HT5097 Transferring data from 1TB Time Capsule to new 2TB 10 Days?

Following this process it says it will task 10 days to transfer 835GB of data in my sparsebundle to the new Time Capsule. Both connected via Ethernet Cables. Is there a quicker way?

You need to fix the ethernet issue..
But it sounds wrong.
The Flying Fish wrote:
I have my MacBook connected to the time capsules with USB and Thunderbolt but whatever I do they only connect wirelessly.
How are the two Time Capsules connected?
Why are you using two different connections? You are going to run into IP issues here.. you cannot do it like that.
The two TC should be linked to each other.. they are still network devices.. one at least should be bridged to the other. Using your fastest ethernet connection you can plug into either of the TC.. then get access to both over the network. If you lose access when you turn off wireless then you haven't got it setup correctly.. start over again.
One TC as router.. one TC as bridge.. or if you have a main router, both in bridge.. linked to each other.
ensure the ethernet is getting IP correctly and airport utility is showing both TC.

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It is generally better to leave the old backups and start again.. unless there is something you particularly need.
But if you desperately want all the old backups you have to copy the sparse bundles.. this will take very long time as it must copy via the computer..
http://pondini.org/TM/18.html
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Hi, was wondering if anyone had any input on this.
A coworker has one of the older model 500GB Time Capsule units and just purchased one of the new dual bandwidth 500GB units.
We are simply trying to move the data on the old drive to an area where it can be copied onto the new time capsule.
When plugging in the old unit, we're getting a blinking amber light and the Airport Utility is not recognizing the old unit.
I think there might be a conflict as we already have an active AirPort in the office so I'm going to wait until later to attempt it again.
My question is, can I somehow wire the time capsule via USB to our existing Airport where it could recognize the time capsule as a shared external hard drive? Any other connection options to make the time capsule's drive visible so we can at least get the data off of it?

Steve,
Welcome to the Apple discussions!
Have you tried connecting both of them together via ethernet? They should both show up in the SideBar of a finder window. Naturally they will need to be named differently to distinguish them from each other. What are you trying to transfer? Time machine backups? Or other files?
With them attached to each other, have you tried using the "Archive" feature of Airport Utility? That will clone the contents of one to the other.
Otherwise, your best option, and fastest, might be to use an external HD between the two TCs.
Attache a HD to the first TCs USB port.
Then use Airport Utility to "Archive" the data to the HD.
Once that's complete, move the HD to the USB port of the other TC.
At this point I'm unclear because I've never done it before, but copy over the data from the HD to the TC. I don't suppose Disk Utilities "Restore" feature would work at this point as the TCs HD would show up in the source pane.
Maybe this will give you some ideas though,
Cheers!

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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".
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Backing up a 1TB Time Capsule with a 2TB Time Capsule

I have a 1TB Time Capsule and a 2TB Time Capsule.
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Hello Alexevich. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
Does anyone know how to restore data backed up in my Time Machine from previous backups onto a new hard drive?
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Transferring data from external hard drive to new replacement Macbook Pro...

Hello,
Apple have arranged to give me a replacement Macbook Pro due to faults with hardware on the one I am currently using. I will be going to pick up the replacement Macbook Pro tomorrow morning.
As a complete novice I just wanted to check that I have backed up the data from my current laptop onto my Iomega external hard drive properly, as I am slightly nervous about losing all my work and not being able to transfer all my files onto my new Macbook Pro tomorrow.
I did a back up using time machine earlier today which took quite a long time and seemed to go successfully. Is this the right thing to have done to save all data from my current laptop onto the external hard drive?
Will transferring data from the external hard drive onto my new Macbook Pro be a simple task?
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Well it's like this.
If your problem on the Mac didn't affect the software or the TimeMachine backup, then restoring from that using SetupAssistant (when you first set up a new Mac it will ask you to restore) should go fine.
HOWEVER, if there are software issues on the Mac that also transferred to the TimeMachine drive, that will only transfer them back onto your new computer.
You can't very easily just pick out the things you want to restore from TimeMachine with, it doesn't give that fine detail of control, and if it's really messed up, it might not restore anything at all.
The golden rule of backups is to maintain two separate and easily accessible hardware copies of your data off the machine at all times.
Since you don't know for sure if the TimeMachine restore is going to work as intended, and your only other source is going to disappear, I'd advise a additional backup of your Music, Documents, Pictures and Movie folders etc., to another regular external drive via regular drag and drop copy methods.
The operating system and programs can all be reinstalled from fresh sources on the new machine, provided you have the AppleID and password, license codes for your programs, email passwords and any other necessary information to re-establish the license on the new machine.
(In some cases licensed software HAS NOT transferred to a new machine with a TimeMachine restore and had to be reinstalled)
Some times you have to contact the developer or "uninstall" the licensed program so it sends a signal to their servers that the program has been removed, else your license code may not work on the new machine.
You might decide the new machine would be better off with a fresh install of your programs that you know are 100% compatible with Lion etc., leaving a lot of older stuff you installed over the years off the new machine, if you restore from TimeMachine, you don't have this option. You pretty much get all the crap along for the ride,
If your new machine gets all crapped up, then restoring Lion is going to going to be a tough challenge, as you need a strong reliable Internet connection to download a fresh copy of Lion from Apple servers (no more disks). Once you do that, then somehow you have to use third party software ($$) to cherry pick your files out of TimeMachines trap. More headaches than you anticpated, and likely a charge by a specialist.
So I'd advise another hard drive with a copy of just your files, just in case a crap-up occurs
You can restore Lion yourself if it craps up, install programs from fresh sources as you know how to do, use the old license codes and then return your files manually exactly back into their same Music, Pictures, Documents, and Movies (etc, not Library) folders as before.
The key to this manual method is to make sure to use the same user name as before, so all your file location data pathnames retained by program files like iTunes to where the songs are located on the drive, are matched. Once you open these programs and restablish the links in OS X, then you can move them around.
Some tricks, if you use iPhoto, you can right click "show package contents" and inside is a folder with your Originals, copy that out and you can reimport your pictures into the new iPhoto Library on the new machine.
So use TM if you dare, but prepared to do things manually is my opinion.
TM restores have not been all that reliable or dependable, the more messed up your machine is, the worst the restore seems to be.
Good Luck

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Copying data from a Time Capsule to a different Mac

After having searched the forums for quite a while and still not finding the correct answer, I decided to share my solution for this very specific scenario: I have a Time Machine backup onto a Time Capsule from a Mac. Let's call it Macintosh A. So, for whatever reason, Macintosh A is out of commission—perhaps it's in the shop, or it experienced a hardware failure, whatever—and you want to get data from the backup onto another Mac, we'll call it Mac B. Here's how. First off, these instructions assume a few things:
You know how to navigate files and folders on the Mac
You are running OS X Mavericks (the procedure will be similar in other versions of Mac OS but these specific instructions are for Mavericks)
You are on the same Wi-Fi or ethernet network as the Time Capsule
You are viewing files and folders in column mode (wherever I say click on a folder, it translates to double click if you are in icon or list mode—if you're using cover flow, stop and change to one of the other actually useful view modes)
You know the device password to your Time Capsule (this is usually different than your Wi-Fi password)
Wherever you see Macintosh A in the instructions, substitute your backed up computer's name (I know, but this trips up a surprising number of people...)
Make sure that when you set up the Time Capsule via Airport Utility, you tick "Enable file sharing" (see the Disks tab in the Airport Utility configuration window). Next, while in the Finder, select "Go: Connect to Server..." and in the subsequent dialogue box, click on "Browse". This will open a Finder window listing the available volumes. Click Network and your Time Capsule should appear as one of the options. Click on it and you'll come to a connect dialogue. Click on the "Connect As..." button and it will open a password dialogue box (this may take a bit of time, especially if you are connecting over Wi-Fi). Enter your Time Capsule password and click "Connect". Click on the Data folder and you will come to something called a Sparse Bundle. It will have a name something like this: "Macintosh A.sparsebundle". This is simply a type of volume that you can connect to from your Mac. Double click on it. Depending on how you have configured your Finder, your Time Machine Backups icon may show up on the Desktop or simply in the Finder window Sidebar under "DEVICES". Once you locate this, navigate to the "Macintosh A" folder and you will see a series of folders named by date. Now you can navigate through those folders to find the specific files that you want to recover. Once you locate those files, simply copy them to your Mac (Mac B, in this example).
The abstruse nature of the Time Machine and Time Capsule backup system is daunting. And let's not forget that when you are trying to restore files, it's often because there is some sort of computer failure and this is stressful enough without having clear cut instructions on how to restore files. And often enough, people don't want to restore their entire system—they may just want to access certain files. This is for them.
Good luck and happy restoring!
Albeeboy

Take a look at Migration Assistant, in the /Applications/Utilities folder. You can use a Time Machine backup to restore your data files.

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