My Time Capsule (gen 3) is being hacked via Wi-fi despite WPA2 password changes, anyone else?
I have a recent 1 TB Time Capsule (gen3) that is now being hacked into via wi-fi on a regular basis. I can't seem to stop it despite repeated password changes. The hacker seems able to re-enter witin minutes of a password change on the TC. And even if I manually disconnect the TC from the ISP's cable modem. Hence the hack seems to be via wi-fi. Computer passes anti-virus scans from several different brands. Traffic doesn't seem to show up in Little Snitch. Am thinking that someone has developed a new way to crack Apple's encryption for the Time Capsule. This may be a vulnerability in the new June update for TC. Anyone had a similar experience? Hacker appears as a new connected PC under "Shared" in Finder's side bar.
Exactly what are you seeing that causes you to suspect that the TC has been hacked? Unplug your Xerox devices and see if the mystery device disappears from the network. Also be aware that all network devices, including network printers, can be hacked.
If someone has cracked the WPA2 encryption so that they can read your wifi traffic they would have to be within wifi range, which means they're very close to you. That would allow you to create a short list of neighbors who have that kind of technical skill or give you an opportunity to glance through the windows of the cars parked within wifi range of your home to see who's sitting in there with a laptop.
Otherwise, if your network is compromised, it's more likely that you have a hacked computer on your network that gives the hacker access to the TC through the LAN.
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3 ?'s:
1 Message today warning lack of memory when using Word (files in Documents) something about "idisc not working"
2. Message week ago "Files not being backed up to Time Capsule";
3. When using Mac Mail I'm prompted for password but none work
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I just "Updated Software" as prompted.
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If i connect an external hard drive to a time capsule, can i access this drive via internet?
If i connect an external hard drive to a time capsule, can i access this drive via internet?
If the drive can be accessed in local lan, then it can be accessed from internet assuming you have setup using one of the remote access methods.
See remote access here.
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I keep getting the message "The backup disk image “/Volumes/Donald Baker's Time Capsul/Donald Baker’s iMac.sparsebundle” could not be accessed (error -1). does anyone know what this means? My time capsule refuses to back up.
Time Capsule and Time Machine master guru Pondini has all the answers.
Check # C17 in his excellent support document Time Machine -- Troubleshooting.
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Hello, I am considering buying a Time Capsule to store movies and other files on so my hard drive isn't full of stuff all the time. Can I store movies on my Time Capsule even if they are no longer on my MacBook Pro?
To add to nijinski's comments,
1) I know i can plug in an aiport express and use it as an thing for speakers in another room, but if i copy my music to a time capsule then can do it? or does it have to be on my mac or laptop?
You could store your iTunes Library on the Time Capsule (TC), but understand that the TC was primarily designed to be a combination router and target destination for Time Machine (TM) backups. It can perform as a NAS or media server, but these are not its strong suite of features. For example, while a backup is being performed, streaming performance will be affected. Since, TM backs up (at least) once an hour, this could get to be problematic.
2) can i split my time capsule into 2 so i can back up my laptop and mac on it? Or do i need to go with a airport extreme and get an external harddrive?
If your goal is to partition the TC's internal hard drive, you would have to temporarily remove the drive to do so as the AirPort Utility (nor Disk Utility) allows for paritioning this drive when installed.
You CAN backup multiple computers (both Macs & PCs) to the TC, but would have to rely on different backup applications in order to do so. TM backups will NOT overwrite any existing data stored on the TC's hard drive. Another option is to connect one (or more) external USB hard drives to the TC's USB port. You can then dedicate the TC's internal drive for TM backups and use the external drives for other purposes ... like PC backups.
At present, the only issue with going the attached drive to an 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn) is that Apple does not support this configuration for TM backups. -
How can I link Apple TV (Gen1) to Time Capsule (Gen 4)?
Everyone
I am using a the above mentioned Time Capsule as privat WiFi Network for our devices at home (MacBook Pro, iPhones & iPads). The Time Capsule itself is connected to a DSL Modem by means of an ethernet cable. So far so good.
Newly I have got an Apple TV (Gen1) from a friend of mine and have also connected this device to same DSL Modem again by means of an ethernet cable.
Everything works with ecception of the syncronisation between the Apple TV and iTunes.
Unfortunately, Due to my limited understandig with technical matters I need some support in enabling this function. I guess that the Apple TV should communicate with iTunes within the same network and I suppose that the Apple TV should be linked to the Time Capsule instead of he DSL modem.
Before I do a mess, and have to deal with a reconfiguration some advice would be more then welcome.
Thank you for your time and advice
Best wishes, AndreaI guess that the Apple TV should communicate with iTunes within the same network and I suppose that the Apple TV should be linked to the Time Capsule instead of he DSL modem.
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Mac Formatted Time Capsule w/ PC Formatted External Drive Via USB?
I use a Mac-formatted Time Capsule to run Time Machine backups on my MacBook Pro. My wife backs up her PC laptop on a PC-formatted Western Digital "My Book" hard drive which is powered via A/C wall adapter. I connected the Western Digital PC drive to the Time Capsule via USB so it would be available on our home network and my wife could run her PC backups wirelessly, BUT the drive is not showing up on our network. Anybody have any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks in advance!
---TimMy questions continue below in red. Thank you for your patience.
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Tsac77 wrote:
Thanks for the in depth clarification. A few follow up questions:
1) Are you saying that even though I am only using the TC (in this instance) to make the windows drive available on the network, the drive still needs to be formatted in HFS+?
HFS+ or FAT32.. the later having severe issues with large disk and large files.
Great. I'll do HFS+
2) If I format the windows drive in HFS+, will the windows laptop be immediately able to write/read to it over the network? Or will I have to install some sort of program on the windows laptop that allows windows to read/write to HFS+ (which I've always undewrstood to be a mac only format)?
The format of the disk connected to a NAS is totally irrelevant.. if it offers windows networking file protocol.. ie SMB then it can store files on the hard disk.. it is just like sharing the disk in the Mac.. you can write to that directly from the PC. Try it.. The disk is controlled by the Mac. But it presents SMB to the Network.. On your Mac, go to system preferences.. sharing.. it should be in Internet and wireless.. but on Lion I have no idea. Open file sharing which should be ticked..there should be a public folder by default.. you can add others.. go to options, turn on SMB.. then from the windows computer you should see the disk available in networking. If not fix the names to SMB standard.. you will need to do this on the TC as well.. short, no spaces.. pure alphanumeric names. Copy some files from windows to your Mac.. you have now copied to a network drive.. with the drive format totally irrelevant to your windows computer.
I'm sorry, but I don't know what "windows networking file protocol" and "SMB" mean. Also, when you say "NAS" are you referring to the Time Capsule or another device? Can you please explain things like "The disk is controlled by the Mac but it presents SMB to the network" in a less advanced way. Pretend I'm a child. You won't be far off. It seems like this technique you're explaining is a way for the windows PC to write to the external drive via my MacBook. Is that even close to correct? The setup I must create needs to work regardless if macbook is on/off/out of the house.
3) Does plugging a USB drive into the TC never work properly or is this just a semi-common problem that happens sometimes? My odds of success will probably dictate whether I try this or not. I already own the windows USB drive and would like to avoid buying more hardware if possible.
It is problematic enough that I recommend you try it before committing to it. Even if you have to copy the files off to another location and then reformat the drive. Test it for a couple of days.. the issue happens especially when you are using Lion.. but will also happen with windows. Especially when the disk spins down it will not spin up again and become available to the network.
Got it.
4) What do you mean by files being in "native format"? And what does a dead TC have to do with whether or not they can be recovered to the windows laptop? If the TC dies, can't I just plug the windows USB drive directly into the windows laptop and it will be the same thing as connecting the drive and laptop via network? How does a dead TC make things more difficult?
Thanks for your continued help.
HFS+ is not windows native format... so files stored by the TC on the USB drive.. when the TC dies.. they all die eventually may be difficult to recover unless you plug it into another TC.. as the PC cannot natively read them. If you format FAT32 then the windows computer can read it.. just there are other issues. eg the disk can be slow.. very slow and it has far less protection. eg a power failure can corrupt the drive.. this was an issue before we moved in windows to NTFS.
Why do you say "files stored BY THE TC on the USB drive" Why is the TC storing files on the USB drive? Isn't plugging the USB into the TC just making the USB available on the network to my windows laptop? Why is the TC storing files? -
Connecting Time Capsule to a Windows 7 PC via Ethernet
Hi,
I have the following network configuration:
- Speedport (Deutsche Telekom AG) as DSL Router (I need that router for the IPTV)
- Connected to this router are two laptops and the Time capsule (WLAN)
Everything is working fine. However, I try now for days to connect my Windows 7 PC via Ethernet to this network via the Time Capsule. Due to location it is not possible to connect the Windows 7 PC directly to DSL Router or to connect the Time Capsule by cable to the router.
I think I tried every possible configuariton but without any improvements. Does anyone have an Idea what I can do ???
Windows is always telling "no identified network" and it always shows a park bench
Hope anyone have an idea ! Thanx for your help
TC - Firmware: 7.4.2try http://www.microsoft.com/mac/remote-desktop-client
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Time capsule to tether a DVD player via Ethernet cable?
I've bought a new time capsule for my main wireless network. Can I use an old time capsule to connect to the network and then tether a DVD player via Ethernet cable?
Yes, but keep in mind that the "Ethernet" connection from the old Time Capsule to the DVD player will only be as good as the quality of the wireless connection between the two Time Capsules.....assuming you plan to connect the older TIme Capsule wirelessly to the network.
If you plan to connect the old Time Capsule to the new using a wired Ethernet connection, then things will be just fine. -
Time capsule is asking to inherit from previous computer but I have not changed computers.
Turned on the computer and a box popped up from Time Capsule asking if I wanted to backup now. This is the first time this has happened and I have had my computer set up with this Time Capsule for over a year. lt opens a box with three buttons:
>back up now
>inherit back up from previous - it warns that if one selects inherit from another computer, that other computer can no longer back up to this time capsule
>create new back up
It was set up to back up automatically, not sure what has caused it to start asking every time I log on.
So I want to know if I should "inherit" even though I have not changed computers?Did you happen to just upgrade Mavericks to 10.9.4?? I should not think so but just to ask if something just happened that could explain the normal irrational behaviour of Mavericks.. if there is nothing that has happened.. well it is the standard ghost in the machine explanation.
If you have several computers backing up to the TC, now might be a good time to make a decision to stop that.
If this is the your iMac in your profile, my suggestion would be as follows.
1. Reset TM
See A4 here.
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
2. Run verify of the backup. See A5 same reference.
3. Install the widget.. See A1 same reference.
If it keeps giving you nonsense.. start over. Delete the existing backup or better still archive it, wipe the TC and start afresh.
I would seriously think about plugging in a USB drive and using Carbon Copy Cloner (or similar third party backup software).. a bootable clone will make a much more reliable backup and you can still have TM backing up to the TC.
See http://pondini.org/TM/Clones.html
The value of clones I think has grown considerably since the reliability of TM has dropped dramatically in Mavericks. -
Accessing my Time Capsule hard drive over the internet via iCloud doesn't work.
Hi Everyone,
I have an iCloud account and read recently, that it is possible to acces the hard drive of an Time Capsule over the internet, if "Back to my Mac" is activated on my MacBook an the Time Capsule.
I updated the Time Capsule to Firmware Version 7.6.1 and the Airport Utility to version 6. Actually the Time Capsule HDD is displayes in Finder's Sidebar, when I'm using a forreign internet connection. But when I click on it an error message tells me that a connection to the server (I assume server=Time Capsule) cannot be established. Funnily enough I can access the HDD of my iMac at home.
The Time Capsule network setting is "Bridge Mode" Since I can't deactivate the DNS functionality of my router/mode, an easybox 803 A, unfortunately which I cannot replace, because it is also used for hosting the telephone.
Does anybody have an idea, where the problem could be? Wrong settings in the Time Capsule config or maybe the blocking by the router?
Thank you all in advance,
Markus
Please consider, that I have absolutely no idea of networking.I don't know exactly how, but I got it working. I will try to explain, what I did.
1. I used the easybox as DHCP-Server an set the TC to Bridge Mode.
2. Then I gave the TC a fixed IP in the easbybox menu by using it's MAC-address (It seems that the address range has to be either 192.168.X.Y or 10.0.X.Y to make the TC accessable later).
3. I made the TC a DHCP-Server (DHCP only, not also NAT). The IP addess range of the TC starts after it's own IP adress (10.0.0.111) and ends at (10.0.0.250). The IP range of the easybox starts with 10.0.0.1 (it's own) and end with the TC's (10.0.0.111).
4. Then the Airport Utility told me that if I want to share an DHCP range the TC has to be set to a fixed IP setting, which I set up, leaving the IP-address 10.0.0.111 and the Router IP 10.0.0.1 (the easyboxs').
5. Then it worked in my case. Since I don't even know what I did, I'm not shure if it workes under other circumstances.
There are of course many variables. Such as the type of the router and the TC or the kind of the internet connection. -
Je cherche à monter un réseau sans fil avec comme borne principale une TIME CAPSULE sur laquelle j'auraitsauvegarder mes données par TIME MACHINE et peut etre aussi ajouter un disuqe dur avec mes MP3. Est ce que l'application remote permet d'acceder à mes MP3 sur la TIME CAPSULE pour pouvoir les diffuser en AIR PLAY via une borne AIRPORT EXPRESS ???
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My itunes library does not stay in its new location in the time capsule. Every time I put the computer to sleep or leave it alone for awhile, the itunes location goes back to the original location in the macbook. Then I have to change the location back to the time capsule and wait for it to reorganize all the files again. So the question is how to keep my itunes in its new location the time capsule?
Welcome to the discussion area!
+Can someone please provide a definite answer, or at least warn against using the TC as a shared media device on a network. The whole point of getting such a device is to be able to offload large multimedia libraries from the laptops, yet access a shared library when networked. N'est ce pas?+
We're all users here...not pros...so you'll get few definitive answers on a forum with varying opinions about almost every subject.
My opinion would be this: Apple designed the Time Capsule for Time Machine to automatically backup all the files on your Mac and other Macs in the household on a regular basis and provide a way to retrieve a file that had been deleted recently by mistake. It's a pretty good router as well.
If you check the info about the Time Capsule on Apple's site, the main features mentioned are backup of your Macs and a dual band wireless network capability.
The Time Capsule was never designed to be a media server housing audio, video and other multi-media files and has never been promoted as such. Nevertheless, some users seem to have adopted the stance that this should be one of the benefits of the device, if not a main feature.
There may be a need for media server type device, but the Time Capsule, at least at this time, is not the answer. If you feel otherwise, you might want to speak directly to Apple and let them know via Time Capsule Feedback. -
Cannot use 2 optical drives (Apple Super drives) at the same time on my iMac after downloading OS X 10.8.5. Reported to Apple Care. Anyone else have this problem?
Cannot use 2 optical drives (Apple Super drives) at the same time on my iMac after downloading OS X 10.8.5. Reported to Apple Care. Anyone else have this problem?
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Perhaps via USB. I have a large amount of data that I want to back up and it is taking a very long time (35GB is taking 3 hrs, I have 2TB if files in total)...? I want to use TimeCapsule as back-up for an archive which is curently stored on a 2 TB WESC HD.
No, you cannot backup via direct usb connection..
But gigabit ethernet is much faster anyway.. are you connected directly by ethernet?
Is the drive you are backing up from plugged into the TC? That will slow it down something chronic.. plug that drive in by its fastest connection method.. WESC sorry I have no idea. If ethernet use that.. otherwise USB direct to the computer.. always think what way the files come and go.. but since you are copying from the computer everything has to go that way.. it makes things slower if they go over the same cable.. if you catch the drift.
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