SW Update for Time Capsule?

I'm now using TC as my router so I'm wondering how it will get its sw updates. Do they come through Software Updates or is there some other method for doing this?

Thanks, Niel, I see how to do updates but I worry about this part: "If you are updating a Time Capsule, disconnect any clients that may be using the Time Capsule's disk before installing the firmware."
I know why this is necessary but I worry about remembering to tell my wife's MacBook to turn off TM. Seems that if I do forget her entire backup imagine can be lost. If there's no sw update for, say, a year what can I do to remember this?

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  • How do i install firmware updates for time capsule?

    How do I install firmware updates for time capsule?

    If you are using the Lion or Mountain Lion operating system on your Mac.....
    Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
    Click on the Time Capsule icon
    A message will be displayed if there are any available updates. Click to update if that is the case.
    If you are using the Leopard or Snow Leopard operating system......
    Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
    Click on the Time Capsule icon, the click Manual Setup
    Click on the word Version (3rd line on the page) and any available updates will be displayed. Click on Update to proceed.

  • Are there any firmaware updates for time capsule?

    Are there any firmware updates for Time Capsule/Time machine?
    I just had a new hybrid (SSD and spinning disk) drive (750 GB) installed on my MacBook Pro and used Boot Kamp to partition it and run Windows xp. Now, my previously working Time Machine won't function. It says the "sparsebundle" is open (or in use)  preventing the back-up from working properly. When I try and remove and re-install Time Capsule as the disk to back-up to, it still doesn't work. My plan "B" is get a second Time Capsule and dedicate it to the MacBook. But, I fear I'll face the same problem.
    When I open to reconfigure Time Machine, the Time Capsule disk is identified as the back-up, but it's also seen in the "available disks to use for back-up" along with with Boot Kamp disk which is part of the new SSD hybrid hard drive just installed. (Remember it's the partitioned part running Windows xp.)
    I've unplugged/plugged-in the ethernet internet connection and the power cord many times to no avail. The message still says the sparsebundle is in the way.
    Do you think deleting Boot Kamp disk from the list of available hard drives might solve the problem?
    Bill in Tulsa

    TM can only use AFP and only on disks formatted HFS+ (ie Mac Extended Journaled) so it should not bring up a boot camp partition as a possible destination at all .. but I have not done that seutp.
    It says the "sparsebundle" is open (or in use)
    That error is well known. It should simply required the TC to be restarted..
    That sometimes gets things working where the simple restart won't.
    I would recommend using short names, with no spaces and pure alphanumeric. 
    That is C9
    http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
    If you have a more complicated setup.. I would recommend firstly doing a TM reset in the computer.
    See A4 in the same reference.
    Do a verify then of the sparsebundle on the TC.. A5 but you might need to inherit the old backup if you want to continue an old backup.. A new hard disk will make the TM consider the old backup no longer belongs to the computer.. there is a UUID connection to the actual hard disk used in the backup.
    Again read the info in pondini. B5 and B6.
    The sparsebundle in use is C12 but there are a number of sparsebundle issues in section C.. C17 is another common issue.
    Some of what you have done is not adequate.. eg disconnecting ethernet is not enough.. you need to reboot the TC.

  • Update for time capsules firmware 7.5.2

    Update airport utility first then check for the new firmware should be 7.5.2. Firmware update also applies for airport extreme.

    Do you suggest setting up a situation again where I get a message saying the TC is failing, that I should back up to a usb drive, and then take the TC to an Apple store to be examined? This was by far the most explicit warning message i've ever gotten from an apple product....
    i guess what I want to ask is: Do you know or suspect what that SMART status message will be? Is it that the TC is not formatted properly? But that that was okay with 7.4.2 and not with 7.5.2 for some reason?

  • Express as booster for time capsule

    I'm trying to set up airport express as a wireless booster for time capsule which is wired to my modem.
    I keep reading about setting up WDS but am using airport utilities 5.5 which doesn't have that option. Can anyone tell me how to set this up? every time I select express in the utilities page I get a prompt asking if I want to switch wireless set ups. Utterly lost

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    Click the Wireless tab below the row of icons
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    Click Update to save any changes
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    Click the Wireless tab
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    Wireless Password...exact same setting as your TC network
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  • Just did firm ware update on time capsule an now my airport express not connected do to air port utilities doesn't support base station ??

    just did firm ware update on time capsule an now my airport express not connected do to air port utilities doesn't support base station ?

    mickair wrote:
    I have been experiencing some networking problems
    Welcome to Apple's discussion groups.
    I have the latest Time Capsule ("TC"), an old Airport Extreme Base Station ("AEBS") bought in 2007 and 2 Airport Expresses, one bought in 3 months ago ("AE-Alpha") and the other bought back in 2007 ("AE-Beta"). All of them have been updated with the latest firmware.
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    Since the AEBS is connected to the TC via Ethernet, you should probably configure it as a "roaming network":
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2273124
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    Physical location:
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  • Do I need to keep my external hard drive connected at all times for time capsule?

    Do I need to keep my external hard drive connected at all times for time capsule?

    Hi,
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  • Why can't I use iDisk for a back-up disk for Time Capsule?

    G'Day All,
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    Here I have something like 20 gb disk space available, but it seems I need to buy an external hard drive (or an airport) in order to use, what I believe is one of apples greatest inventions, the Time Machine...
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    Gabr1el wrote:
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    Speed makes sense, but I thought I had plenty of size available ... never mind! Looking over some of the other posts, it looks as though I'd be better off with an external Hard drive than the Apple Time Capsule (if I want more than 12-18months service).
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    thank you for the links - I am still getting used to the way Apples work ...
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    here: http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/
    and some of the other videos listed on the Time Machine Tutorial page.

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    Is there a way to check who has acces to my Time Capsule and what files they are copying?
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    None.. Apple have actively been removing any access to even a log function or to know who is connected to the TC. And you certainly cannot see what files are being copied.
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