Time Capsule 500GB MB276

What is difference between Time Capsule 500GB MB276LL/A and Time Capsule 500GB MB276Z/A?
Or... what is difference between "LL/A" and "Z/A"? What is the meaning of these letters?

They are different markets.
LL/A is US
Z/A is UK (I think).
The actual difference is settings for wireless.. nothing else is different. The US model cannot be set for UK wireless region.. therefore it misses out on channels 12 and 13 for 2.4ghz for example. The UK model cannot be set to US.. so it always has 12, 13 when it should not use them. Power output can be different as each country has their own regs. Although in practice either can be used in either country without too much problems.
Once the region is set at the factory it cannot be changed. Apple do not provide a service to change it.. although it is actually possible but requires a serial console.
Apple regionalize their products and they are not supposed to be sold in other areas of the world.

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HT203177 I have a MacBook OSX 10.5.8 and a Time Capsule 500GB since July 2008. My problem is (for the 4th time in 4 yrs) the backup gets stuck in "preparing" indefinitely (hours). In the past, wile still under apple care warranty, tech support had me redo

I have a MacBook OSX 10.5.8 and a Time Capsule 500GB since July 2008. My problem is (for the 4th time in 4 yrs) the backup gets stuck in "preparing" indefinitely (hours). In the past, wile still under apple care warranty, tech support had me redo backup (loosing previous backups). Now I'm out of warranty and still having this problem. Any help is greatly appreciated.

I have a MacBook OSX 10.5.8 and a Time Capsule 500GB since July 2008. My problem is (for the 4th time in 4 yrs) the backup gets stuck in "preparing" indefinitely (hours). In the past, wile still under apple care warranty, tech support had me redo backup (loosing previous backups). Now I'm out of warranty and still having this problem. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Time Capsule 500gb Help! Trying to set up

I just received a Time Capsule 500Gb model # MB764LL/A It should be working with my iBook G4 which is running on OX 10.5.8 and has the Time Machine software. I am connected wirelessly with the flying saucer Airport Extreme Base Station. I printed out the instructions which seem pretty easy except I do not have the 'set up' CD but my Airport Utility is 5.4.2 so thats current. I have 14 days to return this item and I don't think its broken, I just could be missing something. How important is the Cd? Thanks for any help in advance!!!!

There are a few steps to take when this happens.
Disconnect the ethernet cable from your computer to the TC for a moment and power down your computer.
Make sure the TC is powered up and then hold in the reset button until the amber light begins to blink quickly. Hold a few more seconds, then release the reset button.
Now connect the ethernet cable again and restart your computer to see if that helps.
If that does not do the trick, the next step is to try a Factory Default Reset as follows:
Power down your computer, etc as above.
Pull the AC power plug from the TC
Hold in the reset button and keep holding it in as you plug the AC plug back in
Release the reset button after 10 seconds
This is a bit tricky to do and you almost need 3 hands.
Then connect the ethernet cable and power your computer back up, etc.

Time Capsule 500GB (2nd Gen) won't power up -- is it dead?

Would appreciate some guidance on this issue as I'm curious if this is (A.) known issue; and if so (B.) how to fix if fixable.
BACKGROUND
Two days ago in the midst of a full backup to my 2nd gen 500GB TC, AirPort Utility started to warn me that device was overheating. Was about 5GB into a 300+GB backup at that point. I quickly clicked to end backup, and unplugged 3 cables (ethernet to computer; ethernet to modem; and power cord). Once cooled down (slightly warm but not cold start), I started over but nothing happened. No amber light. Nothing. Waited a day and tried again, this time amber light came one for a few seconds and then same thing: nothing, light switched off.
Note, prior to all of this, I wiped drive clean as I hadn't used it in a few months. Was backing up to another drive and using TC as router only. Switched backup drives when TC started giving problems saying it had no more space. My iMac had less than 300GB at the time, but somehow TC instead of doing incremental backups as it is supposed to, started stacking one full backup on top of another (hence no space given TC = 500GB).
So a couple of days ago, I thought I'd wipe it clean then do fresh full backup and use TimeMachine to backup to both drives (didn't know it could do alternating drive backups before). That's when problem above occurred.
Questions (would sincerely appreciate any help those w/ experience + knowledge on this can offer)
Can my TC be saved or am I looking at a new TC purchase?
If not & replacement is required, are TCs in fact reliable backup drives? Have read a few reports of people complaining of TCs dying inexplicably after 3 or 4 years. Mine is about 4yrs old. I loved simplicity of 2-in-1 device coupled w/ Macs legendary ease-of-use.

Can my TC be saved or am I looking at a new TC purchase?
Repairs to the TC and replacing the hard drive (which is 5+ years old, so it should be replaced as well) will likely cost more than the cost of a new TC with 2 TB of storage and a new warranty.
If not & replacement is required, are TCs in fact reliable backup drives?
Not really, as Apple uses inexpensive drives in the TC to keep the costs down. The drive is described in the literature as "server grade". It's not.
Have read a few reports of people complaining of TCs dying inexplicably after 3 or 4 years. Mine is about 4yrs old.
3-4 years is about all that you can expect. Most of the 1st Generation TCs failed at 18-24 months due to poor power supply design.
I loved simplicity of 2-in-1 device coupled w/ Macs legendary ease-of-use.
That is the strong point on the TC.
LaPastenague, one of the expert members of the forum, fixes Time Capsules professionally, so he can give you more information if you need it. I'm sure he will offer his comments as well if he sees this post.

My new Time Capsule 500gB flashes amber and I can't get in contact

I can't get in contact with my brand new Time Capsule!
A network is running, both wireless and ethernet. Both my Apple TV and the desctop PC (which i'm using now) can go on the internet, but I can't make any changes using Airport.
When startin Airport it finds the Time Capsule, and it seems like it also has been updated, but when I try to go "Next" or use "Manual" button I got an error after a few seconds with the code 10057. An error occured when it tried to get in contact with the wireless unit.
It still flashing amber, what can I do?
I hope some of you can give me an advice?
Best regards
Soren Sorensen

Connect it to your computer, open iTunes, select the iPad under Devices in iTunes' sidebar, click on the Restore button.

Dumn,My Time Capsule 500GB was totally dead. It doesn't work at all!!!!

I bought this Time Capsule just 2 months after it was introduced to the public. It was awesome, I backup my macbook pro,my imac, use iphone 3gs wirelessly. The only bad thing is that it would become hot when it is working, even the hard drive isn't working. So I put it near air-conditioner,use an extra fan to make it cool.
And it worked pretty well until last night, when i get up, i find that my macbook pro said that it can't backup because it can't find the hard drive. All my downloads are stopped,too. when i saw the little TC, UNFORTUNATELY, the LED dosen't blink anymore. IT WAS DEAD, AND I FIND OUT A LOT OF USERS OF TIME CAPSULE HAD THE SIMILAR TROBLE. SOMEONE SAID THE POWER ADAPTER INSIDE THE TC IS A BAD DESIGN. AND THE ONE WHO DID'T HAVE APPLE CARE MAY BE REFUSED TO FIX THE TC FOR FREE.
WHO HAD THE SAME TROBLE?
HOW DID YOU SOLVE IT?
WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH THIS DEAD CAPSULE? GENIUS BAR?

Hi Justin,
I am not sure if you Time Capsule falls into this technical support document that was released yesterday but you might like to have a look here - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3351
Cheers,
Phill

Should I get Time Capsule 500GB

Hi all, at the moment I have a MacBook with 160GB hard drive and need an external hard drive. I have been looking at time capsule however I am not sure if it is the one that I need. Do any people have any views on it. I will of course use it for wireless internet replacing my rubbish router I use at the moment. But the thing that attracts me is the wireless back up. What does everyone else think?

as a wireless or even wired backup device its kinda slow. if you don't mind that then it works fine. some people would need that functionality. for Time Machine I use a reliable firewire 800 external drive for my backups. I use TC as a storage/transfer device on my local network and over the internet. in this way it has replaced me burning to optical, using flash drive or attaching via usb or firewire unless the file size is too huge and I'm in a hurry. I use TC as an itunes file server and for AppleTV serving.

Cannot Access Disks on Time Capsule Since Upgrading to Mavericks

Hey folks...
So I've had this set up for several years, and it's worked out well. I have a time capsule with an external (self-powered) harddrive connected to it via USB. I usually access it via ethernet as the connection is more speedy than wifi, and my laptop generally remains stationary. For what it's worth, I'm using a Macbook Pro (mid-2010), with the original time capsule (500gb) as well as a connected Western Digital (1tb) external harddrive.
Since upgrading to Mavericks, however, I have not been able to consistently access the remote disks, either by wifi or ethernet connection. The time capsule shows up under my "shared" section of the finder window, but the drives (which are usually visible and accessible from within the time capsule) are not there. Strange enough, when I go into my Airport Utility for Time Capsule preferences, the disks are visible under the "disks" section.
The time capsules' firmware is up to date, as well as the laptop's. I have tried reseting the time capsule as well as my computer in addition to simply unplugging/plugging it back in. I was able to access the disks on a fluke once in the last few days, but after moving the computer away from it's standard spot, the disks are once again no longer accessible.
I had Server 2.0 but am unable to use it since upgrading the OS and haven't purchased Server 3.0. Any suggestions for solutions? Could residule configurations having to do with the Server functionality be affecting it? I'm guessing it is something to do with Mavericks. Thanks for any help or feedback.
Mitchel

I don't have a guaranteed solution to your problem, just some suggestions:
1) Try powering down the Time Capsule for at least 15 minutes, then plug it in again and see if it works better.
2) If you suspect that heat might be a problem, try raising the Time Capsule to give better air flow below it. I have mine on an inverted plastic-coated-wire basket of the type used to organize kitchen drawers.
3) If AirPort Utility can "see" the Time Capsule, you should be able to use the "archive" function (in the Disks panel, Disks tab) to write the disk's contents to a drive connected to the Time Capsule's USB port.
4) In the worst case, you should be able to access the files on the Time Capsule's disk by opening up the Time Capsule, removing the disk drive, mounting the drive in an external enclosure, and attaching the enclosure to your Mac.

Can't print through Time Capsule using Windows-operating computers

I've just bought a time capsule 500GB and it's working fine. It backups my macbook every hour and I can easily print whatever file I want through my Canon iP1800 series, which is connect to WAN port of my time capsule.
However, I have others 2 notebooks running windows, and I can't print from them wirelessly. I've installed the airport utility and Bonjour in both computers using the CD that came with my time capsule and I followed these instructions of an old topic here (_but it didn't work out_):
“1. Make sure the printer is recognized by the base station.
2. Select 'Add a new printer' in Windows
3. Select 'Local Printer' in the dialog box (auto detect and install
should be off), click next.
4. Choose 'Create a new port' and "Standard TCP/IP Port'. Click next.
5. For the printer IP address, enter the address of the base station 10.0.1.1. The port name will be filled automatically. Click next.
6. For the device type, choose 'Hewlet Packard Jet Direct', then click Finish.
Choose your printer from the list and follow the rest of the prompts to install and configure the driver.”
Do someone have any idea to tell me what's happening? How can I fix this problem and have Mac and Windows laptops printing through my time capsule?
Thanks

When you installed bonjour did the Bonjour Print Wizard appear on your desktop? Or in the program menu?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3052?viewlocale=en_US
In my personal experience Bonjour sometimes doesn't install properly and doesn't appear on either the desktop or program menu, particularly if it is installed at the same time as another piece of apple software. Each of the times this happened I removed bonjour, using Windows Setup:Add/Remove programs, and then downloaded it again individually.
If you have the same experience as me you'll then be asked if you want to install a shortcut to the printer wizard. The wizard has done the trick for me. I've not yet had to resort to the rather more complicated "add new printer" route.
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1st Generation Time Capsule reset button broke

Hello everyone I have a 1st Generation Time Capsule 500gb that I purchased used and do not have the password for AND
the reset button is BROKEN!!!
Is there anyway to reset it without the rest button working??
I bought it to upgrade it to a 2TB drive that i already own .
Thank you guys !!!!!!!

When you open the TC to replace the hard disk you will be able to press the reset. You might also be able to fix the reset lever arm.. I have found them simply forced so far back it was bent.. and no longer able to go back.. once inside the box, I can bend it back to the correct position.. but it is a plastic hinge.. and no plastic hinge likes being bent at any time.. If it has snapped right off, or snaps off attempting repair don't worry about it.. once reset, just keep it at default or write the password on a sticker and place it on the bottom.
http://www.ifixit.com/Device/Apple_Time_Capsule
Please pay attention though to Bob's comments.. fixing the power supply is going to be necessary in the near future. Especially if you put in a large drive with high start current for the hard disk. There are lots of people who find the upgrade of the hard disk is closely followed by power supply failure or it won't even start the new hard disk.. depending on type and current demand. It is much much more for some disks even if the drive has lower consumption.
If you are a DIYer it is not expensive to fix power supply or better replace it.
Although I have suggested several repair methods this is probably the cheapest.
https://sites.google.com/site/lapastenague/a-deconstruction-of-routers-and-modem s/apple-time-capsule-repair/cisco-adp-30rb-4pin-molex

External USB HDD not recognized by Time Capsule

Hi, I read that I should be able to extend my Time Capsule 500Gb with an external USB disk, and I bought a 500Gb Maxtor with external Power supply and USB 2 interface. I formatted it as mnentionen in all other threads I've read, but it dont show up in the Disks window in Airport Utility. Tried every combinations of restart procedures, plug/unplu, you name it. I tried vit a 2Gb USB Stick vith the same formatting - no problem, it showed up immediately.
Does the drive/USB interface have to be of a specific type (nothing like that is mentioned in the documentation), but it seems that there is an issue here?

I was having same trouble and finally found a solution by hooking my external drive to my time capsule through a powered USB router. When I did this, the disk was finally recognized. However I received a message from Airport Setup Utility that the external disk needed repair. (it had been formatted to a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format previously).
I hooked up the external drive directly to my MBP with USB2 and reformatted/partitioned (1 partition) using the following: "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" and the GUID partition scheme. (It should NOT be Master Boot Record (MBR).)
I then hooked the external back up to my Time Capsule thru my powered USB hub (it still would not show up using a direct connection) and I am able to see the drive fine now through AirPort Utility and able to archive directly to it. Hooray!
I hope this helps. Good luck!

Product Registration doesn't accept the Serial Number of my Time Capsule

Hi,
I've bought a Time Capsule 500GB a couple of months ago (at Apple Store - Fort Lauderdale) and several times I've tried to register it's Serial Number at Apple's Product Registration website. I always get the same error when I type the SN: "We could not recognize the serial number you entered. Please re-enter it, making sure each letter or number is correct."
The problem is that I've checked the SN several times (physically at the bottom o TC and via AirPort Utility) and the SN is CORRECT.
Have anyone faced this problem before?

I just had this problem today. I received my TC for Christmas and my parents bought it a week before the holiday from my local apple store (Norfolk, VA). I have been having other problems with my TC and wanted to get online support, that's when I first discovered the problem with the SN. I attempted to register it online with my already existing apple ID and it still didn't work. I finally called tech support. I didn't tell the guy I was having problems registering it with the SN, he typed it into his computer and didn't say anything. After attempting to trouble shoot my other problem I told him about the issue with the SN. He did say that when he put in my current SN that it brought up a message saying that there was "no support" for my TC. I had read that there is complimentary phone support for a certain amount of time for Mac computers and iPhones, but I guess there is not for the TC (what BS!!). Either that or he kept saying that my parents must have "bought it early." I didn't ask this, but I should have, if that meant that there was no warranty on it?? But anyhoo, long story short (sorry for rambling) because he put in my SN and my existing information it automatically registered everything and when I logged back onto apple.com and went to get online support (because the problem wasn't fixed) my TC was now listed as my registered products. You may just have to call like I did. I have no clue why though??

Can't copy files to airdisk; airdisk usage causes time capsule to restart

i have the following; leopard 10.5.3, airport utility 7.3.1, western digital 1tb fat32 formatted mybook essential; airport express (joined to network on time capsule); 500gb time capsule, macbook pro;
my problems are as follows. keep in mind that i have toyed w/ all setting on time capsule and seem to get varying degrees of failure.
1- preparing for backup can take up to 30 mins. i am backing up manually, not every hour. not sure if this is really a problem or not, but i don't mind it as i just want to kick off a backup before bed.
2- this is the real problem. for the airdisk. i have files/folder w/ read write access (for me, everyone and staff). i can occasionally get a file to copy over, but most of the time it looks like the file is copying, and then it fails w/ insufficient privileges for some of the items). then i'm left w/ some files that are zero size, and i can't delete b/c i don't have sufficient privileges for those files. sometimes a restart of the laptop causes these files to disappear.
3- sometimes accessing the airdisk causes the server to either disconnect, or the airdisk to fail to mount. again, this is hit or miss.
i didn't have these problems copying stuff before 10.5.3.
i have toyed w/ permissions on my home folder, giving everyone read write access. i hope this won't mess anything up.
please help. i want to love my new mac, but not being able to copy a simple mp3 to airdisk is killing me. i have toyed w/ all options on airdisk, and none seem to help.
thanks for your time.
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Yes, it's formatted as HFS+.
Just to make sure, I've unplugged it from the Time Capsule & plugged it into the USB port of my Mac again & it works fine like this. But now I've plugged it back into the Time Capsule it's now working fine. Strange.
Thanks for the suggestion
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External Drive attached to Time Capsule failing to work consistently

This problem has been occurring since we started using an external drive attached to our Time Capsule as a backup destination for Time Machine over a year ago:
Everything will be fine for a few days or weeks, but at some point backups stop working. This sometimes gives errors (Time Machine could not complete backup, I think) or sometimes it just looks like the backup has gotten stuck (reporting 235.32 MB of 22.86 GB for days). With the latter problem it seems to cause other issues with the OS like System Preferences not responding anymore and certain Save As... dialog boxes not appearing.
Every time this happens, what I do is disconnect all users through AirPort Utility and then plug the drive into one of the computers and run Disk Utility on it.
Each time, without fail, there is the error "Incorrect number of Access Control Lists" stating it should be 0 and it really is something in the thousands usually.
The volume is always repaired successfully, but then the cycle continues.
We've tried a couple of different drives and it always ends up happening.
I've seen other posts with similar problems, but nothing laid out exactly like my problem, and no real fix for it.

Yes, indeed. Let me give some background.
I have an old Gigabit AEBS (7.4.2) as my main router with a Gigabit connection to my Time Capsule (500GB, 7.4.2) running in bridge mode. Both run as wireless access points for my network "Hogwarts." I backup several machines to the TC's internal drive with absolutely no problems whatsoever. Practically bulletproof. I backup two media heavy machines to the external drive attached to the TC. The drive is a Western Digital My Book 1.5TB that before the TC came into our lives, ran flawlessly when attached to my iMac as a backup destination. The media machines are Dumbledore, my mini running as a HTPC, and Tonks, my wife's laptop busting with pics and video of our son. Once I started backups to this drive connected to the TCs, I started to have problems with backup. That's the situation. Here's what I've tried to correct it.
I had a year's worth of backups. Went to the Genius Bar who recommended starting over after they checked out my setup over Back to My Mac. They couldn't find anything wrong and supposed my backups were hopelessly corrupted. So I followed their advice with Dumbledore and archived those for Tonks. Trying to start over with Dumbledore fails within the first 75 of 500 GB to backup every time. I've redirected syslog reporting at Debug level from the TC to my iMac and formatted the external drive several times. I have done disk repairs on the drive, Dumbledore's sparse bundle, and the TM volume contained in the sparse bundle. I've only gotten the "too many ACL's" error. The WD drive comes with SmartWare software I've used to check the S.M.A.R.T. status (100% OK), test the drive (100% OK) and deactivate the Virtual CD partition used to, among other things, encrypt the drive. My drive is unencrypted and have made it as plain vanilla as I can: GUID with one 1.5 TB Mac OS Extended Journaled partition.
What I've noticed when I check the status of the TC when the bakcups fail is that the drive becomes unmounted with no logged error. The client computer either hangs Finder or reports the backup failed. My wife has become so frustrated with hard restarts that she has turned off Time Machine until I fix this. Airport Utility simply no longer sees the drive. The client computer can reconnect over AFP but the drive will not be accessible unless I restart the TC. Then if I do some Disk Utility repairs on the external drive and on the virtual volumes it contains, I can start backups again...until the next spontaneous unmounting of the drive. Which leaves me talking to you as a completely frustrated and disappointed Apple user. This is so not Apple quality experience.
The only shot in the dark I've seen is that the TC repeatedly updates its DHCP lease every 5 minutes or so despite having a 4 hour TTL. Weird.

Time Capsule vs. Other options- recommendations

I am looking at getting the Time Capsule 500GB but wanted to check if other options made better sense such as Buffalo/Maxtor. I don't need to get the router/wireless functionality as I already have an airport express and linksys router although they are both 811 g as opposed to N. Just got a new aluminum Macbook and looking to use a NAS as a Time Machine backup and possible Itunes repository.
I would run the time capsule over ethernet, not wireless. Just curious about how much of performance hit I would take with the itunes library on a networked drive.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Time Machine is only officially supported to a NAS device if it is Time Capsule or an USB drive attached to an AirPort Extreme (though even this is not officially supported). If you only have an AirPort Express (as opposed to the Extreme, which looks very similar to a Time Capsule, BTW), it is not supported. Even if you are connected via ethernet to your NAS, you will need some sort of hack as it is not supported. A directly connected USB/FW drive will work, though.

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