Downloading Torrents Directly to Time Capsule

I recently purchased a Time Capsule to both replace my old router and serve as a place to store things I downloaded. After setting it up one of the first things I did was change the "save to" location of my Azureus to my TC. After downloading a few things tonight here is what I have run into:
Files download without issue, and are playable through Azureus however they do not actually show up when I open the Time Capsule through my hard drive icon. After doing a manual and computer search through my own computer and then through the few files I have so far transferred to my TC, there is no sign whatsoever of the files I downloaded. Another puzzling thing is that neither my own hard drive nor the TC shows any used space taken up by the files, but I assure you they are playable.
Any thoughts on how I might deal with or fix this?
- hoeck
P.S. As a second question, my wireless upload speed from my computer to the TC is somewhere between 1 and 2 megs a second, which is perfectly fine by me, but what is a "normal" upload speed?

No ideas?

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I currently have time capsule 1TB working wirelessly as a backup for my macbook. I also would like to use it as an external hard drive. I can not figure out how to do this even after reviewing the questions on the forum. I have tried to import video through imovies and the time capsule does not show as a drive I can download into. Any advice?

I also would like to use it as an external hard drive.
Open Macintosh HD and look for the Time Capsule icon under the SHARED heading on the left side of the window.
If the Time Capsule icon does not appear here, click anywhere on the open desktop so that the Finder menus appear at the top of the screen. Click the Finder menu, then click Preferences. Click the General tab. Under the heading of "Show these items on the desktop", make sure that there is a check mark next to 'Connected Servers"
Click on the Time Capsule icon on the left side of the window
Double click the folder that appears on the right side of the window
This will mount the Time Capsule disk icon on the desktop
You can drag/drop, copy/paste to this disk
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You can download files from TC if you can get it to work.. as yet Apple do not have an airport utility or bonjour version for win8. Some people seem to get it working ok.. others not.. Do not buy a TC for this use. If you already have it.. try.. it will not harm the computer.
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You can move your iTunes library.. Apple have explicit instructions to do it. If the library is moved to the TC and accessed over wireless, the efficiency of the whole system will drop dramatically..
A file you download goes.. Modem---TC--Laptop--Back to TC--Store on disk. Double looping the wireless slows it dramatically..
As far as using TC for your iTunes.. you CAN.. but SHOULD YOU?
Store files on the TC.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/24380694#24380694
This is asked several times a day.. obviously people are struggling with their latest SSD being too small.
The TC is not suitable for network file server.. but many people having no choice press it into service as such.
It cannot be partitioned. It was and is and ever shall be a backup device for Time Machine.
Major issues.
1. No backup.. no way Time Machine can backup a network drive. No place to backup to.. So all your files will be at risk. And you will need to buy a third party like CCC to do backup.
2. The TC cannot be partitioned and mixing TM backups and data is not great.
3. The drive is slow to spin up and quick to spin down.. there is no controls.
4. iPhoto in particular can easily corrupt its entire library with wireless networking causing a disconnection to one photo. Even if you do this;;; do not move your photo library... you have been warned!!
5. iTunes will constantly lose connection to the library. The disk is too slow to respond.. itunes on the computer will constantly spit out errors. Even in the midst of streaming the TC can spin down the disk due to caching.
6. Do not use any live files on the TC no matter what else you do.. if you edit files in whatever program the file must be on the local hard disk.
7. The only suitable location for most libraries is a computer. You can plug in an external hard disk.
Read pondini for some work arounds.
Q3 here. http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html

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can I backup my iPad directly to Time Capsule?
In a word, no.
The iPad backs up to iTunes on your Mac or PC. Then, the Mac backs up in turn using Time Machine to the Time Capsule.
Your other option is to backup the iPad using iCloud.
See this Apple support document for complete info on iOS backups:
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Short answer: what Frank said (cross-posted my answer). Read below for, essentially, the same conclusion -- or better spend you time shopping for a good FW drive.
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hi all
i've just got hold of a 1tb time capsule. i have a heap of home movies that i want to move from tape to computer, and reckon there is over 100gb of footage. i don't have enough hard drive space for all of them
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And can stuff be saved on time capsule that is not then stored on the hard drive?
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hi all
i've just got hold of a 1tb time capsule. i have a heap of home movies that i want to move from tape to computer, and reckon there is over 100gb of footage. i don't have enough hard drive space for all of them
i had hoped to be able to transfer them via my laptop directly to time capsule. is this possible? And can stuff be saved on time capsule that is not then stored on the hard drive?
to complicate things, i'm hoping to be able to view them on apple tv, and hoped to be able to synch the apple tv with the time capsule
Am i making things very complicated?
Many thanks for any help

mathewprior wrote:
hi all
i've just got hold of a 1tb time capsule. i have a heap of home movies that i want to move from tape to computer, and reckon there is over 100gb of footage. i don't have enough hard drive space for all of them
i had hoped to be able to transfer them via my laptop directly to time capsule. is this possible?
Yes.
And can stuff be saved on time capsule that is not then stored on the hard drive?
Yes.
to complicate things, i'm hoping to be able to view them on apple tv, and hoped to be able to synch the apple tv with the time capsule
I don't know about Apple TV. I don't think you can sync a Time Capsule, but check either in the Time Capsule forum, hidden in the +Digital Life+ section, at: http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1253 and/or the MobileMe forums, also in +Digital Life,+ at: http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=116
One additional consideration is backups. Most backup apps (including Time Machine) won't back up a Time Capsule (Apple's main intention for the Time Capsule is as a destination for backups, not a source). There is a feature in +Airport Utility+ where you can attach an external drive to one and "archive" the TC's disk to the external. So be sure you have a good backup plan.

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Does any one have any experience working on files located on a Time Capsule through the ethernet connection? Especially with video software.
We are adding a second work station to our small video company. A simple and cheap way for two people to have access to the same file to work on is to locate the file on a Time Capsule and have each computer connect to it via the ethernet connections. Projects don't need to be edited simultaneously, just person A edits the file, saves, then person B can work on the file and save.
I have edited on external drives with FW 800 before, but never with ethernet. Just wondering if there is likely to be any problems with this set up?
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You do not need a router. But if you don't use a router how are you getting internet connection??
How did you expect to connect to the TC?
If you are using a system where internet is via wireless and you want to connect the two computers for high speed by ethernet that is fine.
The difference not having a router makes is you must set IP address yourself on both computers.. you must fix everything so the network between the two computers doesn't mess with the internet connection.
I would still buy and use a switch.. you can get a 5 port gigabit switch for $30-40.. the reason it is worth it is handling connection is generally done better by a switch.. but you can directly connect two computer using gigabit with a straight ethernet cable. Remember to set ip in a different range to that used by your router..
So with direct connection by cable or via a switch.. this is the setup.
Lets say you have a router that is set to 10.0.1.1 ie apple type.
Then set ethernet port to 192.168.1.10 on one computer and 192.168.1.11 on the other computer.
If the main router was actually 192.168.1.x then use 10.0.0.x on the computers.
Set the subnet mask to 255.255.255.0
Do not set a gateway (router in applespeak) or DNS..
The two computers can then find each other without the computer getting messed up with wrong gateways.
BTW if you simply plug the two computers together they may actually create a self discovery network using 169.254.x.x but that can be sloppy and slow the computers boot and connection, as everytime it starts it has to go through the discovery process.. it is much better to use a fixed IP which you control.

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I understand it is a long shot, but I also feel like Apple technology isn't far off from having this function. Let me explain:
My MacBook serves me one function: acting as an interface for adding/deleting/editing my music for my devices (iPhone & iPad). It is the only reason why I still have my MacBook, and quite frankly, I'm sick of using it.
Have we reached a point where I can finally eliminate the need of having this MacBook?
All of my 500+ GBs of music has already been organized in iTunes (my way). The files are stored in my current external hard drive. My library is visible from iTunes but you can't play songs unless my hard drive is connected. What I currently do in order to swap music, is light up the hard drive and my MacBook, plug in my device and add/delete through iTunes. It is such a grueling process that always takes way more time than I'd like it to.
My main question: Can you access the contents of your Time Capsule from your iPhone/iPad?

I understand this might go beyond your understanding but a little input would be great. This isn't really a question, more like an idea:
Ideally, I would have all 500 GBs of my music on my device at all times. Realistically, this is impossible until iPhone15 is out... so how about in the meantime, there is an app you can download that works in conjunction with hardware you need to buy seperately. The hardware acts as an external hard drive that stores all your music, and the app acts as the interface. All you need to do is connect the devices, and drag and drop with your finger. It seems so incredibly simple. I don't understand why this technology doesn't exist.
I assume you know more about limitations and things like that. I just wanted to get a discussion going.

Using Time Capsule with Windows 7. Won't work when modem connected directly to Time Capsule, must be connected through another router.

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Sorry but it needs much more specific info than this..
What modem? Is it cable or adsl or some other?? Is it pure modem or broadband router included?
Cable has specific issues different to adsl.
If you used to use the Cisco/linksys router.. and have not reset the cable modem it will not work. Turn off the cable modem.. it must be powered down.. if battery backup drop out the battery. Remove the coax cable.. get it off. Power down everything else in the network.
Plug in the modem to the TC wan port.
Power up the modem.. wait 2min
Power up the TC.. wait 2min
Power up the clients.
If it has worked you will now be able to open the airport utility on the windows computer and see the TC has a public ip on the WAN port. If not redo the whole thing but leave the modem off.. 15min.. 1 hour.. 1 day.. ring the cable company and ask them to reset. Usually a few minutes is enough.
If you have a modem with combined router.. then bridge the TC. Just google search it.
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This question may have been put forward a number of times and apologies if so. Is it possible to stream directly from a Time Capsule (or equivalent) to the Apple TV without a computer acting as an intermediary?
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No, iTunes play a key role in syncing/streaming data.
AppleTv probably does not know the location of media files, only the media type and metadata, so when selected for streaming it asks iTunes to stream the file.
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The NAS products out there which puport to have in-built iTunes servers are ok for sharing with iTunes on the network, but are not fully AppleTV compatible due to the need to set iTunes up with a numerical code to work with AppleTV.
Feedback can be sent here:
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AC

HT4522 How do I download from an old time capsule to a new one or to my computer?

I have a new 2T time capsule but have somehow lost all the old material I originally copied from my old time capsule. How can I go into the old capsule and re-copy all those files onto the new capsule?

Check the disk capacity left on the new 2TB, as the files are likely there.
Are the files TM backups? You handle those somewhat differently to regular files.
Check Q18 here for moving TM backups.
http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
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I strongly recommend using ethernet.. turn off wireless. This is going to be a bit slow because the copy has to take place via the computer.. ie all packets are copied.. old TC--Computer.. Computer--new TC. As such it can take ages if you use wireless.
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