HT1175 view back ups on time capsule

how do i view what's on my airport time capsule?

If you mean inside the Time Machine backup.
See Q15 and 15A here.
http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html

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Deleting a back-up sparsebundle while retaining other computer back ups on time capsule

I have a late 2009 2TB Time Capsule that has 3 computers backing up to it which are fine, however one of the machines I will no longer be backing up to the Time Capsule and want to delete the sparsebundle for that particular machine. However it weighs in at 900GB and i've tried with it directly connected via Ethernet on one of my other MacBooks, Wirelessly on my iMac but it sits for hours saying its immediately deleting but no luck.
I tried showing packages on the sparsebundle and remove the bands but that takes just as long regardless if i select 20 or 200 or 2000 of the bands at once to delete.
is there a good way to delete this sparsebundle and recover the 900gbs to the timecapsule so my other back ups do not get limited?
Thank you,

How to quickly remove the sparsebundle using Mountain Lion and Time Capsule
1 Go to Finder and under Shared locate your time Capsule
2 Click on Time Capsule and Finder will reveal all your sparesebundles
3 Select the one you do not want and right click on this - select Show Package Contents
4 Select the folder called bands - right click and select Move to Trash
5 Watch all the bands disappear....
6 Go back to step 2 - select your sparebundle, right click and select Move to Trash
All gone. Now go back to Time Machine and start again...
Enjoy.

Removing old Time Machine back ups from Time Capsule

I have just purchased a new iMac (2.7GHz Intel Core i5 running LION) that I am using to replace both my wife's old iMac (2GHz Intel Core Duo running Snow Leopard) and my 17" MBP Intel Core Duo - we've both made the switch to iPads for lap browsing. I migrated my user accounts from both the MBP and old iMac to the new iMac and I want use TimeCapsule as my back up disk. However, I cannot back up my new machine because the older back ups that I no longer need take up most of the TCs disk space.
How can I remove the older, no longer needed backups from TimeCapsule to make room to run back ups of my new iMac? I've tried deleting the sparsebundle, but that did not seem to work.
If anyone can help, please be as detailed as possible in how to remove the back ups. Thanks in advance.
- Ryan

Thanks for the tip.
You did forget to mention that it is necessary to click on the "MANUAL SETUP" button located at lower left part of the Airport Utility window to get to the Disk.
I went through the more generic/standard setup windows a couple of times because I was not seeing the disk and thought I was missing something. After I had an "ah-ha" moment and clicked the manual setup key, everything was there and erasing the disk was easy.
Thanks again,
RT

Unable to delete back-ups of time capsule

Despite many attempts, I am unable to delete copies of time capsule updates. I place the old versions in the trash, hit delete, the items start adding up but they never go away. Any idea why or what I can do?

In general, you want to delete backups of an item or items by opening the Time Machine "Star Wars" interface.
Move to a date of your choice using the scale on the right
Navigate to the folder/item that you want using the Finder like window
Click the item you want to delete to highlight it
Click the "gear" icon at the top of the window
You can "Delete Backup" to delete the backup on that specific date, or
You can "Delete All Backups" to delete all backups of that file on all backup dates
If you don't really need all of the old backups of your computer it may be easier to simply erase the disk and start over with a master backup and move forward again. If you do this, it will erase everything on the disk including backups from other computers that you may have previously setup. Post back if you need info on how to do this.
For excellent tips and "how to's", refer to Pondini's Using Time Machine with a Time Capsule document.

Finding back ups on time machine

Hi there,
How do I change my time machine settings to view back ups older than a month?
Thanks

duck321 wrote:
It's possible. I backed up my laptop, then I backed up two external hard drives. do you think might have caused the problem? I'm not sure as all three were appearing in the timeline files until after they'd been there a month.
It does sound like the Time Capsule's disk got full, sometime in the last month, and TM had to delete old backups.
Or as Bob says, your backups got corrupted and TM had to start over. See if the message in #C13 ofTime Machine - Troubleshooting looks familiar.
How much data is on all 3 of these disks, and how big is your Time Capsule (less anything else on it)?
I can't see an option for browse other time machine disks - when I right click it just brings up the applications window...?
Right-clicking the TM icon in your Dock should show this:
If not, click the TM icon in your menubar; you should see this:
Click and hold the Option key, and Enter Time Machine should change to Browse Other Time Machine Disks.

Cannot back up to time capsule using time machine on new MacBook

Have a time capsule that was seamlessly backing up my previous MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard. Recently got a new MacBook Pro running Yosemite. After a horrendous file migration using migration assistant from my Time Machine backup (non Apple programs were crashing after migration), I erased the MacBook hard drive, reinstalled Yosemite, installed non Apple apps from original disks and transferred files from my old Mac manually (drag and drop). Now everything works well on the new MacBook except for back ups via Time Machine to my Time Capsule. Airport Utility can find the Time Capsule and Time Machine starts a back up but it stops and produces an error that ends in ".sparsbundle" could not be accessed (error null)"

Hmmm that is one of our old errors.
Haven't seen that one for a while which suggests one of you apps might be a problem.
Look at C17 in particular here.
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Although the error codes have changed the basic reason for the error can be the same.
It can also just be a network error.
It is most important if you want to preserve the old backup.. that you make sure you still have enough space. and the new computer has a completely different share name to the old one.
Look at the reference and it has some info about names.. these are vital to get Yosemite to work properly as Apple have changed default protocols between SL and Yosemite.
I would even go further and say.
1. Factory reset the TC.
2. Redo the setup via yosemite version airport utility.. but do not use the apple recommended names.. use extremely short names, no spaces and pure alphanumeric.
3. Use only WPA2 Personal security with pure alphanumeric mixed case and number password.
Tell me if you still have issues as there is some other stuff that might help.
What gen is the TC?
What firmware is it running?

Time-Machine to back-up 2nd Time-Capsule

Hi - I'm using my old Time-Capsule (2T) as external drive for all my media files and I just bought a new 3T Time-Capsule to make back-ups using Time-Machine.
Time-Machine makes back-ups of my Mac but does it actually include the files on my 2T Time-Capsule?
Regs,
LL

It depends how you set it up:
http://pondini.org/TM/27.html
http://pondini.org/TM/32.html
Ciao.

Time machine has stopped backing up to time capsule. message is that sparse bundle is in use

Time machine suddenly stopped backing up to time capsule returning this message:
The backup disk image “/Volumes/Data-1/xxnymacbooknamexx MacBook.sparsebundle” is already in use.

Complex procedure that will almost always solve this bug:
Pull the power cord from the back of the Time Capsule
Count to ten
Plug the power cord back into the back of the Time Capsule
Wait a few minutes, then try a backup again.

When back up to time capsule I get the message no access to backupcopyfiledisc/Volume/data/imac.sparsebundle ( error - 1 )

When back up to time capsule I get the message no access to backupcopyfiledisc/Volume/Data/Terjesumac.sparsebundle ( error-1)

Try #C17 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting for known fixes. Works for me as well.
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html

Time Machine stalls when trying to back up to Time Capsule or an external hard drive.

TIme Machine stalls when trying to back up to Time Capsule or an external hard drive. Time Machine shows a message such as "Backing up 4MB of 9.00GB" but nothing happens for hours.

Are you really running 10.6.4 OS?
What model TC and what firmware?
Wireless or wired?
How is the TC setup?
If TM can work to neither a TC or external hard disk it is more likely the computer is faulty hard disk..
Do a verify of the disk.
See A5 here.
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html

Get an error message when trying to do back up to time capsule: This record is already in use please try again, get an error message when trying to do back up to time capsule: This record is already in use please try again

Cannot do back up with time capsule.
I get an error message sayng that this disc is already in use. I have tried to wipe and restart but to no avail.
What could be wrong?

Pull the power cord from the back of the Time Capsule
Count to ten
Plug the power cord back into the back of the Time Capsule
Wait a few minutes, then try a backup again

Backing up a time capsules to a remote device across internet?

Hi
has anyone any experience of backing up the time capsule (backup and NAS) over the Internet to a remote device (either a machine, NAS or another time capsule)?
I'm trying to do a home (cheap) version of colocating the time capsule (primary location my place, secondary location/back up location my parents).
Just wondering if there is any advice since most discussions seem to centre around the archive feature via the USB port which does not help since I need to remember to take it off site!
Any suggestions would be great
Thanks

The only thing I've done with a Time Capsule over the Internet is to copy individual files. It takes a long time. I'd expect an attempt to copy a lot more would take an unacceptably long time.

My 'old' files have been backed up onto time capsule (Leopard), I have upgraded to Lion (thro snow leopard) and now checking back to retosre some old files i can't see or access beyond the date I upgraded to Lion? Help please?

My 'old' files have been backed up onto time capsule (Leopard), I have upgraded to Lion (thro snow leopard) and now checking back to retosre some old files i can't see or access beyond the date I upgraded to Lion? Help please?

Use the manual methods.. but it is possible for TM to wipe the old files in trying to fit into the space.
Try Q16.. but read all the section 14-17
http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html

Removing Corrupt Back-ups in Time Machine

I had a serious crash yesterday. While trying to install XCode the machine locked up and I had to reboot by turning it off using the power button. When I restarted I got the folder icon with the question mark. Rebooted using the installation disk and after restoring using the latest time machine back-up I successfully booted the machine, however, my user file, one of 3, would not open, giving the message that the File Vault pass word was not accepted due to an error. I reverted to an earlier back-up and fixed all the problems with minimal data loss. It seems that whatever corruption caused the problem was backed up on the late time machine back-ups.
So, is it safe to simply delete those later back-ups? Time Machine really saved me here and I don't want to make a mistake by deleting something I shouldn't.

Hello M:
I would be guessing if I suggested what would happen….
However, if you decide to delete some of your Time Machine backups, do it INSIDE Time Machine. This is a slow process (one at a time), but it is the safe way of removing old backups.
Barry

I have two Macs that won't back up to time capsule, says The backup disk image "/Volumes/Data/Douglas Chalmers's iMac.sparsebundle" is already in use.

I have two Macs that won't back up to time capsule, says The backup disk image “/Volumes/Data/Douglas Chalmers’s iMac.sparsebundle” is already in use.

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