How to access Time Capsule USB Drive data remotely via iPad

How can I (with my iPad) remotely access some .xls files stored on a USB Pen Drive attached to my Time Capsule?

This is very difficult.. I have heard there is AFP file app for the ipad but haven't seen if it can work.. the normal file app for ipad is actually SMB based.. TC does not offer SMB to WAN.
If the files are small, cloud is your best choice.
If you really need access to the TC, then use vpn.. I believe there is a vpn function in the ipad.. get a vpn router and bridge the TC.. you should then be able to safely and securely connect and get files.

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How to access Time Capsule hard drive with out internet connection?

Basically I live in a four bedroom house. One of my roomates moved out who had the internet in there name. Now i dont have an internet access but I have the Time Capsule with a 2 TB hard drive that stores my whole itunes library. I have enough space on my Macbook Air to store my whole library. I'd like to move my whole iTunes library back to my computer and wipe the Time Capsule Clean.

If the Time Capsule is providing a wireless network signal, an Internet connection does not need to exist to move files from the Mac to the Time Capsule, or vice versa.
Log onto the Time Capsule wireless network
Open Macintosh HD
Look for the Time Capsule icon under the SHARED heading on the left side of the window
Click on the Time Capsule icon and a folder named Data (unless you have renamed it) will appear to the right
Double click Data to mount the drive on the Mac's desktop
Open the drive on the desktop and you can drag/drop files over to the destination that you choose on the Mac.
Once the file transfer is complete, double check to make sure that the files are back on your Mac and everything is working properly. Then, you can erase the Time Capsule hard drive.

Access time capsule usb drive from Ipad

I'm trying to access the USB drive on my time capsule from a IPad. Is that possible? over the wifi

Yes it is, but you will need to use an App like Filebrowser on the iPad to do this.
More info here:
Stratospherix - FileBrowser - Overview

I cant access time capsule hard drive.

I cant access time capsule hard drive. Everything was working before but all of a sudden i get an error msg when double clicking on my network drive which states ' The local device name is already in use'. The time capsule wireless network works fine though. I am using Vista 64.

Reboot the entire network.. everything must go off.. all stuff off.
Restart in order.. modem.. router.. TC (maybe also working as router).. other network stuff.. clients.
Can vista now open the disk?
If not try doing it manually.. in windows explorer type the TC address \\10.0.1.1 for instance.. whatever IP it has. I just used default as example.
If no good, open the airport utility which I hope you have installed.
Make sure the TC name is short no spaces pure alphanumeric.
Make sure workgroup is correct and guest access is on with read and write permissions.
If still no good.. press and hold the reset.. redo the setup.
Later TC firmware is useless for windows users.. the best was 7.5.2 which you should go back to.
Do you have other clients using the TC? Are they all ok?
vista.. shudder.. has one virtue.. it made me give up windows and move to Mac OS.

How to access Time Capsule drives behind DSL Router over WAN

Hello everyone,
I have an older Time capsule(with USB Drive) connected to my Hitron CGN3 DSL wireless router over ethernet.
I have turned off the wireless functionality of the TC since the router seems to be much faster on Speedtest.net.
I have my TC and attached USB drive setup to share over WAN but am getting a Double NAT error.
It doesn't seem like I can turn off NAT on my Router.
I can't run the TC in bridge mode because it will remove the Share over WAN option for the TC and Drive.
Is it possible to setup the TC and attached USB drive to the router, without wireless on, so that I can access the TC and drive over the internet?
Any help would be soooooo apreciated!!!
Thanks!
Ian

Does anyone know why my Time Capsule drive sharing needs to be set to disk password?
You can set the TC disks to user accounts.. at least you can on older TC with older airport utility.. but there are consequences which you discovered.
If you set accounts.. you will have major issue with the existing files.. they will all disappear.
The old v5 utility gives you this warning.. which somehow Apple forgot on new version.
It actually makes all the present files disappear for all users. The warning just doesn't go far enough. You do this on a blank TC.. and of course the USB drive is just the same.. you cannot use different settings on that to the TC internal drive. So offload all your files.. create accounts on a bare TC.. load the files back into the correct user profiles.
In the end you probably want more flexibility than a TC is designed for.. buy something designed for remote access.. WD MyCloud.. it is hugely superior.
Also. . . I am trying some File manager apps for my iPhone in hopes that i can connect to the same drive with it. So far no luck with the free versions of FileBrowser Lite or File Explorer Free.
Most are SMB based.. not AFP.. Apple offer only two protocols.. SMB and AFP. But no responsible ISP allows SMB over the internet. The flood of files from hacked windows machines would bring the internet to a grinding halt.
People do get around it.. you can use filebrowser for instance by opening SMB to the outside world on a non-standard port.
See http://www.stratospherix.com/support/gsw_timecapsule.php?page=6remote
But this is incredibly risky.. there is very poor security and it is not a great idea. The AFP security is much better than SMB.
If you want security use something other than TC.. any real NAS that offers VPN access for instance. The cost of a WD MyCloud is very reasonable when you look at the flexibility of the design. But any decent NAS will offer real remote access.. not Apple's limited pretend version.

How to Access time capsule backup data on Airport Extreme

Hi All,
Thank you in advance.
The Problem : One of our Mac Book Air was stolen and we have the MBA backed up on Airport Extreme.
Currently we don't have another MBA that can do a full restore. I just want to access the Airport Extreme Time Capsule Data and get few files that is in the backups.
I have been searching for a solution and still can't find a way to do this. It is just 1 set of files inside the backup.
Thank you again for all the help.
G

Hi LaPastenague
I went over the pondini.org website, however still I can't access other users data T
I can go and review my own data.
The Data is backed up ( shared ) on Time Capsule ( which means all the users in the same house uses this one single time capsule to backup )
http://www.apple.com/airport-time-capsule/
## We currently don't know what was the username or password the user was using.
I am also looking at the pondini.org and
"With Accounts: this allows setting up separate accounts, each with its own password and folder. You can set up accounts and passwords that correspond to the ones on your Mac (but passwords must be changed separately), and/or you can create different ones. Each account may have permission to Read, or Read and Write, or Not allowed. This is not recommended for use with Time Machine backups, as no single user can see everything on the disk(s). That's especially important if there's a space problem -- you'd have to connect with each account in turn to see the whole picture. The backups for each Mac are protected by the usual permissions anyway, so in most cases this option is overkill. There are also a few minor differences in the content of some of the windows when selecting the backup destinations"
We are usuing this "With Accounts" settings

Can't mount or access Time Capsule shared drive after installing Mavericks

Hi everyone,
I upgraded my MacBook Pro to Mavericks (10.9.2) last weekend and everything went fine at first.
However, after copying and moving several files from-to my Time Capsule, I can't access the shared drive anymore.
My Time Capsule is installed in a LAN and I can see it from all computers (it prompts for the security password). However, even as the "Data" volume in TC is shown on Finder, I cannot access it or browse any of the files on it, neither the backup files (sparsbundle) not the regular folders/files we kept there as a shared volume. (see screenshots). All I see is the "Data" folder as a "Sharepoint" (?). When I double click I see an error message: "The operation can't be completed because the original item for "Data" can't be found" (see screenshots attached).
I ran Airport Utility 6.3.2 and everything seems to be working well on the Time Capsule. It shows a solid green light and the firmware is up to date (7.6.4).
I need to recover my files from the drive (I don't care too much about the backup files as I can recreate them from scratch). I've been reading support forums all morning and couldn't figure out a way to do it.
I also tried the "Archive" function from Airport Utility to copy everything on TC to a USB drive and nothing happens (all I get is a Time Machine backup folder with zero items in it).
Any ideas on how to recover the files on the drive would be great!
Thanks.

Have you tried shutting down the Time Capsule and then restarting it? Have you tried resetting it?
See pages 28 and 29. Using Airport Utility (page 29), I don’t see the options the manual says are there. I have done a reset and a full reset (page 28) many times and it has always straightened out the Time Capsule.
Time Capsule Manual

Time Capsule Hard Drive Data

Of course my Time Capsule has failed, but the hard drive is fine. I can easily mount it and see the 3 partitions. Problem is, I cannot access the data on the storage partition. "you don't have permission... etc". I have googled this for hours and I cannot find anyone having this problem. Surely there is a simple way to access the data on a fully functioning TC hard drive without purchasing a new TC and then swapping the drives.
Does anyone know how to do this or could someone please post a link to someplace that does?
Thanks

Is this a Time Machine backup you are trying to recover or actual files?
When you used the TC did you have disk password set? Most people leave it to device password but if you increase the security level to disk you have changed the permissions when on the TC.
Normally you should just be able to change the permissions in the normal way.
eg on Mavericks.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13799
If you need files and have windows running.. windows can generally see the files as it is rather less than interested in permissions.. it is often a quick and dirty way around the problem.
The actual command line for changing permissions..
http://www.chriswrites.com/2012/04/how-to-change-file-permissions-using-the-term inal/
You do realise how dangerous doing command line stuff tends to be, I hope!!
What size drive and what era TC did it come out of?
If you are in Australia I could help you. TC shells are something I generally have loads of.
And getting a new shell can still be a good way to go.. buy a second hand TC of the same model.. change hdd.. then you get your files back.. you can sell it on ebay again when you are finished.

How to wipe Time Capsule hard drive, while leaving all settings intact?

I have a 1TB TC which has a 500GB volume on it containing photos, music etc which users on my home network all use. The remaining 500GB is now full, with 3 sparsebundles; one backup for each of the macs in our house.
Recently, Time Machine on my MBP returns the error saying that "backup volume not available" or words to that effect. The other macs still backup fine using TM.
I would like to completely clear the TC drive, and start again with my backups. I'm going to attach a USB drive to the TC for shared files etc. I have up to date bootable clones of all the macs, so am happy to wipe the TC, save for all the settings on it.
What's the best way of going about this please? Is it simply to delete the sparsebundles from the Finder, or is there a better way of doing it?
Thanks

AdrianP wrote:
I would like to completely clear the TC drive, and start again with my backups. I'm going to attach a USB drive to the TC for shared files etc. I have up to date bootable clones of all the macs, so am happy to wipe the TC, save for all the settings on it.
What's the best way of going about this please? Is it simply to delete the sparsebundles from the Finder, or is there a better way of doing it?
AirPort Utility has an "erase" function in the Disks panel, Disks tab. If your Time Capsule disk really is partitioned into two volumes, you'll apparently have to select the partition you want to erase.
If you want to revert to one partition on your Time Capsule drive, I'll guess that you'll have to use the same technique you used to partition it in the first place.

How To Access Time Capsule Over Internet?

Can't seem to figure out how to access the Time Capsule drive over the internet. As far as I know it is all set up. But I have no clue how to access it when I am on the road. Do I do this through Mobile Me?

Full details here:
http://forums.dealmac.com/read.php?4,2800627 and http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1572371&tstart=31
Regards
Paul

Accessing Time Capsule shared drive from Vista

When running Vista in Bootcamp on my late 2008 Macbook Pro, I can see the shared network drive on the Time Capsule, but when I try to access it it just freezes Windows Explorer and I have to forcibly terminate the explorer process. Is there a trick to get it to work? I'd like to use Norton Ghost to backup Vista on the Time Capsule drive.
Thanks.

I have a 1TB TC currently working as my router for a Macbook, Vaio and Dell laptops. I can only access the files from the Macbook. I tried installing Bonjour on the Vaio, but still cannot access the saved files...maybe the install was not good? Any ideas? I tried the online Bonjour download...I do not have the disc.

How to access Time Capsule 2013 disk from Windows 7

I have seen several (older) threads that suggest that you can access the Time Capsule disk from Windows 7 using Windows Explorer and navigating to \\Time-Capsule-Name. However, I have tried this repeatedly and just cannot get it to work.
Could this be a bug or unsupported in the latest 2013 Time Capsule?
In Airport Utility, under Disks > File Sharing, I have Enable File Sharing checked. The workgroup is WORKGROUP.
The IP address is 192.168.1.4. I am able to ping it successfully; I just cannot access it through Windows Explorer.
Am I missing something? Please help!

Are you running homegroup on the PC..??
That should definitely be turned off!!
Homegroup can mess things up.
I would try with ipv6 off but that might make no difference at all.. leave it set to local-link if it doesn't do anything.
There was issues when the Gen4 came out with security. Windows uses too high an encryption level..
See info here.
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/changing-file-encryption-settings-on-a-win dows-7-h.pageCd-storyboard,pageNum-5.html
Change to 40 or 56 bit encyrption.
Unfortunately some of the controls you think you are setting on the TC are not really being set at all.. eg I doubt you are actually changing the workgroup.. if possible though you should have disk access set to lowest level .. device password and you should also turn on guest account to read and write.. that usually solved access for me in earlier TC .. I haven't bought an AC for the moment.. because.. well I believe I have done my time on the war front. I bled out already on the bleeding edge.. time for you to do it and I can reap the benefits on the second hardware revision and about the 10th firmware update.
Other things I would try if the above don't work.
Factory reset and start over.. you moved the IP of the TC and that is unwise.
Do not worry about the various settings.. do the factory reset.. in full isolation from the internet. ie TC plugged into the windows computer. Nothing else in either..
Now try at the default IP of the TC..
\\10.0.1.1
Beyond that you need another computer to try or some device. iOS would be fine... in normal situation you would test other protocols, eg ftp but TC offers only SMB and AFP.. there are no AFP clients for windows that I have heard of.. you might have success if you boot the PC from a linux live cd.. it should be able to read AFP even if it cannot write to it. But the SMB is more important. If linux can access with SMB protocol and windows cannot.. the issue is windws OS.
Or iOS devices have some AFP file browsers available but again just test with SMB.. most file browsers for iOS use SMB.. if other devices can manage SMB protocol to open files on the TC then the finger points very clearly to the PC as the trouble.. on the other hand if nothing can access SMB then the TC is faulty and should be replaced.

How to access time capsule with an old mac

I recently upgraded from an old 12" PowerBook G4 to one of the new MacBook Pros. I also purchased a Time Capsule, am using it as my wireless router, and have been making regular backups with Time Machine. Unfortunately, I had to send away my new MacBook because of an equipment failure even though I just got it three weeks ago (that's another story). So I'm back on my old PowerBook for the time being. I'd like to manually grab some files from the Time Capsule so I can pick up my work where I left off but I don't know how to access the Time Capsule with this PowerBook. It doesn't appear in my finder like it does on the MacBook. Can someone help me out? Thanks a lot!
Brendan

pretty sure you need at least 10.4 to use your TC as a HD
http://www.apple.com/timecapsule/specs.html
if you have 10.4, you would install this to gain access to yout TC:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/application_updates/airportutility53 1fortiger.html

How to reset Time Capsule Hard Drive?

Upgraded to Mountain Lion.
Have Airport Utility 6.x
Have a 2 TB Time Capsule, partioned to 1 TB disk and 1TB Time Machine Backup when I originally set it up.
Removed all files from te 1TB disk and cannot re-partion the disk to use the entier 2TB. Cannot even see the 1TB back up with Disk Utility.
Thoughts on how to reset?

So, the disk utility only shows the 1TB partition....bizarre.

How to access time capsule from iphone

any one knows how to read files in TC from the iPhone? Soonr may work but i have not been able to try.
appreciate any suggestion/ideas...

I was wondering the same since I just got my Time Capsule fired up last week. I've got a ton of scanned documents archived up on the TC. Its got to just be a matter of time before someone writes an app to do this? Anyone have any ideas or see anything coming down the road?

How to access Time Capsule USB Drive data remotely via iPad

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