Mac can not see time capsule

i bought Time capsule over Amazon .Air port works fine , but my mac can not see time capsule,,,sometime does , but most of the time not...
It is a problem with time capsule i have 2 T new generation

You don't mention what type of Mac you have, but is there any way you can move it around to see if that affects the problem? If you hold down an "option" key while you pull down the AirPort/WiFi menu bar item, you should see a value labeled "RSSI" that is the strength of the wireless signal. A value closer to zero is stronger. For example, -30 is decent but -80 is poor.
By the way, you don't seem to have declared any of your system details in your profile or didn't select your details to be included in your post. Those can help people give you correct advice. To update that, click on "Your Stuff" near the top of a window on these discussion groups, then on "Profile". Scroll down to "My Products" and either edit an existing one or add a new one.

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I listed the commands.. that is how you manually mount the disk.. follow exactly the commands I gave you.
In finder use top menu, go, connect to server.
Type in the following.
AFP://TCname or AFP://TCIpaddress (obviously you replace with the actual name or the actual IP address).
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I am new to this forum. I attempted to find an answer to my problem but could not.
Last October, the optic drive on my 27" iMac started having problems. As it was still under guarantee, I took it to the vendor who advised that I back-up all data on it before doing so. I bought a Time Capsule from them, and was able through the Aiport Utility to set it up and back-up all data through Time Machine. Took the iMac back to the vendor and was eventually told it could not be repaired. As that coincided with the start of the wating for the new iMacs, I received a voucher and was able last week to get my new model iMac 27".
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://10.0.1.1\TC
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My question, is
What is the exact path for mapping the TC as a network drive?
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Mr. Zooot wrote:
Time Machine can not complete the backup "Time Capsule"
The image of the backup volume "/Volumes/Data/Pauls MacBookPro.sparsebundle" is not accessable (Error -1).
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