External HDD (via USB) to Time Capsule as Media Server?

I bought a 3TB Seagate Backup Plus i will like to link to my 3TB Time Capsule as a media Server... anything I must do in particular?

Make sure it is Mac formatted.. HFS+
Other than that.. expect low slow speeds.. when the computer can find the TC at all.

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Non riesco a stampare, nella partizione Windows dell'IMAC, con la stampante collegata via USB alla Time Capsule. Ho installato Bonjour, vedo la stampante ma non riesco a stampare. Soluzioni?

Non riesco a stampare, nella partizione Windows dell'IMAC, con la stampante collegata via USB alla Time Capsule. Ho installato Bonjour, vedo la stampante ma non riesco a stampare. Soluzioni?

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External usb drive doesn't appear correctly connected via usb to Time Capsule

After using it successfully for months over my home LAN by connecting it via FW800 (and suing filesharing) to a stationary MacBook Pro, I'm attempting to connect a 2 TB Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 hard drive (in a Rosewill quad-interface enclosure with Oxford semiconductor bridge chip) via USB cable to my third-generation Time Capsule. It is formatted as HFS+ with a GUID partition table.
It appears in Airport Utility and mounts correctly, but none of its folders appears. Have tried two different USB cables with the same results.
Any ideas as to what could be wrong?

So do I. I have a 350 GB Maxtor One Touch external harddrive. When I boot the mac, the drive doesn't show. And if I run the AirPort Disk Utility, it shows by name. But no matter what settings I chose, it doesn't mount and it says "No Disk Found" in the menu.
But here comes the interesting bit: If I turn off the harddrive, and turn it back on again, AirPort Disk Utility finds it. So I think the problem has to do with the harddrive spinning down and going into sleep-mode. For some reason it seems to become invisible to the Extreme-box when doing so. But if that's correct, what the heck do I do about it?

OSX 10.5.4 printing to HP Deskjet via USB on Time Capsule

Mac has a problem printing to a Deskjet 6122 connected USB to a Time Capsule. The Time Capsule is set up as a LAN wireless access point to the ISP.
Wireless clients are:
1. Macbook with Leopard OSX V10.5.4. All OSX updates were applied Dec 5, 2008 in the shop when the Mac got a new HDD and the Leopard upgrade.
2. A Windows Vista box (Time Capsule runs 802.11g because of the wireless adapter in this box).
Printers on the LAN are:
1. HP Deskjet 6122 connected to the USB port on the Time Capsule, and
2. HP Laserjet 1022NW connected Ethernet to the Time Capsule.
Printer sharing is OFF for both printers/clients
Addition of both printers to the Mac was normal. +*But when printing multiple page documents to the Deskjet 6122, the Mac only prints one page*+ (the last one) without error message of any kind. The Mac’s driver version for this printer is 3.3.3. I deleted the printer from the Mac and re-added it – same problem. I followed the procedure in “Printer Troubleshooting for Airport Base Stations and Time Capsule” – same problem.
The Mac prints all pages of multiple page documents to the Laserjet 1022. The Windows box prints all pages of multiple page documents to both printers.
Any ideas?

Thanks Greg.
I don't want to hijack RetP3Pilot's thread, but I may be having a similar issue.
I've recently been experiencing a "connection failure" error when trying to print to my HP Deskjet 950 connected to a Time Capsule via Bonjour. I tried your suggestion of using the latest Gutenprint driver and adding the printer via IP Address. It appears to connect but anything I send to it stalls at 24% and there is no visible activity going on with the printer. ANy suggestions are welcome.
Again, sorry to hijack the thread. Let me know if you'd rather I start a new one.

Problem scanning from HP 1312 MFP connected via USB to Time Capsule

Hi,
I have a HP Color Laserjet 1312 MFP connected via USB to a Time Capsule. I can print through the Time Capsule without any problems but the HP Director software can't see the device hence I can't use the scanner on the device.
Please help!

If the scanning option is vital, just keep the MFP directly plugged into your Mac (via USB). Enable printer sharing via System Preferences. Note that the Mac does need to be on for the other machines on your network to print. If that's not an option, look into purchasing a USB print server to connect via ethernet onto your network.
Here is one:
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=LProductC1&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1115416942657&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisit orWrapper&lid=4265722279L07

é possível conectar internet via usb no time capsule?

tenho um modem usb da prestadora oi, quero conecta-lo no meu time capsule, mas nao estou conseguindo, alguem sabe de alguma dica?

This may be a printer driver issue. I recommended first connect printer directly to computer and check for Software Updates, this will tell you if you have any printer updates.
If you are using a Mac computer follow troubleshooting steps in HT3500
(Basically, navigate to Print & Scan in System Preferences and right-click or control-click on printer from left and choose Reset Printing System, then re-add preferred printer.)
If you are using a Windows computer download and install Bonjour Print Services DL999

Question About Time Capsule as Media Server

Hi,
I am debating purchasing the 1TB Time Capsule. I would put all of my media and photos on the drive and use it as a Media Server. However, I'd like to verify what this thing can and cannot do before I purchase it. If anybody can comment on if TC can accomplish these tasks, I would appreciate it.
1) Will I be able to stream the TC content to my Apple TV?
2) I have a Macbook that goes with me when I travel. If I got the TC, no media content would live on my Macbook, but I'd like to access the content on the TC from the road. If I have a Mobile Me account, will I be able to access the media content on the TC from my Macbook?
3) I have a server that hosts my website, and my current router has Port Forwarding. Can you configure port forwarding with the TC?
4) I understand you can attach a USB drive to the TC. I'd like to hang a drive off of the TC to back it up. I thought I read you can do this, but has anybody found an automated way to do this? Are there any backup programs (Deja Vu or Backup) that can use the TC as a source and a TC USB drive as a target?
I appreciate any assistance with my questions.
Thanks
Chicago29

I have my TC set up as a wireless media server. I have over 800 movies and a huge music library. I Stream to my computer and to my apple TV via Itunes on my imac
Pros- since I have almost all apple stuff, IMAC, Apple TV. The installation and streaming is flawless and very easy.
COns- The TC is extremely slow to write to. So getting stuff on it takes forever even if you use a LAN cable. Once it is on -no problems.
Since the TC is so slow itunes will sometimes show things as not being there when it does a quick scan or not playable. This is remedied by just restarting itunes once the TC harddrive is up to speed.
Price- You can get a wireless router and a 1TB external for $150 and have a faster machine that does the same thing without all the speed problems.
I was a little MAC crazy when the TC came out and bought it before the reviews were out. IN hindsight I would have just bought a wireless router and an external and saved myself the money. But I have it and it works. Kindof like a mule.

NAS capabilities of the Time Capsule as media server after Snow Leopard

Why does Apple have to prevent the Time Capsule being used as a media server? I accept that it was never sold as such but pre-Snow Leopard it worked fine and was the ONLY reason I bought it in the first place.
I don't like Time machine. I have my own back-up procedures in place to take care of that. What I DO like is being able to have all my media in one place in my house instead of scattered across four machines. I also like that I could back up all the TC content onto another external connected to the USB socket on the TC.
It all worked well, gave me the security of knowing my media was being backed up daily and also freed up a lot of space on my other Macs.
With the advent of Snow Leopard Apple has rendered my music server as good as useless, prevented my ability to make scheduled back-ups and is forcing me to reconfigure my system with a proper NAS so I don't risk losing over 40,000 music files and 1000s of original photographs should the hard drive in the Time Capsule fail.
This will cost me well in excess of £500 and a lot of my time. Then I will have a redundant 1TB Time Capsule and another redundant 1TB external hard drive.
Why does Apple see the need to disable this functionality? If it doesn't support it how does it know it needs to prevent it? What is the issue here? All Apple seems to do is upset a lot of people who have made an investment in Apple equipment only to have the primary reason they bought it killed off.
Am I wrong here? Have I made some kind of configuration error that means my TC just disappears from my desktop and my iTunes stops playing?
Cheers
Rich
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Okay, I've actually posted about this issue before but was simply told that 'Apple do not support the Time capsule as a media server', but this is my experience...
I have a modem/router supplied by my ISP that distributes wireless at 'g' standard - fine for our iPhones, but all our Macs are modern Intel models capable of using the 'n' standard.
So I bought the Time Capsule for two reasons - one to give us that faster wireless service and two to act as a media server by consolidating all the music, video and photo files we had in duplicate and triplicate across the four machines in our household.
The TC was connected to the router via gigabit ethernet and then via ethernet to my 3.06 iMac from where everything is managed. Wireless 'n' standard access at 5GHz was provided to our laptops and as expected every machine could 'see' the TC on the network.
I then moved all our media files onto the TC with no problem and added a 1TB external drive to the TC via the USB port. I then discovered that Chronosync installed on my iMac could see the TC and the TC Back-UP drive so I used that to copy everything over and set up a schedule to ensure that regular copies of new files were made.
I then added both the TC and the TC Back-Up to my login items so they would automatically mount on the desktop upon start-up. Restarting the machine proved this worked fine so I proceeded to point all the Macs' iTunes libraries to the new location on the TC and set them NOT to copy the files over when adding to library.
This all worked fine and all the Macs could access and play iTunes, surf the internet etc. except in the distant corners of the house. To help coverage I bought four new Airport Expresses with 'n' capability and set each one to extend the wireless network created by the TC.
Then I added an Apple TV and linked that to the TC network too. This again was managed via iTunes on the iMac and set to automatically synch new recordings made via my EyeTV.
This whole set-up has worked flawlessly for over a year and until I installed Snow Leopard.
When I first restarted after installation on my iMac I really noticed nothing. The TC mounted as usual and when I started iTunes my Apple TV began to automatically synch. Everything seemed to be operating normally. However when I double clicked the TC icon to access my files I got a warning message saying 'The alias “TIME CAPSULE” can’t be opened because the original item can’t be found.' I was given the choice to delete or fix the alias or just go Okay. When I chose 'fix' a new Finder window opened where the TC was clearly visible in the left column and it said I was connected. But in the next column both the TC and the TC Back-Up were greyed out.
I then dragged the TC to the Trash on my iMac and I could hear it spin up and then it finally moved.
I then opened a new Finder window, selected the TC and it came up with a preview calling it a 'Sharepoint' and no longer like a normal hard disk.
Meanwhile I realised that because iTunes was no longer 'seeing' the TC it had defaulted to the Music folder in my Home folder and was now busy deleting all my Apple TV stuff because it couldn't find the originals.
This has been going on for several weeks now and I am increasingly frustrated by trying to find a workaround. Meanwhile Chronosync no longer makes scheduled back-ups because the drives don't mount on start-up - well they do as aliases but that's no good if they're not linked to the originals!
What bothers me is that all this stuff worked like a dream under Leopard - indeed many others have similarly used Time Capsule as a media server and must no doubt be seeing similar issues to my own.
If I can't continue using the TC this way then Apple have essentially removed the very functionality I bought it for and thus rendered it useless.
Of course if there is a glaring configuration error or even an adjustment post-Snow Leopard that needs to be made then please tell me. However the original reply to my older post of 'Apple do not support the Time capsule as a media server' does not leave me with much confidence in getting this resolved any time soon.
I have everything crossed however...
Cheers
rich
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How to use time capsule as media server on samsung tv

My time capsule is connected via lan with my samsung Series7.
The tv has a connectin to the internet via lan.
I want to stream movies from the time capsule directly via lan to the tv.
"All Share" doesn't see my time capsule.
Do I really have to install a server-software on time capsule?
If yes, how?

There is no media server in the TC or available to load in the TC. The TV is probably needing DLNA streaming which Apple will not do.. since they use their own standard.
You have to have a player between the devices.. and not an Apple TV unless it has been JB.. because Apple places too many limitations on it. You cannot JB the latest ATV v3. So look at other products.. eg WDTV live.
Or many others that can play media files stored on the TC to the TV.
Or you need to use iPad or media computer to stream from itunes to the ATV plugged into the TV.. it does get complicated.

Partitioned Time Capsule as Media Server for HTPC

I recently made the big switch to Apple - purchasing a Mac Mini, Imac and Time Capsule - and wish to use the Time Capsule to back-up the Imac (in office) via Time Machine and serve media to the Imac and Mac Mini (HTPC). The reason I want to do it this way is because I want to use Front Row to play media via the Mac Mini. I initially had the Mac Mini linked to Itunes media on the IMac (where I currently store all of my music) using Home Share, but every time the Imac went into sleep mode, I would lose access to the media.
I have successfully partitioned the Time Capsule into two virtual drives - one for Time Machine back-ups and one for media to be accessed by the imac and mac mini (no easy feat). I copied all of my media from the Imac to the proper Time Capsule partition. Additionally, I was able to "point" itunes on each computer to the itunes file on the Time Capsule.
The problem is, when one computer is pointed to the Time Capsule, I lose the connection on the other and it diverts back to the old location of the media files. My questions:
1. Is it possible to do what I am trying to do?
2. Is there a better way of creating a permanent connection to Itunes between two computers so that I don't lose the connection when they "sleep"? (I tried using the function where the computers would wake on network access, but it didn't seem to work.
Thanks for you help!

Over my head wrote:
I have successfully partitioned the Time Capsule into two virtual drives - one for Time Machine back-ups and one for media to be accessed by the imac and mac mini (no easy feat).
Were you able to do that without physically removing the drive? If so, how?

Need help Using Time Capsule As Media Server

New time capsule owner was wondering if someone could help me set it where i can put all my digital media, Itunes, Dvd-rips on to the TC and use it as a Media Server.
Thanks for your help fellas

You will need to run media server on a PC / Mac and use TC as NAS that stored your media files.

Time Capsule as Media Server

Hi guys,
I bought a Time Capsule a month ago and now I wanted to access the data stored on it with my Philips TV (40PFL9705K/02). Unfortunately it does not allow it to me until I install an Media Server. Now I wanted to ask you if someone has already solved this issue?
Thanks for your help,
Andreas

too bad.
it's exactly the info i was seeking as well. - why dosn't apple provide solutions for people with mulitple macs ? it's much more common in my surrounding than multiple people sharing one mac (as supportet by os x)

How to retrieve files on external HDD via Time Capsule?

I have external HDDs connected to Time Capsule but when I access those HDDs, they don't show the files that were stored in them. However, when I check the "Get Info" on those HDDs, it shows how much capacity is used and how much is available. How can I retrieve my files on those external HDDs via Time Capsule? Many thanks for your help!!

How is the drive formatted?
Does it show up in the airport utility?
TC has very restricted ability to read HFS+ (ie standard Mac format) or Fat32.

External USB HDD not recognized by Time Capsule

Hi, I read that I should be able to extend my Time Capsule 500Gb with an external USB disk, and I bought a 500Gb Maxtor with external Power supply and USB 2 interface. I formatted it as mnentionen in all other threads I've read, but it dont show up in the Disks window in Airport Utility. Tried every combinations of restart procedures, plug/unplu, you name it. I tried vit a 2Gb USB Stick vith the same formatting - no problem, it showed up immediately.
Does the drive/USB interface have to be of a specific type (nothing like that is mentioned in the documentation), but it seems that there is an issue here?

I was having same trouble and finally found a solution by hooking my external drive to my time capsule through a powered USB router. When I did this, the disk was finally recognized. However I received a message from Airport Setup Utility that the external disk needed repair. (it had been formatted to a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format previously).
I hooked up the external drive directly to my MBP with USB2 and reformatted/partitioned (1 partition) using the following: "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" and the GUID partition scheme. (It should NOT be Master Boot Record (MBR).)
I then hooked the external back up to my Time Capsule thru my powered USB hub (it still would not show up using a direct connection) and I am able to see the drive fine now through AirPort Utility and able to archive directly to it. Hooray!
I hope this helps. Good luck!

I have an external hard drive from my time capsule that stopped working on me. I am attempting to access the data with a hard drive reader on my MAC. I am able to see the drive in disk utility and under system info USB. But I am unable to access the data.

I have an external hard drive from my time capsule that stopped working on me. I am attempting to access the data with a hard drive reader on my MAC. I am able to see the drive in disk utility and under system info USB. But I am unable to access the data and it does not show on the desktop when connected.

Ok if disk utility was able to verify the drive I doubt there is any problem.. are you trying to open a TM backup??
You need to mount the sparsebundle then check the actual info inside the bundle.
Don't use disk warrior.. if the disk has verified then unless you deliberately deleted files there is nothing that is going to do.
Pondini has a lot of stuff about getting access to the sparsebundle.
http://pondini.org/TM/17.html
But if you have copied info to the TC that is now gone.. and the disk is ok.. I am not sure.. the TC will not have deleted the files itself.

External HDD (via USB) to Time Capsule as Media Server?

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