My MacBook Pro keeps telling me there was a problem connecting to a time capsule that no longer exists on my network.

The error showing states "There was a problem connecting to the server 'name of my old time capsule' ". However, that time capsule has since been replaced by a new time capsule. Why does my computer continue to try to connect to the old time capsule. It has no trouble connecting to the new time capsule. In fact, while conducting a Time Machine backup to the new Time Capsule, the error message popped up concerning the old time capsule. Very frustrating because this message stays on top of other windows and when it pops up, I must stop what I am doing to to make it go away. Right now, I just push the box off to the side so it doesn't cover any of my windows. That doesn't solve the real problem, though.

System Preferences -------> Time Machine
Select the correct disk you want to back up to (new device), click on the old disk in Time Machine preferences, ----------> Remove Disk

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