Monitoring activities from the Time Capsule

I have my TC since the first shipping of Apple and I'm searching for a way to see if there is any activity at all with the HD. I'm concern about a security issue, even if I use WPA2 Personal with time access control and a different psswd for the drive, the HD in the TC is still spinning while my computers are down. I took back the setting to "Flash On Activity" and the light is flashing all the time. The logs don't indicate access by another computer then the ones I authorized.
Thanks for the help.

You can chose between "Always on" (default value) or "Flash on activity" with Airport utility (TC version) in the manual setup under "Airport" view at Time Capsule tab there is a "option" button. There is also some optional parameters there.
Thanks for the observation, I'll check again after an hour if the disk is still spinning.

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Thank you ... I feel so "naked" without my phone :-(
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Sorry about your loss. Follow the directions here to use Time Capsule to restore your new Air to the state your old Air was in when stolen. When you first connect your new phones, you'll be given the option of restoring from the backup of your old phones or setting up as new. Restore from your previous backups, followed by syncing your content back to your phones. You should be good to go. Maintaining current backups makes this a piece of cake.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1177

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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".
She marked this as a solution, so it worked for her.

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On your Mac, open AirPort Utility
Finder > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click on the Time Capsule icon, then click Edit in the smaller window that appears
Click the Network tab at the top of the next window
Insure that the setting for Router Mode is configured to read "Off (Bridge Mode)"
Once you have confirmed that the Time Capsule is configured correctly, everything else is the responsibility of the Motorola modem/router as far as network routing and IP address assignments for devices.
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I recently had a problem with my mac and had to archive my stuff and put the operating system back on my computer.
I 'lost' everything however I have been able to get some things back from the time capsule (airport) from previous backups. I can not find my photo's and they are the most important things I want back on my computer.
Can anyone help? I have tried various things but still can't find them.
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If you did an Archive and Install, look for your "Previous System" folder and check for iPhoto in it.

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When connecting to a USB port, my iMac will not detect a new device.
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Can the hard drive from the Time Capsule be used as a USB drive only?
Sorry, but no. The Time Capsule is a network drive, so it must be connected to a network using an Ethernet or wireless connection. The USB port on the Time Capsule is there only to add additional storage capacity.
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Can I stream things directly from the time capsule to my AppleTv without using my computer?

I have an older MacBook and I'm worried about the storage so I want to get things moved to a Time Capsule. I was just wondering if I can stream things directly from the Time Capsule to the AppleTV without having to store them in iTunes on my computer and play them off of there.

You cannot stream from a TC .. it is not a media device.. you can store movie files on the TC but you still need to run the computer to play them.
Depending on how you connect this can cause dramatic slowdowns.
A WD Live TV can play raw movie files from a TC.. because it is not a media streamer which is all the ATV is, it is a full media player.

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You can't depend on a Time Machine backup keeping copies of files that you've deleted from your Mac. For one thing, those would be the only place those files were kept. If the disk in the Time Capsule fails, you'd have lost them entirely. For another thing, Time Machine will eventually delete those files. See item 20 of Time Machine FAQs.
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If the Time Capsule creating a wireless network? If not, you'll need to configure it to do so in order to allow the MBA to connect to it. If it does, can you connect the MBA to the Time Capsule's network?
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Even if the hard drive that you choose has its own power supply, you usually need to use a powered USB hub with the Time Capsule.
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My Dell pc hangs while transferring data to/from the Time Capsule

Hi,
I have a really weird problem.
I bought the TC yesterday and I set it up in "bridge mode". So it is connected to my ADSL modem/router via ethernet cable (plugged into the WAN port on the TC) and it creates a wireless network.
My ADSL modem/router is a Zyxel and it's also a wireless router.
My old network setup was wireless-only: the zyxel modem/router was providing access for my Dell PC and my PowerBook.
Now the modem/router is only working as a modem and the TC is providing wireless access for both computers.
Now. Yesterday I was testing the whole thing and I was copying files from the mac to the TC and viceversa. No problem, everything smooth and fast.
Then I tried to copy a file from the pc to the TC and... BOOOM. The pc HANGS big time as it never did before! Not even the mouse is responding, I just have to restart it. Before copying, everything works fine: internet is ok, I can see the TC disk, I can access it etc... everything looks ok. But after few seconds/minutes into the copying, KABOOM.
My PC is a DELL OPTIPLEX GX620, almost three years old. I updated BIOS, chipset driver and the Zyxel wireless adapter's driver.
Nothing. Exactly the same.
My suspect is the Zyxel wireless adapter that is using the "g" standard. In my old network setup all the devices were using the "g" standard. Now the TC is using the "n" standard and, even if it downgrades automatically to "g" to be compatible, it might be that the Zyxel adapter is not handling it very well and it hangs making the whole PC hang as well.
Specs:
PC: Dell OPTIPLEX GX620 with Windows XP (up to date)
Using a Zyxel G-202 wireless adapter USB (connected to the USB 2.0 back port)
Mac: PowerBook 15" almost 4 years old with Tiger (up to date)
TC: Brand new with firmware 7.3.2
Modem/Router: Zyxel with 4 ethernet ports and wireless (can't remember the model)
Unfortunately I can't access the modem/router configuration.
Any idea? Should I try with a different wireless adapter for the PC? Or am I missing something?
Thanks,
Marco

Sorry for my poor english.
What I meant is that my two computers are not connected to the modem/router wireless network anymore and there's nothing else connected to it, except for the TC itself. So the modem/router is, of course, still a router, but it's only used as a modem.
Do you mean I should set the TC as a normal client on the modem/router wireless network? But if I do so, it will work for sure because my PC will then join the modem/router wireless network (and not the TC's anymore) as it always did.
Or maybe you meant something else?

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The Time Capsule is clearly announced as a router with a hard drive to make backups, not to store anything and share it with your Apple TV.
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The TC from the day it was introduced until today.. has got a bigger hard disk and gained dual band wireless.. but nothing substantial.. it is not a NAS and has never been more than a target for TM mostly laptops as any desktop Mac can have an external drive for backups cheaper and faster than TC.
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And for the AppleTV 3 there is no JB or other things possible at this moment?
Not yet.. we are awaiting as some major effort is being expended. There is a hack just recently for the ATVv2 with v5 of iOS.. so the v3 may not be far behind.. v2 are commanding high prices at the moment on ebay though.. near to double purchase price when they sold out before v3 arrived.. as people discover their TV watching plans are now in tatters. Or their library of movies is no longer accessible.

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