Can Not Unlock Files on Time Capsule

When replacing an external disk drive, I copied over 180 G of mp3 files from an external drive to my Time Capsule into a data folder (not backed up with time machine). After coping them to a new external drive I attempted to delete the files on the Time Capsule only to discover they are all Locked and can not be deleted. When I try to change unlock under "get info" as an admin, it will not unlock. I've read I can sudo chflags for a single file, but I have over 45,000 files. What is the better way?

+Can I reset the drive and erase everything? I can't see the TC in Disk Utility.+
Are you saying you want to erase the drive on the TC? You don't do that with Disk Utility, you use AirPort Utility.
Airport Utility - Manual Setup
Click the Disks icon in the row of icons
Click the Disks tab below the icons
Click Erase
The Quick Erase will only take few minutes. Zero Out will take several hours or more depending on how much data you have on the drive.
And, it goes without saying that you should check to make sure that you don't need the files on the TC as everything will be erased.
Post back if you need to reset the TC back to factory defaults. This won't erase the drive, but it will clear any configuration settings and set them back to defaults.

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Can't copy files to time capsule

I need some help with my new 2TB Time Capsule. I setup the time capsule and did my first time machine backup. Now I want to copy over additional files to time capsule from my full hard drive on my iMac. When I drag files over the following message occurs "The item “FILE NAME” can’t be moved because “Time Capsule” can’t be modified."
I went into my aiport utilities -- opened up my time capsule -- went to disks -- clicked file sharing -- and the enabled file sharing box is checked.
Help! How do I move files to my time capsule.
Thanks in advance

From post above: "Now I want to copy over additional files to time capsule from my full hard drive on my iMac"
I'm sorry for the confusion. My device is called "Time Capsule" --- How do I remedy the error I am receiving?
"The item “FILE NAME” can’t be moved because “Time Capsule” can’t be modified."
This error occurs when I am drag a document from my iMac hard drive to my time capsule (which technically has another name).

Can't access files in Time Capsule in WIN7 64 Bit- says folder is empty

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I tried to drag and drop new files into the Time Capsule in WIN7 , it copies/paste the files fine for a second and then disappear, and if i go back to the Snow Leopard i can see those folders again , so i am guessing i need enable some kind access/ file sharing option or whatever that allows the files to be visible. Has anyone faced this situation in WIN7 64 BIT ?
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http://www.nullriver.com/products go download Connect360 gives your Mac the ability to share through Xbox360.

Spotlight does not find files on Time Capsule disk

I have the 2TB time capsule configured with a DATA and FIL disks. The DATA is used for the Time Machine backups. The FIL disk is used as a NAS (Network Access Storage) disk. The FIL disk works as advertised except Spotlight. When I mount the FIL as a shared disk and go into Spotlight and seach for a file by the filename, nothing happens. I spent hours on this. I seached Google and found nothing. I also tried mounting the disk as a SMB. This works partially when I alter the search criteria to seach only "Shared". But it only works within the folder. It does not search the entire tree. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

By default, network drive is not indexed.
See here for the default list of folders that Spotlight will search:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301533
You can manually turn on spotlight on a specific volume by using Terminal and enter:
sudo mdutil -i on /Volumes/X
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Can't delete files on Time Capsule

I manually created a folder on my Time Capsule called "manual backups" and dragged some folders/files there. (They were dragged over from an external drive, which had files I put on there from my mac. Not using a pc.) A few weeks later I went to delete the folder and I get "The operation can't be completed because you don't have permission to access some of the items." I am logged in as myself, the admin. How can I delete these files?

Select the files and fix their permissions.. so you have the ability to delete them..
If you do happen to have a pc on the network.. try deletion from Windows Explorer as sometimes it is a lot easier as windows tends to ignore file permissions.
What OS is actually on the computer??
There are a couple of sneaky methods.. like create a folder of the same name as the folder you are trying to delete.. it seems to be able to create an empty folder over a live one.
No luck with anything then you will need to do it from terminal .. but I think you should tell us exactly what OS you are running first.

Can't find files on Time Capsule

Early 2008 2.4 GHz iMac running 10.7.5
Time Capsule with 699 GB available (connected via Ethernet cable)
When I bought my Time Capsule I added all of my pre-Time Machine backups to it in a separate folder. This worked fine for several years. Time Machine backed everything up and if I need an older file I went into the folder I made of previous backups. Now, when I access Time Capsule I only see the Time Machine backups. The folder of previous backups isn't there. There's still tons of space on it so I can't imagine anything was overwritten. Also, the Time Capusle never shows up like other external hard drives or devices - only as a shared device. Not sure if that has something to do with it. I can't tell when this started. It's been a while so there were a couple of OS updates in there. At this point, I just want to get my really old files off of it and move them to another hard drive. Thanks in advance for your help.

Early 2008 2.4 GHz iMac running 10.7.5
Time Capsule with 699 GB available (connected via Ethernet cable)
When I bought my Time Capsule I added all of my pre-Time Machine backups to it in a separate folder. This worked fine for several years. Time Machine backed everything up and if I need an older file I went into the folder I made of previous backups. Now, when I access Time Capsule I only see the Time Machine backups. The folder of previous backups isn't there. There's still tons of space on it so I can't imagine anything was overwritten. Also, the Time Capusle never shows up like other external hard drives or devices - only as a shared device. Not sure if that has something to do with it. I can't tell when this started. It's been a while so there were a couple of OS updates in there. At this point, I just want to get my really old files off of it and move them to another hard drive. Thanks in advance for your help.

Can't migrate files from time capsule, resource temporarily unavailable

My old iMac 20" Intel late 2006 crashed. It got slower and froze as well as lines across, so I thought it's the graphic card. At the same time the SOPHOS Anti virous detected malware and trojan on my computer which was removed manually.
Unfortunately with the 20" late 2006 model the card cannot be replaced. Ran hardware test and did not indicate any hardware issues. Finally could not boot from the disc. When I turned on the machine, I could hear fans running and some other noice but only black screen. We back up our computers every hour onto a time capsule.
I purchased a new iMac 21.5 " and thought it will be easy to migrate everything from the time capsule. I done it in the past when I had to replace the hard drive on the old iMac 2 years ago.
Unfortunately when I try to access the time capsule, I received the message of data damaged and now resource temporarily unavailable. How can I retrieve my data? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

You will be in deep trouble if the TM backup is corrupt..
Run the verify disk on the sparsebundle.. Pondini has some instructions here.
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Look at A5
Also there are manual methods of getting as much as possible from the backup if it is not corrupted too badly..
Look at http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
He gives several methods to restore files.. read Q14-17.

Time machine back ups can not be found in Time Capsule

Hi
My time machine stopped worked a few weeks ago. It started showing an error indicating that sparse bundle couldnt be found. I could still see the 'Time machine backups' drive in Finder, but after a few days, it stopped showing it. Previously to it, I had started using some spare space within the Time Capsule as extra space to save some data. So now, I can only see that folder I used to save some extra data, but not a trace from the 'Time machine backups'. But I can see i have only 600 Gb free in the Time Capsule when it is 2 Tb and my data takes about 300 Gb.
Anybody can help here?
I am running Lion and have the 2Tb Time machine (bought 1 year ago)
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Have you done a simple reboot of everything. The TC first and then the whole network, restart in correct order.. Modem.. TC.. clients.. with 2min gap.
A lost sparsebundle should then be found.
Otherwise look at some of the stuff from Pondini, as this is fairly common issue. More common lately on Mountain Lion but it did also affect lion.
Look at C12 and C17 as these are the most common ones.
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Come back to us if you have issues having done the above.
One important question.. did you put this extra data inside the sparsebundle.. or in a separate directory under data on the hard disk.. if you put it inside the sparsebundle of TM.. you will have totally messed up the backup.

Can not connect to airport time capsule

Here is what the current situation is:
I can setup the Airport Time Capsule (3GB) form my Mavericks 10.9.4 MacBookAir 2013 using AirPort Utility. However, after setup, I cannot connect to the time capsule using many of the standard ways. Trying both connections of wired and wireless. I have tried:
1. Connecting to the Time Capsule using Time Machine (which I can see the Time Capsule Drive as a selection), and I always get the error "There was a problem connecting to the server “XXXXXX”. Check the server name or IP address, and then try again. If you continue to have problems, contact your system administrator."
2. Using Finder side bar under Shared (which I can see the Time Capsule Drive as a selection), clicking on it, always says Connection Failed at the top of the window. Clicking the Connect As... button results in the same error message as #1.
3. Using Finder, connect to server option, entering the name of the time capsule with .local at the end, and using the ip address and it always returns the same error as #1.
Trying option #3 and looking at the Console for error messages always produces these two messages:
Date Time NetAuthSysAgent[1093]: ERROR: AFP_CreateSessionRef - AFPLoadModules failed 22
Date Time NetAuthSysAgent[1154]: NewAFPLoadModules: bootstrap_look_up failed Unknown service name
Any help would be much appreciated. My computer has security scripts run on it that my company wrote inhouse and not sure exactly what is locked down and not locked down. Thank you.

Using method 3.. try
SMB://TCname.local or SMB://TCIPaddress (I hope obvious you replace with actual name or actual IP).. Please use names that are SMB compatible.. ie short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric.
No luck try CIFS:// etc.
This forces it to SMB1.
No luck ping the TC in terminal.. does it respond??
Do you have ipv6 set ot link-local only in the computer??
Your company may have locked you out.. I would not be surprised. Are you running a vpn on the computer whilst trying to connect to the local network. That will fail and the ping test will show you why.
Date Time NetAuthSysAgent[1093]: ERROR: AFP_CreateSessionRef - AFPLoadModules failed 22
Date Time NetAuthSysAgent[1154]: NewAFPLoadModules: bootstrap_look_up failed Unknown service name
Interesting.. it is blocking AFP perhaps. AFP modules refused.. I do not know the errors well enough but if AFP fails there is a good chance TM won't work. So even if you can mount and access the disk I am not sure you can do TM backups.

I can not connect to my Time Capsule, rescaning for the device does not work.

I used extra Len Cable to connect to my MacBook but still it can not find the Time Capsule.
What are my other options to try reconect the Time Capsule again?

Hard reset did the trick.
I was able to finally see my Time Capsule after few minutes.

Can's access files from time capsule

I have a 2TB Time Capsule that is about 2 months old. The wifi works however, when I go to access the files on the drive, the time capsule boots itself off of the network. I use the time capsule to store my musics, movies, and pictures on. Only a couple of gigs of space is being used. I've done a soft reboot on the time capsule and on the ATT uverse box that it is bridged through. Problem still persist. Issue is happening on my macbook pro and windows laptop. Machines can see the drive, back either the files or empty or time capsule goes off line. Any thoughts.

Yes, unless it's been deleted from the Time Capsule, which may happen when it runs out of space. Don't use the backup as a storage place for files you intentionally delete from the computer; it's designed for recovery of accidentally deleted content, and if desired, for use with the Migration Assistant when setting up a new Mac.
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Can't access file on Time Capsule hard drive after mavericks.

I uploaded some files onto my time machine, after OSX Mavericks; i can see the files but cant open them.Any suggestions as to how i go about it?

What kind of files you want to open.
chick if there is a software support opening these files.

Can't drag files to Time Capsule

I just set up my Time Capsule. It is connected wirelessly to my iMac. I am trying to drag files from my iMac to the time capsule. I get the message, "Modifying ' name of time capsule' requires an administrator name and password. To move 'file name', click Authenticate". But there is no authenticate button. What should I do to enable dragging files to the TC?

Are you transferring files WD plugged in by USB to the TC?
If so the process is WD--USB--TC--network--Computer--network--TC--InternalTCdrive.
If you are using wireless it is much much worse.. Because every packet is copied to the computer then back again.
If you have the USB drive plugged into the computer.. (this is far superior).
WD--USB--Computer--network--TC--internaldisk.
But the TC must be connected by ethernet to the main router.. if you have it connected by wireless then it is much worse again.
Ethernet and all ethernet with wireless turned right off is the only way.. and the USB drive plugged directly in to the computer.

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Ok. I just upgraded one of the powerbooks to Leopard. But still no luck accessing individual files... Migration assistant will transfer accounts. All I'm looking to do right now is transfer a few documents, photos, etc. Help!

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Is that other router the "main" one? If so, you'll have to configure the Time Capsule to "join" the network created by that router. The details of how to do that and whether it's possible may depend on the brand and model of that router, but I have no details on that.

Can Not Unlock Files on Time Capsule

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