New iMac: cant use back up from Time Capsule to start it up
I decided to replace my 4 year old iMac with a new one.
Today, I installed the new iMac and had hoped to build it up using the last back up on the Time Capsule from the previous iMac. It took about 5 hours to copy something across, but it seems all I have are the applications. No iTunes, photos, or documents.
I am signed up for the iCloud, but have no idea if that is relevant.
Thanks,
Alan J
Did you use Setup Assistant when it first started up, or did you create a user account, then use the Migration Assistant app later on? If the latter, see Problems after using Migration Assistant.
Similar Messages
-
Use back up from Time Machine to start new MacBook Pro
Using the Time Machine and an external Hard Drive I back up my 3 years old MacBook (running Lion and with hard drive of 250 GB)
I am planning to purchase a new MacBook Pro (with a hard drive of 750 GB)
how do I transfer all my software and Data to my new computer?
if I plug my Time Machine to it will set up my new computer just the way I have my old Computer?
will all software work properly?
Any thing else I should have in Consideration??K2spuky wrote:
Using the Time Machine and an external Hard Drive I back up my 3 years old MacBook (running Lion and with hard drive of 250 GB). Will all software work properly?
The old machine is running Lion already, then all your programs are ready already for the new machine with Lion.
how do I transfer all my software and Data to my new computer?
if I plug my Time Machine to it will set up my new computer just the way I have my old Computer?
Plug the TimeMachine drive into the new computer, boot it and when you go through the setup there will be a opportunity to transfer from the TM drive.
Shouldn't be a problem as your already on Lion.
Of course if your older machine software is crappy and slow, so will your new machine.
You might decide to fresh install instead, create the same user on the new machine then install all your programs from fresh original sources and then transfer files manually from the older machine, droppping the contents right into the same user folders as on the old machine.
More work, but actually saves work if your older machine is screwed up. Because Setup and Migration assistant has no brains, it transfers crap just as well as the good stuff. and despite what it says, it seems to transfer programs even if you state you just want files. Why I don't know, it's what someone said.
I never use either, because reinstalling the whole OS again, especially Lion with the Internet download, is not worth the chance. I'd rather download a few programs and transfer manually, takes about the same amount of time. -
How do I delete an iMac back up from Time Capsule?
I am attempting to delete an iMac back-up (Bob's 20" iMac) which is located on my Time Capsule and I don't know if I'm doing it correctly.
In the Finder, I have located the backup as follows: Bob'sTime Capsule>Data> Bob's 20" iMac
I right-clicked Bob's 20" iMac and selected "Move to Trash"
A small Trash window has been chugging on my desktop for about 36 hours which ststes "Deleteing Bob's 20" iMac"
The size of the backup is 1.16 TB. Is this proceeding properly in which case I just need to be patient and wait for the process to finish?
Or, is therw another method I should use to delete said backup.
Thanks very much.You are doing things the right way, so hang in there.
In general....if you are using an Ethernet connection between the Mac and the Time Capsule.....data will delete at a rate of about 30 GB per hour, so 1.2 TB...which is 1200 GB, will take require about 40 hours to delete the backup of the iMac.
If you are using wireless, unfortunately things will take, on average, about 3-4 times longer than using Ethernet. It all depends on the speed of your wireless connection. -
New iMac user here, I recently bought a new iMac and Time capsule and have the whole network up and running now. I have connected another external HD to the time capsule as well and have a total of 3 TB of storage connected wireless to my new iMac. My question is can I use this location as the default location for iTunes? I doubt I am gonna run out of room considering the iMac has 1 TB of storage already, but I'd prefer to keep my movies and music off the Mac to keep it running smoothly. If this is possibly, I'd like to do this with iPhoto as well.
I would advise against placing your iTunes library on a Time Capsule.
The Time Capsule is designed as a backup device and not for wireless streaming of video.
Before you do anything more, can I suggest you put into place a reliable, redundant backup strategy.
Unless you are prepared to risk loss of your iTunes library due to a hard drive failure, I would not put iTunes on the Time Capsule.
Leave your iTunes library on your iMac until such time as your internal drive is full. Backup to Time Capsule using Time Machine and create a clone of your internal iMac HD to your external drive.
That's my 2 cents worth. Others may have a different opinion. -
Removing old Time Machine back ups from Time Capsule
I have just purchased a new iMac (2.7GHz Intel Core i5 running LION) that I am using to replace both my wife's old iMac (2GHz Intel Core Duo running Snow Leopard) and my 17" MBP Intel Core Duo - we've both made the switch to iPads for lap browsing. I migrated my user accounts from both the MBP and old iMac to the new iMac and I want use TimeCapsule as my back up disk. However, I cannot back up my new machine because the older back ups that I no longer need take up most of the TCs disk space.
How can I remove the older, no longer needed backups from TimeCapsule to make room to run back ups of my new iMac? I've tried deleting the sparsebundle, but that did not seem to work.
If anyone can help, please be as detailed as possible in how to remove the back ups. Thanks in advance.
- RyanThanks for the tip.
You did forget to mention that it is necessary to click on the "MANUAL SETUP" button located at lower left part of the Airport Utility window to get to the Disk.
I went through the more generic/standard setup windows a couple of times because I was not seeing the disk and thought I was missing something. After I had an "ah-ha" moment and clicked the manual setup key, everything was there and erasing the disk was easy.
Thanks again,
RT -
Back up from Time capsule to External Drive
I want to move all of my media from my hard drive on one macbook to my time capsule. i currently use the time capsule with time machine to back up my hard drive. but, i have multiple computers. at home, i have a macbook and a macbook air. at work, i have an imac. i'd like to keep my photos, videos and music on the time capsule's hard drive, so i can access it from each computer. i have the time capsule registered with mobileme, so i can see the contents of it from each computer. presumably, then, if i put the media on that disk, i can access it from each location.
but, now i want to have a back up of all of that media. i have an external hard drive i can plug into the time capsule. my question is this: is there a way to use the time capsule as i have described and then have the time capsule's contents backed up to the external hard drive? if not, is there a way to put everything on the external hard drive, connected to the time capsule, access the content from all three computers, and then have the external harddrive back up to the time capsule?
any help would be really appreciated!Hi, and welcome to the forums.
No, Time Machine cannot back-up any network drive.
Your options are limited. See #Q6 in the Using TIME MACHINE with a TIME CAPSULE *User Tip,* also at the top of this forum. -
Messed up Utilities Folder, can't access system info, won't back up from time capsule
My iMac has 2 harddrives. 250 start up and 1tb HD2. I was trying to make room on the 250 drive, and moved the Utilites folder to HD 2. Couldn't get system info, so tried moving Utilites folder back. Still can't get info, and there's an empty long bar under the size column beside the Utilities folder, even though the items in each sub folder have a size reading. There's a size reading in the HD 2 where I had moved it to. There are probably other things I have now messed up. Also, when I tried backing up the computer from the time capsule to predate the changes, I got a case sensitive error and it won't restore...what have I done???
Can't connect to Sonos now that I've switch Time Capsule from Bridge Mode to DHCP and NAT.
There was a reason why AirPort Utility either configured the Time Capsule in Bridge Mode automatically, or told you to set up the Time Capsule in Bridge Mode.
Bridge Mode is the correct setting for the Time Capsule on your network.
If you want to run the Time Capsule in DHCP and NAT router mode, then your Comcast modem/router must then be configured to act as if it were a simple bridge mode modem. Whether that is even possible is a question for the support folks at your ISP, since providers in general seem to be locking down the settings on the devices that they provide to prevent users from changing the basic operation of the device. ISPs do this to make things simpler for the their support folks, as you might imagine.
The simplest and best option......if possible......would be to swap the current modem/router for a simple bridge mode modem.......the kind of device that will have only one Ethernet port.
The worst option......Double NAT.....is in my opinion not worth fooling with, since it can cause unpredictable things to occur on your network. Sure, some users can get away this setting.....on a very simple home network.....but yours does not meet this qualification.
Strangely, we have seen some posts from users who claim to have been told by Apple Support to "ignore" a Double NAT error. That is hard to believe. -
Retrieving a back-up from Time Capsule
Hi there, I'm hoping someone out there can help me!
I completed my back-ups via a wireless connection from my Mac Pro G5. However, I've recently had to wipe my hard drive.
I have a complete back-up on my time capsule, however, the G5 only seems to recognise the time capsule wirelessly. When I try to connect the Time Capsule via ethernet, the G5 doesn't seem to recognise it.
I'm having to use migration assistant to move everything across wirelessly and it is taking forever!
Does anyone have any previous experience with this issue?
Thanks in advance, AndrewYour backups are safe unless you manually erase the disk.
We still don't know how your TC is configured, so it may take some guesswork initially.
Open AirPort Utility and click Manual Setup
Click the Wireless tab below the icons
Write down all of the settings that you see on the Wireless page
Change Wireless Mode to Off
Update to save settings
You should now be able to connect using an ethernet cable from your computer to one of the LAN <-> ports on the TC.
Keep the ethernet cable connected after you have transferred your files.
Open AirPort Utility and click Manual Setup
Click the Wireless tab
Enter all the settings that you wrote down before
Update to save settings -
Data transfer from Time Capsule to new Mac
I have a MBP which up until 7 days ago had Mountain Lion on it. The week before that, i had major abdominal surgery and when i was in the hospital, i accidentally knocked a bottle of water over and it fried my MBP. I would not turn on after that.
I took the MBP to the Apple Store for it to be repaired, at a cost of about $800. Meanwhile, i bought a new MBP. Both computers are the same with 2.5Ghz intel processor Core i5. As far as i know, the only difference is that the newer one has a 500GB HD and the older one has a 1 TB HD, and the older one ran Mountain Lion while the new one came with Mavericks.
I had the older computer backed up on a Time Capsule. When i got the newer one, i turned it on and went through the set up process. When asked at the beginning if i wanted to transfer stuff over from another computer or drive, i said 'ask me later' or something like that. I have never used Migration Assistant before and did not understand it well enough to use it.
I transferred the backed up data on Time Capsule to the new computer wirelessly. It worked fine. When i got done,
the hard drive looked like the old one, same set, same files on the desk top, dock arranged the same way, same Safari bookmarks, and also, the same third party
programs and data, with one exception, but for the most part it was the same.
Since i set up the new computer, it has been having regular back ups onto Time Capsule.
Now, i have the older computer back, repaired. The older computer no longer has Mountain Lion. It has Mavericks OS 10.8.5. The newer computer has OS 10.9.3.
I want to do the same thing i did a week ago in order to transfer the data to the older now repaired computer, but i can't remember what i did, i'd never transferred data from Time Capsule before. I have not been in the best shape mentally, having been cut open with a 10 inch incision and pain pills.
All i know is that whatever i did, it was very easy, i believe i used Time Machine to do it, and it transferred my third party programs with their data. It did NOT involve using Migration Assistant.
I don't plan on using the newer computer. i plan to go back to using the older one which has the larger hard drive.
Both computers have the same user account names and login info. I just want to replace what is currently on the older freshly repaired MBP with what is on the Time Capsule.
I am not sure if my question is very clear but i'm wondering if anyone can tell me how i can transfer the data from my Time Capsule to my older now repaired MBP without using Migration Assistant (which i think would not transfer my 3rd party stuff). i just want to do what i did a week ago but can't remember what i did. I think i used Time Machine, i connected the computer and Time Capsule (or they were already connected wirelessly).
I did NOT choose Enter Time Machine. I think i went in to Time Machine Preferences and clicked on 'Select Disk.' I think i selected a disk that has the name of my Airport connection and has the word Data on it. Does that sound possible?
Does anyone know what i'm talking about from experience or other knowledge? because i'm inexperienced with this process and am not very clear about what happened, but i know it didn't involve Migration Assistant and it didn't involve Time Machine > Enter Time Machine, because i have never seen those before today.
Whatever i did, it was so easy, just click on the disk i wanted to transfer data from and click some button that meant "ok" or "connect" or "transfer." And then, just wait, and after some time, my computer was set up reflecting the back up from Time Capsule, including third party stuff.
Thanks for any help with this.
btw, in Time Machine now, under Select Disk > Back up disks, there are two boxes. The first box says Backup Disks, and in that box is the name of my Airport connection, i.e. the Time Capsule i guess, and on the icon, it says Data. In the second box, it says Available Disks, and in that box, it has an icon of a disk with the name of my Airport or Time Capsule and it has an icon of a Wifi symbol which has the name, Other Time Capsule. Apparently that is an option to set up another Time Capsule not listed. I wonder if i chose one of those icons and clicked "Use Disk", would that data be transferred to my now repaired computer?(Sorry, after i posted this, i discovered it posted it in the wrong product forum, i guess when i typed in what i was interested in, it just took me to the Snow Leopard forum. i don't see a way to delete my post. Maybe the answer will be the same?)
-
After migrating a new Mac Book Pro from Time Capsule, I noticed that I lost a group of Favorites on the older iMac. The puzzling thing is that the Favorites are on my iPhone--not the old iMac or the new Mac Book Pro. How do I get the Favorites back?
If you are syncing using iCloud, try going to System Preferences/iCloud (computers) and checking Safari. If it is checked, try deselecting it, wait 10-15 seconds, and then check it again.
-
I have used Airport Time Capsule with my iMac for a couple years. I recently purchased a MacBook Air and when it tried to backup to Time Capsule it couldn't because Time Capsule is full. How can I now use the 3TB Airport Time Capsule to back up both the iMac and MacBook Air? I don't mind losing earlier backups. I have excluded some items from backing up, but since the Airport Time Capsule is full, I can't even begin to back up the MacBook Air.
On your Mac.......
Open Finder > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click on the Time Capsule icon, then click Edit in the smaller window that appears
Click on the Disks tab at the top of the window
Click Erase Disk
On the next window that appears, select the Quick Erase option, then click Erase
The operation will only take a few minutes.
Now you are ready to start new backups of both Macs. Back up one Mac first, then back up the other. Do not try to back up both Macs as the same time. -
Back up from time machine and first new tm machine back up on new mac
hi
i just made a back up from time machine into a new iMac...
no i need to configure again TM for the new mac but even if i use the same TM disc the first new back up doesn't write onto the old one so I need to make a new back up from scratch... can't I keep on writing over the old one?
thanks
mHere is some of the best information you can find on Time Machine:
Pondini's Time Machine FAQ -
New iMac and can't do back-up to Time Capsule
New iMac. I have tried four times to back up the machine to a Time Capsule. The TC had worked fine backing up my old iMac that was running Lion. Before each back-up attempt, I erased the TC via Airport Utility; the first two attempts I used Quick Erase; for the last two attempts I did a more extensive erase that wrote zeroes across the entire TC hard drive. All software on the new iMac had been fully up-dated.
Each back-up attempt seemed to be progressing normally for over 6 hours. But, when Time Machine reported that about 388 gigs of the 412 gigs on the new iMac's hard drive had been copied to the TC (and the progress bar showing about 2-3 millimeters remaining), the back-up seemed to falter. First, as Time Machine listed the increasing amount stored on the TC, it also showed a commensurate increase in the size of the source hard drive (my iMac), so it appeared to be making no progress. When the Time Machine listed that the TC's had copied 412 gigs (i.e., the actual size of the data on the iMac's hard drive) (now listed as 412 gigs out of 465 gigs), the machine crashed and re-booted itself.
I believe I have followed the procedures properly. I have read several documents, including the excellent one by Pondini, but I have not seen any solutions to what I am experiencing.
Please help.Is the MBA using wireless for backup?
Is it running Mavericks?
Mavericks has not been great for TM or TC reliability. It seems to have a lot of bugs particularly in losing the backup location such as you have found.
Apple made some big changes in Mavericks.. not all of them good. One is to use SMB in preference to AFP for networking.. Since TM is a highly Apple type protocol.. and has always worked better on TC than all the other NAS that require SMB, it is suggestive that perhaps this is a basic bug.
Anyhow.. do a full reset of Time Machine.
See A4 here. http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Do a full factory reset of the TC.
Factory reset Gen 5
Unplug your AirPort Time Capsule .. hold in reset and power the TC back on.. without releasing the reset.. wait until status led flashes rapidly then release.
Redo the setup of the TC with all short names, no spaces and pure alphanumeric.
See C9 if you want to know why.
Manually mount the TC hard disk in finder.
Use Go, Connect to server in the top menu.
AFP://TCname (now that you have fixed it up it will work.. names with spaces will not work).
When you are asked for password it is public unless you changed it. Save it in your keychain.
See how it goes now. -
Cannot back up to time capsule using time machine on new MacBook
Have a time capsule that was seamlessly backing up my previous MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard. Recently got a new MacBook Pro running Yosemite. After a horrendous file migration using migration assistant from my Time Machine backup (non Apple programs were crashing after migration), I erased the MacBook hard drive, reinstalled Yosemite, installed non Apple apps from original disks and transferred files from my old Mac manually (drag and drop). Now everything works well on the new MacBook except for back ups via Time Machine to my Time Capsule. Airport Utility can find the Time Capsule and Time Machine starts a back up but it stops and produces an error that ends in ".sparsbundle" could not be accessed (error null)"
Hmmm that is one of our old errors.
Haven't seen that one for a while which suggests one of you apps might be a problem.
Look at C17 in particular here.
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Although the error codes have changed the basic reason for the error can be the same.
It can also just be a network error.
It is most important if you want to preserve the old backup.. that you make sure you still have enough space. and the new computer has a completely different share name to the old one.
Look at the reference and it has some info about names.. these are vital to get Yosemite to work properly as Apple have changed default protocols between SL and Yosemite.
I would even go further and say.
1. Factory reset the TC.
2. Redo the setup via yosemite version airport utility.. but do not use the apple recommended names.. use extremely short names, no spaces and pure alphanumeric.
3. Use only WPA2 Personal security with pure alphanumeric mixed case and number password.
Tell me if you still have issues as there is some other stuff that might help.
What gen is the TC?
What firmware is it running? -
I recently purchased a brand new Airport Time Capsule 2TB. I already am using the previous generation time capsule to back up all my computers data. May I ask how can I complement the usage with my new time capsule?
By default your new Time Capsule will broadcast an unsecured wireless network with a network name of something like: Apple Network NNNNNN
Most likely your iMacs will be connected to the wireless network created by the Virgin Media router. However, both should see the Apple Network under the AirPort icon's drop-down menu as another wireless network that they can connect to. Is this not the case?
Maybe you are looking for
-
Can anyone help me with this problem. ITunes message," The iTunes library file cannot be saved. You do not have enough access privileges for this operation." I have administrator account and transferred files from old PC. I downloaded new iTunes
-
I am unable to locate a folder in my document files in Pages. I haven't accessed it in several months and now cannot find it in the docs and folders when I go to "open an existing file ...", in finder, or the list of all saved docs. Can anyone sugges
-
Problem while assigining the role to the user
Hi, I have creadted one new user and role. then add some worksets which exists in another folder. when logged to the new user i can able o see the worksets with error message.(which is working fine with old user) Please help me how to add the workset
-
How can I do two dimensional arrays?
I am a C++ programmer and in C++ I am able make a two dimensional array and input the values that correspond to those cells. After I saw the proposals that you (experts) made I am going to share a little of the classified information that I was worki
-
How do I restore backed up info
My husband bought a brand new iphone. I mistakenly backed up my phone info to his new phone when i was setting it up and now he has all my texts and contacts and his phone shows up under my name on call display. He has used the phone for about wee