My Time Capsule simply just died!!!

So i came home from work, kind of late and realized my iPhone didnt get any wife reception, so i went and check on the time capsule and realized it was off, so i did the usual unplug and plug back in, but no light came on, no noise , nada!!! my Time Capsuel is 500GB the IC number is A1302 and its serial number is **914******. I went to my closes retail shop and they told me that apple will swap it for a 175 euros, 70 euros cheaper (according to the rep)... wow i said, i can get a new airport extreme for 188 USD and attach my HDD... any help, assistance will certainly be appreciated.

The power supply is DEAD.. it is a common problem.. in fact so common you are the unusual one,, it has lasted much longer than apple intended.. it is supposed to die on 3years plus one day. (ie the day after all possible warrnanty expires). Yours is a failure.. it lasted 4years .. not good enough really. Apple should have it narrowed down to the day by now.
It is possible to repair it.. the cost of repair can make replacement seem like a really excellent idea..
Considering the new one is AC wireless and your old one is 300mbit N.
The new one is 2TB drive and old one is 500GB.
I would say the economics especially with the small drive means unless you are a good DIYer buy a new one.
But look at the apple refubished store or second hand market for a Gen4 TC.. which is really a good model for often half the price of the new AC ones.. and it seems to have less issues.
I posted several repair methods. Most require some soldering skills.
https://sites.google.com/site/lapastenague/a-deconstruction-of-routers-and-modem s/apple-time-capsule-repair
Certainly the cheapest method is to replace the capacitors in the existing supply..
https://sites.google.com/site/lapastenague/a-deconstruction-of-routers-and-modem s/apple-time-capsule-repair/apple-time-capsule-repair-type2
You can buy a kit of new caps on ebay for a few dollars.. you can also buy a new or repaired supply for a lot more.

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Is it possible to use an Apple Time Capsule simply as a network attached storage device on my existing (non-Apple) network (without using it to create or extend a WiFi network)?

My netowrk is working fine, but I would like to use the Time Capsule simply as a storage device for backups, etc.

Plug into the TC with ethernet.. although you can do it by wireless if you need to..
In the airport utility change the network tab from DHCP + NAT to Off (bridge mode).
That is from v6 utility in the Mac.. different for v5 utility in windows if that is what you use.
with the TC in bridge it is just a dumb switch and AP on the network.. plus a network hard disk.
If you are using it just for backups that is fine.. but remember the TC is not a real NAS.. storing files on the TC is fraught.. because it has no way to back itself up and Time Machine cannot backup the TC.

Can i use the time capsule as just an external hard drive for music or does it have to be used soley as a backe up?? im thinking for music and photos

Can I use the time capsule as just an external hard drive for music or does it have to be used soley as a back up? I'm thinking for music and photos

Nickles96 wrote:
Hello friends.. I have a similar question, in that I would like to purchase the 2TB TC for use as a NAS device, in addition to taking advantage of the Air Port extreme.. Then I could dump my Linksys router.
I was originally looking at a Synology NAS solution, but the TC seems like it can meet my needs.
I have a Synology NAS as well as the Time Capsule. If you look at the 3.2 beta program, the Synology actually attempts to replicate TC functionality in that you can use it with Time Machine on your Mac.
I must say, Airport on the TC is definitely a nice feature!
Nickles96 wrote:
In addition to the obvious feature of the backup, can I indeed also use the TC as a NAS drive to access from remote locations (example from the office)?
I'm surprised more people aren't using the TC as a dedicated NAS deviced.. I've searched high and low on forums around the web, and don't seem to see many people trying to use it as I've outlined.
I can't see why this wouldn't fufill my needs, and take the place of a separate NAS solution (like the Synology, or iOmega, Seagate, etc....)
Has anyone used this TC as such?
Yes, you can do this and it's something I've been trying to do, but I'm currently having issues. I have another thread stating I consistently get "connection failed" messages. I'm basically storing my music/photo/video files on the TC and keeping my Mac hard drive fairly lean. In terms of NAS functionality, the TC is very basic. Synology/QNAP and others have a lot more features so don't rule them out.

Can I use Time Capsule to just back up my iTunes catalogue?

Can I use Time Capsule to just back up my iTunes catalogue? or will it back up everything on my Mac?

Set Time Machine to exclude everything else, or keep Time Machine turned off and drag the catalogue to the Time Capsule manually.
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Why wont iPhoto read my library on my time capsule? just spins the color wheel!

why wont iPhoto read my library on my time capsule? just spins the color wheel!

A Time Capsule is a hardware device that can be used in may ways
Are you using it as an external drive? or as a Time Machine backup device?
If it is a TM bakcup then you can not directy access the files there - you use TM to restore them then use the
LN

Can you use the apple time capsule as just a wireless hard drive without using it as a router

Can i use the apple time capsule as just a wireless hard drive without using a router

You can, but this type of configuration is not recommended or supported by Apple.
Two cautions if you want to try this:
1) The Time Capsule has to be configured to "Join" your existing wireless network in this type of setup...and to do that, you must know the exact type of wireless security that your network is using.
2) Backups are going to take twice as long. The wireless signal must travel from your computer to the wireless router and then from the wireless router back to the Time Capsule. Two "hops"......even if the computer is located close to the Time Capsule.
If you want to try this, we can tell you how....but with no guarantees on your results....since this is not officially supported.

My Time Capsule has just failed, 2 months after the end of 12m warranty. same old known power supply issue, "just unlucky" says my local Apple service center. ***?

i bought a 2TB Time Capsule in Sep 2010. its just failed last week, less than 2 months after the expiry of the 12month warranty.
and 3 months after the end of Apple's offer to replace all the many Time Capsules that have failed previously due to this same fault.
nice timing guys.
"yeah, its dead. same old known power supply issue", says my local Apple service center, "just unlucky".
huh? "unlucky"? you sell products with known defects, and when it fails i'm "unlucky". nice.
"OK, anyway, how much to fix it ?", i ask.
"you can't fix them, its closed", is the reply, "you have to buy another one".
"hmpf. OK, how do I get my backed-up data off it ?"
"you can't. we could try break it open and recover the hard disk i guess, but no guarantees we'd get it, and you'd have to pay for us to do that, whether it works or not of course".
"er.... is there a hidden camera in here? are we on TV? you can't be serious ? ..and this piece of garbage is what i've been using for a secure backup of my precious, irreplaceable, priceless personal data ???"

ceeb28744. Welcome to the Apple Users Support Community. Sorry to hear your TC died! You said it was a 2TB so I would guess it be the model A1355/MB997LL/A or MC344LL/A. Believe it or not all users of these time capsules will eventually experience this problem like you have. There is a 99.5% (or better) chance that the only thing that is wrong with it is the internal power supply. If you will go to this site.... https://sites.google.com/site/lapastenague/a-deconstruction-of-routers-and-modem s/apple-time-capsule-repair and once there look over at the left side and you will find:
Apple Time Capsule Repairers and from that list you will be able to choose from a list of individuals that could repair your TC and have it returned to you fully operational again. The individuals on the list are hardware technicians and they can save you a lot of money and time.
Larry

I want to use Time Capsule simply as a backup harddrive, no wi-fi

My wife and I were talked into buying the Time Capsule. We only wanted an external HD to use Time Machine with (we are new to Leopard). No interest in using any wireless features. We were told to get a TC because it would work straight out of the box. Neither the SetUp Guide nor the Support website describe how to do this, so I just followed the directions in the SetUp Guide as best I could. I installed the disk. I went into Airport Utilities (all along, wondering why, but OK), and indicated that I would connect only with Ethernet cable. I went and bought an Ethernet cable ($$$). Did everything I was supposed to, short of setting up the internet connection, etc (again, I don't want the wireless stuff). Went into Time Machine, chose Set Up Time Machine. Tried repeatedly clicking on "Change Disk". The computer (MacBook) seems not to see the TC at all. TC is plugged in, and connected to MacBook with the Ethernet cord. Infuriating! I am starting to wonder if all I need to do is connect the two with a USB cable instead. I'd need to go get one of those. If this is it, why wouldn't they just say this somewhere in the SetUp Guide?????! Thank you to anyone who can help.

No, you do not use the USB port to connect to your Mac. That is only for connected a USB HDD or printer. Try opening AirPort Utility and ensure that under Disks you have File Sharing Enabled with Time Capsule password and restart TC.

How do I set up time capsule to just backup multiple macs on a wireless network without using the TC in the bridge mode?

I have an AT&T modem that serves as our home wireless network. I wanted to backup up our computer data so I got a time capsule to back up our three household MACs. After purchase, I found how that I needed to put the exising modem in "bridge mode" so the Time capsule would establish the network. Four frustrating hours later talking to 3 different people at Yahoo, I got the **** thing established. It worked fine for 4 months - then a power failure forced me to repeat the process again. I had to reestablish everything and it took another 4 hours. After 6 months, another power failure forced me to go through the entire process again. Now, of course, Yahoo is charging a fee to help you establish the TC as the network if you have one of their modems - and to make things interesting, they really don't understand MACs. After 5 hours, in frustration, I gave up and asked the Yahoo folks to just put their modem back in as the network hub and I unplugged the Time Capsule. Now after 3 months of looking at an expensive Time Capsule and searching the internet for help, I figured I try the Apple help network,
I just want to backup the data on my MACS. I have a network in the house that works just fine. How do I configure the TC to work as a backup on a wireless network? It seems like it should be simple, but it isn't. Can anybody help?

I have no idea about the modem and bridge mode (I don't do networking -- hopefully Bob Timmons, Tesserax, or one of the other networking gurus will drop in and address that).
But . . . you should be able to back up to the TC as long as it's on your network and recognized by your Macs. I think being in bridge mode means it will be rather slow, but it should work. Until/unless we hear otherwise, you might want to see #Q1 in Using Time Machine with a Time Capsule.

Using Time Capsule as just a backup. (Need Help)

There are two Time Capsules in our home. We use one with our modem for our home Wi-Fi. The one that I have on my desk, I would like to just use it as a back. Does anyone have any idea as to how I can set it up to my iMac for just a back up?

Yes, it is relatively easy.
How is the imac connecting to the internet now??
The answer depends on this..
Ethernet.
if you use ethernet, then could not be simpler.. bridge the TC.. plug the ethernet that was in the imac into the TC.. and plug the imac into another port on the TC.. it is now a switch and AP.. so turn off wireless.. and use it as your TM destination.
Wireless.
If the imac get internet by wireless.. setup the TC as router might be easier than bridge.. either are possible though. Plug it by ethernet into the computer. You might need to turn off wireless just to finish the setup. You need to move the TC to a different IP range. ie if you have two TC the second one cannot be the same IP as the first. Bridge avoids this issue as used above. Set the ethernet ip of the TC to say 192.168.1.1 .. set the ethernet on the computer to 192.168.1.10 with 255.255.255.0 subnet.. no router no dns set. (This is assuming the main TC is not using the same IP range). You may have to turn off the various errors that the TC will come up with.. just ignore them.. the TC is now isolated from the network for your exclusive use.
There are other methods.. like using wireless extend.. so ask more if you need more.

I bought an external hard drive from apple puter (I thought) should I be able to see my pictures in the time capsule? I never set up the time capsule I just plugged it in and it seemed ready to go. But can't see the pictures

I bought an external hard drive from the apple store. I didn't set up time machine I just plugged it in and it seemed good to go. When I go into time capsule should I be able to see my pictures? I would think i could but all I see is a spot for the pictures to be

Ok if disk utility was able to verify the drive I doubt there is any problem.. are you trying to open a TM backup??
You need to mount the sparsebundle then check the actual info inside the bundle.
Don't use disk warrior.. if the disk has verified then unless you deliberately deleted files there is nothing that is going to do.
Pondini has a lot of stuff about getting access to the sparsebundle.
http://pondini.org/TM/17.html
But if you have copied info to the TC that is now gone.. and the disk is ok.. I am not sure.. the TC will not have deleted the files itself.

I need a backup system, but do not need another wireless system. Does Time Capsule offer just a backup option?

When I looked up Time Capsule on line, I found it provides backup and wireless connection. I don't want another wireless set up, just backup. Can I get just backup option with Time Capsule or do I have to seek an outside external backup device?

Does the OP mean he doesn't need a "wireless" system or does he mean that he doesn't need an additional connection to the Internet? The latter is my situation. I'm just wondering -- if I'm perfectly happy with my current routers --will it be easy to add a TC to my current setup? Would the TC get Ethernet-plugged into the router, or can it stand by itself (closer to where we have the printer)?

Is my Time Capsule about to "die"?

So I bought a new Mac mini to be my new multimedia server, using Plex, hooked up to the HD TV and my Time Capsule 500 GB Dual-Band as a content server. The playback stuttered and I eventually realized it didn't do so if I played content from another source.
Also, when trying to transfer files from the TC to an internal HD, it takes forever, definitely not normal transferring times.
Add to that, not all of my wireless device gets wireless now. My iPhone suddenly has to make do with 3G, or one of my macs cannot log on to the Wi-FI. I can access the TIme Capsule, but not the Internet. Error message says that there's no IP. I can solve this by turning the modem off and on again, but I shouldn't have to be doing that all the time.
My setup and devices that rely on wi-fi:
One old Mac mini connected to the Time Capsule via Wi-Fi
One new Mac mini connected to the Time Capsule via Ethernet Cat 5.E
One iPhone 3GS
One Laptop PC
Please ask if there's more information about my devices that you need. I really hope this is not the case of the Time Capsule dying on me. It's not even 2 years.

Intermittent Wi-Fi problems can be hard to fix. For the new Mac mini it might help to reset the connection settings using these steps one at a time until the problem is resolved, recognizing that, depending on your problem, not all of these steps will make sense:
1) Use the AirPort/Wi-Fi menu bar item to turn AirPort/Wi-Fi off, then on again.
2) Try to select your Wi-Fi network from the AirPort/Wi-Fi menu.
3) In the Network panel of System Preferences delete the AirPort/Wi-Fi item from the left column, then add it back.
4) In the same panel as (3), define a new location and see if you can make that work.
5) In the same panel, select the AirPort/Wi-Fi connection item, click the "Advanced" button, select the "TCP/IP" tab, then click "Renew DHCP Lease". Note that the fix this step implements may be temporary.
6) In the folder /Library/Preferences ( _not_ <yourhomefolder>/Library/Preferences), move the folder SystemConfiguration onto the Desktop, then restart your computer. See if you can now make your AirPort connection work.
These steps may not help, but they'll only take a couple of minutes to try. Before you try these, if you have any special network settings on your Mac for things like DSL credentials, note all your network settings, because the latter steps will destroy them. If you got all the way to the last step, if things don't work any worse than before, you can trash the saved SystemConfiguration folder.
You could also use the advice in the second message of this thread to investigate the signal and noise levels that each client sees. That might show you an intermittent problem with noise.

All Time Machine dates are white, no pink. How can I be sure data is backed up on Time Capsule, not just on iMac itself?

Apple support http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4256 says "If you back up to a Time Capsule or other network disk, a message briefly appears while Time Machine connects your computer to the backup disk." When I enter Time Machine on my iMac (OS 10.6.8) I get a window entitled "Connecting to Server" and says, "connecting to backup volume" with a horizontal blue and white barber's pole. This message goes on for about 60 seconds before Time Machine opens.
Apple support goes on to say, "Gray tick marks on the timeline represent snapshots stored on your internal drive (portable computers only). Pink tick marks represent backups stored on your backup disk." All the tick marks and dates are grey and become white when mouse is rolled over them. No dates are pink.
If I have not pink dates, are my backups stored on my Time Capsule? Or, are all backups local on the iMac itself? What do I need to do to ensure backup is on the Time Capsule?

ttown wrote:
I just backed up my whole computer on an external drive with Time Machine. I wanted to clean off my old files from my computer, but I didn't want to erase them until I knew I could go back and get particular items from the back-up.
No, No, No, a thousand times, no!
Pardon the dramatics, but don't do that. Time Machine will, sooner or later, delete the backup copies of anything that's no longer on your Mac.
Plus, of course, if you delete the originals, you no longer really have backups (backup = an extra copy in case something happens to the original).
Your best bet might be to get a larger internal HD for your Mac. Second best would be to get another external HD, format it for a Mac, and move some stuff (perhaps your entire iPhoto library) to it, and let Time Machine back up both your internal HD and the new external.

Can you recover saved data on a Time Capsule that has died?

I came home today to find that the green light to my Time Capsule was off. Did all the usual fixers...and after going to the several posts on a DEAD TC...I guess I have latest one. In addition to backing up my PC...I had a bunch of saved documents also.....can these be recovered or should I just can the TC?
Thanks for any responses!

With power supplies on ebay for $25 it is just as cheap and easy to unplug the power supply as it is to remove the hard disk and buy a cradle for it.
Power supply. Replacement left sitting next to the old one right. The covers have been removed and replaced.. Just make sure you get the 34W supply for the 2TB drive. The early supply was 30W and could not handle it.
Pull out the supply.. 3 plugs.. Mains in, Sata power and board.. and plug the new one in.
Only because these are fairly plentiful and much cheaper now.. it might not even last long.. but at least to recover your data and erase and sell as a working unit that is fair enough.
(not sure how long the post will last with pics of open TC??)

My Time Capsule simply just died!!!

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