New vs. Old Model of Time Capsule... Advantages?

I'm about to buy a Time Capsule and see there is a close-out model, MB277LL/A and a new model, MB765LL/A. But I'm not seeing any real comparisons of the two. Are there enough new features in the new model to go that way, versus save $150 or so and go the older model? I'd appreciate any suggestions.

Acutally these are two separate features of the new model. Dual band keeps the connection from slowing down if someone connects using a computer that only supports the slower connection. Older routers default to the slower connection speeds if there are any G clients.
Guest networking works on both connections. Your guests could be using the same radio to connect as you, but it will appear that they are on a different network. They will also not be able to see any of the computers on your network and also not any of the computers on the "guest" network, unless you have enabled this on the Time Capsule.
If you have any devices that use 802.11G and newer devices that use 802.11n then it is definitely worth the $150. Sharing your internet with friends without compromising security is nice too.
I did notice that connections seem stronger than the Airport Extreme that I replace that shipped the same time as the old Time Capsule.

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I was using an online backup service but it slowed down my machine so I want to go to an external drive backup. I have upgraded to Mountain Lion and I am thinking of purchasing an older version of Time capsule for my backups. My question is will mountain lion work with older models of Time Capsule? thanks so much.....

Yes. I have a first generation Time Capsule and it works fine.
Just make sure you buy at least 3 times the GB you are trying to backup. More is better.

I just purchased a new 21.5 iMac and would like to copy my iPhoto from my old iMac's time capsule can anyone help me ?

i just purchased a new 21.5 iMac and would like to copy my iPhoto from my old iMac's time capsule can anyone help me ?

You might consider restoring to factory specs, as detailed in the booklet that shipped witht the machine, using the Setup Assistant on first boot, and then reinstalling those new programs. i've not moved pictures, so you could always give that a shot.

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?

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.

Hi I am trying to connect a new mac to an existing time capsule but Airport Utility is just not picking it up. What am I missing?

I have tried to connect the new mac to an existing time capsule both directly through ethernet and through wifi. Both times I get Internet connection OK but Airport Utility is stuck searching for the base station. I have two existing macs which are connected fine and have both been backing up quite happily. The first two macs are the same user (me) and the new one is for a different user in the house. All the macs are running Mavericks.
I have tried rebooting the time capsule and the new mac - didn't help.
Any information as to what I can try would be most welcome.
Many thanks

Hi All
I have solved my problem! It was the old chestnut the firewall issue. We have McAfee firewalls on our machines and the wifi network was set up as a public rather than a home network. I changed it to Home or Work and het presto the time capsule appeared. I didn't have this problem with the other machines at all.
I hope this helps someone!!

Delete old Backups from Time Capsule

Deleting old Backups from Time capsule ist very slow.
How could it be faster?
Where can i change the preferences?
Which Programm changes Preferences?
If its possible answers in German;-)
Thanks

Deleting old Backups from Time capsule ist very slow.
Deleting Time Machine backups can be slow. Löschen von Time Machine-Backups können nur langsam voran.
How could it be faster?
Unfortunately, there isn't any settings that you can make to speed them up. Leider gibt es keine Einstellungen, die Sie vornehmen können, um sie zu beschleunigen.

I used Migration Assistant to copy data to an new MacBook Pro from an old via my Time Capsule. When asked if to inherit time machine history on the new Mac, I mistakenly said no. How do I go back one step to say yes?

There isn't enough space on the Time Capsule to create a separate backup of the data on the new MacBook. And I am reluctant to delete old backups of the old MacBook to create space to backup the new machine. This occurred about 3 weeks ago so the data on the two machines are now out of sync. If I start over by formatting the new MacBook and rerunning Migration Assistant to pull data from the Time Capsule, how do i preserve the last 3 weeks of data on the new MacBook, considering that I didn't keep track of which files changed in the last 3 weeks?

All the rest of the stuff is where it should be. As best I can tell. I have been going through my programs one at a time to see what works. With the change in the OS (Launchpad? What the heck?) I am finding a significant number of my old programs are not working. Some I have found upgrades. But without a working mail program, the machine is pretty useless for work.
The Apple techies had me run through 3 hours of 'stuff' (holding down keys and restarting, etc, etc). It still does not launch. I think we are waiting for a 'miracle', but I need to know now if they should just come get this piece of junk or if they really are able to find a solution in a timely manner.

I want to replace my 1st generation time capsule with the new ac time capsule. What might I use the old 1st generation time capsule for

What use would there be for the 1st generation time capsule if I bought a new ac time capsule?

I just bought hte new ac time capsule (TC), and was using the 1st generation one at home.
=> I use now the old TC as an wifi extender and as a shared hard disk for family
=> the new TC is used with Time Machine for encrypted backup and first high speed network

New Macbook does not recognize Time Capsule backup from old macbook

I just purchased a late 2013 13" macbook pro. I have a mid 2009 macbook pro running Mavericks. The new macbook will not recognize the time capsule backup from my old macbook. I am trying to migrate all data over, but the new mac does not ever acknowledge the external drive that contains the backup. I've tried two different external drives with the same result each time. Both computers are running Mavericks.

Do you see the drive in Disk Utility?
If yes, run Repair Permissions then restart the drive.
1. Open Disk Utility in your Applications/Utility folder.
2. Click on the First Aid tab and select Repair Permissions
3. Click on the icon for your boot volume.
4. Click the repair permissions button.
In System Preferences > Time Machine can you select the old Time Machine with Select Disk?

Restoring new computer from old computer via time capsule

hey
ive backed up something like 170gb onto my time capsule from my previous macbook pro. i now have a new macbook pro and want to give my old one to a friend.
is there a way i can access the time machine for my old macbook pro through my new macbook pro? or are they doomed to be seperate backups?
cheers
daniel

Hello daniel kitson. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
is there a way i can access the time machine for my old macbook pro through my new macbook pro? or are they doomed to be seperate backups?
Yes, check out the following Apple article: Restoring files from a Time Capsule backup, especially the section titled, "Restoring an existing Time Capsule backup to a new Mac."

I can't get my brand new iMac to find my Time Capsule

Hi there,
I wonder if anyone can help me because I am pulling my hair out.
My old iMac recently died. It had been working merrily, connecting to my old Airport Extreme happily, but then had a major problem and needed to go. So after five years I bought a new one.
So I bought a 20-inch: 2.66GHz iMac.
All great but it couldn't pick up the signal from the Airport Extreme. While my old iMac always had 4 bars signal, this one struggled to have one.
I didn't mind too much. I'd also bought a Time Capsule.
Set it up. My old PowerBook G4 found the Time Capsule and set it nicely. My Mac Book Core 2 Duo found it and stayed connected with 4 bars right beside the iMac (on what I'm assuming is the g network).
The iMac can't find it. It can't see the g network and it can't find the n network.
I've checked Network Interface and the 'n' capabilities are enabled (it says 802.11 a/b/g/n under Model Wireless Network Adapter.
The 2.4 Ghz network is on channel 6 and the 5 Ghz is on channel 36
The Radio mode is automatic
I must admit, I'm not that techy but I've tried to follow all the support I can see.
Can someone help?

Welcome to the discussions, cavscott!
I'm sure you've tried numerous things to try to connect like restarts, turning the wireless off and on, checking for the right password, etc.
Have you considered the possibility that the wireless card in the iMac is either not installed correctly or may be defective?
Severe wireless inteference could be a cause of poor connection quality, but it's unusal to have no signal at all. If it's convenient, can you temporarily move the iMac to a few other locations to see if it gets a good signal? If you move it close to the Time Capsule and still see no signal, or very little signal strength, I think you have confirmation that the wireless card will need to be checked out.

ATT hooked up new u-verse router, now time capsule does not work and airport utility does not see it ?

ATT hooked up the new U-verse router replacing the older 2wire router. Old 2wire router worked fine with Airport +Time Capsule. Now only the amber light flashes. When I try to reconnect with Time Machine it does not find the Time Capsule nor does the airport utility find the Time Capsule. Any help?

Okay, the 3801HGV also doesn't bridge - but there is a workaround. Info on the workaround comes from 'SomeJoe7777' at this link:
http://forums.att.com/t5/Residential-Gateway/U-verse-for-BUSINESS-2Wire-3600HGV- bridge-mode-or-another-AT-amp/td-p/2707013
As for connecting to your TC: the 3801HGV uses a default IP address of 192.168.1.254. It passes out IP addresses to your networked devices, and all of those IP addresses will be 192.168.1.something. The TC uses a default IP address of 10.0.1.1. As your primary router, if the TC's defaults weren't changed, the TC would be handing out addresses to your networked devices that are 10.0.1.something.
If your computer has an IP address of 192.168.1.something, it won't be able to see the TC if the TC's address is 10.0.1.1 (or anything else that's not 192.168.1.something). Hopefully that makes sense!
Go into System Preferences on your Mac, and click the Network icon. Click on Ethernet on the left side, and you'll be able to see what IP address your Mac has been given. My guess is that it has a 192.168.1.something address from the 3801HGV.
If I'm right about the 192.168.1.x address, and that your TC is running with 10.0.1.x addresses, then that's why your Mac can't see your TC. In this case, you need to change the Mac's Ethernet setup to manually set your Mac to a 10.0.1.x address for the TC to see. To do this, go to System Preferences, then Network, then click Ethernet on the left side.
Set the Configure IPv4 dropdown to 'Manually', and it will open up some places for you to fill in information:
IP Address: 10.0.1.15 (or a similar number that won't conflict with your TC's address, but starts with 10.0.1)
Subnet Mask: put in 255.255.255.0
Router: 10.0.1.1 (I'm assuming here that your TC was running with the default IP address; if it was something different, then set Router to whatever IP address your TC was using.)
Then, click the Apply button to make your changes active.
Now, since your Mac's IP address will be in the right "subnet" for your TC, they should be able to see each other. (It's kind of like having to live on the same block as someone to be able to talk with them. In general, if your computers don't have similar addresses, they can't talk to each other. Of course that's simplified greatly, but you probably get the idea...)
Once you've got the IP addresses matched up, you should be able to see your TC. At that point, you can update the TC to work with the 3801HGV. I recommend setting it to bridge mode, but if you can follow SomeJoe7777's advice, go for it!

Cannot connect to my old backups in Time Capsule after change Macbook HD

Hi!
I recently changed my MacBook's HD to an SSD drive. After that, I've installed Mountain Lion (before changing I had OSX Lion) and when I try to backup all my files again, Time Capsule keeps saying "Time Machine completed a verification of your backups on “DeLorean”. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you.".
I'm able to access all my old backups and restore them, normally. But I want to reconnect the Mac again, keeping the old backups as a continuation from my old OS. My MacBook's name remains the same, I've installed Mountain Lion using the same computer's name.
This scenario it's occurring since February 2013. Last weekend I've changed the HD of my wife's MacBook and I'll need to reconnect it too. I tried the steps in Pondini's website (very interesting by the way!!!) but, when I try the B6 Troubleshooting "Reconnecting to your backups" using the pink section, I received the message "Read-only file system (error 30)".
I'm using the 2nd Generation of Time Capsule, 2 TB of disk. All other functions works propperly (WiFi, AirPlay, router, external SATA drive connected in USB port). Is it possible to reconnect them without erasing all older backups?

C.Rocco Bruno wrote:
"Time Machine completed a verification of your backups on “DeLorean”. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you.".
That's Apple's way of saying the backups are damaged beyond OSX's ability to repair them, and TM will not back up to them again. See #C13 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting.
when I try the B6 Troubleshooting "Reconnecting to your backups" using the pink section, I received the message "Read-only file system (error 30)".
It's not going to do that, either, since the backups are damaged.
No, sorry, damaged is damaged. You can read and restore from them (unless you happen to hit any damaged spots), but nothing else.
It's always prudent to make "secondary" backups, especially when your main ones are on a network. See Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #27 for details and some suggestions.
I'd strongly recommend getting an external HD and backing-up to it, probably with one of the "cloning" apps in that link, but you could use TM instead. Do that before deleting the TM backups (so you have something to recover from if something awful happens before you have an "insurance" set.
If there's nothing else on the TC's HD, just erase it, per the green box in #Q5 of Using Time Machine with a Time Capsule. That will only take a few moments.
If there is (sounds like there are two sets of backups there?), delete the damaged ones (the name may now be <your computer name>.purgeable) per the tan box in the same link. Do that, and the first new backup, while connected via Ethernet. It will still take a looooong time, but be 2-3 times faster than WIFI.

Cannot access "old" sparsebundle" on time capsule

My Macbook Pro broke down. I got a back-up machine now while my mbp is away for repair. My old harddrive was put into this - but now I cannot access time machine backups on the time capsule. Instead time machine produces new sparsebundles but the old one appear not accessible - though they still show up in finder on the capsule.
I urgently need some files - how can I access the "old" sparsebundles/backups?

mor69 wrote:
I really appreciate you guys taking your time trying to help here!!
On the sparsebundles: I can see them no problem in the finder when opening the time capsule - but they simply arent accessed by time machine
trying to repair the bundle right this minute - but I think my problem is not a corrupted file - but time machine not recognizing the file as back-up
If Disk Utility is able to repair it, the sparse bundle is probably good and will be recognized by Time Machine. If not, you're out of options.
(oh my god - am I explaining this correctly??? English after all is not my mother tongue so excuse any stuff that does not make sense, please)
You're doing fine -- better that many native English speakers!

Access files from old computer backup (time capsule)

Hello,
I had a MacBook Air that was stolen in a break-in to my apartment. I could not afford a new Air, so I bought a cheaper MacBook Pro. I've been using the Pro for a few months and just realized that I have a recent backup of my old computer (MacBook Air) on my Time Capsule.
How can I access this back-up to retrieve some files (pictures, documents) without doing a full restore of my new MacBook Pro and erasing everything on my new computer?
I tried using a program called "Back in Time" but it won't give me access to the Air's backup because it was a different computer.
Is there any program that will let me access the files on the Time Machine backup of my old computer so I can grab these files?
Thank you so much for the help!!!
Dan

Hello McCartyYO. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
How can I access this back-up to retrieve some files (pictures, documents) without doing a full restore of my new MacBook Pro and erasing everything on my new computer?
Please check out this excellent Time Machine FAQ article from our Discussions Time Capsule/Time Machine expert, Pondini: 17. How can I see my backups, or the Backups for a different Mac?

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