New HD, restored using time capsule, won't backup anymore

I just put in a new HD in my MBP. I booted from the old HD using an external enclosure and did a 'restore lion' from time capsule.
Things are working well on the computer front, but back ups and time capsule are screwed up.
- Time machine is trying to back up the entire drive again. I could live with that, except it keeps stalling at 186MB of transferred data (It was left for hours to see if it could transfer more)
- I thought I'd just see if I could re-format the drive and start over fresh... Unfortunately, this isn't going well. The drive does not appear in the disk utility. I can see the sparsebundle, but can't erase it. This is wierd since I can see the drive as a part of the shared network.
So how do I start over again with my back ups? How do I reset the time capsule drive without being able to see it in the disk utility. OR, how do I make the time capsule drive appear in the disk utility.

You cannot erase the Time Capsule drive using Disk Utility.
Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click Manual Setup
Click the Disks icon
Click the Disks tab below the icon
Click Erase
The "Quick Erase" option will only take a few minutes

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"Failure to complete backup" - Time Capsule won't backup anymore

I've been using my TC for about 2 months with absolutely no issues whatsoever. For the last 3 days I have been unable to complete any backups, which is seemingly random - I can't think of any precursor event to this series of failures.
Time Machine Buddy offers this - I just don't know what it all means:
Starting standard backup
Attempting to mount network destination using URL: afp://Kellan%[email protected]/Kellan%20St.Louis's%20Time%2 0Cap
Mounted network destination using URL: afp://Kellan%[email protected]/Kellan%20St.Louis's%20Time%2 0Cap
Disk image /Volumes/Kellan St.Louis's Time Cap/Kellan St.Louis’s MacBook_00254bb675e4.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of Kellan St.Louis’s MacBook
Backing up to: /Volumes/Backup of Kellan St.Louis’s MacBook/Backups.backupdb
No pre-backup thinning needed: 414.2 MB requested (including padding), 325.42 GB available
Indexing a file failed. Returned 200 for: /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow.plist, /Volumes/Backup of Kellan St.Louis’s MacBook/Backups.backupdb/Kellan St.Louis’s MacBook/2009-10-23-204801.inProgress/11B8433A-9967-4E6C-A7D7-1188D87AE9E6/Macin tosh HD/Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow.plist
Aborting backup because indexing a file failed.
Stopping backup.
Copied 72 files (11 KB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Copy stage failed with error:11
Backup failed with error: 11
Ejected Time Machine disk image.
Ejected Time Machine network volume.
Message was edited by: Apt406

Okay, I dragged the .sparsebundle file over to DiskUtility and verified and repaired it (in that order). No luck, I still can't perform a backup.
From Time Machine Buddy, again:
Starting standard backup
Attempting to mount network destination using URL: afp://Kellan%[email protected]/Kellan%20St.Louis's%20Time%2 0Cap
Mounted network destination using URL: afp://Kellan%[email protected]/Kellan%20St.Louis's%20Time%2 0Cap
Disk image /Volumes/Kellan St.Louis's Time Cap-1/Kellan St.Louis’s MacBook_00254bb675e4.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of Kellan St.Louis’s MacBook
Backing up to: /Volumes/Backup of Kellan St.Louis’s MacBook/Backups.backupdb
No pre-backup thinning needed: 4.59 GB requested (including padding), 325.42 GB available
Indexing a file failed. Returned 200 for: /Library/Application Support, /Volumes/Backup of Kellan St.Louis’s MacBook/Backups.backupdb/Kellan St.Louis’s MacBook/2009-10-23-204801.inProgress/37D43EB0-ACBC-4A5A-AE06-B80F6048155E/Macin tosh HD/Library/Application Support
Aborting backup because indexing a file failed.
Stopping backup.
Copied 57 files (12 KB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Copy stage failed with error:11
Backup failed with error: 11
Ejected Time Machine disk image.
Ejected Time Machine network volume.

Problems with Full restore using Time Capsule backup???

For some reason my MacBook Pro recently crapped out completely, and I am trying to do a complete restore of the OS via a full backup I made with using Time Machine onto my Time Capsule disk, but I am running into some problems doing so and I was hoping someone might have some insight as to how I should deal with things at this point...
Here's where things get messy...
- I insert my Mac OS X 10.5 Installation DVD into my Macbook and boot from the drive, and I immediately choose the menu option to 'Restore from Time Capsule Backup'...
- After logging into my Time Capsule and then choosing the proper .sparseimage file to restore from, I click 'continue' and it brings me to the screen where I choose where I want to restore to (which in my case, is the one and only internal HD inside my Macbook Pro)
- The bottom of this window tells me that it's "Calculating space required to restore data..." but it simply hangs at the point with a spinning wheel indicating its still doing the calculating, but never actually presents me with the space required, not does it allow me to click continue to perform the restore?? I've allowed it over an hour to calculate the space required and it still just spins its status wheel...
This is where I am stuck at this point, and I have no idea how to get it to proceed to the next step to allow me to perform the restore??
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, as I will have no choice but to do a complete reinstall (including all apps and data) if I can't get the backup restored... Thanks!

I had the same problem when installing a new HDD in my Macbook. The solution I found was to reinstall Leopard onto the new HDD from the install CD, then reboot off the install CD once I had done this. I was then able to choose the 'Restore from Time Capsule' option and get my HDD to show up in the window.
A word of warning, once you have reinstalled Leopard and it starts asking you for all you info, as if for the first time to set up your computer, there is an option at the end of that process to restore your data from a Time Capsule backup. While this did restore all my files and so forth, it did not update any of the 'Apple' apps, i.e. iTunes, iPhoto, Quicktime, or the operating system itself, suggesting a 500Mb download via 'Software Update' to update the system. It was faster for me to reboot of the install CD and restore via the process outlines above. That way you get all your system updates included.
Not sure if this is the 'approved' method but it worked for me! The restore process took about 75 minutes for about 100Gb of data from my external backup drive connected to my Macbook via a Firewire cable.
Hope this helps!

Can I use Time Capsule like real backup?

I have two macbook airs home (plus ipad and iphone). Both macbook Airs have relativelly small ssd so most of the data (family photos etc). MUST be kept on File Server. I would like to use Time Capsule as that File Server but Im afraid its just single HD not Raid.
Am I right? It would be fundamental flaw in using of TC as real backup tool.
Or am I the only one who has data which are larger than my ssd in my notebook?
Thanks much for help!

I dont need "backup" for the situation when I accidently delete a file. :) I need backup for the situation when harddrive collapses. I cant agree with your statement that "A single hard disk is actually pretty reliable item".
Any harddrive fails sooner or later. Thats why I have all data on computer I use in work on raid. If one disk in raid fails the data are still on the second disk in raid. It saved my data two times already.
I want my family data (photos, movies from vacations, etc.) on at least TWO disks. But they are too big to fit in notebooks. So i need to put them on separate file server.
I guees the best will be to get Nas disk for my data. All important data will be on Nas (raid), all emails are on Imap. So actually I dont need to back up any data to TC.
Im wondering who really need to to use TC. If you keep data on Nas its more comfortable and more safe.

Can I use Time Capsule as a backup drive on an existing network?

Sorry of this is an obvious question - but I have a WiFi network here (based on a Netgear Router) and want to be able to back up to a hard drive that's kept in another room.
(That way - if burglars steal my computer - they won't also steal all my backed-up files sitting on a hard drive next to my computer!)
1: Can I put a Time Capsule in the next room - get it to show up on my netwlrk - and back up to it?
2: Or is there a better / cheaper way to do this? Are there other hard drives you can hook up to a network? (I tried this a few years ago and the options weren't good...0
Thanks a lot,
- Greg

Just tried turning on the wireless in my TC - couldn't get it to connect to my router's wireless network. Status stays amber.
There have been several posts recently about people trying to get Airports/TCs to talk wirelessly to non-apple base stations and having problems.
You could always try turning off the wireless on your router and creating a new wireless network using the TC as the wireless base station. You'd have to connect the router to the TC with ethernet. Maybe you could move the router to the bedroom (or anywhere else that has a phone line, assuming that you've got an ADSL modem/router.
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Can i use time capsule as a backup drive?

i know that sounded stupid...
right now i have external hard drive where i back up my files like my music, jobs, music...because i don't have enough space on my internal drive
is it possible for me to "backup" by dragging them onto TC?
i don't even know if TC has an icon on the desktop...sorry
thanks

ironknee wrote:
i know that sounded stupid...
right now i have external hard drive where i back up my files like my music, jobs, music...because i don't have enough space on my internal drive
That's not a backup. That's extra storage. They are very different things.
A backup is a copy of something important, preferably on different hardware, so if one piece of hardware fails, you don't lose your only copy.
Depending on the sizes, your best bet is probably to put the original copies of things that won't fit on your MacBook on the external HD, and use Apple's +Time Machine+ to back both drives up to a Time Capsule.
Even better would be to get a larger internal HD for your MacBook, so you'd have room for all the originals there, and back it up either to an external HD or a Time Capsule.
The advantage of the Time Capsule is, of course, that you can back up wirelessly and also have a good WIFI router; the disadvantage is, it costs more than just an external HD.
You might want to review these:
What is Time Machine?
Time Machine Tutorial
and perhaps browse the Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions *User Tip* at the top of the +Time Machine+ forum.

Use Time Capsule for local backup only

Hi there,
I think I can do what I need to but need some config assistance. Here is my issue:
I want to use a time capsule that is attached via ethernet cable to my MacBook Pro to backup via Time Machine but I do not need the TC to be used for wireless access.
I have taken the 2TB TC to my office. I have a full WiFi network there that I attach my Macbook to. I have used the AirPort utility and told it to extend a wireless network for the TC. I have given it the credentials for our office network. It seems to be attached (DHCP address assigned) but the TC light keeps flashing yellow.
I see the TC in Time Machine on my MacBook and it is doing an incremental backup (it's been about 2 weeks since the last one so it's big!). However, it seems to be backing up over the office WiFi network and not the locally attached ethernet cable.
So do I need to just disable WiFi altogether on the TC? If I do, it doesn't seem to make the Time Machine volume available to the my Mac. When I go into my Mac's Network Preferences now, and look at the physical ethernet port, it says "self assigned IP address" so I don't think the ethernet cable plugged into the TC is actually doing anything.
Can someone tell me how to correctly set the TC up to locally backup my MacBook through the Ethernet cable but let my MacBook use the company WiFi network for other network activities? Thanks much in advance for the help!

If your office network is created by non-apple routers, then the TC is working in join wireless mode and will turn off the ethernet ports.. in other words you have no connection at all by ethernet and it is irrelevant.
To get this working you will need a pretty snazzy setup..
So first and really important question.. since you are prepared to have something plugged into your MBP.. why not use a USB drive. It is much faster.. even USB2.. and if newer model with USB3 it will completely flatten any network drive. It is much more reliable.. Time Machine operates differently to local drives. And you can also use a program like CCC and create a bootable clone. This is on top of TM backup and well worth it.. A bootable clone will enable your computer to start even with a dead hard disk in a couple of minutes.. not days of sorting through TM.
Anyhow.. To get TM to work to the TC in isolation
1. Factory reset the TC.
2. Do minimal setup of the TC.. it must stay in router mode but simply ignore errors of no internet connection.
3. Here we get to the tricky bit. Open the network preferences and check the IP you get from the wireless office system.
If it is 192.168.x.x for example all will be great. If you get 10.0.x.x or indeed any 10.x address tell me.
The TC will have an IP 10.0.1.1 and will pass the computer 10.0.1.2
What you need to do now is set that statically and change the gateway (router in applespeak) and DNS values.. In most computers you can leave them blank but I found the apple computers prefer you to fill them in so you should copy the values from the wireless connection.
There is a longer discussion of it here.
Can Time Capsule be set up as a second, local network?
This is fairly old but the principles are the same albeit the utility is v5.
If you cannot figure it out post back and I will figure out a v6 set of screenshots.
What I will need to know is the values your wireless gets.. IP, subnet, router, and dns.

Using Time Capsule as Network Backup only no wireless

Hi all,
I already have a wireless network, but I have a couple of C level users who "forget" to store documents on the server and then proceed to throw them away, and I have a 1TB time capsule, that I was using for testing, but that project is now over and it is available. I was hoping to put the TC on the network, but not use wireless with it and simply share it as an additional backup device.
I believe that I need to turn off the Wireless, assign a IP address on my subnet, then everything should be fine? Right?
Thanks for your help.

Hi, I am also having issues with Time Capsule in a pure LAN mode. When I setup Time Capsule with a fixed LAN IP, switch off the wireless mode, Time Capsule accepts the settings but as soon as it is hooked up to the LAN and reboots, it kicks away its settings, gives an error message and switches back "on" its wireless mode.
Ok, I understand that it switches back its wireless mode, to be able to talk to the MAC, but... why is it not taking the fixed LAN IP? It is a regular 192.168.0.x address that is free on the network, I am not sure what to do...
Before that I tried to install it as a client on the existing wireless network, provided by a Zyxel Wireles/LAN Firewall/Switch, that worked for about 2 hours, since then Time Capsule has never again accepted to enter the wireless network.
I am stuck here... the Time Capsule is new, belongs to a friend of mine who has exactly the same 24'' I-MAC as I have (except for a different brand hard drive), he is not computer savy, so this is why I am trying to help him out here.
He needs the Time Capsule to be on the LAN only, as he also has a Vista Notebook and as he mainly runs his MAC in Vista, as he needs some software which does not exist for OS X.
Anyone, any idea, how to force Time Capsule into the LAN mode, without its wireless... or is there a way to clear all old configuration settings... because, every time I try to clear the old settings, the Time Capsule does its very best to recover these...
Any suggestions welcome...
Otherwise, my guess is that this Time Capsule is faulty and that my friend needs to send it in for replacement.

HT201250 Time Capsule won't backup 2nd computer.

I have a Time Capsule 802.11n (3rd Gen). I have been backing up my Macbook Pro for over a year. Recently when I tried to backup my wife's desktop Mac, Time Machine gave me this message: "This backup is too large for the backup disk". Time Capsule contines to accept new backups from my laptop by deleting earlier data. Any suggestions how to handle this?

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Re: Is anyone else having problems backing up to time capsule after installing OS X Maverick?
Oct 28, 2013 12:49 PM (in response to jlross)
i did, but i rebooted the time capsule by pulling the ac cord from the outlet, waiting 30 seconds, and then plugging it in again.
my wifi seemed to return to normal (so far) and i was able to do a full backup, wireless, which took about 2 hours, without my wifi crashing, which i considered a miracle.
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Using Time Capsule only for Backup, Not Attached to Modem Network

How do I use the Time Capsule for backup without attaching it to the Internet?
I have a slower Airport already attached to my cable modem. I don't want to slow down the Time Capsule by attaching it to that network, and I don't want the Time Capsule out in my living room by the modem. If someone takes my computer, I don't want them taking my only backup of it too.
I want to put the Time Capsule in a closet or an attic, as many people do now.
How do I get it to function independently of the Internet, though? Would seem easy enough. I want to just use the backup function, but not sure if it can be set up without connecting to a modem. If that's true, why on earth would Apple shoot its backup solution in the foot like that? Hope it's not the case.
Any guidance out there for doing this or confirmation that it's impossible?

Yes, TC will work without an internet connection.
Your issue with not have the TC network connect to your existing network means you have TWO independent networks. However, your Macs have ONE Airport card; therefore, you can only be logged onto either your internet network or your TC network. Therefore, you would need to manually change your Airport settings to log onto the TC network to access it or maybe an additional network card on your Mac (I don't know if this is possible). BTW, you will need to set up the TC to Create a wireless network.

Installed new SSD boot drive, Time Machine won't backup

I installed a new 240 GB SSD boot drive (cloned using Super Duper) in my Mac Pro and want to use it as my startup disk. When I boot up using the new 240 SSD drive and try to start Time Machine to back it up onto a 500GB external drive it tells me it failed because the estimated backup size is over 2 TB. I suspect that Time Machine still has the last backup from my old boot drive, which was a 3TB hard drive. I go to Options and tell it not to back up any of my other hard drives but that doesn't help. So now what? How can I get rid of the last backup, which was from my 3 TB hard drive, so that I can backup a 240 GB SSD on a 500 GB external drive? Or is it another problem? Help!! Thanks!!

Problem solved, wasn't using Options/Exclude items properly.

Using Time Capsule to backup a small office network

Hi all,
I am hoping somebody may be able to tell me if this is a good plan or not. I have been really struggling to find a good network backup solution. I've been trying to make a Lacie Ethernet Disc Mini work but have finally given up on that one.
I am trying to find a simple solution to backup a network of 5 macs. 1 is currently plugged straight into my router, another router port extends to switch in another building which has 4 further macs along with other network devices connected. Crucially, there is no wireless access from this building to the router.
Would all macs backup to the Time Capsule, including those that are wired via the switch? If so, at what speed? I have heard suggestions that it can be a very slow process?
I'm not worried about any kind of streaming - purely a good backup device.
All advice very gratefully received,
Regards
Richard

Hi Richard,
I have a small business and chose to use Time Capsule as a backup for my company's network. We have 12 workstations and use all Macs, some wireless and some not. I'm an experienced Mac sys admin and have setup many networks, including designing and installing the network we currently have, which is driven by a Leopard Server.
Based on a year of experience working with Apple's newest airport extreme and capsule products, I would not use them in business and am moving towards a wireless network hd using Carbon Copy Cloner as my software. This is due in part to numerous calls to Apple for support on these items, having to reset them dozens of times, and being told by Apple support that using these products for business is not recommended.
Carbon Copy Cloner is a great tool for a backup, especially for workstations, as you can create partitions for each computer on your HD and CCC will create *bootable* backups of your HD - a great lifesaver if a computer fails and you don't have time to reinstall everything.
I will be putting the capsule and extreme devices on Craigslist for sale and hope to recoup enough to get the wireless network drive, which my research shows is the best way to get network backup solutions for small business.
I hope this helps.

My 1st Generation time capsule won't connect to the internet thru a new motorola sb6121 - get continuously flashing yellow light. Using a router in between the modem and capsule yields good but slower connection to internet. Any thoughts?

My 1st Generation time capsule won't connect to the internet thru a new motorola sb6121 - get continuously flashing yellow light. Using a router in between the modem and capsule yields good but slower connection to internet. Any thoughts?

Thanks for your response
Let me give the history - I started with an Apple Express being fed thru a D-Link EBTR 2310 cable Router from an RCA DCM315 Modem (Pure). Comcast service all the way.
Got the 1st generation TC in 2008 and merely replaced the Airport Express with the TC. Worked ok
A year or two ago I did try removing the modem and feeding the TC directly from the modem. Resulted in the same condition I have now - Continuous flashing amber on the TC. So I put the router back in the chain.
Some time later, at the recommendation of a Comcast rep, I replaced the router with (a Belkin F5D 5231) to see if speed and dropout problems would be improved. I thought it helped some at the time but now I am not so sure.
Last week I decided to see if a new modem would help with download speeds. So I got another pure cable modem (Motorola SB 6121- high on the Comcast recommended list).
Got up and running easily with Comcast help and with the modem connected directly to a computer.
Next I put the TC in the link and again could not get past the TC continuing to flash amber. Although I did get connected to the internet with this configuration I lost connection two both of my printers - one connected by USB and the other wirelessly to the TC. Again everything works fine when I put the Belkin router back in the system.
However with the router in there, the modem shows the downstream connection to be 10/100 ethernet speed. (Modem light changes color for indicating speeds.}
I have gone thru all of the combinations of powering down/ up, but all stays the same.
I can live with what I have but something still doesn’t seem right.
Thanks again

New hard drive, restored with time capsule -- safari won't open

Just successfuly replaced my crashed 500gb hard drive with a 2TB drive. Used time capsule to restore the system (what a godsend), but now programs on the computer arent working. I tunes opens, then crashes, the app store just bounces down in the application bar for a while then stops, safari opens 80% of a page and then the window crashes and goes away. I get a feeling it has something to do with my recent repairs, but what? Any help would be appreciated. this is very frustrating.
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ok, sorry for being new at this, but I just tried "repair disk" and have an almost infinite array of permissions errors....so many that it crashes when doing the repair. Is this a problem with the drive itself, or the fact that i restored an entire system onto a new drive? Either way, is it fixable?

Trying to restore system onto MBP after hard drive replaced using time capsule...

The hard drive on my MBP died and was replaced. Everything had been backed up on time machine, on a time capsule.
I've been trying unsuccessfully to do a full system restore from the time capsule. first I opened up the MBP and opted to restore from time machine in the set-up, using wifi network. I got the network and 'disc' 'data' '1 time machine backup' but when I pressed continue I got a dialogue box 'opening XX macbook pro...checking volumes' for about 3 hours, then finally the message 'no volumes detected'.
Tried that a couple of times, then went through the set-up procedure and in to Migration Assistant to try again.
The same thing happens, whether throgh wifi or usb - 3 or 4 hours of 'checking volumes' then 'volumes not found'.
Shouldnt restoring from time capsule be simple and straightforward even for a non-techie like me? (I thought that was the point!)
Any pointers on how I restore my old mac onto this new drive please?
NB old system was running on Lion. Mac Store installed snow leopard onto repaired mac.

How are you starting the system? Are you booting from a DVD or starting from the new hard drive that was installed?
In your OP you never stated the drive was replaced by Apple. You just said you had a New drive.
I'm going to leave this for someone that is more familair with time capsule as I have never worked with one.

New HD, restored using time capsule, won't backup anymore

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