Need Help on a Time Capsule setup

I want to install a new 2TB Airport Time Capsule to replace my older Time Capsule. I would like to continue to use my original Airport Extreme for my network and have the new Airport Time Capsule serve as an extension of that network. I have referred to the following article http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5096 but then started having issues of understanding what needs to be done.
While there is obviously wireless capabilities for the new Time Capsule, I was thinking that to initially copy the old Time Machine to the new that I would use an ethernet cable. (The old Time Machine is USB to an external drive). Once the copy is made I'd like to remove the ethernet and position the new time machine for wireless connectivity. I'm not sure how to connect everything together. My modem is connected to my iMac 27 by ethernet (that's faster, right?) and so I don't have any ethernet ports available on the modem. (one is input, one is output to the airport extreme, and one is output to my computer.)
How do I connect things for the initial copy and then for the wireless in the future? The set up book talks about Connecting Ethernet cable connected to the cable modem to the Ethernet WAN port. Then it talks about Ethernet cable from any Ethernet device to any of the Ethernet LAN ports. I don't understand any of that - what I have or what I want. Is there any connection from the 2TB to the iMac?
Then a window pops up about the 2TB and asks for a password. What's that? Then it asks what is primary (well, I thought I wanted the older Airport Extreme to be dominant and the 2TB to connect as an extender. I don't see that option.)
Anyway, confused about connectivity. In the end, I'd like to copy the old Time Machine to the new Time Machine and I think the above article will get me there. But I'm troubled about what wires go where. Any suggestions?

Time Machine is the backup software on your computer.. it has no relationship to any particular hardware.
Time Capsule is an apple router with a hard disk inside. It is not related in any way to Time Machine.. !!
BUT it is used mostly as the target for a Time Machine backup.. Apple naming is very messy.
1. It's the small white device that gives me a wireless service in my house. It has no drive just serves to provide wireless.
It could be an extreme or express but you state later on it is extreme.
I was thinking to use the time capsule as my Time Machine drive but use the wireless capability as a network extender of the original AirPort Extreme.
Generally it would be better to use the TC plugged into the main ISP modem / router. And you can then use the Extreme to extend the network.. it does depend on locations.. you want the least number of wireless hops or the best chance of running ethernet to the clients. Either setup will work but think which is fastest. Whenever a backup has to go.. computer--extreme--TC. with both connections by wireless it will go at half the speed of
computer--TC.
And if you can plug the computer--TC by ethernet it will go about 3-6 times the speed of wireless.
2. I was wondering what is the best way to get the old Time Machine data onto the new 2TB Time Capsule to be used as a Time Machine.
I recommend you start over with a fresh clean backup. The issue is the local backup and the network backup are handled differently by Time Machine and it is not easy to do what you want.
See Q18 here if you want to see what is involved.
http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
Specifically this one. http://pondini.org/TM/18.html#id18
3. Yes.. but think if it isn't better to move the extreme instead.
4) my modem connects via Ethernet to my desktop because I thought wired was faster than wireless. My modem also connects to the AirPort Extreme to broadcast a wireless network for my iPhone and iPad. I could have my desktop connect wirelessly but just thought wired was faster. OK I see what you say about plugging the desktop in to the wireless router instead.
This is wrong.. You should have the computer plugged into the airport router.. and the airport router plugged into the modem.. not both connected to the modem. It will do backups much faster with a direct wired connection to the TC.. but not if it goes via a slow (10/100 port) on the router the ISP supplies.
5. Sparsebundle is how the TM packages the backup on network drives.
Read the info in Pondini to understand.
http://pondini.org/TM/Works.html
In particular the part about network backups.
http://pondini.org/TM/Works3.html
So you're saying that the New Time Capsule is receiving the copied file via network? No cables used in the copying to the new Time Capsule/Time Machine?
Backup runs over either wireless (slow) or ethernet (fast) to network drive.. or you can use a local disk as you have been doing.. and that is the fastest.

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This is networking which is very hard as apple don't (as yet) control it..!!
Are you connected to an adsl modem?
Which one? I am in Australia so you won't scare me with bigpond brands.
If the modem is working as a router this messes things up, and you will need to choose which device to bridge, the modem or the router ie the TC.
So before we go further, tell me the modem or type of broadband service you have.

I need help with this Time Capsule and External HD problem!

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Try connecting another USB storage device to the TC - HDD or memory stick. Format the device while it's connected to the TC, then try writing and reading to it.
It does seem very odd that you can write to the HDD but not read from it. Presumably when you copy files to it they appear in Finder - you can see them OK? Do they appear to be the right size ("get info", or click in "columns" view). What exactly happens if you try to drag them back to the desktop?
I can only think that you may have a hardware or formatting problem, hence trying a different, freshly formatted, drive.

Need Help with 1st time Wireless setup

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Time Capsule is designed for ethernet connection.. it is not really good without it.
There is a single option to join wireless network.. hidden and unused as it should be..
On a windows version you will have to hold down the alt key i think when you click the options for wireless mode.. it will then offer join a wireless network.
It is super slow.. and subject to easy corruption of files.. it will turn off all wireless AP and routing and ethernet functions.. good luck!!

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A Time Capsule is an AirPort Extreme...with a built in hard drive.
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Time Capsule Setup Help Needed

Hi there
I have a new 27" iMac and I'm trying to connect Time Capsule to it for Time Machine Backups.However when I turn TC on I am bewildered by an array of confusing networking type questions by the TC setup wizzard
All I want to do is back up my iMac wirelessly. I don't want to do anything else with my TC.
I have a wireless Linksys router that I use for the internet and no other users need to share my TC.
I don't want my TC to have anything to do with other users or my internet connection.
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Paul McLaren wrote:
Hi there
I have a new 27" iMac and I'm trying to connect Time Capsule to it for Time Machine Backups.However when I turn TC on I am bewildered by an array of confusing networking type questions by the TC setup wizzard
All I want to do is back up my iMac wirelessly. I don't want to do anything else with my TC.
I have a wireless Linksys router that I use for the internet and no other users need to share my TC.
I don't want my TC to have anything to do with other users or my internet connection.
How can I do this?
click here and follow the instructions to set up the TC.
i would recommend that you connect your Mac and the TC by ethernet cable for the initial setup as well as to perform your initial backup (which can take quite a while). once that is done the ethernet cable can go as the next backups will be incremental.
you may also want to browse through the Time Machine FAQ - just for the heck of it.
post back if you need further information.
good luck !

Time Capsule setup help needed - keeping my existing router

Hi,
I'm not especially technically gifted and am new to macs, so please be gentle.
I have an iMac and Macbook - both running the latest versions of Leopard (both up to date with all updated). I also have a wireless 'N' network via a Netgear Router/modem which is working fine.
After a bit of a data scare I have just bought a Time Capsule, but am having a heck of a time setting it up. The problem is I don't want it in the same room as my router and I don't want to replace my router (I live in an old house where the router has to be by the main phoneline in the kitchen).
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Yes, this seems to be true if you go to the "manual" set-up method. It failed for me too, several times, because of this. Finally, I even tried to set the TC to Create a network of the same specs of the network I wanted it to join. That failed, as expected, because it caused interference with the existing network on my old AirPort Extreme Base Station. My next try was to connect AirPort Utility to the TC (wirelessly from my MacBook) and retry using the easy set-up method. Lo and behold, it worked, and "Join Existing Network" now appears on its Manual Setup panel in AirPort Utility.
Looks like a little bug in AirPort Utility, having that pop-up menu sometimes missing that item.
So, long story short, my TC had this problem, and now it works.
I'd go through the setup from factory reset again to document it exactly, but the family is using it now, so the best I can do is describe it from memory. If the easy setup to Join Existing Network doesn't work for you, then re-do the setup to Create Network with the same specs as the one you want to join. Then when it comes up arguing with the other Base Station ("I am the master of this network." +"No, I am the master of this network!"+), go back to AirPort Utility and connect to the TC, going through the easy setup again, choosing Join instead. Then it might work.

Help! Time Capsule Setup Help: Airport Utility Not Finding Wireless Device

Hi folks, I'm hoping some of you more experience Mac techies can help me out. I just bought a (refurbished previous generation) Time Capsule, and I'm trying to set it up for the first time. I don't really have a complicated network configuration-- I'm just going to plug my cable modem into the Time Capsule and use it as the wireless router. The problem is, my Mac's Airport Utility isn't recognizing the Time Capsule after I plug the cable modem into it. The Airport Utility on my MacBook Pro is the latest version (5.5.2) or at least recent enough that it should be compatible with the Time Capsule. Since I can't get the Airport Utility to discover the Time Capsule, I don't know if it's the laptop or the Time Capsule.
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I'm a little bit befuddled because it seems like setup should be a no-brainer. Either I've completely overlooked something really simple or something else is really wrong. I've set up a case to get help from Apple techs, but I'd appreciate any insight if anyone has some solutions to share.
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Welcome to the discussions, Bryan!
I suggest that you "hard reset" the Time Capsule (TC) by holding in the reset button on the TC until until you see the amber light begin to flash more quickly and keep holding another 4-5 seconds when this occurs before you release the reset button.
Give the TC about 30 seconds to stabilize. If you are using wireless to configure the TC, open AirPort Utility and see if it now appears. If not, click the fan shaped Airport icon at the top of your Mac's screen and look for for a wireless network with a name like Apple Network xxxxxx to join. That's the default network that the TC broadcasts so that you can configure it using wireless. Try AirPort Utility again.
If you have a spare ethernet cable handy, temporarily connect it from your Mac to one of the LAN <-> ports on the TC and open AirPort Utility. Once you have the TC configured, you can disconnect the temporary ethernet cable.
See if one of the methods above will get you going. Post back if you need more assistance.

Time Capsule setup due to ISP change - help !

Hello all,
Hope someone can help me with this ..
Background:
My ISP was BT Corporate (my company paid for my broadband). I was provided with a ZyXel router some years ago now - which worked fine for what I needed - which was basically to just be able to work from home now and again. So all that was setup was my PC Laptop wired into the router. I then made the switch to Mac and bought an iMac, AppleTV and recently a Time Capsule.
So basically, everything connects to my home network through the Time Capsule network including Nintendo Wii, DSi and iPhone - which in turn, connected to the ZyXel router to the Internet. I have had no problems with this setup - including VPN to my company. Life was good ..
I have had to switch ISP who arrived a couple of days ago to install the setup which is now what appears to just be a cable modem - that has replaced the ZyXel router I had previously.
What I have done, is to plug the ethernet cable coming from the modem into the WAN port of the Time Capsule and expected all the devices I listed to work as normal. Except that they don't !
Every device "sees" the network but nothing will connect to the internet - except for the iMac. I could probably understand this more if nothing worked, but am completely stumped by this.
One thing I did notice was when I looked at my AppleTV trouble-shooting section in the manual was that it said if I had an IP Address that started with 169.x.x.x then something was not configured properly. The Time Capsule also has an address starting 169.x.x.x as does my iPhone.
Some info on the settings etc: I am using DHCP with the auto settings on most of the options (as this is what I had before), I have WPA2 set (I also created my network all over again without security but that made no difference at all). The router address starts 80.4.192.1 according to the TCP/IP settings on the Network preferences.
Any ideas as to what is wrong with the setup ???
Cheers,
DazJ

Hello Tesserax,
No - ISP is using DHCP. I haven't needed to provide any user credentials at all.
I think I have just solved this - although for the life of me, I can't think why the steps I took actually solved anything at all .... hahah
I just did a factory reset of the Time Capsule and set up the whole thing again - including the network .. this brings me to where I was before - which is my iMac is perfectly happy connecting over Airport to the TC which in turn goes out to the Internet via the Ethernet connected cable modem.
I just flicked on the WiFi for the iPhone and connected to the network (which I could also do previously - but not get out to the Internet) and ... hurrah ! I can now connect out. The same for my Nintendo DSi. I will now reboot the AppleTV and Nintendo Wii.
Thanks anyway for your suggestion ..
Regards,DazJM

Help, I need to use my Time Capsule and iCloud more efficiently for memory!!

I have an early 2011 Macbook Pro. It is running low on memory. I finally broke down and purchased an Aiprort Time Capsule yesterday. I was able to back up and everything ran smoothly. Now that I have done this, I am hoping someone can help me figure out how to remove some items from my laptop to free up some memory. I had 6 movies in my itunes that I deleted (saved on an external hard drive a few days ago) and yet I still seem to have a large percentage of movie memory taken up. Although, maybe it is some tv shows I have in itunes. Along with the Time Capsule I also have 15 GB of iCloud memory which I am using almost 10 GB. I have 98.87GB free of 319.21 GB on my laptop. I know it isnt terrible, but I would really like to open up some space as I tend to add a lot of pics and music to my computer. We have an iPad, 2 iphones and an itouch and appletv that are all using space and I seem to be running out of space on my ipad and iphone as well. So, I would love to be able to put my music and tv shows and pics on my time capsule or something...Not sure. If anyone has any ideas that would be great on my computer or for that matter my ipad since I just keep removing items! Thanks!!

The best thing for you to do, in my opinion, is to:
Buy a larger internal drive - I recommend the Hitachi Travelstar 7K1000 - 1 terabyte, 7200 rpm & SATA III negotiated speeds for your model, and;
invest in some more external storage. 1 terabyte drives are common and cheap. You may want to get a larger drive (I use two LaCie 2big Thunderbolt drives - one 4 terabytes, the other 8 terabytes. I also have four HGST Travelstar 7K1000 1 terabyte drives that I use for cloning my internal drive).
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I need to use my time capsule as an external HD

I bought a time capsule recently and not knowing what i was doing, I copied my music and movies library over to it into the "data" folder. I think I screwed up because every time I try to play it in itunes the destination changes, and I can't bring the files back over. Trying to remedy that problem i created a 1 partition on my time capsule, I labeled it "storage" and used "EXFat" because that's what i read on some website which had no credibility apparently because now my time capsule can't find the sparse bundle.
So my first question is, how do I completely restore my time capsule? It only has about a month copied and it's not a big deal if i lose my media because most of it I havn't listened to in a long time.
Second question, How should i successfully store my future media? I spend 80% of my week at school with my laptop. I don't need all the music and movies taking up space on my computer while I am at school. I would like to have a storage disk, preferably wireless, at home that can store and play my music and movies. I also want all of my media to be backed up, i bring that up because I have read that files on the time capsule do not get backed up.
A guy at the apple store told me I should get an external hd and hook it up to the time capsule, that sounds ideal, but I have a question about that. Will i be able to access it wirelessly? Also will my timecapsule back it up routinely?
Thanks for the help.

TCharger130 wrote:
every time I try to play it in itunes the destination changes
What do you see that gives you that impression?
i created a 1 partition on my time capsule, I labeled it "storage" and used "EXFat"
I'd like to know how you did that. I agree with that Web site's lack of credibility.
how do I completely restore my time capsule?
In AirPort Utility put the Time Capsule into "manual setup" mode, select the Disks panel and the Disks tab, select the "Time Capsule Disk", and click the "Erase" button.
How should i successfully store my future media?
You might consider a 2.5" bus-powered external drive that you'd connect directly to your Mac. Unless you want to buy an already-configured one, you should be able to buy a bare drive starting at US$40 and an enclosure for under US$20. Time Machine would back up the contents of a drive connected that way.

Printer Doesn't Appear in Airport Utility for Time Capsule Setup

Hello group.
I've been researching solutions, applying them and contacting Apple for help and so far - I'm still in a pickle.
Here's the skinny:
1) Have AT&T Uverse with AT&T wireless modem. This runs cable/TV, phone, fax and Internet.
2) Setup MacBook Pro, Snow Leopard 10.6 and Airport Utility 5.4.2.
3) Purchased a Time Capsule (1TB).
4) Printer is a HP Officejet 6210 All-in-One.
I would like to use the TC's wireless printing capabilities. However, when I access Airport Utility, it doesn't recognize or acknowledge the HP printer connected to the TC. It simply states: NONE.
What are some of the things that I've done to try and remedy:
1) Uninstalled and reinstalled HP's current driver and software from their website.
2) Removed and added back the HP printer through the 'Printers & Faxes' pane.
3) Powered down the HP and the TC, disconnected all plugs and powered back up multiple times.
4) Restarted the MacBook several times.
5) Spoke with HP Mac Support and received confirmation that printing should work with TC and HP 6200.
6) Spoke with Apple and they are perplexed.
7) Performed both 'soft' and 'hard' resets of the TC - still nothing.
8) Read and followed the steps in this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS125 (nothing worked)
9) Plugged the HP directly to the MacBook and it prints perfectly.
10) Tested the TC USB port with a flash drive and it recognizes (via AU) and works without error.
I'm at a total loss. Perhaps I have the wiring and setup options chosen incorrectly? Would love any help that can be provided.
Worth mentioning - prior to the TC, I had purchased and Airport and was able to print wirelessly without a hitch. The Airport was exchanged for the TC (needed backup capabilities) and now I'm in the lurch.
Thanks to all for any assistance that can be given.

Welcome to the discussions, MindSprout!
I'm following your post with interest because I have an HP 6210 as well with a 1TB Time Capsule. No issues at all since it was installed over a year ago. I'm not using Snow Leopard (yet), so can't offer any comments as to whether that might be one of the possible issues here, but that was my first thought.
If I get SL installed this weekend, I will post back with results.
The other thought that comes to mind is that there may be a problem with the printing instructions passing through the USB port on your TC. I can't answer why a hard drive functions perfectly, though.

Which is the best Option for Time Capsule setup.

Got my 2Tb time capsule today, burning to get home to set the whole system up but I have a few questions i'd like help with befor I jump in...
Here is my setup.
1) Cable internet connection running wifi through a Netgear WNR 2000 Which is a Wireless N device..
2) 2TB Time Capsule just unwrapped.
3) Macbook Pro
4) iphone
5) Hp office laptop running XP Sp 3
5)Really complicated appartment layout which makes a single Wifi base station battle for coverage in the entire appartment.
Ok so here is what I was thinking..
Keep the Netgear as the base station and use the Time Capsule as a Bridge in my office thus extending the range of my existing network..
1) Will using the TC on a wireless network as a repeater half my connection speed while doubling my coverage?? In that case it might be worth it..
2) Do I have any reason to believe I could get better coverage using the TC as the Base Station and trying to virtually impossible task of setting up the Netgear as a bridge?
3) Any ideas on other options open to me?

Welcome to the discussion area!
+1) Will using the TC on a wireless network as a repeater half my connection speed while doubling my coverage?? In that case it might be worth it..+
Unfortunately, the Time Capsule will only "extend" a wireless network if the network has been created by another Apple "n" router. So the Netgear would not be compatible with the Time Capsule for this purpose.
If you could connect the Netgear and Time Capsule together using an ethernet cable, you would be able to create one large wireless network.
+2) Do I have any reason to believe I could get better coverage using the TC as the Base Station and trying to virtually impossible task of setting up the Netgear as a bridge?+
Not sure about "better coverage", but the Time Capsule would create dual band networks operating at both 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz so faster devices could connect at 5 GHz for maximum speed and slower devices would connect to the 2.4 GHz band.
In addition, if the Time Capsule connects directly to your cable modem, you could enable the "guest" network feature if you needed that function. (However, if the Time Capsule is configured in the network as a "bridge", the guest network feature cannot be enabled).
On a quick glance, your Netgear router does not appear to be a simultaneous dual band device. If that's the case, you could configure it to expand either the 2.4 GHz band or 5 GHz band (assuming it will handle 5 GHz) for wider wireless coverage. But, the connection between devices would need to be via ethernet cable, and as you point out, the Netgear would need to configured as a "bridge" in this type of setup.
If running the ethernet cable is simply not possible, take a look at a pair of ethernet powerline adapters to accomplish the same task using the AC wiring in your home to transmit the ethernet signal. While not as good as a straight ethernet cable, this type of connection would still yield better performance than wireless only, if the devices were compatible.

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