My mouse becomes impaired when time capsule starts backing up (every hour); anyone hav a remedy?
My mouse beccoommmmes impaired when time capsssule starts backing up (eevery hour). Is there a remedy for this?
UPDATE:
I think I've found a solution.... Though I'm a bit reluctant to post it already because I'd really like to see if it works over time... Anyway, here is the interesting post I found by Mr. Caliostro:
... sure, go into your Airport Utility application, inside Utilities inside Applications. Click on Manual Setup when your TC appears in the window. Click on the Wireless tab. You will find a pulldown menu there called Channel. Select your channel & Update your TC settings. I set mine to channel 1 to try it, & it made a tiny improvement. How close is your TC to your mac? Does the interference reduce if you ove further away? Perhaps swapping from 802.11g/n to 802.11n or vice-versa, may help? (depending if your setup can work on 11n-only). Perhaps switching from 2.5ghz to 5ghz or vice-versa may help? both 11n & 11g can work at 5ghz as well as 2.5ghz... Let me know how you go!
I set the 5GHz channel to 48 and the 2.4GHz to 1. Of course I changed these settings completely randomly since I don't know anything about these things but it actually seems to work pretty fine! No more sluggish mouse during Time Capsule back ups!
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I think I've found a solution.... Though I'm a bit reluctant to post it already because I'd really like to see if it works over time... Anyway, here is the interesting post I found by Mr. Caliostro:
... sure, go into your Airport Utility application, inside Utilities inside Applications. Click on Manual Setup when your TC appears in the window. Click on the Wireless tab. You will find a pulldown menu there called Channel. Select your channel & Update your TC settings. I set mine to channel 1 to try it, & it made a tiny improvement. How close is your TC to your mac? Does the interference reduce if you ove further away? Perhaps swapping from 802.11g/n to 802.11n or vice-versa, may help? (depending if your setup can work on 11n-only). Perhaps switching from 2.5ghz to 5ghz or vice-versa may help? both 11n & 11g can work at 5ghz as well as 2.5ghz... Let me know how you go!
I set the 5GHz channel to 48 and the 2.4GHz to 1. Of course I changed these settings completely randomly since I don't know anything about these things but it actually seems to work pretty fine! No more sluggish mouse during Time Capsule back ups! -
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Reset Time Machine as follows:
Open System Preferences and open Time Machine
Click Change Disk
Click your Time Capsule to highlight it
Click Use for Backups
Normally backups will start up again automatically after 30-60 minutes. If not, click the clock shaped Time Capsule icon at the top of your screen to manually start backups again.
See if that helps. Do you have any applications like Entourage, Aperture, VM Fusion or Parallels on your computer? These and other files like them have a "monolithic" file structure. What this means is that any change made to the program will result in the entire database being backed up.
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First I tried doing the initial backup wirelessly. After 48 hours I had 30 GB of my 54 GB. Then we had a power outage. When the power came back, I clicked on ´backup now`, but it started from scratch. So I interrupted it and set up TC through Ethernet. I had gotten up to 16 GB when I went to bed. The next morning, a message said the connection had been lost. I fiddled with the wires, and then the backup started AGAIN from scratch. I am now in my fourth backup and it is always starting from zero. The thing is, the size of the Time Capsule keeps getting smaller, (only 383 of 461 GB available) evidence of the fact that the backups ARE IN THERE- just time machine does not seem to recognize them.
Help?Experienced the same issue with an Apple Time Capsule 802.11n (1st Generation, warranty replacement) connected to iMac (Late 2009) running Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8. This Time Capsule was configured solely as the Time Machine backup drive, no Wi-Fi (Wireless Mode: Off). The hard drive would spin up every minute or so for no apparent reason. Tried disconnecting/reconnecting Time Capsule, power off reboot of both Time Capsule and iMac to no avail. Only solution that worked was to downgrade firmware to 7.5.2 using latest Snow Leopard AirPort Utility 5.5.3.
For those that need to know how to do this, run AirPort Utility application in /Application/Utilities folder, click Manual Setup, and click on the word Version in the list, in the dialog box select 7.5.2 from drop-down menu, click OK, and click Update and allow Time Capsule to restart. -
TM and Time capsule: stopped backing up 12 hours ago
I've got a TC alternating hourly backups with a D-Link NAS, and up to late last night, they've been working perfectly in tandem.
However, this afternoon I noticed that when TM tries to back up to TC, I get an error: The backup disk image "/Volumes/My TC-1/ Admin's Mac mini.sparsebundle" is already in use.
This TC backs up two other local Macs and they are being backed up fine.
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I've opened my TM device in the Finder and can see the path to my last backup session: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups 1/Backups.backupdb/Admin’s Mac mini/2013-02-17-145625, as well as a number of earlier backups within the sparse bundle, so I assume I can somehow pick up where they left off.
Two questions:
1. What should I do to get TM for this volume back on the rails and working again?
2. How would I do a full restore from an earlier backup to my boot volume?
Thanks!@Linc Davis: Thanks for the heds up. I'll keep that in mind.
However, my D-Link is working perfectly. It's the Time Capsule that wasn't being recognized.
I'll have to close this thread, though, as I've got it back to working by turning off sharing, rebooting the TC, renaming the target disk, and finally re-enabiling sharing (nothing seemed to work until sharing was re-enabled. {shrug} ). My TC is now recognized in the list of available volumes, and is now backing up. I was about to update my question above when your response appeared.
Thanks for checking in and for your advice.
-T -
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On your Mac.......
Open Finder > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click on the Time Capsule icon, then click Edit in the smaller window that appears
Click on the Disks tab at the top of the window
Click Erase Disk
On the next window that appears, select the Quick Erase option, then click Erase
The operation will only take a few minutes.
Now you are ready to start new backups of both Macs. Back up one Mac first, then back up the other. Do not try to back up both Macs as the same time. -
What do I do when time capsule says it's full?
What do I do when time capsule says it's full?
Basically you have a decison to make about whether you want to keep all of your old backups on the Time Capsule and start new backups on a new Time Capsule (which Apple would prefer) or other hard drive.
or
Erase the Time Capsule that you have and start over again with new backups.
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How can I confirm that the back up to my time capsule has backed everything up as when I enter time capsule and interrogate the backs ups I can't identify individual photo or music files?
You cannot browse a Time Machine backup with the Finder. To restore individual music files or any other files normally available in the Finder, open your Music folder then "Enter Time Machine" using the Time Machine icon.
Restoring individual photographs is slightly more cumbersome. Apple recommends restoring the entire iPhoto Library, but if you want to locate an individual photograph you could use Time Machine to restore the old Libary. Restore it to an alternate location to avoid overwriting your existing one. Open iPhoto while holding an Option key, open the restored Library, find the photo you need and export it, close iPhoto, re-open it with your usual Library, and import the photo.
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Your files will remain intact until your Time Machine backup device becomes inoperative. -
BT Mighty Mouse become skippy when MacPro running intensive applications
my BT Mighty Mouse become skippy when MacPro running intensive applications. Example, I was editing my photos with Aperture while I launch Visual Hub to convert a divx to Apple TV H.264, the mouse point become very skippy or sluggish. when Visual Hub complete the encoding the mouse is back to normal. is this an interfance or cause by running the CPU too hard?
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It's a grounding issue. You can experiment:
- Touch your Mac Pro system while you're moving the mouse, or;
- Touch your keyboard while moving the mouse
If the mouse calms down and doesn't try to escape , then you have the source of the problem.
I've read a lot of discussions on this, with people replacing their mice constantly, and even doing a full re-install. So if the above works, then your solution is in figuring out how to deal with the ground-ing problem.
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Why have 5 accounts if you need to access all of them.. just have one account?
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Apple's Setup Guide for the Time Capsule is pretty simple and clear for most users, and you don't indicate at what point or step that you are getting stuck.
So, please go to page 8 in your Setup Guide to review the topic of Plugging In Your AirPort Time Capsule.
The Sky hub will likely have 4 Ethernet <--> ports on the back of the device. Pick any one that you want and connect one end of the Ethernet cable to the port that you choose.
Then, connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to the WAN (circle of dots) port as shown in the Setup Guide.
Continuing with the instructions on page 8 of the Setup Guide, power up the Time Capsule by connecting the power cord from the back of the Time Capsule to a wall AC jack.
Note that the instructions indicate that the indicator light will be solid amber during startup, and it will change to blinking amber during the setup. The light will remain blinking amber until you have configured the Time Capsule at which time the light will turn green.
Next, go to page 12 of the Setup Guide to see the information to Use your Mac or iOS device to set up your AirPort Time Capsule.
You indicated in your tag line that you were using OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3), and since that will exceed the minimum requirement of a Mac using OS X (10.7.5) as noted in the guide, you can use your Mac to set up the Time Capsule.
Continuing with the instructions on page 12 of the Setup Guide......
1. Open AirPort Utility on your Mac. It is located as follows: Finder (the smiley face on the dock) > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
2. Select your AirPort Time Capsule and click Continue. You won't be able to do this, but read further......If you do not see the AirPort Time Capsule that you want to configure, choose it from the WiFi status menu in the menu bar, at the top of the screen.
So, clicking on the WiFi icon will yield a small window that looks like this:
The example below shows an AirPort Extreme. You will see Time Capsule on your screen. Click on Time Capsule.
When you click on Time Capsule, that will get the setup wizard going. it will take a minute to analyze the network, then display a screen that looks similar to the illustration below, except that you will see a picture of a Time Capsule on your screen
3. Continuing with the Setup Guide.......Follow the onscreen prompts to create a new network
Network Name...........Type in a simple name that you want to call your network. Do not use the suggested name.
Base Station Name....Type in a simple name that you want to call the Time Capsule. Mine is TC, for example.
Password...................Type in a password that will be used for both the network and the Time Capsule. Write that down.
Verify..........................Type in the password again to Verify
Click Next
The setup wizard will configure everything for you. When you see the message of Setup Complete, click Done.
The Time Capsule is now set up and it will display a green light. -
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What happens when Time Machine starts to fill up a drive?
Using Time Machine on a partitioned External HD has been an absolute snap! I love the app. My main disappointment with it is that it has no literature on HOW it works, and no real ways for me to set different controls for it other than on and off.
My question is that what happens when a drive starts to get full? I have about 30 gigs left on the partition, and I am wondering what Time Machine is going to do. Does it just delete the oldest material, or does it simply fill up and tell me to look at everything on there and decide to clear it all off. I hate that I don't know what will happen.
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Losing signal between WDS stations when Time Capsule backing up
I have the most odd problem and I can't figure it out.
Summary:
I have a WDS network set up using three Apple Airport routers. They work perfectly and internet signal and signal between routers is fine. However, as soon as Time Capsule begins to backup, the wifi signal between two other routers (also within this WDS network) slows to a crawl and essentially disabling me from getting to the internet. This ONLY happens when Time Capsule's internal hard drive is backing up with Time Machine.
*Device Details*
I have three Apple Airport routers:
a) Airport Extreme (the older space ship model that only runs on G or B)
b) Airport Express (the older model that runs only on G or B)
c) Time Capsule (the older model that runs a single G, B, or N network. No multiple networks)
This is how the WDS network is set up:
*dsl <==> Extreme (main) <-> Express (relay) <-> Time Capsule (remote) <-> laptop*
dsl modem is wired to the Extreme. Everything else is connected by wifi signal
Problem
This WDS network setup works and I do not have problems accessing the internet until my laptop (MacBook Air) activates Time Machines and backsup on the Time Capsule. As soon as that happens, the speed rate between the Extreme and Express drop dramatically. That's right! The speed rate between the Extreme and Express drops dramatically to a rate of 1Mbps (according to Airport Utility) rendering it impossible to access the internet using this network. Meanwhile, the Time Machine backup is going well at a very fast speed. The signal rate between Express and Time Capsule is normal.
Here is a schematic diagram of the connection that has problem (marked with XX) when the Time Capsule hard drive is running:
*dsl <==> Extreme (main) <XX> Express (relay) <-> Time Capsule (remote) <-> laptop*
I do not know why the speed rate between Extreme and Express would drop. Why should the hard drive of the Time Capsule be affecting the signal rate two routers down? It is not even directly connected to the connection between Extreme and Express.
Anyone have any idea what is going on? Is this an indication that my Time Capsule is dying? Or, that somehow the hard drive when working creates serious interference such that router signal is affected? If so, it is still odd that the router signal between Time Capsule and Express is not affected.
_*Actions Taken*_
I have spent many hours trying to solve this problem. Actions I have tried:
• disable wireless client access to all routers EXCEPT Time Capsule. I was thinking maybe somehow the MacBook Air was connecting to multiple routers when the backup was taking place.
• decrease signal strength of Extreme to 50%. I was thinking maybe the signal of the Extreme was somehow getting messed up with the signal of the Time Capsule and thus affecting the connection between Extreme and Express.
• set network to run as b/g compatible mode, and g only mode. Makes no difference. Connection between Extreme and Express goes down when Time Capsule hard drive is backing up
• change the name of the WDS network to something different. Makes no difference
• turn off MacBook Air wifi and directly connect it to Time Capsule by USB ethernet. When back up happens, there is apparently no interference and I can continue to use the internet. So somehow, backing using wifi from MacBook Air to Time Capsule is creating interference between the other two routers. Makes no sense, but it is what I observe.
• oh yeah, I've also hit the Time Capsule a few times and banged the Express a couple time in hopes that a little bit of thuggish threat would straighten up these two imbeciles. No go. They won't listen
Okay folks! IF you have gotten through this far in my message, you deserve a gold star and a membership in the Last Supper Club. Please help if you have any ideas what I should try besides throwing the Express and Extreme and replacing them with something that runs on N.
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P.S. I should say that I've used this setup for over a year and never a problem until well, yesterday.
Message was edited by: Conal HoHere is another oddity, when my other laptop, a MacBook Pro 15" (first generation) activate Time Machine and backs up to the same Time Capsule, it DOES NOT lead to the degradation of wifi signal! I can still access the internet without problem.
Now I'm wondering if this is something about my MacBook Air.
Note that both machines are running 10.6.2. My 15" MBP is a first generation and so the highest wifi speed it does is G speed. -
Lose internet when time machine starts backup
Title says it all. I lose internet connectivity (wireless) when time machine starts. If I turn airport on and off from the taskbar, it works and the backup completes itself.
Me too!
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