Losing back to my mac connection
When away from my homenet, I can always reach my TimeCapsule from the Internet, and sometimes even my computers. After a while though, I loose the connection to the computers, but I am still connected to the TC. At home, I restart " Back to my Mac" and then it works for a while again. What to do?
Same problem just with my new retina. The old MBP was ok.
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But I was able to do what I needed, given enough pain and perseverance.
Question: Given the impoverished visuals for mouse operations, is there a way to do this on the command line, not through the moving galaxy syntactic sugar that just gets in the way? Can I run the whole restore operation in Terminal? Of course, still via Back to My Mac, because I don't know how to get to the remote iMac in any other way remotely, given that it sits behind a cable modem and a Time Capsule router with NAT. And I don't want to set up port forwarding, if I don't have to.
Thanks for reading, and I'll take your considered expert advice.
-- MarekWell, I have now reformatted/partitioned my poor WD Elements 2TB drive about a dozen times as well as restarted my 1TB Time Capsule so many times it's no wonder it's as confused as I am! <G>
Last night, at your suggestion, William, and in respect for your continued support, I tried creating two 1TB Mac OS Extended (Journaled) partitions on the WD external USB drive, both with GUID partition tables. Both volumes mounted to my laptop's desktop flawlessly and without issue.
Once the external drive was connected to the Time Capsule, however, it was a crap shoot as to whether or not the drive was recognized at all, reporting a problem with the disk, or, even at one point, mounting one of the two volumes but not both. <sigh>
I read somewhere on the Internet that you need to restart the Time Capsule for volumes on an external USB drive to be recognized.
So I tried that. I connected the freshly partitioned/formatted disk to the Time Capsule and restarted it. This succeed in removing the issue of reporting a nameless drive with a capacity of 0MB. It then reported the drive with its correct name but would not recognize whatever volumes in whatever partitions that particular crack at it contained with the exception of the once, as I mentioned above, when only one of two volumes mounted correctly and was listed with the right name and capacity on the Time Capusule's Setup's Disk tab.
At this point I have given up on my goal to use the external drive with Time Machine to back up my Macs or to hope I will ever be able to see its contents remotely via Back to My Mac. All I would like to do now is simply find a reason why I can't get it successfully connected and playing nice with my Time Capsule in the first place!
Any further suggestions or advice as to what steps I might take next would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you all. -
Back to my mac -- connect as guest is default
I have a couple of computers using 'back to my mac' screen sharing and file sharing with no problems (powerbooks, ibooks, mac mini(intel), and old G4). I just got a macbook pro and configured it with the same mobile me login info, etc, sync all mail/bookmarks/etc with no problems. However, when trying to connect to all other computers using screen sharing in the finder, it defaults to connect as guest. My mobile me credetials don't get used -- I have to specifically use an existing username/password from the maching i'm trying to connect to.
When I enable back to my mac, I do get an error saying teh router isn't configured for upnp, but it is -- four other machines are using it no problem this way with no problems.
Its only this laptop that has an issue. Firewall is off for all of this.
Any suggestions?I can't turn File Sharing off. I still want to file share. But I just don't want to connect to this "share" using the information that the Finder is defaulting to, and autoconnecting with. There doesn't seem to be a way to do this. I went through my entire KeyChain and I couldn't find anything that would account for this. It's as if the Finder thinks that because I connected to this share using my appleID once, it now defaults to this every time, and I have to actually disconnect and then reconnect with the login info that provides me the level of access that I require. Not sure if this makes sense.
I do appreciate the help. Thanks. -
Back to my mac connectivity issues
Hi,
I am a happy mac user and since I work on multiple mac machines I thought the back to my mac feature was a godsend.
Unfortunately, the performance is subpar to many other apps/services available.
I am seeing about 10% of success when trying to connect to other macs, so the question is whether there is something wrong with my network setup (checked multiple times) or the issue lies hidden somewhere else.
Does anyone else experience these issues?
Thank youHello tadelv,
We've an article that provides relevant information and tips that may help stabilize Back to my Mac.
OS X: Using and troubleshooting Back to My Mac with your iCloud account
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4907
Cheers,
Allen -
I am able to connect to my Mac Mini on Back to My Mac through iCloud but the keyboard/trackpad on the MBAir or MBP with which I access does not register on the Mini. So I can see the screen but cannot interact with it. Mini works accessing MBP/Air and I can use Mini to input data or interact with screens of those computers.
Regarding your first question about bookmarks, I think you discovered the answer in when you pressed the address bar. The second tab there has your bookmarks.
As for the keyboard, I'm not sure why your Firefox is reacting so slowly; mine seems to show keyboards even when I don't want them. If you have accumulated a lot of history, perhaps that's an issue?
Did you use any third party software to move your Firefox data from internal memory to the storage card? -
I can see my mac in "Back to my mac" but I can't connect to share the screen
Here is my set up:
At home:
Modem ---ethernet---> Airport Extreme ---ethernet---> Macbook (10.7.3)
Back to my mac turned on in iCloud
NAT port mapping turned on in Airport Utility for the Airport Extreme
Macbook is plugged in and set to NEVER go to sleep
Wake for network access is turned on
Screen sharing is turned on and set up for one user with a password
I've tested screen sharing on the local network with my wifes MacBookPro and it works
At work:
iMac also running 10.7.3 and connected to same icloud account
Finder set to show "Back to my mac" in "shared"
I can see my macbook in the shared section of finder on the imac and it shows "share screen" as an option, and not "connect." I don't have anything other than "screen sharing" turned on in "sharing" settings on the macbook, so this is how it should look. This looks exactly the same as when I tested it on the local network with the MBP.
However, when I click "share screen" I get connecting to "Jimbob's Mac" and rather than the usual prompt for a password, I get:
Connection failed to "Jimbob's Mac"
Please make sure that Screen Sharing (in the Sharing section of System Preferences) is enabled on the computer to which you are attempting to connect. Also make sure your network connection is working properly.
Any help or tips on what I need to reconfigure would be appreciated.
and for the record, my name is not actually JimbobiPod not recognized in 'My Computer' and in iTunes for Windows
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I'm having trouble with back to my MAC. I had everything working on my home wifi network but now I am at my daughter's house and trying to connect via a verizon hotspot wifi connection. I'm wondering if the Verizon hookup is a problem.
I finally figured it out. Needed to update her Airport firmware and allow guest access, and also changed Sharing preferences to Allow Access for All Users.
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Back to My Mac is not connecting when external from my local network
I have an Aiport Extreme. Back to My Mac is enabled with my Apple ID. The Mac Mini I have hard wired into the router is also enabled for Back to my Mac. It's utilizing the same Apple ID.
Troubleshooting steps undertaken:
Reset router
Turned off back to my mac on my mac mini and then turned it back on after a few minutes.
Went into the airport utility. (tried each individually and together)
Created a DHCP reservation for that mac mini.
Enabled a default host for NAT.
Unchecked the "block incoming IPv6 connections," but have turned it back on.
In order to test the setup, I tether to my iPhone. As soon as I tether, the mac mini disappears from shared devices in finder.Hi
I have exactly the same problem. I've been tinkering with it for days on and off and so far find it has nothing to do with the setup. I've been through the suggestions as posted by Braden, although i discovered these myself earlier, and it made no difference. I've tried turning things on and off, resigning in to back to my mac and icloud over and over again.
I did discover that either a restart temporarily fixed the problem, or it was me turning off the firewall on the mac mini i wasn't sure, but in either event the fix only lasts a day or so and then the mini randomly disappear from the network (usually just before i really need it!).
Back to my mac was functioning perfectly before the Yosemite upgrade so I'm seriously thinking about downgrading to Mavericks as i now strongly believe it's a bug in Yosemite. If/when 10.1 update comes out, and if it still doesn't fix the problem, then i will jump back to mavericks.
Apart from that I've been really happy with Yosemite!
(sorry Hoosier, i just noticed you were on Mavericks not Yosemite... but same issues here. ) -
Connect As- won't let me enter Name and Password on Back to My Mac
I'm trying to "get back to my mac". It's a Pro Mac and iCloud shows it as Online. Connecting from my MacBook Pro, over the internet. Both machines are fully updated Mavericks (10.9.4).
When I "Connect as…" on the ProMac in the finder, the Connecting… sits for a long time and then I get the error message "There was a problem connecting to the server “x". The server may not exist or it is unavailable at this time. Check the server name or IP address, check your network connection, and then try again."
Same thing for screen sharing.
What I expect to happen is to be able to click on Connect as… and to be able to enter name and password (I suspect it's logging into the wrong user), but it just tries to connect and generates the error again. I've tried a restart and can't really think of anything else to wake it up.
Any suggestions?Hi Neal Bridgens,
If you are having issues setting up or using Back To My Mac from your MacBook Pro to your Mac Pro, you may find the information and troubleshooting steps outlined in the following articles helpful:
Set up and use Back to My Mac
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4907
If you have issues using Back to My Mac
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5381
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Is possible to have a time machine backup on an external hd connected to either a primary or secondary router and not have "back to my mac" using 10.7.3?
The bottom line is that Apple does not support Time Machine backups at the USB port of the AirPort Extreme. If they don't support their own router, they certainly don't support other routers from other manufacturers.
Connect the drive directly to the Mac using either USB or FireWire.....or....use a Time Capsule. Either of these setups will be supported.
If you want to try the unsupported method(s), you can certainly do so. But, I would suggest that you have a secondary backup plan in place if this is important data that you will be backing up. -
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It was tele tech. I couldn't open my Page Numbers etc. Frist tech chat idiot - following dumping few things in bin, asked me yo upgrade to Yosemite. But the problem still persists. This morning I was asked to do it via telephone and like yesterday, after wasting 20 min, I was put to this apparent Tech Queen ( my foot!). She eventually decided to reinstall Yosemite asked me to connect my external drive while I connected to her. She was moving cursor asking me to move files and delete and I followed her like a dummy. It took 3/4 hours and she called me 3 times once the lengthy process was completed. I suspected from the beginng for the fact that why should be asking me to click all my backup from the very beginning! Eventually she said I deleted... Or someone else or may be my children ! It was a blatant lie. I run my small business from home and I was simply staying in front of the Mac whole day! Children were at school. Then she said I must have used another computer! I only have laptop and the iPad. I will talk to their manager first thing in the morning. In the mean time please let me know as to how can I transfer photos, music etc back to my laptop from my Iphone and IPad .? I am will connect to laptop as I am worried the new BLANK iPhoto may supersede iphone/iPad stuff? Will it? Please let me know. I am not a very tech savvy person. My son who could help me, is in Manchester Uni and Inam in London.
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i can connect my tc to the internet and back up my iMac, but it will not back up my mac book pro... ANY thoughts?
When I go to connect my MBP, it says I have the wrong user name and/or password; however the names and password are the same on both computers.
The MBP connects smoothly to the internet, just not the TC.
Does this help?
There is no login name required to get internet unless you are running a vpn or pppoe client.
The wireless uses a security key.. but that is fixed in the wireless setup.. so no user login should be required at any time.
It sounds to me like you have the wrong setup.
Please do a screen shot and post it of the imac setup that works.. show us the airport network with its ip address and where you are putting in the login.
Please also do a snapshot of the TC and how it is setup.
What broadband do you have?
Is the TC a router or bridged? -
"Back to My Mac is turned on, your VPN connection cannot be established"?
Hi,
I searched for this recurring notice that I am getting " Because Back to My Mac is turned on, your VPN connection cannot be established", and came up with this thread: http://discussions.info.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8436720
However, I am not trying to establish a VPN when I get this message (and don't have one AFAIK).
Any idea what might be causing this message? I can't seem to figure out what triggers it, it just seems to pop up every hour or so. iChat is the only thing I have been using recently that seems to
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Any other ideas on what might be causing this message?
Your help is appreciated!
A.If you have a VPN installed (by mistake?) you should be able to go to your System Prefs > Network and see the VPN listed in the left hand column along with Aiport and Ethernet. You can un-install by using the minus button at the bottom of the column.
The link provided shows you how to install a VPN client with screen shots, including one of this Network Prefs screen and what a VPN client looks like.
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Remote Connection using Back to my Mac for Time Capsule?
How do I connect to my Time Capsule and connected usb drive/printer now that Back to my Mac for Mobile Me is disabled and iCloud is running Back to my Mac?
More information:
I used to use the Mobile Me's version of Back to my Mac to enable connecting with my time Capsule, but how is this done now that iCloud has taken over Back to my Mac and I have upgraded to Lion.
I have a Feb2011 MBP and a 2010 minimac the macmini is always connected to the time capsule, but I would like to be able to connect directly to the time capsule without having to go through the macmini.
Thank you for your helpIt is possible but I am not sure it is worth the hassle..
Your key issue here is public IP for your network.. if you have a static ip you are fine.. but very few people have this. It also depends on how the TC is setup.. is it the main router for the network or plugged into a modem router which has the role of main router, even if you use the TC as a secondary router.
Without more info..
1. This is easy if you have a static public IP and the TC is the main router and gets the public IP on the wan port.. just go to disk sharing in the airport utility manual setup and check for wan (internet access).
2. If you have a dynamic IP, then you will have to sort out how you are going to find that IP.. the normal method to use dyndns account is not directly applicable because the TC has no client. It is possible to set up dyn dns but you will need to purchase your own domain name.
3. You may find it easier to use standard router and bridge the TC. A standard router can be setup to port forward 548 AFP files service to the TC ip address. You may or maynot be able to access the printer. Certainly would be easier if the printer has IPP services. And is a true network printer.
4. Use vpn.. get a vpn router so you can setup proper vpn endpoints.. then you use VPN service to access your local network.. this is far more secure and will work with dyndns just fine. -
How can i fix Connection issues with back to my mac since yosemite upgrade.
Ok I have been having nothing but problems with back to my mac since the upgrade. both machines are using yosemite and I have even reinstalled yosemite on both still having connection issues. anyone else know how I can fix this? I get one of 2 error messages one that says there is a problem connecting and i should make sure screen sharing is active and then another that says the server does not exist. So far to get it working it involves restarting back to my mac or both macs. This is not a good fix since once I disconnect and try to reconnect a few hours later it does it all over again. I am currently in France and needless to say my parents are starting to get really annoyed with constantly having to do things on there end so I can remote into my iMac.Before the yosemite upgrade I maybe had to do this once or twice.
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