Setup Time Capsule again after Partition?

Hey guys, i was just wondering after i partition my time capsule to use some of the space as an external drive will i have to resetup my TimeCapsule portion of the drive using Airport Utility? Thanks.

Not sure what you mean by "partition".
It is not possible to partition the Time Capsule drive using Disk Utility unless you first pull the drive from the Time Capsule case and place it in a separate enclosure....voiding the warranty.
If you decide to do this anyway, you'll have to move the existing data on the Time Capsule drive to another drive, then setup the partitions, then transfer the data back over to the Time Capsule.
Definitely not recommended unless you are experienced with things like this.
If you simply need to "reserve" a given amount of space on the Time Capsule for other data storage, you can use Disk Utility to set up one or more Disk Images for that purpose without having to pull the Time Capsule drive from the case.

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Time capsule problems after OS reinstall

After getting a blue screen on restart I had to do an archive/OS reinstall today. The reinstall worked fine but I am now having problems accessing my Time Capsule.
At first my computer didn't even recognize my time capsule. After restarting my time capsule, my computer recognized it. However, when I tried to open time machine to access the files, it stalled on "connecting to backup volume" for about 45 minutes and never connected. Similarly, the backup stalls on "preparing backup." I tried to stop backing up but it is currently stalled on "stopping backup." Finally, time capsule has disappeared from the menu at the top of my screen.
Any thoughts on addressing these issues would be greatly appreciated.

I have the same problem as well. I did an archive and install with OSX, then updated to 10.5.5 and now all the TC does is spin and say preparing. A sample from the console is
Nov 12 09:46:11 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[204]: Waiting 60 seconds and trying again.
Nov 12 09:47:27 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[204]: Network volume mounted at: /Volumes/Erik Elie's Time Capsule
Nov 12 16:01:05 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[204]: Failed to mount disk image /Volumes/Erik Elie's Time Capsule/Erik Elie’s Computer_0017f2ccba9f.sparsebundle (DIHLDiskImageAttach returned: 109)
Nov 12 16:01:05 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[204]: Waiting 60 seconds and trying again.
Nov 12 16:01:06 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[204]: Ejected Time Machine network volume.
Nov 12 16:02:08 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[204]: Network volume mounted at: /Volumes/Erik Elie's Time Capsule
Nov 12 16:04:10 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[204]: Failed to mount disk image /Volumes/Erik Elie's Time Capsule/Erik Elie’s Computer_0017f2ccba9f.sparsebundle (DIHLDiskImageAttach returned: 60)
Nov 12 16:04:10 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[204]: Giving up after 3 retries.
Nov 12 16:04:16 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[204]: Backup failed with error: 21
Nov 12 16:43:53 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[204]: Starting standard backup
Nov 12 16:43:53 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[204]: Network volume mounted at: /Volumes/Erik Elie's Time Capsule
Nov 12 16:44:08 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[204]: Failed to mount disk image /Volumes/Erik Elie's Time Capsule/Erik Elie’s Computer_0017f2ccba9f.sparsebundle (DIHLDiskImageAttach returned: 109)
Nov 12 16:44:08 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[204]: Waiting 60 seconds and trying again.
Nov 12 16:44:09 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[204]: Ejected Time Machine network volume.
Nov 12 16:45:10 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[204]: Network volume mounted at: /Volumes/Erik Elie's Time Capsule
Nov 12 22:09:24 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[204]: Failed to mount disk image /Volumes/Erik Elie's Time Capsule/Erik Elie’s Computer_0017f2ccba9f.sparsebundle (DIHLDiskImageAttach returned: 109)
Nov 12 22:09:24 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[204]: Waiting 60 seconds and trying again.
Nov 12 22:09:25 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[204]: Ejected Time Machine network volume.
Nov 12 22:10:26 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[204]: Network volume mounted at: /Volumes/Erik Elie's Time Capsule
Any suggestions out there??

I did a backup from all my files saved in old external hd to time capsule. After that double checked and recover one file from TC to mac air and it worked just perfect. Today went through TC to recover another file and none of them were there?

I did a backup from all my files saved in old external hd to time capsule. After that double checked and recover one file from TC to mac air and it worked just perfect. Today went through TC to recover another file and none of them were there?Anybody has a clue what happened?

renatocremonese wrote:
I want to use it for backing up my Mac.
It's good for that . . .
But also I don't keep all my stuff in my Mac.
But not for that.
This older and not day-by-day usage files I want to store in the time machine.
You can do that (see below), but how are you going to back them up? If your only copies are on the TC, when (not if) it fails, you risk losing your only copy of the data.
Is it possible to split TC in two partitions.
No, but there are some workarounds, including making a fixed-size disk image on it to "reserve" some space. See #Q3 in Using Time Machine with a Time Capsule.
But you still won't have backups of the stuff you put there.
You don't say what kind of Mac you have. If it's a desktop model, just keep the external HD connected to it, and let Time Machine back it up along with your internal HD.
However, it sounds like you may have a laptop, where that's not going to be convenient. In that case, your best bet might be to copy the external HD to a disk image on the TC as above, then keep the HD in a safe place.
To finish, when i enter the TC and go through the Time line how can I get a file from there and move it back to Mac hd.
Via the "Star Wars" display, per #15 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions.
You might also want to review the Time Machine Tutorial, and perhaps browse the rest of the FAQ.

Cannot setup Time Capsule

I have a Comcast gateway cable/router. I am unable to setup Time Capsule, after dozens of resets, hours with both Comcast and Apple support, and two visits from Comcast field techs. I took the TC into the nearest Apple store for service. The device was still under warranty. The "genius" confirmed a defective TC, so I got a new one. Brought it home, tried to set it up following the directions, and still no luck.
I am able to set up using an Airport Express but not TC. Is it possible that the replacement is also a lemon?
Fortunately, I have established a wifi network using the Comcast gateway. But it uses only the 2.4GHz channel, which dramatically reduces download speeds as compared to 5GHz channel.
I am certainly open to suggestions and advi

The TC should be in bridge mode.. plugged into the comcast router. Do the setup before you plug it in... if it fails, use ethernet directly to the TC and give us a few screen shots of the summary page.
I would also use 5.6 utility.. frankly I think you can get in a knot if you use 6.1 because it auto sets things it shouldn't.
How to load 5.6 into ML.
1. Download 5.6 for Lion.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
Click to open the dmg but do not attempt to install the pkg.. it won't work anyway.
2. Download and install unpkg.
http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/
Run unpkg on the desktop.. it is very simple.. drag the AirPortUtility56.pkg file over to unpkg.. and it will create a new directory of the same name on the desktop.. drill down.. applications utilities .. there lo and behold is Airport utility 5.6 .. drag it to your main utilities directory or just run it from current location.
You cannot uninstall 6.1 so don't try.. and you cannot or should not run them both at the same time.. so just ignore the toyland version.. the plastic hammer.. and start using 5.6.. a real tool.
For screen shots see this post.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4668746?tstart=0

External hard drive is not working on airport time capsule even after 7.7.2 firmware update.

External hard drive is not working on airport time capsule even after 7.7.2 firmware update.
I have the latest Airpor Time capsule 2gb. I specifically bought it so that I could have an external hardrive set up to wirelessly house my itunes library and movies. When i connect the drive, all i get is that the disk needs to be repaired.
the drive can works fine when connected to the macbook pro and I have run the verify and repair features in disk utility. I have also reset the airport timecapsule as well following these changes and still no change.
The 7.7.2 update says that it addressed the usb issue of not showing the drives but there are still problems as I cannot get it to appear.
Please help.
Thanks

How is the hard drive formatted?
Have you tried using a powered USB hub with the drive when it is connected to the Time Capsule?
(The USB port on the Time Capsule is borderline as far as power is concerned....you may need to use a powered hub.....even if the hard drive has its own power supply)
If the drive is formatted correctly....and....it has ample power, it will "show up" when you open AirPort Utility, click Edit, then click the Disks tab at the top of the next window.
In the example below, my Time Capsule drive is named "Backups" and another drive named "WD Drive" is connected to the USB port on the Time Capsule.
You should see the name of your Time Capsule drive (named "Data" unless you have changed the name) and the name of the USB drive if you perform the same check.
What do you see?

How is easy is to setup Time Capsule as a wifi router

How easy is it to setup Time Capsule as a wifi router?

The following would be the basic setup steps for the Time Capsule (TC):
Modem/Router Power ReCycling
o Power-off the Cable modem, TC, & computer(s); Wait at least 30 minutes.
o Power-on the Cable modem; Wait at least 15 minutes.
o Power-on the TC; Wait at least 5 minutes.
o Power-on the computer(s)
Either connect to the TC's wireless network or, temporarily, connect your computer directly (using an Ethernet cable) to one of the LAN ports of the TC, and then, using the AirPort Utility in Manual Mode, check these settings:
AirPort - Base Station
o Base Station Name: <whatever you wish or use the default>
o Base Station Password: (optional)
o Contact: (optional)
o Location: (optional)
o Set time automatically (optional)
o Time Zone: <select your time zone>
o Status Light: Always On (Default)
o Allow configuration over Ethernet WAN port (unchecked)
o Advertise configuration globally using Bonjour (unchecked)
AirPort - Wireless
o Wireless Mode: Create a wireless network
o Network Name: <whatever you wish or use the default>
o Allow this network to be extended (unchecked)
o Radio Mode: 802.11n (802.11b/g compatible)
o Channel: Automatic
o Wireless Security: None
AirPort - Wireless - Wireless Options
o Region: <select your region>
o Multicast Rate: 2 Mbps
o Transmit Power: 100%
o Create a closed network (unchecked)
o Use interference robustness (unchecked)
Internet - Internet Connection
o Connect Using: Ethernet
o Configure IPv4: Using DHCP
o IP Address: <provided by your ISP>
o Subnet Mask: <provided by your ISP>
o Router Address: <provided by your ISP>
o DNS Server(s): <provided by your ISP>
o Domain Name: <provided by your ISP>
o DHCP Client ID: (optional)
o Ethernet WAN Port: Automatic (Default)
o Connection Sharing: Share a public IP address
Internet - DHCP
o DHCP Range: 10.0 1.x
o DHCP Beginning Address: 10.0.1.2
o DHCP Ending Address: 10.0.1.200
o DHCP Lease: 4 hours
o DHCP Message: (optional)
o LDAP Server: (optional)
o DHCP Reservations: (optional)
Internet - NAT
o Enable default host at: (leave blank)
o Enable NAT Port Mapping Protocol (checked)
Once you have verified Internet access, I strongly suggest that you use wireless encryption (WPA or WPA2) to secure your network.

Back up is very slow on 2 tb time capsule. After 2 days only 60 gb of 320 gb completed. Have connected ethernet cable. Any suggestions?

Back up is very slow on 2 tb time capsule. After 2 days only 60 gb of 320 gb completed. Have connected ethernet cable. Any suggestions?

Yes, that's terribly slow. You should get somewhere in the neighborhood of 20-24 GB/hour via Ethernet, assuming there isn't a lot of conflicting network traffic or your Mac's CPU is under very heavy load.
Are you sure you're actually using the Ethernet connection, instead of WIFI? To check, turn Airport off. If the backup fails, it's on WIFI. In that case, you need to set Ethernet as the "preferred" network, via System Preferences > Network. Click the "gear" icon at the bottom of the sidebar and select Set Service order. Then drag Ethernet above Airport. When both Airport and Ethernet are on, that will make OSX select Ethernet over Airport.
If that doesn't help, see #D2 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting.

My Time Capsule disappears after restarting on setup and blocks the internet

Hi There
I have just got a new Time Capsule and am trying to set it up at the moment, but am having a big problem. Every time I go through the setup, at the end of it it says that the settings have been updated, and the Time Capsule now needs to restart. However, after the restart my Macbook then can't find the Time Capsule, and my Internet is not working. At this point I go into Network preferences and re-select my home Wifi Network, and reset the Time Capsule. Once it has been reset my Macbook can see it again, but it obviously needs to be re-setup and the whole process starts again.
I am not trying to use my Time Capsule as a Wifi network, I just want to use it for backup and as an external hard drive.
I am trying to connect my time capsule to my wifi network wirelessly.
I'm pretty new to the world of Mac, and not overly technical, so if anyone can help me it would be much appreciated.
Question - Does the time capsule need to be connected via an ethernet cable to my Wifi Router?
Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it
Chris

Seabass78 wrote:
Hi There
I am trying to connect my time capsule to my wifi network wirelessly.
I'm pretty new to the world of Mac, and not overly technical, so if anyone can help me it would be much appreciated.
Question - Does the time capsule need to be connected via an ethernet cable to my Wifi Router?
Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it
Chris
Apple do not make their products compatible with those of other companies.. the very thought of it sickens their bottom line. It may not be impossible to do WDS with other brands.. but you will lose more skin than you can afford to, and the bleeding edge is unpleasantly sharp.
And to answer your question.. yes, the TC needs to be connected by ethernet, unless you are going to use another apple airport product, AEBS, Express or another TC.
Then the question comes in do you run the TC as the main router.. or bridged.. you will see those two options. In general the TC behaves better as the main router.. but it isn't universal. In bridge you will have full access to all the facilities that you are likely after except remote connection. (which should still be possible albeit very difficult.. more skin loss.)

Lion Server setup & Time Capsule

Greetings,
I am new to lion server so please bear with me. Some of my question me seem dumb to some of you. But to me the only dumb question is one not asked. So please bear with me.
Server and time capsule will both do NAT, DHCP. Which should I use for the network Server or Time Capsule. I am connecting with a Brighthouse cable modem with a Dynamic IP. I have the Time Capsule in Bridge Mode with a static IP 192.168.0.6. The server is Static with 192.168.0.5. Brighthouse wireless is disabled as I like the time capsule wireless. Time capsule is providing WI-FI. Brighthouse router/Modem provides the Router at 192.168.0.1.
I have a domain name abc.net. Should I set up lion server first and then set up Time Capsule after it is working? Do I set this up as a .local, .private or .net account during server setup? I want to be able to get to my computer from my domain name and handle my mail.
I set this up once and it worked for about 2 hours. After that it would never see my computer. So I am setting up server again but wanted to see if I could get a little first time guidence this time. I also signed up with DYNDNS for DNS updating and that just seemed to throw a whole new batch of problems in.
So any help would be great... Not dumb with computers, but new to apple servers. And I don't do geek well!!
I think all the IP numbers, what I need to change on Netfirms to get to my computer get me confused in the setup.
Thanks

Server and time capsule will both do NAT, DHCP
Sure.
Which should I use for the network Server or Time Capsule
Why do you think you need to use either of them?
Ideally, you should have ONE device on your network running NAT, and ONE device running DHCP.
From your description it sounds like your Brighthouse router is running NAT therefore there is no need to run NAT anywhere else.
The chances are that the Brighthouse router is also running a DHCP server for your LAN, therefore there is also no need to run DHCP off the Time Capsule or the Server. You've already got those bases covered.
So, at least without more information, I'd be inclined to say: neither.
Should I set up lion server first and then set up Time Capsule after it is working?
Probably. It depends on what your plans are for the Time Capsule. If you're using the TC as a wireless base station then it doesn't need to be running until you're ready to connect wireless clients.
If you're using the TC for backup, you don't need it until your server and/or clients are setup and ready to backup.
Since the TC is not (as per the above) running either NAT or DHCP, there's not much else to do with it.
So focus on the server.
Do I set this up as a .local, .private or .net account during server setup?
That's entirely up to you, although there are a couple of options. First off, though, realize that there is no, zip, nada connection between the hostname you use on your internal LAN and any public domain. It's 100% valid for your server to be called foo.bar while serving web content for abc.net and getting email for xzy.com, all at the same time.
Personally, I tend to set them the same (e.g. abc.net in this case), but others will recommend a different approach. It's largely personal preference.
I want to be able to get to my computer from my domain name and handle my mail.
If you're talking about getting to your computer/mail from an external locale, that's 100% down to DNS and completely independent of what the server thinks its own name is.

Problem accessing Time Capsule settings after firmware 7.3.1 upgrade

I understand there are similar posts, but none provide a solution to my problem:
I bought a brand new Time Capsule and set it up. Everything worked fine and I could access it using AirPort Utility. After the initial setup I immediately upgraded the firmware from version 7.3 to 7.3.1. Now, when I try to access or change the settings, AirPort Utility first reports that it is "Reading the Time Capsule configuration...", and after about 2 minutes I get the message
"An error occurred while reading the configuration. -- Please make sure your Apple wireless device is plugged in and in range of your computer or connected via Ethernet and try again. (-6753)"
I performed a hard reset and could then access the settings again for another setup. At the end of the setup, AirPort Utility reports that it's "Writing the Time Capsule configuration...", and after about 2 minutes
"An error occurred while updating the configuration. -- Please make sure your Apple wireless device is plugged in and in range of your computer or connected via Ethernet and try again. (-6722)"
I also tried to access the settings using a direct Ethernet connection to my iMac, but to no avail.
Now, even though I can't access the Time Capsule settings, which is annoying, the device seems to be working: it creates a wireless network and I can access the Time Capsule hard drive.
Any solutions to this problem? Is it possible to revert to firmware version 7.3? Or do I need to wait for a firmware upgrade?

Great, thank you! Looks like this solved my problem.
I performed the reset, and then restored firmware version 7.3 using your great advice to *press the option key when clicking "Check for Updates"*.
I then used the setup dialog, put it my info and passwords, restart... oops, once again, I can't access the settings, even though I'm using firmware 7.3 which used to work when I first set up Time Capsule when it was fresh out of the box.
Reset, do the same thing again, still can't access settings and can't upgrade the firmware.
Reset, *first thing upgrade the firmware to 7.3.1*. I put in my info again, and finally, everything works.
One note: I'm not sure if that matters, but in the last step, I set up Time Capsule using the window that you get when you click the Time Capsule icon in the AirPort Utility. Previously, I would click "Continue" in the AirPort Utility for the assisted setup. This might not matter, but I want to mention it anyways in case it helps replicate this solution.

Cannot setup time capsule - Help!

Hoping someone can help me.
We had time capsule setup and the backups were working great since February. One day, we started to get constant errors that backup could not take place. Not sure, but we think it occurred after we had a power failure and the same day we did a security update.
We did something and it worked again, but then it totally stopped working. After going on the boards and reading other posts, we deleted the data on the time capsule and reconfigured it. Suddenly, we could no longer get air port utility to find the time capsule.
No matter what we do, we cannot get airport utility to find it. Any suggestions?

You might find useful advice on this Web page: Time Machine Troubleshooting.

Time Capsule full after a "Erase Free Space" using Disk Utility

Hello,
I am facing some issues related to my Time Capsule.
Reviewing my past, I had a lot of backups on this, using Time Machine and it always worked pretty well. But after deleting some backups manually to reclaim disk space, this was not exactly freeing it.
Searching in the forum here, I saw that I could mount the backup sparsebundle image and map it into the Disk Utility. This always worked greatly too both for disk checking and reclaiming the space back.
The problem starts on the last Friday when I performed the operation again, but it started using the whole free space that I had and did not give it back.
Studying the case I found that it creates a temporary folder to store the file it creates to write the byte 0 on the disk. This file actually resides in the sparsebundle image and therefore I can see the file with 200GB, for example, in the Finder, this is a split in bands (8MB) just like the backup is. After the disk gets full, the Disk Utility should delete the file properly and give me back the space safely.
Right now my Time Capsule has 0 byte free and I can't do anything on it beyond redo the the Erase Free Space operation. When I do it, it starts writing the temporary file again and the problem repeats itself.
I know that if I backup the data and really erase the disk, I'll get it back, but this is not an option for me because I want a smart solution for this.
The only thing that changed between when it worked and now is the 10.5.6 update that I made and I'd like that it's not the root of the issue.
Is there any suggestion or general stuff I could do to fix it?
Did anybody already face the same issue?
If anyone needs more details to help me out of this, just let me know.
Thanks and regards,
Eduardo

Just another thing to add, I'd like a good solution for this as the redo operation from Disk Utility takes around 2 days and then it just "dies".

How to setup Time Capsule for wireless backup only

I have a new Time Capsule that I want to set up for wireless backups of both my Macbook Air (with Time Machine) and a Windows Vista laptop. I have an existing home wireless network with my Att/Uverse tv and internet service. I do not want to disturb that network/internet setup.
How do I set up the time capsule to use it for wireless backup only? When I start the Airport utility setup, the first thing it asks is do I want to 1) set up new network, 2) replace existing router, or 3) join existing network.

Thanks. That got me the green light and a message that everything was set up properly. It started it's first Time Machine backup and everything looked good for a while. But now I have a new problem.
The backup failed twice. The first time it had a message that it could no longer find the time capsule, so I had to reset it and go thru the setup procedures again. Started backup again overnight, and this morning it tells me that it failed again. But this time I still have my green light, and the message is "a network problem may have interfered with the backup.
I don't know what else to do with the setup to get it to work. Right now it has started backing up again on its own, so I'll leave it going one more time. (I should tell you that all of this is occurring on my Mac. I have not even started setting it up on the Vista machine. I want to make sure it works on the Mac first). Any advice from anyone who had the same problems with setup would be appreciated.

Setup Time Capsule for: (1) Time Machine (2) File Server & Extra Storage HD

I have a TIME CAPSULE 1 TB.
Need to use it partially for TIME MACHINE, and also for keeping some data, such as, iPhoto pictures, and iTunes library.
How to setup?
At the moment drive is empty.
Thank you.

Hello REMAZA. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
Since Time Machine (TM) backups will eventually use up the entire 1 TB of the Time Capsule's (TC) internal hard drive, you basically have three options:
o Create a Disk Image on the TC's hard drive of the required size to store your non-TM backups.
o Temporarily remove the TC's hard drive; re-partition it to at least two partitions (one for TM backups, the other for non-TM data), and then, reinstall it.
o Add an external USB drive to be used specifically for either TM or non-TM backups depending on what you dedicate the TM's internal drive for.

Time Capsule Erased Window Partition

Good Morning,
I recently purchased and set up a time capsule with my macbook pro. All worked well, or so i thought until this morning when i went to start my macbook up in the Windows partition. I created this partition about a month or two before i installed the time capsule. Luckily there wasnt much saved on there as the windows partition was not there when i pressed the alt key on start up... Just wondering if this has happened to anyone else and if so, where did it go? and how can i get it back? Can i simply just run boot camp again or will that wipe my time capsule?
Thanks in Advance!

Nope, still not making sense.
First of all..
(although i have been told by apple that you can partition time capsule)
Where did you hear this, a Genius or AppleCare advisor? Because I suspect there is some communication here. You CAN NOT partition a TC.... well... at least not officialy (not going to say any more on that). However, what you CAN DO, is partition an ext drive, and the use Time Machine to backup to one of the partitions on that EXT drive.
When you "installed" the time capsule, I still can't think of any possible way that it woud have DEPLETED your windows partition. The TC is just a physical backup device.
Are you sure you are using the term Time Capsule to represent something else here?

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