Can no longer backup Time Capsule hard drive

I just upgraded to Lion and wanted to backup the Time Capsule disk. I went into Airport Utility, but the option under disks is no longer there. I backup my Time Capsule to ensure I have a backup of the data on the Time Capsule incase of loss.
What do I do?

It is available in the 5.6 utility for lion.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
Install and use that instead of Apple's toy one.

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How can I access the time capsule hard drive via ethernet?

I recently bought a new laptop, as my old one was sadly stolen. I'm trying to connect to my backed up time capsule hard drive via ethernet to retrieve my files, but it doesn't seem to work. Oddly enough I have no issues over wifi. When I switch from wifi to ethernet, it gives me an error message stating that the disk was not found in the network. I have a MacBook Air with an ethernet adapter if that makes any difference. I'm also running the latest OS X and firmware. Wifi is simply too slow for this restoration process, so any suggestions?
Could I possibly connect via USB? What kind of cable would that require? Is the ethernet issue a problem with my settings?
Help greatly appreciated

manzalawy7 wrote:
I'm trying to connect to my backed up time capsule hard drive via ethernet to retrieve my files, but it doesn't seem to work.
In the Network panel of System Preferences do you have an Ethernet connection item on the left? If not, authenticate if necessary by clicking on the lock, then click the plus sign at the bottom of that column and add an Ethernet item.
When I switch from wifi to ethernet, it gives me an error message stating that the disk was not found in the network.
How are you doing that switching? When you switch to Ethernet do you have connectivity to the Internet? If not, do you see a tiny green light on the Time Capsule next to the Ethernet socket you're using?
Could I possibly connect via USB?
No.

Can you partition the Time Capsule hard drive?

I would like to back up through AirportExtreme 2 different Macs with Time Machine
but obviously I would first need to partition the Time Capsule HD !
Is it possible and how would I go about this? I can't find no infos in the manual...
Thanks for your help.

First you do not have to partition the drive to backup multiple computers. Each computer creates a separate file for the backup.
Second there is no way (currently) to partition the drive without taking the TC apart, removing the hard drive, putting it in an external drive enclosure, and partitioning it.

Can not connect to Time Capsule hard drive when I am not on its network.

If you can help me, I will be forever grateful!
I had a airport extreme with a hard drive that I used to back up my computer and to access my files when I am on the road. (Everything worked perfectly)
I switched to the Time Capsule.
I am now unable to connect to my Time Capsule drive when I am on the road.
I get this message: The server "time capsule name"may not exist or it is unavailable at this time. Check the server name or IP address, check your network connection, and then try again.
Some notes:
-I am using the same exact modem at home I have been using this whole time
-I am connecting using the same connection I did when I connected with my airport extreme
-I can connect to mobileme
-My mobileme name and password are in the advanced options in the Capsule
-My firewall is OFF
-My back to my Mac option is ON in Mobileme preferences
-I have the most up to date OS package
-I have the most up to date capsule version
PLEASE HELP!

Hey,
I have excaly the same problem.
In my case, i can connect remotely to my mac mini at home, but not the time capsule.
Anybody have any suggestions ?

Can I connect to Time Capsule Hard Drive via USB cable?

I'm having trouble connecting to a five year old Time Capsule Wirelessly. Indeed, I just bought a brand new one. But I need to connect to the old one's hard drive to recover lost files. Can I connect to it via USB?

No, USB is only for printer and usb external drive.. not a connection to the internal drive.
Use ethernet.. if that doesn't work, open the TC and remove the hard and use a USB drive box.
http://www.ifixit.com/Device/Apple_Time_Capsule

I can't see my time capsule hard drive anymore

I have a macbook pro connected to time capsule (1tb) and a printer. I can access the internet and can print but my machine has stopped backing up and cannot find the time capsule hardrive anymore. I have tried resetting everything (several times) to no avail. Help!

Open a Finder window and look for your TC in the sidebar, then click on it. It will then display one of the following messages: "Connected as <your user name>" or "Connection failed." If it's the latter, click on the "Connect..." button and enter the TC password. Make sure the checkbox for "Remember this password" is selected before you hit OK.
Once this is done, your backups should work. Your TC should be connected whether or not it's mounted on the Desktop, even after you logout/login or restart or even wake up from sleep.
Hope this helps.

Can i upgrade the time capsule hard drive to 4 TB?

OK, so the Hard Drive that came with the Time Capsule is apparently failing. I never really worked right, but now it is definitely close to its impending doom. I have a 4th generation Time Capsule and wanted to know if it is possible to install a 4TB and what brand will work best without a lot of hoops to jump through.

Yes a 4TB will work.. You want a Green drive ie a low consumption one.. the speed of the drive is irrelevant as they are processor bound so any cheap green from any company should work.
Do a google search if you want a specific one. I have not used a 4TB but I have used lots of different 3TB and all work fine.. some may have spin down issues and it is hard to predict. ie one firmware revision might work and another not on the same brand.
Since Apple are not yet using 4TB drives.. there is no preferred one.
Some people are installing 4TB in their new Gen5.
http://www.ifixit.com/Device/AirPort_Time_Capsule_A1470

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

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.

Can Time Capsule hard drive be accessed with Disk Utility? I'm having issues...

How does one mount , inspect , verify , and possibly repair a Time Capsule hard drive with Disk Utility ?
My 500Gb 1st gen Time Capsule ( used wireless with Airport) has quit backing up new data . ( iMac Core2Duo, Snow Leopard) . TC says it needs 238 Gb of available space, but only has 35 Gb available. So it quit doing new incremental backup altogether. It's almost like it wants to start over.
Airport connection seems good. Time Capsule seems healthy enough ( for being 3.5 years old) . I really dont want to lose the data on the existing backup.
What is the nature of this glitch ?

I'm sorry , LaP , but " Time Capsule become too full " is not the cause of my problem .
In fact, I just got done pruning the iMac system hard drive a little to free up some 10 Gb of new space , yet created only maybe 1-2 Gb of new data to archive. The TC had been doing regular daily backups without issue and Time Machine was showing me stuff from about ten days back.
The TC informed me it needed 235 Gb of space but only had 34 Gb available. That 235 Gb needed is totally in error. My problem more resembles corrupt hard disk directories . Maybe Permissions ? which is why I asked about using Disk Utility.
Yes, I do need a newer larger TC, but pigs don't fly and money does not grow on trees to make tha happen. The backup I have now is fine and should work if I need to restore anything in the forseeable. New data will not be archived, alas.

Wants to use my Time capsule hard drive with Plogoplug but I can't... Any Idea on how to...?

Wants to use my Time capsule hard drive with Plogoplug but I can't... Any Idea on how to...?

If the TC is not the main router just bridge it.
Have you tried it with the TC bridged??
You need to describe the full network because we have no idea how all this is setup.

Unable to connect to Time Capsule hard drive

I have my Time Capsule set up as my wi-fi internet router and my time machine backups go on its hard drive. More often lately, I can get to the internet just fine but when I try to browse to the Time Capsule hard drive, I receive a message about it being unable to connect. This error occurs on both my iMac that is connected to the Time Capsule via ethernet and those accessing it via wi-fi. If I unplug the Time Capsule and plug it back in, it connects. It's just a pain having to do this every week! Any thoughts on why this might be happening?

There is a large number of reports of the issue. The Mac forgets the TC name.. but still has sufficient info in the routing table to get internet. Apple have so far not fixed it. And yes, it is a pain.
Can I suggest you try to connect to the TC by IP address instead of name.
I have offered a number of other solutions that plainly haven't solved it.
This is a new one. A Eureka moment.. perhaps!!
Since the IP of the TC is still available even if the name of the tc is lost in the Mac, open finder, click on Go, Connect to server, type in afp://10.0.1.1 or whatever your TC ip address is. It will request the password. Just put in your usual password to the TC.. or if unchanged it is public.
I just tested that and it worked. It should also not get lost, since it doesn't depend on the Mac keeping the name to ip in the table. See how you go and I am interested in your results.

Time Capsule Hard Drive Problems

I attempted to erase the free space on our Time Capsule using disk utility. The process froze at the stage "creating secondary temporary file". At this point I force quitted disk utility and restarted both the computer and time capsule. After, I found that Time Capsule was reporting it had only 1.14gb free when it actually has 1.3tb free, and the existing backup images, although available, can be mounted but the files are not available. Moreover, when I have an image mounted from time capsule disk utility will not open, so I cannot verify the drive.
When I attempt to mount an image from Time Capsule I get the error log:
14/09/2012 16:56:05.595 com.apple.Finder: AFPFSMapIDName afpfsMapIDNameFSCTL returned -1, errno: 2
Any ideas why time machine is behaving this way? Can anyone think of some remedies? I dont want to wipe the time capsules hard drive because it has years worth of backups on it.

I would try and copy the sparsebundle/s to another drive.
This will take an age 2 ages and half an age.
http://pondini.org/TM/18.html
Then erase the TC entirely from airport utility.
I would recommend you then start over.. keep the copy of the sparsebundle as archive version.
You do know you should have archived the disk before you started playing don't you!!

Time capsule hard drive starts/stops every 5 min: problem?

Every five minutes, whether or not a time machine backup is due, my 1 TB time capsule hard drive starts, spools up, then stops (I used a stopwatch to time the interval). Is this a problem? Never happened when unit was new (late 2010), or before Lion.

Yes, it is a problem..
Firstly check the log if there is a lot of instances of AFP getting logged in and off again.
Try disconnecting everything that is ethernet connected to the TC.. does it still happen.. if yes, turn off all the wireless stuff and see if it still happens.
If it still happens disconnect the wan.
There simply may not be anything you can do about it.. Lion has altered the setting for spotlight to analyse the drive.. but the new firmware also seems to make it worse. Not sure if you can stop it or not.. but it will cause issues over time.. in fact it would be better if the hard disk never spun down than to do it on 5min interval especially if the disk is also parking the heads.
How desperately do you want to pursue the problem??
I would suggest wiping the current setup. And even erase the drive after copying anything you need off it. So you get it back to scratch. You can ring applecare if it is still under warranty. I am not sure they will treat it seriously.

HT1178 How do I encrypt my Time Capsule hard drive?

I would like to secure my Time Capsule hard drive. How do i go about encrypting it?

You cannot access the TC directly.. USB cannot be plugged into a computer.. It is for now and forevermore a network drive.
Read Q3 here.
http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html
He covers how to create a DMG file which is a file that works as a virtual disk.
This has limitations although from your point of view it is probably good. Only one computer can access the dmg at a time. That includes multiple users on the same computer. So it is only mounted in one place and for one user.
You can also do the same thing with a sparsebundle although I am not sure if there is any advantage over dmg files.
http://alex.seeholzer.de/2012/09/setting-up-smbafpcifs-network-drive-for-time-ma chine-on-osx-10-8-mountain-lion/
There is no need to make it usable by Time Machine. You simply use Sparsebundle as DMG.. it is just that it might co-exist with the TM backup better.
You can set fixed size to the sparsebundle.. or DMG files.
You can then mount the file on your computer.
Please note that storing files in encrypted format on the TC makes backing them up a pain.. figure out how you intend to do this.. Time Machine cannot backup network drives. And most backup software will have issues with encypted files.. unless you have them mounted in a way you can read.

Finder locking up when browsing Time capsule hard drive

Finder locking up when browsing Time capsule hard drive
I am able to browse the hard drive preview some videos or open files for around 5-10 mins then Finder locks up. Internet still works and I can relaunch Finder and then works for a while again. It sounds like the hard drive is just going to sleep. I watch some films directly off of the hard drive through VLC and these just stop wilst viewing them.
I am on 10.6.2 working on the 5GHZ channel on dual band time capsule.
It is really annoying I have tried a few things like resetting the DCHP Lease. But it seems to be specific to the hard drive as the internet still works fine. It is really annoying as it jams up the finder really awkwardly.
Ant ideas most wanted
Thanks

Are you browsing/viewing files in Time Machine backups on your Time Capsule, or files you've put there yourself?
If the files are Time Machine backups, use the Time Machine interface (the "Star Wars" display), via the Time Machine icon in your dock (or in your Applications/Utilities folder) to see what's there. Backups are not meant to be used; they're duplicates that can be restored in case of a problem with the originals on your system.
If the files are things you put there, you'll do better browsing, searching, or re-posting in the +Time Capsule+ forum, hiding in the +Digital Life+ section, at: http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1253

Can no longer backup Time Capsule hard drive

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