. And it makes life easier turning on the guest account to read and write.
    Then in windows explorer simply type
    \\TCname or \\TCIPaddress .. obviously you change the names with the actual name or IP.

  • Can I use time capsule to store music and video files as well as use it to back up.

    Can I use time capsule to store music and video files as well as use it to back up.

    Sure.
    Why are so many peolple asking this?
    Just store your files there. 
    And when using Time-Maschine for the back-up select the Time-Capsule (whatever name your has) as the place to store the date.
    cheers, anne

  • Can i use time capsule for back up my movies and watching them with my bravia tv

    can i use time capsule for back up my movies and watching them with my bravia tv.
    i mean can i use this for external hard disk drive to back up my movies and watching them with tv that has a lan port or wi-fi technology.

    Only if the TV is a media player.. the TC is dumb as a board router with a hard disk.. there is no DLNA which I suspect the TV requires.. you can get a player like the WDLive and it will play movie files from the TC to the TV.. remember the TC is nothing but a file store.. no servers .. no nothing.

  • Can I use Time Capsule and LaCie at the same time?

    Can I use Time Capsule and LaCie at the same time?

    stephaniefromarlington wrote:
    Before I answer your questions, let me first just say thank you so much for your amazing patience and helpfulness.  Whether or not we get to the bottom of this, I am very, very grateful to you. 
    We will get to the bottom of it, and you're quite welcome.  Don't feel you ought to know all this stuff -- none of us were born with it!
    By the way, in answer to your original question, yes, you can use the Time Capsule while backups are running. There's no conflict at all.
    1)  Estimated size of full backup:  205.94 GB
    2)  My LaCie has available:  11.04 GB of 359.95 GB
    That's part of the problem right there; 360 GB is a bit small to back up 206 GB.  Ordinarily, a Time Machine drive should be 2-3 times the size of the data it's backing-up, so Time Machine can keep a reasonable "depth" of old backups for you.
    It looks like Time Machine is trying to do a fairly large backup, and there just isn't enough room for it.
    But something doesn't quite add up.  Time Machine should have deleted all but your most recent backup, trying to make room for the new one.  But that would mean there should only be a bit less than 206 GB on the disk, not 360.
    A clue may be lurking in your logs.  Use the widget in #1 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting to display the backup messages from your logs.  Locate the backup in question, then copy and post all the messages here.

  • HT201250 How can i use Time Capsule as External Drive

    Hey Guys,
         I just have query about time capsual , How can i use time capsule as my external drive as i have 2TB with me i can take the Backup as well i can put all my pic and music in time Machine if i can use as External HD ! Can some one Please help me in this will be highly appreceate.
    Thanks
    Monal Thakkar
    Amrapali Group

    You need to get an external HD for the "overflow" of stuff that won't fit on your Mac.
    Format it for a Mac (see #1 in Using Disk Utility), even if it says it's compatible.
    Then copy what you want to the external HD.  Most things you can just drag and drop; but for iTunes and iPhotos see: Moving your iTunes Music folder and Moving your iPhoto '11 Library.
    Then let your Time Capsule back up both your Mac and the external HD.  See Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #32 for info and details.

  • How to use time capsule for wireless back-up but not internet?

    Hello,
    I have a tower and recently a laptop at work. The tower is connected to our local network with an ethernet cable and the laptop with wireless. So, the internet connection is fine for both.
    I was hoping to use my time capsule to do time machine backups on my laptop. Do you have any advice on how to configure this? I do not want to use the time capsule to extend my Internet, as I believe my work I.T. would prefer to handle all access to their  network.
    Perhaps there is some documentation about doing this that you could point me to? I have not been able to find it.
    Thank you for your help.

    Your original question was How to use Time Capsule for wireless back-up but not Internet?
    There is no reason for you to connect the tower....or anything else...using Ethernet if your goal remains that same as you stated.
    If you are asking if you can backup the Tower using Ethernet, and not wireless, then you can connect the tower to one of the LAN <-> ports on the Time Capsule....not the WAN port.
    Yes, it appears to work without plugging into my tower.
    Correct, it will work.
    I just have to select the network that it created. Of course, I have no access to the Internet while this is happening and it can not auto backup, unless I am on that wireless signal.
    As I stated, that is the downside to trying to back up without an Internet connection.  You have to establish another network...and backup over that network.
    If you are asking if you can stay connected to the work network while also backing up to your non-Internet "private" network, that is not possible.

  • Can I use time capsule as an NAS devise with sonos, to play music library when iMac is off?

    can I use time capsule as an NAS devise with sonos, to play music library when iMac is off?

    Apparently Sonos system can play from the library without needing iTunes running.
    In that case yes, the library can be played directly from TC.
    See https://discussions.apple.com/message/18562619#18562619
    Sonos needs fully compliant SMB file system.. this is important.. and not what the Apple system is using to access the TC.
    Moving the library has to be done correctly.
    See http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4527
    There are plenty of discussions in forums and technical sites.. this seems well worth a read.
    http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/12/how-to-offload-your-itunes-library-to-a-nas /
    TC is very non-ideal itunes library location.. unlike a real NAS.
    Just so you are aware. If you have TM backups on it.. mixing backups and data is not a good idea.
    At least consider moving backups to USB drive. You will need the speed of the TC internal drive for using the library though.
    TC has no way to back itself up.
    TC is slow to start.. you will get errors as the library is not found.
    And quick to spin down drives.. it is not designed to stream media.. it is a backup target for TM.

  • Can you use time capsule without leopard?

    I just wanted to know if time capsule can be used to back up etc without adding leopard?
    I'm using the last Tiger update and am reluctant to buy leopard osx if i don't have to as i like tiger.
    Lee

    im running Tiger and i want to purchase Time Capsule. i dont really care about using Time Machine or not, and dont want to update to Leopard at the moment. from what i've read here, i can still use Time Capsule, but does this mean the only way i can back-up is wirelessly? or does Time Capsule have a hard line option to connect my MacBook directly to it using a cable?

  • Can i use time capsule as external hard drive for both mac and windows

    I have a mac book pro, ipad and iphone and ipod and a windows pc
    Can i use time capsule as a external hard disk only for all of the above ( including windows ) without the back up activity for mac ?

    You cannot access the TC from iOS devices without a browser. eg filebrowser.
    Can i use time capsule as a external hard disk only for all of the above ( including windows ) without the back up activity for mac ?
    Yes, with the following proviso.. the TC is not able to back itself up.. so if you store files on the TC without backups one day you will discover all your files are gone because of a hard drive failure of the TC. TM also cannot backup TC.. so you will need to buy a proper backup software.
    It is also much slower than a real NAS..
    And windows can be a bit painful.. especially windows 8.. other versions should work if you spend the time getting everything set right.

  • Can u use time capsule as a normal hard drive and don't activate the time capsule in my macs?

    can u use time capsule as a normal hard drive and don't activate the time capsule in my macs?

    Yes, but it will be slow and expensive compared to just buying an external and plugging it in locally.

  • Can i use time capsule as another hard drive?

    Can I use time capsule as another hard drive?

    You can, but it was not really designed for that purpose. Access to files will be quite a bit slower than a drive that is directly attached to your computer.
    The Time Capsule's main function is as a back up device using the Time Machine application.
    If you are using it already for Time Machine, it is generally not a good idea to mix Time Machine backups and regular files on the same drive as there will be struggle for space when the drive starts to fill up.

  • Can I use time capsule with MiFi?

    1. Just bought time capsule. I am an RV'er and use a Verizon MiFi to connect to the internet. Can I use Time Capsule with Verizon MiFi?
    2. Can I use Time capsule as a "hard Wired" stand alone system using ethernet cables?

    Check out these previous posts on this subject
    https://discussions.apple.com/message/19329590#19329590
    https://discussions.apple.com/message/20811831#20811831
    https://discussions.apple.com/message/20321031#20321031

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