HT3728 how do i back up my laptop to time capsule?

how do i back up my laptop to time capsule? which is a Windows 7 system

Time Machine will not work on a PC, so the next best thing might be a Windows application like Genie Timeline Pro to perform a similar service.
Contact the nice Genie folks for your follow up questions and support on how to get backups started from the Windows laptop to the Time Capsule.
Genie Timeline Pro | Overview | Time Machine Backup Software for ...

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How do I back up music on my time capsule?

How do I back up music on my time capsule? I want to remove it from my computer because I have too much music to store on the computer. I want to access the music to put on other devices too. What is the best way to do that? I just set up my airport time machine today and have never used one.

You can move the iTunes library to the TC.. but it has consequences..
Moving it is the easy part.. Apple have specific instructions.
iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Media folder - Apple Support
The problem is the TC is far from ideal place to move the library to.. a USB drive plugged into the computer (USB3 if you have it is very fast.. but even USB2 is faster than TC).
Once the library is there.. you will have a few issues.
1. You cannot back it up with Time Machine.. so you must take steps to back it up manually or using a third party utility.
2. Where are you going to back up to.. a USB plugged into the TC is the worst possible location as any file copy will be exceedingly slow.
3. The network drive will tend to continually drop out.. and Apple did not design the TC with media extensions.. so it is nothing but a dumb as a board HDD in a router.. it will give constant errors in iTunes that it has lost the library because of the time it takes for the disk to respond to requests.
4. The best way is to not put your Media library onto the TC at all.. but Good Luck..

External HD connected to Time Capsule via USB, how can I back up this drive to Time Capsule?

I have my itunes media all on an external drive connected directly to Time Capsule via USB.
I plan to share this external drive over the network to share my media, but how can I back up this drive to the Time Capsule?

how can I back up this drive to the Time Capsule?
You will have to do this manually using the Finder, or try a commercial application like Chronosync or Carbon Copy Cloner which might be able to backup a network drive to another network drive. Check with their support folks first before you buy.
If you could connect the external drive directly to a Mac, Time Machine would backup both the Mac and the external hard drive (assuming that the external is formatted correcly to work with Time Machine).

HT3728 how do you change the name of the time capsule

I can not figure out how to change the name on my time capsule. As I am thinking that we will have additional drives in the future I would like to figure out how to give them names that will mean something to us for the purposes of put things in the proper spots.

What OS? What version airport utility?
This is different in different utilities.
In v5 utility it looks like this.. and is far superior IMHO to v6 toyland version.
You can use v5 utility in Lion for which it is downloadable.. and it can be inserted with some simple manipulation into ML.
BTW use proper network names.. short, no spaces.. pure alphanumeric.
Wireless names are on the next page.

HT201250 how do I back up my ipad to time capsule?

My Macbook dosn't have sufficient hard drive space to back up my iPad. I am backing up my Macs on the Time Capsule, the Apple store staff told me that I would also be able to backup other decives to the Time Capsule. I have two non-Macs to backup on the Time Capsule:
1) iPad2
2) an external drive that stores my iPhoto library.

The iPad backs up to iTunes on your computer, or to iCloud. If you are backing up to iTunes, when the computer backs up, the iPad backups in iTunes are backed up as well.
It is not possible to backup the iPad directly to the Time Capsule.
To backup the external drive that is connected directly to your Mac via USB or FireWire....
Open System Preferences (gear icon on the dock)
Open Time Machine
Click Options
Here, you will see the list of items that are excluded from backups at the current time
Click the drive containing the iPhoto library to highlight it, then click the - (minus) button to remove the drive from list of excluded backup items
Time Machine will back up the hard drive on the next pass along with your Mac

HT3728 how do I know what my airport express time capsule needs to be replaced?

I believe I have router problems. I have installed a new cable modem and I have good bandwidth from comcast but my base station, time capsule, router seems to now be able to handle the wi-fi in the house. I have the router serial number but I don't know the abilityof this instrument.

That is the oldest of the TC.. it is more than capable of 24mbps but wireless may become poorer as the power supply declines.. it will eventually stop working.. it is well over 4years old most likely unless you bought refurbished.. reliable operation is about 3years.. (plus 3days to be exact) at which point it can die any second.
You have had a good run.. replace it.
Poor signal on the Express.. which I note you didn't mention in your first post.. should be reset and located nearer to the TC.. they are not picking up enough signal to work well. If you have the latest express.. plug it by ethernet to the TC and bridge it.. turn off wireless in the TC and use the Express only.. that may work better until you steel yourself to purchase a new TC/Wireless router.

I have an older macbook circa 09 and purchased a new macbook pro 2012. The older one has been backed up to an older time capsule. How do i move the files to my new macbook?

I have an older mackbook pro circa 2009, i thought it died on me it just went completely black. I later found out just a bad battery i purchased a new one in the interim. Now that i have discovered the problem i bought an older time capsule and backed up the older macbook i now want to transfer my personal files to my new macbook pro to maintain one personal mackbook. How can i move the files from my time capsule to my newer macbook pro?
thank you in advance for your help!!

http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf

I am trying to download lion with the thumb drive how do i back up my files is time machine good enough or must i transfer everything to my hard drive

I am trying to download lion with the thumb drive how do i back up my files is time machine good enough or must i transfer everything to my hard drive

A erase of the drive or boot partition is not always necessary.
Flashing question mark at boot could be a easy fix, sometimes it's the firmware that simply forgot what bootable volume to boot from.
Try holding the Option key down while booting the machine, a choice of bootable options appears, select your OS X and boot up.
When you get in, head to System Preferences > Startup disk and set it again new. This will tell the firmware what to boot from. Test it to see.
Now if you don't have a selection of bootable options, it could be that the drive is dead, or OS X is erased or corrupted so it can't boot.
You'll have to run through this list of fixes to see what's going on, if you need a hardware fix or what, I've also included links if you can't fix it and need to recover your data etc.
(If it's not remmebering your boot selection then also run through the list to reset things.)
Step by Step to fix your Mac

Can I use two Time Capsules? one as an extension of my laptop (for music and video storage) and the other one to back up everything from the laptop and Time Capsule (for music and videos)

Can I use two Time Capsules? one as an extension of my laptop (for music and video storage) and the other one to back up everything from the laptop and Time Capsule (for music and videos)

Not via Time Machine. It cannot back up from a network location.
The 3rd-party apps CarbonCopyCloner and ChronoSync may be workable alternatives.
EDIT: And, if you're going to do that, you could back up from the Time Capsule to a USB drive connected to the TC's USB port. Second TC not required.
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I have used Airport Time Capsule with my iMac for several years. I recently purchased a MacBook Air and when it tried to backup to Time Capsule it couldn't because Time Capsule is full. How can I now use the 3TB Airport Time Capsule to back up both?

I have used Airport Time Capsule with my iMac for a couple years. I recently purchased a MacBook Air and when it tried to backup to Time Capsule it couldn't because Time Capsule is full. How can I now use the 3TB Airport Time Capsule to back up both the iMac and MacBook Air? I don't mind losing earlier backups. I have excluded some items from backing up, but since the Airport Time Capsule is full, I can't even begin to back up the MacBook Air.

On your Mac.......
Open Finder > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click on the Time Capsule icon, then click Edit in the smaller window that appears
Click on the Disks tab at the top of the window
Click Erase Disk
On the next window that appears, select the Quick Erase option, then click Erase
The operation will only take a few minutes.
Now you are ready to start new backups of both Macs. Back up one Mac first, then back up the other. Do not try to back up both Macs as the same time.

I have Time Machine that I used to back up my old computer. It was running snow leopard. My MacBook died, so I got a new one which is running Lion. how can I restore the data from the time capsule to my new Mac?

I have Time Machine that I used to back up my old computer. It was running snow leopard. My MacBook died, so I got a new one which is running Lion. how can I restore the data from the time capsule to my new Mac?

In technical support, sometimes you have to make educated guesses. I'm sorry that you were offended.
iTunes does prompt when it is going to erase a device, and the message is clear.
She said in her message that she was able to successfully sync the old ipad. This indicated to me that itunes wiping the data was not an issue, because either it had been setup at the apple store (in which case it doesn't actually wipe the ipad despite saying it will*) (*based on a single case I saw), or because the itunes media folder was migrated.
Furthermore, my solution was to tell her how to backup her ipad (by either doing it manually, or as a last resort, by deleting the corrupt backup -- that she couldn't access anyway.)
I got that last part of the instructions from the "Taking Control of your iphone" book which I found samples of when I did a google search for "corrupted backup itunes".
She marked this as a solution, so it worked for her.

How do i use a time capsule as a shared drive and back it up to another time capsule using time machine ??

how do i use a time capsule as a shared drive and back it up to another time capsule using time machine ??

You cannot backup network drives with Time Machine.
You can simply setup the TC in the network.. it is a shared drive.

How do I backup multiple Macs to a time capsule with Mavericks?

I have 2 mac books needing to back up to a single time capsule. I have heard the key to doing this is to limit the size of each mac book’s sparse bundle and then tell time machine not to resize the sparse bundle when it backs up. I have tried a terminal command and using disk utility but neither seems to be working although I also can’t seem to figure out how to verify if my efforts have worked either. Please help!

Hmmm it doesn't always work.. but as long as you keep track of it .. I doubt you will have major issues.
A8 on setting Sparsebundle size.
Easy solution.. plug in USB drive into the TC, for one laptop.. and use internal disk for the other.. solved.

I cant back up my mac with time capsule.

While trying to back up my imac with time capsule it stops at the same point and says there is an error. Techtool deluxe scan revealed I have errors in volume structure, surface scan, and directory scan. All 3 say i should reformat the media, replace the data and test again. How do i do this?

What does the error message say? It's likely one of the messages in #C3 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting.

Connecting XP Laptop to Time Capsule

I have a time capsule that I can easily use with my XP laptop and of course my MacBook. My wife has a laptop running XP that is asking for a Network Key. It seems to want the Hexadecimal key and not that passphrase the the other machines connected with. How do I get this key from my time capsule?
Thanks for the help!
Jake

Jake, welcome to the discussion area!
I think what you are looking for can be found as follows.
Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click Manual Setup
Now, way up at the very top of the screen near the Apple icon, click on the Base Station menu item.
Click Equivalent Network Password for your "key"

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