I want to back up 2 computers to time capsule

Hello,
I currently have a 3 TB time capsule.
We are buying a new laptop, either PC or Mac.'
I need to know in either case wehther it is possible to backup both on the time capsule?
Would I need to partition the disk in either case?
I am fairly new at this so concrete instructions are appreciated.

Backing up two Macs isn't any more complicated than backing up one; partitioning the drive isn't necessary or possible. Backing up a PC to it requires backing up manually or using third-party software capable of backing up to network drives.
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Want my DVR to use wifi from Time Capsule

We have two wireless networks in our house which seems stupid. Until now, we've shrugged it off and ignored the wifi created by the fios router and use a wired Time Capsule to create a wifi network that we use. Now, there's a new feature where we could watch tv in other rooms on our iphone, ipads, etc. That's great except the TV is on the wifi that came with the FIOS router instead of the wifi the rest of us in the house are using.
So, I googled about it to see what I could do to combine the networks. It turns out you cannot extend the fios wifi with the Time Capsule because the Apple Airport devices have features for extending networks that the fios wifi doesn't have. I found I could turn off the fios wifi but then the DVR wouldn't have an internet connection. So, I thought, I'll change the DVR ot use the Time Capsule wifi, which I'd prefer because we want to keep that network. I checked the DVR and found the home network settings -- and it turned out to be a place where you can see the settings, but you can't change the settings there, but there has to be a way to set it up somewhere, no?
Ideally, I'd turn off the FIOS wifi and change the DVR over to use our existing home network. At the moment, we will have to switch networks, depending on what we want to do. We use the Time Capsule for backups, to share files, for airtunes, etc. It also extends thru the entire house whereas the FIOS one doesn't. If we wanted to use the new features to watch programs from ipads, etc, we'd have to switch them over to the other network while we did. It's just a bit of a pain.
Any ideas? Thanks!

liz4cps wrote:
We have two wireless networks in our house which seems stupid ...
Many folks have two or more wireless networks in a single dwelling (including me). It doesn't seem stupid to me and if there's a problem, one or both wireless networks can be disabled in the router or Time Capsule settings.
liz4cps wrote:
We ... use a wired Time Capsule to create a wifi network that we use ... the TV is on the wifi that came with the FIOS router instead of the wifi the rest of us in the house are using ... I googled about it to see what I could do to combine the networks ... I found I could turn off the fios wifi but then the DVR wouldn't have an internet connection ...
Maybe it's just a terminology issue, but none of the Verizon STBs or DVRs has wireless capability. Presently these devices only connect to the network using coax, although this may change in the future.
liz4cps wrote:
... I thought, I'll change the DVR ot use the Time Capsule wifi ... checked the DVR and found the home network settings ... but you can't change the settings there, but there has to be a way to set it up somewhere, no? ...
No. As in my earlier comment, DVRs and STBs connect to the network via coax and are fed IP addresses via the FiOS router. That's how they get Guide data, VOD, etc.
liz4cps wrote:
... Ideally, I'd turn off the FIOS wifi and change the DVR over to use our existing home network ...
The DVR will always connect to the network via the FiOS router. However there is nothing to stop you from disabling the wireless radio in the FiOS router, and having all your wireless devices (but definitely not your DVRs or STBs) connect to your preferred wireless network. You can use whatever security features, SSIDs, and passwords you desire on the alternate device, and have all your portable devices connect there.
I hope this is clear, so please review the above and come back with further questions if necessary. Good luck.

Using an external drive with shared files (iPhoto, iTunes), attached to a Time Capsule, can the contents of the external drive be backed-up to the internal Time Capsule drive? Perhaps a RAID1 mirror to a partition?

Using an external drive with shared files (iPhoto, iTunes), attached to a Time Capsule, can the contents of the external drive be backed-up to the internal Time Capsule drive? Perhaps a RAID1 mirror to a partitioned Time Capsule? I understand that the Time Machine (software) cannot backup a networked drive (the external) and that Time Capsule (the router/wireless hard drive) does not have its own backup software... so it won't backup the connected drive. What I would like is an alternate solution for having an automated backup of a networked drive. A 2TB Time Capsule has more than enough space for Time Machine backups of my family of Macbooks, so I had hoped to mirror a 500GB external drive (with shared media files) to a portion of the Time Capsule internal hard drive. I assume this would require a partition of the Time Capsule drive. If not, would the sparse file from the various computers being backed up need to be copied to the external drive as part of the RAID1 setup? This seems like overkill for the Time Machine backup, but it would cover the media files.

The complexity with this idea is the software has to run from a Mac computer on your network.. so you need a Mac turned on, probably most of the day.
It isn't possible to partition the TC although you can create a image area.
The software would have to copy the material, that means all files to be copied, go from USB drive, back to the Mac, then back to the TC, and written to the drive. In other words you have just added Network congestion, although a proper incremental backup type software will not actually use a lot of capacity.
Finally it will be slow.. network drives are slower than internal drives. Well USB connected drive is much slower than the same drive connected directly to the computer.. and if the drive is connected directly to a computer it can be shared with the network.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4577/airport-extreme-5th-gen-and-time-capsule-4th- gen-review-faster-wifi-/4
Read carefully the speed of the USB drive plugged into the TC.

Using Tiger 10.4.11 and trying to back up hard drive on time capsule

I have successful set up time capsule to be my base internet station. Now I want to copy my hard drive onto Time Capsule but cannot figure out how to do it. I visited the apple store today in NYC and they folks there suggested I use "migration assistant". I have done this and migration assistant cannot locate my time capsule. I have attached an ethernet cable from my computer to the time capsule and this does not help. Can anyone suggest how I can copy my files from my hard drive to the time capsule? Thanks (as an aside I have leopard and plan to install as soon as I can back up my hard drive on time capsule. Leopard should make back up painless going forward).

I've found a solution, no need to post a response. Thanks!

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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..

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You can backup 2 computers as long as the TC has enough space.
Your access might be restricted if you set it up with users.. you must log in with the correct user to get access to the files.
Otherwise you should be able to see both sparsebundles just with finder.
Look at Pondini's excellent FAQ
this one in particular may help
http://pondini.org/TM/17.html

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I want to replace a four year old Time Capsule for a new Airport Extreme, how difficult is it? The ADSL connection come from a Modern Router provide by the local Telephone company.

Reply back when you get the new device, but in short, you'll have to put your extreme in bridge mode and just connect the same wires as your current TC.
See here http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/answers/how-to-add-a-time-capsule-or-airport-extr eme-to-an-existing-network-with-br

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Since I upgraded my iMac,my time machine is not backing up automatically to my time capsule since my upgrade to Moutain Lion.

I have a similar problem. On my iMac, I swapped out (at Genius Bar) my HD via Seagate replacement program. Ever since my time machine won't backup. I get a error msg that says:
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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.

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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.

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How do I set up back up for my multiple devices mac air, mac book pro, i phone, i pod, mac to back up on a single time capsule??

You can do that. Apple Support Contributor Pondini create this FAQ that answers that question, and more:
http://pondini.org/TM/TCQ1.html
iPhones and iPods do not back up directly to Time Capsule. They are backed up to a Mac - you choose which one - and the Mac is periodically backed up to Time Capsule. You can even configure your iPhone to sync to your Mac wirelessly. So, the end result is similar.

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.
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I want to extend the range of my Time Capsule, can I use Universal WiFi Range Extender, 4-port WiFi Adapter WN2000RPT?

I want to extend the range of my Time Capsule, can I use Universal WiFi Range Extender, 4-port WiFi Adapter WN2000RPT?

A universal may work but reliability tends to be poor..
You are much better using another airport .. extreme or express.. even a second hand older one.
Or do not use wireless bridge or repeater.. simply run ethernet or use EOP adapters to a second WAP run independently of the main router.. it is far more reliable and far faster solution .. wireless bridge/repeater will halve your wireless speed.

Can i store or back up my itunes on Time capsule?

can i store or back up my itunes on Time capsule?

You can store your itunes on the TC but you should not.
The Time Capsule has no easy backup method. It is a backup device.. not a NAS.
If the itunes is on a computer connected to the TC and running Time Machine the itunes will be backed up. is this what you mean? You can also make a copy of the itunes but not use it as a main store.

2 Computers and Time Capsule as server

Hi I'm using 2 Mac computers and trying to find a way to manage only 1 iTunes library and 1 iPhoto library.
I have put those 2 libraries on my TC. It is working fine with the exception that it makes it almost impossible to browse your pictures from either computer because it is slow and images scrolling is always interrupted because of the transfer of data back and forth. Same when I play music on either computer.
Is there a better way to do this without interruption of images or music file? I also have a .Mac account (though not very familiar with it). Should I be using the shared folder?
Your help will be greatly appreciated
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This is my first server that i want to share out of my home network.
It is much easier to share the disk that is connected to the broadband. You should change over your present arrangement so the server you want to share to WAN is the primary router. The old existing TC which I guess has been taking that job should be bridged.
You can then get WAN access.. but you might need to use Lion plus iCloud. Unless you have a public IP.
Please first of all download and install 5.6 utility as i guess you are running Lion.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
Then you need to figure out how you are going to access WAN port as there is one key issue.. your public IP from the ISP is more than likely dynamic and keeps changing.. so you need to use BTMM from iCloud connection ..
Or you need to buy a static IP from your ISP..
Or you need to use a different router that is vpn server capable. Ie you must put both TC in bridge and replace it with a proper vpn router.
To help with specifics you need to tell us what kind of broadband you have, what modem you have.. and if your ISP offers static IP.
Do a google search Time Capsule remote access.. there are plenty of posts with explanation of how to do it.
The official Apple way.
http://www.apple.com/au/support/icloud/back-to-my-mac/

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