How do I stop a time capsule wanting to update its firmware?

Ive updated my firmware twice and both times I've had to revert back to version 7.5.1 (the version the capsule came fitted with) as the updates have either slowed down its wireless speed or it constantly disconnected and reconnected giving me an annoying warning every couple of minutes to tell me so. It's now flashing orange and 'reporting problems' wanting to update its firmware. How do I prevent the time capsule from wanting to update to a version of the software that doesn't work?

This is one of those hard to find menus.. and it will still not prevent it occasionally requesting updates.. and you might have to reboot it occasionally.
Open airport utility and open the manual setup. In the spotlight box (is that what it is called), in the top right corner which has find a setting.. type updates.
A menu called options pops up.. and you can set it to forget. Check for firmware updates, uncheck.. !!
Update the TC.

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I have taken my Time Capsule out of the internet connection feed, as I found it was slowing things down. My internet connection is much faster now that it comes to my iMac direct from the 50MB feed via the wireless router supplied by my provider. So I have connected the Time Capsule to my iMac via ethernet cable, and it now backs up much more speedily than it did when doing it wirelessly. The problem I have is that I keep getting an error screen from Airport Utility telling me that my Time Capsule is reporting problems. The problem (I assume) is that it is trying to find the internet but can't. Can I disable this so that it works simply as a hard-wired back up disk?

Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utillities > AirPort Utility
Click Manual Setup
Click directly on the word "Status" (2nd line on the summary page) and a window will open to explain why the Time Capsule is complaining.
You should be given an option to "ignore" the problem, which is probably a message that you do not have an Internet connection at the Time Capsule
Click Update to save the new settings and the Time Capsule will display a green light in 25-30 seconds

HT1178 My time capsule wants to down load an update (1st update) and error 6727 comes up and it won't download the update. What is the problem and how do I fix it?

My Time capsule wants to down load an update (1st update) and an error of 6727 shows up and it won't down load the update. What is the problem and how do I fix it?

I have done it before.. but other than saying it worked there was no other indication.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/22042667#22042667

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How do I setup my Time Capsule (3rd Generation) to be accessed from the internet while I'm traveling? It is installed on my home network behind my TWC broadband router.

Ok.. since the TWC modem is also a router.. all configuration takes place on this box.. NONE whatsoever takes place on the TC.
There is no airport utility 7.7.3 but there is a firmware of that number for the latest AC model TC..
Is it tall like this.
Then it is Gen5.
otherwise it will have a firmware.. 7.6.4 or earlier and the airport utility must be 6.3 or earlier.
Open the Airport utility and give us a screenshot of the summary page.
That will also help us determine that you have the TC, which version and how it is setup.
You might want to press the edit and also give us the Internet and Network tab as they should be set correctly as well.
I have created a DDNS through DYN.com although I am not sure how to implement this into the TC.
You do not do anything in the TC.. set it up in the Ubee router.
Port forward 548 to the TC in the Ubee router.
And make sure the TC has a static IP in the Ubee router.
Overall if you find this too hard I strongly recommend you buy a product designed for remote access .. eg WD MyCloud.. they are cheap and easy peasy to setup for remote access.. by PC or Mac and since it is built outside of Apple you not bound up in Apple limitations built into all their equipment to prevent you using it the way you want.. rather than apple want you too.. eg BTMM and iCloud being the only way apple provide for access to the TC and only when it is the main router of the network.
You are fighting hard because Apple made this hard.. not easy.

HT201945 How do I use my time capsule on an existing WIFI network?

How do I use my Time Capsule on an existing WIFI network?

Use an Ethernet cable to connect from one of the LAN <--> ports on your existing wireless router to the WAN "O" port on the Time Capsule and then use the setup "wizard" on your Mac to configure the Time Capsule.
It will suggest that you set up the Time Capsule to create a new wireless network. If you don't want or need another wireless network, you can turn off the wireless function of the Time Capsule and use it as wired hard drive only.
Leave the Ethernet cable connected at all times. If you need to locate the Time Capsule in a different area, you can put it anywhere that the Ethernet cable will reach up to about 330 feet or 100 meters.
The only exception to using an Ethernet cable would be if your existing wireless network is provided by another Apple router. Then.....you would have the option to have the Time Capsule connect using wireless and extend the network, although using a wired connection would still be the better way to go in terms of performance.

How do I Partition my Time Capsule Drive ?

I have a 1-Terabyte Time Capsule (Not POSITIVE if its 3rd Gen or 4th Gen?) but It's less than 2 years old if that helps.
It serves as my Wireless Router in my house. My desktop backed up to it Once (I Think?) and my Laptop is not on Auto, but has 30 or 40 generations of backups out there.
Honestly I kind of just Forgot about having this big storage device out there until recently when (Big Project) my Laptop Drive sunk to 34 MEG (not GIG, MEG !!!) --- and I Panicked. I fiddled around a bit and got the TC to show as a Shared Drive in Finder. THANKFULLY I had NOT been using it in "Auto Backup Mode" because I still had over 600Gig Free and was able to dump MASSIVE Amounts of data files out there. From What I Read in the Info, TM or TC ?? will Continue to back up and Keep EVERY COPY until it runs out of space. Only THEN will it ever start deleting older records. (OK, Its GREAT for data security, but Not so Hot for a "Shared Drive") which is what this has now become for me. The Ability for ANY of my Computers to see and work on the same files has become a MAJOR Bonus thing --- and I'm Not feeling like giving that great feature up. (Ever Try and Move a 100 Gig's of Data with a FLASH DRIVE ?? Not EVER Again ;-)
So what appears to be my Solution would be to Partition the TC so that the backups live in a defined space (I CONTROL) I spent HOURS with the install disk, Utilities and out here trying to find a feature where you can Limit TC, but NADA, You Get Hourly Backup (like it or not) Daily, Weekly, Monthly and who knows, it might even do Yearly ?? But Your going to Get 'em No Matter What and it wont stop till it runs out of Real Estate. So I need to make it's Playground a bit smaller.
I can't get Disk Utility to "SEE" the TC ?? (I Thought I saw it last night ?? but Maybe Not ??) I have re-booted the Computer and Power Cycled the TC but It's Just NOT Going to Show. (Its Still in the Finder and I can Move Data IN & Out and Cross Platform---so its Working Fine, but It Wont Show in Disk Utility)
**OK This Is REALLY Strange** As I am Typing This, TC Just Kicked into a Backup. I Still have the Disk Utility open and the DATA FILE for TC is showing as a DISK?? but the Actual TC Drive is still NOT showing. (Specifically, the Datafile "Name of My Computer.SparseBundle" is showing as a Drive ??)
I got an External HDD and moved all the data OFF of the TC (The Info I saw on Partitioning Indicated that Wiping the Disk was Likely) The Only Thing Left out there is the backup file which Frankly I don't care about. Everything is Fine right now, so If I can Wipe, Partition, Set Back Up and start TC Backups again I will have everything I need.
**OH** I Know I can Hang another drive off of the TC but It's Not a Great option. it is S...L....O....W.... as Dirt going over USB (Really Apple?? USB ?? I have a 12 Year Old G5 Desktop that Not Only Has FireWire 400 but 800 as well----- USB ???)
Appreciate your Efforts & Thanks

OK--Post Script Time:
I Searched for this issue and Didn't find an answer, After Posting I got several suggestions that seemed pretty close to the mark, but None went far enough.
The General Consensus seems to be Partitioning is a "NO" via Any Conventional Means.
Alternatives Given we from the Exotic (and Slightly Scary) of Ripping Your TC Open and Yanking the Drive out and formatting it on another computer in some sort of "Housing" to Hacking Suggestions (I have Never had a good experience trying to Hack any of my stuff. I will allow the level of Knowledge needed exceeds mine? but there always seems to be that one Missed Step (Oops) which results in being worse off than before.
The Most reasonable (and Least Scary) option I saw was "Creating a Disk Image and Mounting it like it was a Disk" --- which if I had **ANY**CLUE*** how to do that and what the results would look & feel like I might try----So......
Opinions on this option?
Experience with the TC with this done to it ?
and 5th Grader Step by Step Insturctions on HOW to do it ??
Please??
Thanks
PS: Forget the 5th Grader thing They Probably need LESS Help, Try "Retirement Home Instructions" ;-)

How do I purge old time capsule names?

I have been unable to get an old 1TB time capsule to run as a back up on time machine with a Mac mini (OSX10.9.5)—I have spent almost two days trying to set it up to work as it should but in the end I have had to come here.
On the time capsule, I have updated firmware to 7.6.4, reset to factory by pressing the button inset on the back (several times) and erased all data using Airport utility 6.3.2.
First off, I want to purge any and all old time-capsule names (and lost passwords) that pop up every time I activate time machine>select disk or airport utility>base station. This still happens even after I have reset and erased all data on the time capsule.

Not sure how I could uninstall 7.6.4,
Downgrade firmware by holding down the option key when you click the version number in the summary screen.
(I also did this with TC connected directly to the Mini via ethernet to the WAN port),
Never connect to the WAN port.. always LAN.. you are setting this wrongly so getting into trouble.. All devices behind plug into LAN or connect to wireless.. only the router connects to WAN.
when I opened TMachine (TM) up popped the "old disc name" on "the new TC name."
Reset TM.. you are mixing things up.
Time Machine needs to be totally fixed from the computer.. the setting on the TC is totally irrelevant.
See A4 here. http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Now I cannot seem to get the Mini and TC to see the ethernet connection at all. FYI the ethernet connection on SysPrefs>network shows "self-assigned IP"
You are plugged into the wrong port.
It is LAN not WAN. Hence no IP address.
It looks like a clusterF to me...any suggestions as to how to get TM/TC to back up via ethernet before disconnecting the ethernet connection and going totally radio?
Full manual setup of the TC in total isolation from the network... MUST WORK.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5800974?tstart=0
Or should I just use TM with an external HD connected to the mini via USB, which at present looks like a far more sensible option?
Local backup is faster, more reliable and in Mavericks 1000% better.. Mavericks has major network issues.
And TM is lousy as well.
I use Carbon Copy Cloner as a backup software.. as well as TM.. it is more reliable and bootable clone backups can be tested in a few min so you know they work. None of this is possible with TM.

I just upgraded from my 2008 MacBook to a new Macbook Pro. How do I get my time capsule to work on my new MacBook? I did data migration, but the time capsule did not pick it up. Any ideas?

I just upgraded from my 2008 MacBook to a new Macbook Pro. How do I get my time capsule to work on my new MacBook? I did data migration, but the time capsule did not pick it up. Any ideas?

If you migrated all the info from time machine to your new MBP. The TM will usually ask to connect to the old backups.. sorry I am not sure is this what you want to do.. Personally I think you start a fresh backup.
BTW Time Capsule does not do anything.. it is a dumb hard disk in a box.. it is TM that does everything.
Look at B5 and B6 here about connecting to your backup.
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html

How do I convert a Time Capsule former Time Machine into an external drive?

I want to convert my 2TB Time Capsule (which I formerly used as a Time Machine) into an external drive. I now have a 3TB which I have set up as the Time Machine thus freeing the 2TB to hopefully work as an external drive. The 2TB now sits with the old Time Machine backup data intact but I no longer need that backup. I had it hooked up to my modem but not have hooked the ethernet up to my desktop (is that right?). Please advise how to prep the 2TB Time Capsule to be a normal external drive.

1) How do I turn the wireless on the TC on or off? Where do I go to change the settings.
Spend some time in the airport utility.. the easiest way is simply go through every screen until you are familiar with the controls.
Open airport utility.. click the TC.. click edit.
Click the wireless tab. Click on Network mode.. select Off..
2) I found the Touro 4TB and the price is quite inexpensive compared to other 3 and 4TB units. What's the reason for that? Am I missing something in the specs? They offer a Touro Deskpro and a Touro DX3. I can't tell from the description what the difference is - I can't see beyond 4TB. Is one preferable over the other?
They are competing with better known brands.. ask anybody hard disk brands they know.. and either Western Digital or Seagate come to mind. People easily forget there was hitachi (ex IBM). Although Hitachi sold their disk division but due to anti-trust laws it could not be sold entirely to WD who bought half of it.. Toshiba bought the other half. WD tries to hide the Hitachi drive name to bury it.. they bought to bury. But Toshiba keeps it alive.
I actually buy Hitachi drives (Toshiba now) in preference to the others. But everyone has their favourite. The Touro are just good value for money.. the case is not exactly the work of art.. buy LaCie for that. It is a bit over large and the plastic is plasticiky, if you get my drift. Silver plated plastic to make it look like metal is not my favourite.. but I am hardly concerned with the look..!! It looks like an external hide drive.. hide it if you find it ugly.
The difference between the Touro Pro and the Touro DX3 4TB drives is the speed of the drives, the pro is 7200rpm and the the DX3 should be 5400rpm.
I am not 100% sure of the above.. but it is likely to be different drives.. We have not seen DX3 in our market until recently.. they were all pro.
None with bigger than 4TB at this point..
3) OWC - never heard of this group - are the hard drives dependable in your experience?
Retailers who sell Touro and Toshiba and LaCie and every other brand.. sell online and to overseas.. good prices if not the cheapest.. have their own lines of shells, as well selling all the others.. have their own brand SSD but obviously bought in from elsewhere.. RAM, kits for all sorts of things.. huge catalog and very Apple orientated.
I am amazed if you have been on a Mac for more than 5min.. google ads have not flashed up OWC 20 times.. you must have good resistance to advertising.
Please google OWC.. if I post their actual URL the post will get deleted.
Look up say external drives.. they have one zillion of them.

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How to improve quality of time capsule connection signal?

how to improve quality of time capsule connection signal?
i have one time capsule in Ground floor but the signal is very weak in the first floor? how can i improve the Quality internet signal???

wassimfrombeirut wrote:
Dear LaPastenague
Thank you for your reply
i just need to ask you a question; i am a new system admin using mac.
i need a software that can manage my internet bandwidth; qouta; and restriction to facebook; youtube and other web
could you guide me to a software i can use????
note that my environment is fully mac laptop; and using Time capsule as Wi Fi source to connect to enternet.
thank you;
best regards
wassim;
The best software to do what you want, is not on a Mac. It is a router.. gargoyle.
You can keep using the TC as wifi source but get a router that can can take gargoyle firmware.. the best in my testing is netgear WNDR3700. Gargoyle itself is a free download.
http://www.gargoyle-router.com/download.php
There are other routers and router boards it will work on.. but make sure you pick something compatible. I have used several different routers and the one above is the best so far.

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How I can lock my Time Capsule on specific MAC addresses?

Ok, you mean MAC filtering..
This is called timed access on the airport utility..
Set no access for all other wireless.
Then add for your own.
Setup all the computers that you want to have access and whatever the time..
You can only MAC filter wireless clients not wired.
Do a search if this is not enough for posts by Bob Timmons on Timed Access.

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LOL.. pull the old one out.. put the new one in. Setup the new one.. do not copy setting from the old one.. it is better to start over and never copy configuration files.. although you might get away with it.
Plug the old TC into the new one.. change it to bridge mode.
You can then access and copy old backups to the new TC if you want. Although IMHO just keep the old TC for 6months. .then wipe it and sell it or use in different role. Do start clean fresh backups on the new TC.
If that is all useless. ask the specific question and we can try for a specific answer.

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It may not be possible..
If they use a web access page, then there is no way you can set the TC to authenticate.. you must use the computer to authenticate and then use the computer to bridge to the TC for wireless clients to access.
Look up instructions on using ICS (internet connection sharing) in the Mac.
eg for 10.6.8 http://support.apple.com/kb/PH6589
eg http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10740
Of course if there is no login then you could just use it.. but I doubt you would be asking if it just worked.

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unless i'm missing something, i think you got mixed up, this is easy google for walk throughs
i'm assuming this is the new 3tb tc AC or 'tower' shape, if so, its wifi will run circles around your at&t device
unplug the at&t box for a minute and plug it back in
factory reset your tc - unplug it, hold down reset and keep holding while you plug it back in - only release reset when amber light flashes in 10-20s
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