My airport time machine will not connect to iPhone?

I can connect on my macbook air, and I've set up a guest network with no password, but "unable to join network?" What setting is wrong?

You have an iPhone question here.
Start with the iOS Guide to Troubleshooting Wi-Fi Networks and Connections
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1398
If still no luck, post in the iPhone support area:
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I also had problem accessing my WD MyBookLive after upgrading to Maverick.
To resolve the problem, I used Connect To Server (Cmd K) to specify the IP address.
Then I enter a user id and password I created in the MyBookLive.
You can also verify that you have admin access to the MyBookLive using Safari or Chrome.
Just enter the MyBookLive IP address as the URL.

I have changed the name and password for my Time Capsule and now the Time Machine will not connect

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1TB Time Capsule.
Yesterday I changed the name and password on my time capsule and also the name and password of the wifi network as I was having problems with the speed of the internet when using Safari on any of my devices (1 Macbook pro, 1 macbook air, 27" iMac, iPhone and iPad) all other internet services were working fine (email etc.) This seems to have solved the problem.
However, since then, my time machine back ups will not reconnect and there is no option for me to reconnect to the existing back up for my macbook pro.
When I enter the time machine preferences it shows as below that there are no back ups.
Then, when I go to select a drive to use which should be the MacBook under the Backup disks the only option is for me to Remove Disk...
So, my question is, how do I reconnect to an existing Time Machine back up for my MacBook pro as I really do not want to erase and start all over again.
Warning - In my naiveté, I did click on the MacBook in 'Available Disks' but I got the impression that it was about to start a whole new back up and not work with the existing one.
(And does anybody have an inkling as to why there was a problem with Safari on all my devices? I downloaded Google Chrome and that worked fine).

Simply reset the Time Machine.
See A4 here http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
You can then mount the TC disk in finder after you reboot the computer.
You should be able to reselect the TC disk and then it will say it is going to start a new backup.
Ignore this.. when the TM actually loads the TC disk it will discover the existing backup and continue the backup.. but it will give no hint until it actually starts that it won't start a new backup. you just have to believe it won't.. and mostly it works..
Please also install the widget A1 so you have some idea what TM is doing.

Time Machine will not connect to Time Capsule

Hi All,
I have run into a problem that is completely perplexing me, so I'm looking for some kind help.
Here's the set up:
At home we have two macs, one is an older PowerBook G4 on 10.5.8, the other is a MacBook Pro on 10.6.8. Everything is working perfectly on the MacBook Pro, so that's sort of the control machine. Everything was working perfectly on the PowerBook until about two days ago.
We have a first generation Time Capsule that we use both as our Time Machine backup disk and as our wireless router.
Connecting to the wireless router part of the Capsule works perfectly (I'm using it as I write this post). Using the Finder to manually load the shared network drive from within the Time Capsule, also works perfectly. I can connect to the Time Capsule with the Airport Utility and set all the settings to my hearts delight.
The problem comes when I open up my "Time Machine" preferences and try to choose the disk as my backup disk. Two days ago I got a new external Firewire drive that I keep offsite in my office to have a back up there. So when I got the new drive I plugged it in, went to the Time Machine preferences, changed the disk and it did a back up to the new disk. Then when I got home I tried to change the Time Machine back up disk back to the Time Capsule disk and it just won't do it.
I see the Time Capsule disk in the list of available disks, I choose it, it asks for my password, but then when I click "OK" I get an error that says:
Connection failed. There was an error connecting to the server. Check the server name or IP address and try again. If you are unable to resolve the problem contact your system administrator.
This obviously is quite perplexing to me because I clearly can connect to the backup disk since I can do it from the Finder. I have tried restarting everything multiple times. I have tried trashing my com.apple.TimeMachine.plist. None of that seemed to help, so I'm looking for some other suggestions. As I said the MacBook Pro is working just fine, so I'm thinking that there must be some setting on the PowerBook that is getting screwed up for some reason.
Thanks,
Q

I am having the exact same problem. My MacBook connects to the Time Capsule just fine and is able to view the files stored on the Time Capsule, but the MacMini doesn't. The MacMini "connects" to the Time Capsule, in the sense that it can use the connection to surf the web but in the Finder it says connection failed when I try to browse for files stored on the Time Capsule.
Is reloading the OS the only solution?
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Time Machine will NOT work with Airport Disks!

It looks like Time Machine will not work with Airport Disks after all. All references to Airport have been removed from the Time Machine page:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/timemachine.html
It also specifically says: "You can designate just about any HFS+ formatted FireWire or USB drive connected to a Mac as a Time Machine backup drive. Time Machine can also back up to another Mac running Leopard with Personal File Sharing, Leopard Server, or Xsan storage devices."
Surely, they would have included the Airport Extreme Base Station in this list if it was supported.
I really hope there will be another firmware update for the AEBS which will bring compatibility with Time Machine, because Time Machine was the only reason for me to buy an AEBS. (I only use it as a small backup server, I don't even have wireless networking enabled. There were other solutions, e.g. from Synology, which are faster and more reliable than AEBS disk sharing, but Synology stated their network drives would not be compatible with Time Machine.)

Here's how you can potentially use your AirDisk with TimeMachine (beware that YMMV), but it should work as it works with every other "unsupported" device.
1) Mount your AirDisk so it appears on your Mac
2) Open Terminal.app
3) change directories to the AirDisk's root folder located in "/Volumes"
ie: cd "/Volumes/AirDisk Name"
4) execute this command to "bless" the drive to be used with time machine:
touch .com.apple.timemachine.supported
5) Start TimeMachine and if all went well, it should recognize your AirDisk drive and use it for TM.
This should also work on NFS shares, SMB shares, AFP shares, basically anything. It has worked up until the last developer seed, so unless they yanked this at the last minute, it should still work.
Now, the reason why Apple removed this feature may be due to the unreliability of the AirDisk, so be cautious.

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I was filling up my time capsule so I bought a new 2GB drive for my backups. It is attached as an air disk on the Time Capsule as I also use it to backup other computers in the house.
My problem is that I am now using the HDD in the time capsule for my iTunes and iPhoto library, so that they can also be shared, but they are not being backed up by TM.
I have checked my excluded drives list and the Time Capsule drive isn't in there.
Any ideas/help/advice on how to get the time capsule backed up too?

Sorry, but Time Machine will not backup a network drive (i.e. TC's HDD or any USB HDD attached to the TC). It can backup TO a NAS such as TC or a USB HDD attached to the TC. You can transfer your music to another external HDD that is connected directly to a Leopard-loaded Mac and TM can backup that up to TC/HDD attached to a TC.

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This happens from time to time. You will need to step in and decide what to do.. Delete manually.. a very slow and fraught process.. or you have to take more severe action.. eg archive off the old backups and start again. You will need a 3TB USB drive to do it.. but IMHO is well worth it. Assuming you need all that history. You can then simply do a quick erase from Airport Utility which takes a minute or two and do a fresh backup.
Try to eliminate files that are not necessary to backup.. eg the worst is any virtual disk for parallels or bootcamp.. where the slightest change to the smallest file will result in a full backup of the whole virtual disk. You must backup windows etc from inside the OS and not from TM in Mac OS.
Have you upgraded the computer btw?? I get the feeling that when you upgrade a computer.. say Snow Leopard to Lion to Mountain Lion.. TM has real issues handling the old backups. It is much better to start over.
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rtilghman wrote:
telling me to buy a new router is NOT a solution.
And why not? Apple is selling these things like BigMacs. They can't make enough of them. You've been suffering since May because you refuse to get a decent router.
Can you imagine if a company that makes a refrigerator told me that I needed to upgrade my electrical system to rectify a problem with their device? What kind of response IS that?!?!
What if the problem with their device is that it requires a new-fangled "grounded" outlet and your circa 1890 house doesn't have grounded outlets. Would you refuse to purchase a $ 25 adapter on principle?

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