Can't add/access files from Time Capsule

I have two time capsules, one that I bought for myself and one that my brother gave to me. For the past couple of months, I've been using the time capsule I bought for myself to back up my imac and I've also been adding video files from my macbook air into a separate folder I created in the time capsule. This method has been working really well for me and I have approximately 700 GB of space left on the the time capsule. However, after I downloaded the Mac OS X 10.5.5 update, every time I try to add video files to the folder on my time capsule, the time capsule disconnects itself after freezing my finder application for about 10-20 minutes. The same thing happens when I try to access the files in the folder. I've been using my brother's time capsule for the time being, but I'm worried I won't ever be able to access these files again. Can anyone help me with this problem? Thank you,
Sugi

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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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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No. You cannot access your Time Capsule directly from an iOS device. The only way to back up an iOS device is to a computer through iTunes or to iCloud, though in some cases you can open and save files via another cloud-based service such as Dropbox.
Regards.

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Hello there, AngryMario.
The following Knowledge Base article offers up how to restore mailboxes and content using Time Machine:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11713
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
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Drag and drop is not the way to go. Run Migration Assistant, found in your Applications/Utilities folder on the Macbook Pro. Follow prompts to recover information from a Time Machine backup, and point it to the Time Capsule.
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Is there a way to access files on my Time Capsule at home from a different computer? I often need to get files from my mac at school - which has only Windows computers - and since I have a MacBook that is shut when I’m not using it, the best way would probably be to access the Time Capsule, that is always on and available. I always have a flash drive, so if I need any files or apps I could just add them there, or to my user account at school. I can’t change any settings on the router it is connected to, but I can change any settings required on the Time Capsule. The Time Capsule is set to connect to our wireless network. I have tried to google this, but I couldn't find anything. Any ideas?

Isn't it just to turn on static ip in the Time Capsule preferences? As I said, I can change any preferences on the Time Capsule that I have to.
The static IP I am talking about is not private but public.. ie the address the ISP gives you.. unless you pay extra or your ISP has more brains than most.. any IP assigned to you is rotated on an hourly, or daily basis usually. This is to prevent you using using your network as a server on the internet. At least not without paying them more money.. and it helps when you do bad things.. and get banned from a site.. with a static IP that ban is forever.
So Problem 1.
From the internet your address keeps moving around.. how are you going to find it.
Problem 2.
Time capsule does not offer a windows protocol to the internet. Only AFP.. apple file protocol.. windows cannot talk AFP. The Time capsule does not offer any other protocol except AFP and SMB (windows networking).. and only AFP is offered to WAN. SMB is so unsafe if ISP opened the port the world would be flooded with hackers. Because so many windows computers have so little protection.
Solution.. use a Mac. This is apple world.. when you buy one.. you are forced to buy more. There is a reason TC does not offer dyndns client and ftp etc. That would mean you could access it without a Mac and buying iCloud account.. with a Mac and iCloud you can do it easily. Surrender.. they have you on a noose.. struggling just tightens the knots.
Solution.. use dropbox and keep the files you want on the internet.
Solution .. as already mentioned.. replace the TC as the main router.. use it as a file store and get vpn router with dyndns client.

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http://www.nullriver.com/products go download Connect360 gives your Mac the ability to share through Xbox360.

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Hello folks,
I am using my 3TB Time Capsule to host all of my video files, most of which are MKV files. I also have an external hard drive connected to the USB port on Time Capsule and there are few video files on it as well.
I am using Time Capsule as a router sitting between the cable modem (WAN) and my locan network (LAN). I have an Argosy HV355T digital media player hooked up to my home theater and TV via HDMI. It is connected to Time Capsule via Ethernet.
On Argosy media player, I am able to connect to Time Capsule (login is successful) but I can neither see the hard drives nor their contents.
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I try to use uPnP on Argosy to connect as uPnP client to Time Capsule, but nothing happens. I thought uPnP is turned ON by default on Time Capsule.
Why am I not able to see the Time Capsule hard drive from my media player?
What am I missing in my setup?
Do I need to install a media server device to read files from hard drives and storage, and stream to media player (Argosy)?
How are you folks using Time Capsule to play video from its hard drive on to TV?
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I try to use uPnP on Argosy to connect as uPnP client to Time Capsule, but nothing happens. I thought uPnP is turned ON by default on Time Capsule.
Why am I not able to see the Time Capsule hard drive from my media player?
What am I missing in my setup?
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The TC has no upnp.. no Apple device does.. Apple refused to join and went off in a huff, sat in the corner and created their own.. NAT-PMP.. which as you can imagine.. doesn't work with anything else but Apple stuff.
So first issue.. no upnp but that isn't a biggie.
SMB file protocol which the rest of the world uses.. has rules which Apple also breaks.
Make sure your TC is setup with all short names. no spaces and pure alphanumeric.
On the file sharing page of the airport utility.. (you may need to use 5.6 from Mac or Windows), ensure that you set a workgroup.. generally now WORKGROUP. And make sure you turn on the guest account to full read and write permissions.
It would be good to ensure a normal windows computer can access the TC..
In windows explorer type in the address bar
\\TCname or \\TCIPaddress (where you replace with actual name or IP).
I do not know the Argosy player but I will look it up.
My hacked ATV1 can see and play files from the TC. That is running XMBC of course.

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can I play music accessed from time capsule so that I don't have to use up room on my computer?

If you want to move your itunes library to the TC we recommend you don't.. the TC is designed as a backup target for Time Machine.. it might appear vaguely like a NAS but it has zero ability to backup files.. and fails with surprising frequency. and is slow.. and what happens when you corrupt your itunes library.
If you just want to put individual files and play from there.. well neither is it a media player. Basically TC fails at anything and everything except being a TM backup target.

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A couple of days ago my macbook pro (mid 2009, 2.53 GHz intel core 2 duo running Mountain Lion) started getting slow almost to a crawl, and the hdd name was changed automatically from Macintosh HD to a really long and weird name, something like ////////kjiosdjfk43///////////////////////////////, the name of a folder that I had on the desktop was also changed to a weird name like that. I changed the name back to Macintosh HD and after that it would take forever to boot and then wouldnt boot at all. I tried to reinstall OSX from the osx utilites menu after pressing command + R while booting but after downloading the file it would get stuck at " about 0 seconds remaining" i tried to format the drive but it still wouldnt install OSX. I bought a new HDD and installed everything from scratch, Leopard, Snow Leopard and finally Mountain Lion. Since the original HDD name was changed i suspected a virus, I haven't used time machine since installing Mountain Lion, I need to know how to check if it was a virus or just the HDD failing. Right now I'm running a scan on the time capsule disk with avast free for mac ( is Avast any good on Mac's?). It's my understanding that my time capsule disk assumes its connected to a new mac, I would like to transfer all my files (music, movies, but most importantly the photos i had on iPhoto) instead of doing a full restore from time capsule (I'd like to do this because i had a lot of applications I no longer use and the mac was getting slow from a while back), if I decide to do this, how do i do it, and, after copying the files do i need to erase the time capsule disk and set it up as a new one for the "new" mac or can I save the old backups and start backing up new ones from this point on ( I'd like to do this in case i forget to transfer any files I still have them on time capsule)

Time Machine will delete its hourly backups when it is running low on space. The daily Backups remains.
Then it will delete the daily backups when it is running low on space. The weekly backups remains.
Then it will delete the weekly backups when it is running low on space. The monthly backups remain.
Then it will delete the odlest backups when it is running low on space.
But because of the convoluted way its internal pointer system works, it will never delete the only backup copy of a current file -- there will still be a copy on the Backup as long as there is still an original file in place on your drive.
So I think your assertion that it deletes your stuff without asking you is an exaggeration. It is not nearly so dire as you are saying.

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Hi There,
Here is my Setup based on previous Discussion in forum.
I have 2013 Airport Time Capsule with below config
     Under Base Station Tab
     Base Station Name - LOPPY
     It has password too - ********
     Under Disk Tab
     Partition name - YOLOO
     Checked - Enable File Sharing
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    Account passwd - ****
Now i am able to browse shared folder under win 7 .. Window > run > \\192.168.1.XXX. .. It asks my time machine user name & passwd and i use wdtv .. i can see 2 folder .. 1st - YOLOO. & 2nd wdtv.
I put few media files in both folder.
Now i have Wdtv live (Gen3) with latest Firmware.
I go to Video > Network share > Window Shares > LOPPY (My Time Capsule)
   it has asked username password . i supplied wdtv/****
And i see famous error - No Media .. There is no media available for playback.
While i have kept media in both folder.
Please advice how to browse files inside Time capsule drive.

Ok got it ..
In WDTV > Setup > network Setup > Turn on Mac Shares
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Enter passwd.. was able to see all folders

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