I am setting up time capsule and have issues with DNS

Can't get internet connected and says DNS server not identified

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Assuming that things are working correctly, AirPort Utility should be able to set up the Time Capsule correctly with this type of device.
Shut down your Mac and then restart the device.
Power off the Technicolor gateway, wait a minute, then power it back up and let it run a few minutes.
Power up the Time Capsule for a few minutes, then hold in the reset button on the back of the Time Capsule for 8-10 seconds and release. Allow a full minute for the Time Capsule to restart to a slow, blinking amber light status.
Connect an Ethernet cable....that you have tested to make sure that it is working....from one of the LAN <--> ports on the Technicolor gateway to the WAN "O" port on the Time Capsule
On your Mac....open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AIrPort Utility
Click on Other WiFi Devices
Click on Time Capsule
The setup utility will open up with a configuration window mentioning that the Time Capsule will be set up to create a network
For Network Name......Enter a simple, short name that you want to call your wireless network.
For Base Station.......Enter a simple, short name that you want to call the Time Capsule. Mine is TC, for example
For Password.........Enter a password that will be used for the wireless network and base station
For Verify Password.....Enter the same password to confirm
Click Next
The utility will set up everything for you. When you see the message of Setup Complete, click Done and you should have a green light on the Time Capsule.
Select the wireless network that you created and enter the password to connect. You should be all set.

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I recently bought a new iMac as well as a wireless time capsule and have it connected how can I use this external drive as the location to store all my files for iTunes, or is this even possible?

New iMac user here, I recently bought a new iMac and Time capsule and have the whole network up and running now. I have connected another external HD to the time capsule as well and have a total of 3 TB of storage connected wireless to my new iMac. My question is can I use this location as the default location for iTunes? I doubt I am gonna run out of room considering the iMac has 1 TB of storage already, but I'd prefer to keep my movies and music off the Mac to keep it running smoothly. If this is possibly, I'd like to do this with iPhoto as well.

I would advise against placing your iTunes library on a Time Capsule.
The Time Capsule is designed as a backup device and not for wireless streaming of video.
Before you do anything more, can I suggest you put into place a reliable, redundant backup strategy.
Unless you are prepared to risk loss of your iTunes library due to a hard drive failure, I would not put iTunes on the Time Capsule.
Leave your iTunes library on your iMac until such time as your internal drive is full. Backup to Time Capsule using Time Machine and create a clone of your internal iMac HD to your external drive.
That's my 2 cents worth. Others may have a different opinion.

My start up disc is full i have a macbook air, i back everuthing up with time capsule and have movies all my music libraries and photos onto that too so as i have free space, but my max still says my startup disc is full with "other"

my start up disc is full i have a macbook air, i back everuthing up with time capsule and have movies all my music libraries and photos onto that too so as i have free space, but my max still says my startup disc is full with "other"

First, empty the Trash if you haven't already done so. Then reboot. That will temporarily free up some space.
According to Apple documentation, you need at least 9 GB of available space on the startup volume (as shown in the Finder Info window) for normal operation. You also need enough space left over to allow for growth of your data. There is little or no performance advantage to having more available space than the minimum Apple recommends. Available storage space that you'll never use is wasted space.
If you're using Time Machine to back up a portable Mac, some of the available space will be used to make local snapshots, which are backup copies of files you've recently deleted. The space occupied by local snapshots is reported as available by the Finder, and should be considered as such. In the Storage display of System Information, local snapshots are shown as "Backups." The snapshots are automatically deleted when they expire or when free space falls below a certain level. You ordinarily don't need to, and should not, delete local snapshots yourself.
To locate large files, you can use Spotlight as described here. That method may not find large folders that contain a lot of small files.
You can also use a tool such as OmniDiskSweeper (ODS) to explore your volume and find out what's taking up the space. You can delete files with it, but don't do that unless you're sure that you know what you're deleting and that all data is safely backed up. That means you have multiple backups, not just one.
Proceed further only if the problem hasn't been solved.
ODS can't see the whole filesystem when you run it just by double-clicking; it only sees files that you have permission to read. To see everything, you have to run it as root.
Back up all data now.
Install ODS in the Applications folder as usual.
Triple-click the line of text below to select it, then copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C):sudo /Applications/OmniDiskSweeper.app/Contents/MacOS/OmniDiskSweeper
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
I don't recommend that you make a habit of doing this. Don't delete anything while running ODS as root. If something needs to be deleted, make sure you know what it is and how it got there, and then delete it by other, safer, means.
When you're done with ODS, quit it and also quit Terminal.

Remote Access to a Time Capsule and Attached HD with Secure Communications.

I have a private network with a 500 GB Time Capsule at the center. I have a 1 TB USB external hard drive attached via the USB port on the back of the Time Capsule, and have perfect access to it as long as my Macbook Pro(2008) is on the network. My issue is I am away from home for multiple months at a time and would like to be able to access the Time Capsule and hard drive from a remote location via the internet without worrying about others being able to see my data. I have been able to use the Go>Connect to Server function in the finder with a password for the Time Capsule working to limit access. I am wondering how secure this is regarding the data as it passes over the network or if there are other ways i need to be encrypting the data. Thanks in advance.

When you say noone is providing a solution.. we have no idea who the noone is??
Did you read Tesserax document on remote access??
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3413
Tesserax is definitely someone.. and he has done a very good job of giving you 3 alternatives.. all of which work at least for some people.
If you have read that.. then please tell us what you have tried and what failed??
The issue most people have is not actually access to the TC .. it is the fact that you do not have a public static IP address. If you really want simple access to the TC it is dead easy.. buy a static IP from your ISP. Then you never have problems. Just directly access it using AFP (which does mean you have to do it from a Mac). Or buy a VPN router and put the TC in bridge behind it.. you still need a public IP that is static to make this simple and workable.
ISP deliberately use dynamic IP addresses to prevent you hosting servers.. The TC is a file server in this setup. They are trying to stop you doing this since part of requirements are you don't host servers on non-business accounts.
What we need to know if you run into trouble..
The exact network layout in your home? How is the TC configured. It must be main router with public IP on the WAN interface for BTMM to work.
Which method you are using.. please use Tesserax's numbered system?? His methods are pretty much in order of ease.. BTMM is the apple method to do it. Use this first and foremost.
And what device are you trying to use to access it from remotely??
You need to recognise here that Apple has made this easy for only one protocol.. AFP. No other protocol is fully supported other than by trickery.

I set up time capsule and now can't connect wirelessly

I got home with my new Apple and Time Capsule last Friday and was unable to connect to the net. I called Cox cable and they came out and got me up and running. The yellow light on the Tine Capsule kept blinking but I was able to connect and thought it was just a glitch.
Today I added a printer and, after a few headaches, got it up and running. Then I tried to set up the automatic backup process and thought I was OK. Now, however I can't connect wirelessly at all. I keep getting the message "None of your preferred networks are available." I have a neighbor with a wireless network and it sees that, so something is going on. I also am able to connect directly to my modem and get connected. The yellow light is still blinking!
I have tried re-starting the computer, turning off both the modem and Time Capsule, but nothing works. I am beginning to think I have a defective Time Capsule but the store I got it from is two hours away, so if anyone can offer a suggestion, I would be most grateful.

I just went through the same deal. I'm not exactly sure how I did it, but I eventually got it to work, and even have Back to My Mac in play. For the next ten minutes, anyway.
So here's the deal. These are some of the things I did that you might try.
First, there is a big issue regarding how you presently connect to the internet - DSL modem? Cable modem? A dixie cup and a piece of thread? Time Capsule is both a router and a wireless base station, so whatver you're using now might be performing router duty as well, and screwing things up. I replaced my AT&T 2Wire device (modem, router, and wireless base station in one box) with a DSL modem. Oh, and when I was prompted, I assigned the public IP address for my broadband connection (the one that begins with 70.xxx.xxx.xxx) to the TIme Capsule, instead of having Time Capsule get one of those 192.xxx.x.xxx or 10.x.x.x IP addresses from DHCP.
The modem has to operate in "bridge mode." Whatever the heck that means.
Also, in configuring time capsule, I initially used an ethernet cable attached to a computer (in this case, my MacBook Pro). It seemed easier to get it going that way, and once it had managed to connect, it made it easier to get on just using the wireless connection.
When you're prompted, you want to create a new network, although it might be helpful to take it one step at a time and keep your present network up and running and let Time Capsule join that deploying - initially - just the wireless backup capability.
Oh, and regarding restarting all the hardware, I did that too. But with Time Capsule, if you're not already doing it, you should not just restart the device, but do a reset. On the back of the device if you look carefully toward the right you will see a little pinhole. Get a paper clip and depress the little button inside that little pinhole until the front light begins to blink rapidly. That resets Time Capsule and was the only way I could get the thing to bite at the beginning.
So much for Mac's just working. Although once they do . . . .

Setting up Time Capsule and external hard drive

Hi,
In the past i've been using Time Machine for backing up all my data from my Mac Book Pro to a 120GB lacie external hard drive.
I've now purchased a Time Capsule and want to know the best way to transfer my backup data from the External HD to my Time Capsule.
Once that is done, i want to mount my External HD to the Time Capsule so i can use it as external storage for music, photos etc. and access it from my laptop when required.
Is this possible and recommended.
I've also got a PS3 and was wondering whether i can hook this up to all of the above as well.

read these hypertexts and then you'll determine its a no no...different file system.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/04/04/exploringtime_capsule_feature_and_suitabilityreview.html

New to time capsule and need help with installing it?

I just bought a new 3tb time capsule and also new to apple routers I want to use this as my new wireless router how do I go about switching this out with my router now. Im using a linskys router now nothing special I think its only a 300Mbps the only problem is that we just had our new house complete and prewired with ethernet connection in every room and a security system that runs off of the router how do I go about switching that set up to the new time capsule? I know if I had to have the company come out to do it they charge a hefty fee which I know its that hard to do the only thing that's stopping me is that set up to the security system I don't want to screw that up???

Three different aspects
1. Set the form up to submit the data (XML or FDF), not the full PDF. You can import the data to the PDF on your end.
2. You can turn on Extended Reader Rights, but then limit the use/users to 500 by the EULA. The applicability of this option depends on your intended application. In a small office, it would be fine. For general web use you would likely exceed the limit and be in violation of the EULA.
3. There may be an e-mail problem, one reason that e-mail is not recommended for form submission (even if the manual discusses it). Again, in a controlled environment like an office it will probably work fine, but in a web setup it is best to use a web script. There are 2 problems with e-mail that both depend on the client system (YOU have no control, but will be blamed in any case). First, the client machine has to be set up as an active MAPI client. Many folks do not have this on. Second, some e-mail clients treat PDFs like text and the result is a corrupt e-mail submission, even if it makes to you.
If you have the possibility of web submission, do it. I suggest only having the form data submitted and not the form.

Trying to set up Time Capsule for WiFi access with Linksys router

Problem: I must use a Linksys router to connect to internet, since I have my telephone connected to this router (Vonage). I have set up a Time Capsule and connected it to the Linksys router, which is NOT wireless. I would like to use the wireless capability of the Time Capsule to provide wifi connection for laptop computers. The Time Capsule's wireless network is visible to these computers, but they do not connect to the network, since the Time Capsule is not the source of dynamic IP addresses; rather, the Linksys router is the source for IP addresses on my network. What must I do to get IP addresses supplied to computers attached via wifi?

The Time Capsule was set up using bridge mode. My initial error was to use the WAN port. After switching to a LAN port to connect with the Linksys router, the laptop computer was able to connect to the network wirelessly, but it could not obtain web page from the internet.
The laptop is a Dell Inspiron 6000; with an ethernet cable attached to the Time Capsule, it receives an IP address AND it can obtain web pages from the internet. The command "ipconfig /all" issued at the DOS prompt yields approximately the following:
Broadcom... (this is the ethernet card) ... IP address 192.168.15.104, with the gateway 192.168.15.1 (which is the Linksys router)
Intel(R) PRO/Wireless... (this is the wireless card) ... IP address 192.168.15.103, with the same gateway.
I can ping the iMac from the Dell laptop; the iMac is connected directly to the Linksys router. Running ping 192.168.15.104 from Terminal on the iMac succeeds, while ping 192.168.15.103 does not.

Time Capsule and iTunes working with external HDD

Hello all.
I have a situation I would to share with you and see if there is a solution.
I have a PC and a Macbook Air. I had a Time Capsule which had my iTunes library but the drive failed and I lost everything. However when it was running things weren't going great. Because the Time Capsule was a bit clever, it only spun the HDD when TIme Machine was backing my MBA.
This meant that I had trouble accessing my iTunes library because it wasn't always available. So I would have to locate the library on most occasions and on even more occasions iTunes lost the links with my media files and had to go through the time consuming 'Find files' process.
I was wondering if an answer to my problem would be to store all my music and other media on an external HDD (like the GoFlex). The I could plug it into my PC, then my MBA and if I wanted to make it avable to both I could plug it into Time Capsule and it would 'broadcast' it to both.
I was wondering if anyone had tried this and how it worked, Would iTunes see the HDD plugged directly into the MBA as the same as the HDD being plugged into the Time Capsule?
I look forward to hearing your suggestions.

Scipio7 wrote:
it shows 3GB out of 3GB instead of 3GB out of 40Gb total.
Where are you seeing those values?

Time Capsule and SLOW bandwidth with Verizon FIOS?????

Ok I have had verizon FIOS and my time capsule for almost 3 years. All running latest firmware updates (which might be the problem with the TC). For the last couple years it has been a blazing fast setup and I have a ps3, imac, macbook pro, apple tv, iphone, ipad, etc all hooked up to my network.
Then 5 days ago I buy a new Imac and the firmware update for the TC. Now the bandwidth in my house has dropped to crap. I have directly connected to the FIOS router with ethernet and its like 20 megs per second down and10 up, but when I connect my time capsule back up and go from there it is like 4 down and 3 up? It was NEVER like this before....any ideas or suggestions?

Welcome to the discussion area!
Things were fine before two changes occurred on your network. So, it might be logical to try to isolate one thing or the other to arrive at a possible cause for your network slowdown.
You need to completely power cycle the entire network after you make any change on a network, whether that be adding a new device (the iMac) or making another change (the firmware update).
Power everything off...modem, routers, computers, consoles, printers, etc., the order is not important. Wait 5 minutes. Then power up your modem first and let it run for 5 minutes by itself. Power up the next device connected to the modem (probably your Time Capsule) the same way. Power up the next device the same way, etc. until everything is powered back up.
What are your results?
If things are still slow, remove one of the things that you changed on your network...the iMac...by powering it off, restarting your network again (the extended power off above is not necessary) and then checking the network again.
Any change?
If no change on the iMac test, then the other variable on your network is the firmware update. It's unlikely...+but possible+...that the firmware update changed something in the interaction between your Time Capsule and FIOS router, so something is not functioning quite correctly. Things like this can happen with firmware updates because while Apple knows what works among their own products; they cannot know what works in every instance when another product interfaces with one of of theirs.
It should be possible to rollback the firmware on your Time Capsule to the previous version if you want to try that approach. There's no guarantee of course, that this will help either. Post back if you want to try this.

Can I use home sharing for AppleTV with Time Capsule and have my iMac powered off?

I wish to be able to use AppleTV without having my iMac powered on. Is there a way to have my iTunes library on my Time Capsule so I can use AppleTV directly from it?

I use an external hard drive with my iMac and have an iTunes folder there (that sometimes it points to automatically, but sometimes I have to go under advanced and show the iMac to use that iTunes folder because it defaults to the internal iTunes folder on the computer).
Make sure the external drive is powered on and mounted on the desktop before launching iTunes.

Is it possible to store music on a time capsule and have the music linked to iTunes without taking up space on the computer?

I have a macbook air and a time capsule. I want to store my music on the time capsule without having to transfer the files to my computer to link them to itunes. Is this possible?
Thanks

Yes, but before going into details, it is not a good idea. You should always have a backup drive and the Time Capsule (TC) serves as that. If you place all your iTunes files only on the TC, when the TC drive fails (as it definitely will someday) all your files will be lost because you don't have a backup.* The solution is to buy yet another external hard drive either as a backup drive or a storage drive. I believe these can be attached to a TC but I don't have one so I don't know the details.
Options for remote iTunes storage> One is to put only some media on the external. Not such a good idea and tricky to manage, but some want music on their comptuer and bulky movies on an external. Another option is to keep only media on the external and your library files on the internal. No real advantage unless you have a family with shared media but individual iTunes libraries, plus it can be tricky to do future moves. The best solution is to move your whole iTunes library to the external. Drag the whole iTunes folder to the external. Start iTunes with the option key held down and guide it to the library.itl file (the library file) in the folder on the external. Note, the external drive will always have to be attached before starting iTunes or iTunes will revert to putting a library on your internal drive. If you forget, quit iTunes and re-do the option key start.
*Don't rely upon being able to redownload from Apple. It's a convenience, not a backup. Some things can't be redownloaded, and all Apple stores is media, not individaual library files which is what you see when you open iTunes.

Just set up Time Capsule and imac is backed up. Can I back up ipad and iphone too? If so, how do I do it?

Just bought AirPort Time Capsule (2TB) and my imac 10.7.5 is backed up.
Can I back up the information on my iphone and ipad - both are iOS 7.1.2?
On AirPort Utility I am not able to open other Wi-Fi Devices. TC indicates ipad and iphone are wireless clients.
Not sure what I do. Thanks.

iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad back up to iTunes on your computer....or....to iCloud, if you have enabled that option.
If you have a Mac and have Time Machine backups enabled, then the iPhone and iPad backups stored in iTunes on the Mac are backed up to the Time Capsule.
In other words, the iPhone and iPad back up indirectly to the Time Capsule, if you have Time Machine enabled. They do not back up directly to the Time Capsule.
For more information on iOS backups, please see this Apple Support document:
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
Or, you might want to post in the iPhone and iPad support communities.....where the iPhone and iPad experts hang out.
Using iPhone Using iPad

I just set up Time Machine and have a WD external disc attached.

A WD SmartWare folder now resides on my desktop. It contains a question that asks if I want to back up files or set up the drive.
What am I supposed to do? Thanks for your assistance.

burgessiii22 wrote:
Thanks for the answer Linc, but how do I check to make sure the back-up process is working if I don't think I need to restore?
Create a test file with Text Edit (or any other program) and save it to your desktop.
Run Time Machine from the menu bar.
When the Time Machine icon in the menu bar stops spinning, drag your test file to the trash.
Open Time Machine and go back 1 page. You should see your test file on the desktop.

24.5.0 - deleted mail account and have issues with a spurious New Folder

Hi
I have been messing around with my Thunderbird data, so this problem is of my own making I think.
I deleted an email account using my provider setup area. This was an email account I had set up at the start when joining this provider and contained only test messages etc. and so was of no further use.
I had set up this email address in Thunderbird and after deleting the account with my provider I then removed the account in Thunderbird. All seemed to be OK.
Now, to confuse matters. I had previously set up a list of folders under Local Folders for filtered email in Thunderbird - I now moved them up into my main account by click/drag/drop onto the account name. Although this took a very long time (and unexpectedly used an enormous amount of bandwidth), the operation finally seemed to finish (although that was really hard to determine until I finally found the Activity Monitor).
Now, for the point of this posting:
After all of the above, I discovered that a spurious folder had been created under the INBOX of my main account, called 'New%20Folder=0' which I read as New Folder-0. I don't know at what point in the above that this folder appeared, but I *think* I must have dragged/dropped one of my folder moves on the INBOX instead of the account name field.
Now, dear readers, if you have got thus far, the crux of my problem. I can not delete this folder, when I try, I get the message
The current operation on 'New%20folder-0' did not succeed. The mail server for account ******* responded folder does not exist.
I have tried a whole bunch of things, altering settings in its Properties etc but nothing lets me delete it.
Question is: how can I delete it?

I would:
a) check on the email provider's website to check if it had copied there, and deal with it. Your mention of bandwidth implies this is an IMAP-connected account.
b) close Thunderbird, open its [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-tb?esab=a&s=profiles&r=1&as=s profile] and delete the offending folder there. You need to browse your profile for a while to understand its structure before doing anything rash.
On the whole, I discourage users from dragging folders about as you have done. By all means drag the ''contents'' (better yet, use multi-select, then right-click and "copy to" or "move to") but moving ''folders'' is IMHO an undefined operation with unpredictable outcomes. I've heard of users moving a folder from one account to another and finding that it still associates with (i.e. "belongs to") the original account.

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