Files on time capsule not visible in Finder window

I copied files to my time capsule. The time machine app works fine but only if it is running can I see the files I copied to time capsule. I would like to use this disk for media storage for iTunes but if it is not visible a lot of the time then it isn't useful for that purpose

The Time Capsule is for your backups.
Three things....all bad...happen when you try to move the iTunes Media Folder to the Time Capsule disk.
1) Access to media becomes much slower....typically 15-20 seconds before you will hear the song that you selected.
2) The iTunes Media Folder tends to get lost, so you will have to manually reset the path to the folder frequently.
3) When.....not if....the Time Capsule disk has a problem, you will lose all of your iTunes data.....because you have no backup of the ITunes Media Folder.
I've learned each of these things the hard way. If you still want to do this.....here are the instructions:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1449

Similar Messages

Time Capsule Not Visible In Finder Or Airport Utility

I recently purchased last week a 15" mac book pro and a 2 tb time capsule. This is my first mac and first experience with time capsule.I am running Lion. Ever since initial setup and a few calls to apple care the time capsule does not show up in finder or airport utility at times, sometimes it just re appears for a short while then disappears again. Apple care has had me hook directly up via cable to the capsule to switch channels thinking I was getting interference and also had me reset the keychain. I am still having the same problem. Has anyone else experienced this problem, or does anyone have a suggestion to fix this problem? Thanks!

Is the time capsule the main router in the network? If not try and rearrange the network so it will be.
I am not sure that Lion is working very well with TC. There are too many issues popping up.

Time capsule not visible on network

I'm trying to troubleshoot this situation for a colleague.
Situation: macbook air, synchronized wirelessly via time capsule. The time capsule is connected to the fixed network also. This is on our corporate network (both fixed and wifi networks). Backups via time capsule were working fine until yesterday (I see the last backup listed as yesterday).
Yesterday itunes prompted him to update his iphone to OS 5. After the update, the photo's were not synchronized. Upon synchronizing the photo's, the wrong button was clicked (my mistake, oops), and now all photo's are gone in iphoto. Now we're trying to get them back from the time capsule.
The time capsule is not visible in the network, not wired, not wireless. Connecting the macbook air via the fixed or wireless network doesn't reveal it. Airport utility says it cannot find anything. The time capsule is connected to power and network and the green light is on. I tried powercycling it, but this didn't make it appear.
How can I resolve this?

Getting access to stuff in Time Machine is sometimes difficult.. it sounds like something has shredded the files..
Look at the info pondini gave to access the iphoto in particular.
http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/15.html
Upgrading to latest OS particularly Lion in the Mac or ios5 is having all sorts of nasty consequences..
The thing is, if you have photos in there that will need recovery.. you should not use Time Machine or copy files to the TC until you have restored them. In fact the disk may need to be removed to see if they have been deleted but I have no experience with this and others might be able to give more info.

Time Capsule not visible in disk utility

i'm trying to create a disk image on my time capsule to so i can store some seperate media files and the time capsule is not available in the disk utility when its connected via the network. do I need to be connected through and ethernet cord for this to work?
Thanks.

When you click New Image, a setup box will appear.
Make sure that the little arrow in the top box next to Save As appears in the "up" position
Look for your Time Capsule under the SHARED heading in the Finder window on the left
Click the Time Capsule icon
Then double click on the Time Capsule folder to the right
Type a name in the Save As box at the top
Name the Disk Image
Select the size of image that you want
Keep the format of Mac OS Extended Journaled and single partition and read/write disk image
Click Create
It takes about an hour for a 25-30 GB disk image to be created, so do this using Ethernet. Allow 3-5 times longer if you do this using wireless
Some users find it easier to save the Disk Image to the desktop and then move it over the Time Capsule disk, but this takes longer.

Cannot see my files on Time Capsule (not using Yosemite)

Bought a 2T Time Capsule to back up two networked computers, both running Lion 10.7.5 and using Time Machine for back up.
I can see files for one of the two computers,not both. How do I find files on the second computer?

I assume that the Capsule backed up only what was on my computer, not my wife's computer. She will have to back up her computer separately, correct?
Correct.
where do I go to see what is backed up so I can be sure it worked?
It is going to take Time Machine some time to index the new backup, so wait a day or so for this to occur.
Then, click on the Time Machine "clock" icon down on the dock at the bottom of the screen. A lot of data has to load, so if you are using a wireless connection, leave things alone for 5-10 minutes or so.
Once you have history of backups, you can use the time line on the right of the screen to select a data of a past backup to view how your Mac looked on that date. If you need to restore a file, navigate to the location, click to highlight the file, and then click Restore below the window
The following Apple support document will have tips for you:
Mac Basics: Time Machine backs up your Mac - Apple Support

External Hard disk connected to time capsule not visible in windows vista

I have connected my external hard disk to Time capsule. Am Able to find the same in my MBP in finder under shared. But with windows I am not able to see this hard disk. I have installed airport utility and am able to see the time capsule. What to do?

What is the format on the external USB drive?
Have you setup the disk in workgroup correctly to the network workgroup name?
Turn on guest read and write at least to get things started. If you turn on password or changed the default password you will need to remember that.
How are you trying to access the disk? It will more than likely not show up in network shares, without deliberately using the tc ip.. so open explorer and type in \\YOUR_TC_IP_ADDRESS\Share_name
If you have installed the airport utility for windows it should also install the required files to find the disk.

Time Capsule not detected in Finder

My Time Capsule is networked using an ethernet cable to the router with the wireless mode disabled. AirPort Utility does not show any problems with the connections and I previously did not have any problems. However, Time Capsule is now not detected in the Shared locations in the Finder window.
This problem began spontaneously while I was working on some files saved on the TC and I noticed that I was no longer able to save the file due to the loss of connection to the Time Capsule. I checked the connections to the TC using other computers and all seemed to be unable to detect the Time Capsule.
I unplugged the ISP, the router as well as the Time Capsule to renew the IP addresses, but there was no change. I also performed a hard reset on the Time Capsule but it was still undetected by the Finder window, even though AirPort Utility says that it is configured properly and that its status is normal.
Is there any way to obtain my files previously saved on the Time Capsule?

This sounds like it may be related to my issue. We have 5 macs and one new time capsule. Everyone but me is able to backup to the time capsule wirelessly. For me, the TC doesn't show up in my finder as a hard drive - only as a server - (nor is it recognized as in Disk Utility).
Although I can go in and see files that are already on it, I can't back up to it. It keeps asking me for the password over and over. I checked the password in Keychain - and found it listed in there three times - all with the correct password. I'm stumped.
The only difference between my computer and the other four (that I can think of) is that I have backed up my computer to a My Book previously. The others never backed anything up anywhere.
The My Book is not currently hooked up...but I have tried, and found that it still works fine.
Anyone have ideas?

Time Capsule not visible to my iMac (Yosemite 10.10)

Having given up on trying to access my TC via a BT HomeHub4 router, I've plugged it in via Ethernet to my iMac. No other devices on the iMac. iMac is connecting fine to internet via the HH4. Despite this, I still can't access the TC. Here's what I've tried:
TC is flashing amber status.
Open the Time Machine tab in System Preferences. Made sure it is set to 'On'. Pressed 'Select Backup Disk'. Get a 'Other AirPort Time Capsule' icon, which I select.
Click 'Setup".
New window with a globe icon for the internet with a green status light. Top left there is an 'Other Wifi Devices (1)' button, which I press - no other option.
This gives me a new list, the only not-greyed out option is my TC (I know it's mine because the name is right).
Select it and get a 'Gathering Information about your network' message, icon for the TC and a spinning wheel saying 'joining Airport TC....'.
Eventually it gives up and shows an error message 'An unexpected error occurred. Try again.'
Trying again doesn't help.
I've reset the TC with a biro - pressing for one second, pressing for 5 seconds (for a fast flashing amber) and pressing while powering the TC on.
None of the above works.
Any ideas? I don't know if it is connected to Yosemite?

I do not have yosemite installed on any computer.. I am getting old you see and spent my youth on the bleeding edge.. so that I have now too little blood left for installing latest greatest OS until you beta testers are finished.
So here are the lessons from Mavericks.. and all the ones that go before.. Take it if you wish.
Do the setup in full internet isolation.. turn off wireless and use only ethernet to the TC LAN port.
1. Factory reset the TC. (Again).
2. Make sure IPv6 is set to link-local only in the ethernet settings on the computer.. I am guessing this option is still available.
Note that the IP addresses must all be as shown.. The TC reset is 10.0.1.1 and the computer should be 10.0.1.2 although that is not a major one.. but if you use dhcp that should be correct.
3. Open the airport utility and do a manual setup.
Again I am making assumptions that the airport is there. And these options but I doubt it will have changed much.
4. Type in the IP address and proceed.. password should not be needed but is public.
5. Should now get the full summary page.. and you can do a full clean setup without the wizard bothering you.
Go to the base station tab and name it.. TCgen4 (for example) all names should be short no spaces and pure alphanumeric.
Go to the wireless and create a wireless network.. eg TCwifi
Set security to WPA2 personal with all alphanumeric password..
Go to network tab and make sure it is set to bridge.
Now update the TC.
Plug it into the HH by ethernet to its WAN port.
5. In finder use top menu, go, connect to server and force it to AFP.
AFP://TCgen4.local (or use whatever name you have in place of my suggestion).
You should be asked for a password.. we did not change it so it is still public. For now stick to default.
Does it mount?
Do any of the functions i have listed no longer exist in Yosemite?
I hope that all the pictures display as we have issues with apple site dropping the pictures out.. tell me if you cannot see them.

Time Capsule not visible when connecting via range extender

Hi,
I have configured a TP-Link WA750RE to expand the range of my Time Capsule's wireless network. The range extender works fine for surfing the web etc., but the Time Capsule doesn't show up as my Time Machine backup device and the Time Capsule is not visible in my Airport Utility. What's even stranger is that when I click on "Configure other" (shift + command + o) in Airport Utility and type in my Time Capsule's IP-address and password, I can still access the devices' configuration menu.
When I move my Macbook very close to my Time Machine to connect directly to the wireless network, leaving out the range extender, none of the above mentioned problems occur. The TP-Link range extender has no NAT or port configuration that could possibly cause this problem, so I'm out of ideas for a way to solve this problem.
Thank you in advance for your help.

A non-apple range extender is not passing the protocols that apple uses.. eg bonjour.. This is a standard problem and why you stick with using Apple's own routers for extensions.

Time Capsule not visible to Choose Backup Disk

I have a 500GB Time Capsule 7.4.2 and two 13" Macbook laptops (Mid 2007 - 2.16GHz and Mid 2009 2.13 GHz, both running 10.5.8)
Both Macbooks were using the TC for TM backups, wireless access point and a shared printer. A few months ago the 2.16GHz quit backing up to the TC. Still accesses the internet and prints to the printer. While troubleshooting, I turned off TM in system preferences, and now cannot get TM turned back on in the sys pref. When I select Time Machine ON, and select the "Choose Backup Disk" button, there are no drives listed
The 2.16 Macbook (troublesome one) can access the TC in AirPort Utility and view and update all the configuration, but still cannot see the drive in the Time Machine sys pref. In the finder this laptop can see the TC in the Shared Resources but when trying to connect gets the "this file server is running on your machine"
The 2.13 Macbook still updates to the TC with no issues. Also can access the TC in AirPort Utility and TM sys pref with no problems. When connecting to the TM in the Finder it connects and can view both Macbook parsebundles.
Neither laptop can view the TC in Disk Utility, but I think they need to be connected via CAT V to make that work.
Can any help me get the 2.16 Macbook backing up to the TC again? Thanks in advance.
Clake

Pondini wrote:
Hi, and welcome to the forums.
Most likely, the sparse bundle for that Mac is corrupted. Repair it per #A5 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
Thanks for the help. I completed the Repair as directed in A5 of the trouble-some Macbook parsebundle. This had to be completed from the other Macbook since it was the machine in which I could see the parse bundle to drag to the disk utility.
I am still having the same issue. The 2.16 MB cannot see any drives to choose from when turning on TM. Also this same laptop cannot connect to the TC under the shared grouping in the Finder sidebar.
Any other suggestions? Thanks in advance.
Clake

Time capsule not visible

My laptop can't seem to find my time capsule. I have used an Airport in the past and the laptop has no trouble finding it. I have also used the time capsule strictly as a hard drive connected directly to my laptop. Now I would like to make the time capsule my router, but the laptop can't find it. Any help appreciated!

Hi Jason,
If you are trying to find the Time Capsule wirelessly, temporarily connect an ethernet cable from one of the LAN ports on the Time Capsule to your computer.
Then open Airport Utility and it should "see" your Time Capsule so you can configure it. Once you have your wireless network set up, Airport Utility should be able to find it wirelessly in the future.

Time Capsule not visible on WiFi network

Tried to set up a new Time Capsule via the airport utility but it will not identify a Wifi Network to connect to (objective is to enlarge the network, rather than to establish a new network). There is already an older model of time capsule connected to the same router via WiFi to enlarge the network and it works well.
Is it really the only solution to connect the time capsule to the router via Cable and establish the connection like that? (That would be exactly what we do not want - another cable) Multiple resets to factory settings did not solve the issue. Anyone there to help? Thanks

There is already an older model of time capsule connected to the same router via WiFi to enlarge the network and it works well.
Connected by ethernet or by wireless?? What router is it connected to?
An apple router can only extend wireless of another apple router and only once.. ie you can have a main base and one repeater.. you cannot repeat twice.
You can use EOP (homeplug) adapters if ethernet is not suitable.

How can I copy programs (iWorks) and files from Time Capsule to my HD manually? The problem is that the migration assistant does not recognize my backup file and the user on the TC. (If I open the TC on finder, it it there though)

How can I copy programs (iWorks) and files from Time Capsule to my HD manually? The problem is that the migration assistant does not recognize my backup file and the user on the TC. (If I open the TC on finder, it it there though)

How can I copy programs (iWorks) and files from Time Capsule to my HD manually? The problem is that the migration assistant does not recognize my backup file and the user on the TC. (If I open the TC on finder, it it there though)

After restoration of files via time capsule my status changed to "Guest" and I can't find the pass word for changing it back to Registered user. Any Help?

after restoration of files via time capsule my status changed to "Guest" and I can't find the pass word for changing it back to Registered user. Any Help?

Hey mate I had this same problem exept instead of my recording disappearing my Chorus that went for 8 bars extended out to 20 bars lol and I used auto tune on it and it sounds like t-pain on a very bad day so it sounds like it does a few things when it comes up that error

WDTV not able to see media Files from Time Capsule

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
    Secured Shared disk : - With Accounts
    Account name - wdtv
    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
Now .. Video > Network shares > Mac shares > You will be able to see Time Capsule
Enter passwd.. was able to see all folders

Files on time capsule not visible in Finder window

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for