Time Capsule and G5 iMac - excellent (once Norton Anti-Virus is turned off)

Set up my new 1 TB Time Capsule last night and connected it via ethernet to my G5 iMac (currently TC only in bridge mode to my existing router - but I wll configure the TC as a router and remove my Cisco WAG 54 G tonight).
Worked stright away but VERY slow (i.e: 1 GB per hour transfer)...
Checked the forum and discovered that someone had suggested turning off your anti virus before running Time Machine.
Turned off Norton 10 (I have been meaning to remove this for sometime anyway - it is huge, cumbersome and ***** resources out of my G5.).
Time Machine then ran beautifully. Backed up 200 Gb to the TC overnight. The TC wasn't particularly warm to the touch either while it was backing up (I had also configured it for 802.11.n 5GZ wireless). Thought it would actually be quite warm.
Also - nice Gbit switching between my iMac G5 and PS3 (I'm currently serving up content from my iMac to PS3 using a DLNA server software from ELgato - EyeConnect. This also ran much faster (previous Cisco router/switch was only 100 Mbit).
VERY impressed Apple.
Now - let's see how well the TC performs tonight as a router with Port Forwarding....
cheers
Steve

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Time Capsule and my iMac

So I have a ton of Photos and Videos that I want to delete off my IMac's Internal Memory. Correct me if I'm wrong, Time Capsule will not store my memory to have access to my files many years down the road. If the Time Capsule fails, the files are lost. Do I need an external hard drive? And if so, what brand do you suggest?

Gregoryfromga wrote:
Thanks a ton. I'm now running Time cabsule along with my External Hard Drive. Now I want to completly delete most of my files off of my IMac for space and also securty. I have stored my files onto my external hard drive, and I'm ready to delete them off the IMac.
First, I'd make sure they're backed-up on your TC. No sense losing anything now.
Also, if you moved iPhoto, iTunes, or iMovie stuff, make sure you can access the copied versions properly.
If in doubt, see:
Moving your iTunes Music folder
Moving your iPhoto '11 Library
Moving iMovie '11 footage to another drive
But yes, just delete and empty the trash. If you have a lot of stuff (more the number of files than the size), that may take a while. (If you do a secure delete, then the larger the size, the longer it will take.)
Also, since I stored my files onto my Extranal Hard Drive, will they be completly safe years down the road?
There is no such thing as "completely safe." That's why you want to be sure they're backed-up on your Time Capsule.
You might also want to consider getting yet another external HD, and making "secondary" backups. See Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #27 for some suggestions.

Updated McAfee anti-virus, Computer turned off and now it won't boot past windows

I have a HP Pavilion P6000 Series
Model #P6520f
AMD Athlon II 633 Quad-Core
6GB DDR3
1 Terabyte HD
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
I was installing updates for McAfee anti-virus, and suddenly the power went out. After a few hours the power came back on and when I turned the computer back on it went straight to disk repair, which I also waited for to run another two hours. I then turned it off and back on but I can't get past the Windows display.

Hello screwdriver08,
Are you able to boot the system into safe mode? If we can get into safe mode then we know that it's a program causing your issue. If we can't get into safe mode then the operating system is the issue.
If I have helped you in any way click the Kudos button to say Thanks.
The community works together, click Accept as Solution on the post that solves your issue for other members of the community to benefit from the solution.
- Friendship is magical.

Since download of Firefox Hello desktop & laptop both on Windows 7 are very slow even after refresh, download history removed and anti virus software turned off

Since download of Firefox Hello my home desktop & laptop, both on Windows 7, are very slow to open. I have refreshed firefox, removed download history and turned off the anti virus software in extensions. All the plugins are up to date. Can we revert back to Firefox without Firefox Hello?

Firefox Hello is simply a wrapper for technology already in Firefox, it doesn't negatively impact performance if you aren't using it. Are you saying that your entire computer is slow or just Firefox?

HT3275 Trying to do a first backup in Time machine and it says 'About 34 days' but compter keeps turning off after 15mins, Why? Mac pro 17: mid 2011

Backup to external USB 2TB hard disk. Total backup is about 290GB mostly Photos and software (Adobe, Aperture, very few documents and no games.
Disk was tested by reformatin and copying 50GB of photos that took 25 mins. Reformated and set as Time machine disk and its still gong after 12 hours and saying its got 34 days to go. I can't stay awake that long!
Coputer shuts dow after 15 mins with no input. HOW CAN I COMPLETE A BACKUP??/

There is nothing you can do to TM.
But frankly I would give it up. There is something wrong so the chances of this being a usable backup is small.
I am slightly unclear.. you have stated network data.. but I thought this is a USB disk plugged directly into the computer?? Is it something else?
Please indicate the exact setup of the backup disk.
Please show me how it is formatted and is it GUID partitioned?
I have found USB disks can be poor under Mountain Lion.. but work fine in Snow Leopard.. I don't know the reason.. But I think you can stop the backup now..
You stated you did all the steps I indicated.. did that include the verification of the source and destination drive??
Did you load the widget and what is the log showing?
What about trying it differently.. if you want a backup .. do a disk image with superduper.. just so you have a backup..
Then I would try a network backup with the USB disk plugged in and shared to the network from the mini.
You can then do a TM backup to network drive.
http://code.stephenmorley.org/articles/time-machine-on-a-network-drive/

I have working Netgear network. Want to add new Time Capsule and run 2nd network for new apple TV and Imac, and keep the netgear network for my PC and Canon printer.

I have working Netgear N600 dual band router network. The existing network has an XP netbook PC, canon printer, 2 Iphones, Epson Air printer, an Ipad, 3 roku boxes, backup drive. Just bought a new Apple TV box, and time capsule 2T. I have an IMac on order but don't have it here yet.
My goal is to add new Time Capsule and create 2nd "apple" network for new apple TV, Iphones, Ipad, Epson Air printer and new Imac, and keep the netgear network for my PC, Roku TV boxes, and Canon printer and backup drive.
The Netgear router, the time capsule and new IMac will be on the same desktop, I dont need to backup my netbook PC to time capsule.
Where do I start?
Which device connects to my modem first, the TC2 or the Netgear?
Is it best wait for the Imac before starting or can the TC2 be set up from my Ipad or PC?
Thanks.

It is pretty simple..
Setup the TC in bridge and plug it into the Netgear.. I would leave the netgear as the main router for now, although in the future you can swap things around. The netgear firmware may have issues with bonjour and airplay/airprint?? Does your ipad print ok now?
You can setup the TC using Mac, PC (at least up to win7) or iOS.. they all have airport utility available.
Bridge mode is set differently depending on the version of the utility. This is v5 and how the windows one will look (at least similar to).
v6 will be as
With the TC in bridge you will still create a wireless network.. and give it a different name from the netgear.. then all the apple devices can connect to it. Use ethernet rather than wireless if the imac is on the desktop with it. Much faster and better for using Time Machine backups.
If you run into any issues.. just post the particular issue. It will take a bit of getting used to, but isn't hard.

I am frequently unable to join the internet or it runs very slowly. I have a Time Capsule in my LAN. Are there any compatibility issues with Time Capsules and any ISPs?

I am frequently unable to join the internet or, if I can, it is exceptionally slow. The ISP says nothing is wrong ontheir end. Are there any compatibility issues with any ISPs when using Time Capsule and/or iMacs?

Tried this several times to no avail. I believe it is the ISP causing the problem...Time Warner.

Time capsule and spotlight - yes or no?

When the Time Capsule is mounted, spotlight starts indexing the disk image. However the file has become very big together with all the backups, so the indexing actually never ends before the backup is finished or before I turn off the macbook at night. Is there a reason why spotlight should index the time capsule? If not then maybe it is better to turn off spotlight for time capsule which may accelerate the overall backup time in the future.

A normal search will not show up material in a TM backup.. you must be using TM to search for info and apparently Spotlight is necessary to that working.
See some of the posts under "More Like This" on the right column.
eg https://discussions.apple.com/message/11398191#11398191
A bit old but still probably correct. Most of what Pondini says is gospel.

HT3275 I recently bought a new Time Capsule and the following message is shown:- "Time Machine could not complete the back up. The backup disk image "/Volumes/Data-1/Brian's iMac.sparsebundle" is already in use." Can anyone help?

I recently bought a new Time Capsule and the following message has started to show:-
"Time Machine could not complete the back up. The backup disk image “/Volumes/Data-1/Brian’s iMac.sparsebundle” is already in use."
Can anyone help?

Pondini is the resident Time Machine expert on the forums, and he has all the answers.
Check is excellent Time Machine - Troubleshooting support document
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
See # C17 in particular

I recently bought a new iMac as well as a wireless time capsule and have it connected how can I use this external drive as the location to store all my files for iTunes, or is this even possible?

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.

My wifi goes down at least once a day and I have to unplug the time capsule and reboot it and then it works fine. Any idea why this is happening/what I can do to fix it?

My wifi goes down at least once a day and I have to unplug the time capsule and reboot it and then it works fine. Any idea why this is happening/what I can do to fix it?

I was having this problem while still using Mavericks -- it started after a Mavericks update last spring. During the initial Yosemite beta runs over the summer, it seemed to be fixed, but after the official launch in October, I had all sorts of problems keeping connected. Its gotten a little better, but still happens to at least one of my devices every day. Weird that we still cannot figure out why the connection keeps dropping on some devices, but not others, and then the next day, one of the devices that didn't disconnect the previous day will disconnect, but the ones that did disconnect, stay connected. It's just sloppy, poorly written software for technology that isn't working the way it should. If you turn off Continuity and Handoff on all your devices, you will probably see that everything stays connected. With those turned off on all devices, TC stayed connected to everything for over a month. The day I turned Continuity back on, all the problems started again. It had something to do with the bluetooth version being used, the wifi routine, and Apple's AirPlay technology not quite getting along with each other.

I have used Airport Time Capsule with my iMac for several 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?

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.

HT1178 reset my time capsule and connect it directly to imac only for back up

I want to reset my time capsule and start a new complte back up ..How to reset it and use it directly connected to may imac?

Your little comment in the profile.. it used to work before Mavericks.. might be better to fix it and use it still as part of your network. The problem is the TC is a purely network device.. It is not at all easy to use stand alone. You cannot connect directly to it by USB. It really has to be part of the network.
I have used them plugged in by ethernet to a computer that connected to the internet by wireless. That is messy to setup but works. I will need some info to do it.
How does the iMac connect to the network.. and what IP does it get??
From that I can give you setup but with due warning, this may still have network issues as those bugs are in Mavericks. And you could save yourself the effort and just try to get it working as part of the existing network.
OR.. IMHO much better solution in this case. For desktop type computer like iMac.. plug in a USB drive.. Or FW800 or even thunderbolt if you have need for real speed. Thunderbolt>USB3>FW800>USB2. Price wise.. USB3 is now same price as USB2 so that is the best choice if your Mac has USB3 ports. Thunderbolt is still very expensive. FW800 is better than USB2 but is a dead duck.. Nothing you buy will be useful as the port is being phased out.
But even USB2 will work faster, and be more reliable than a TC.
My other suggestion then is to use CCC or SuperDuper and keep Time Machine as a secondary backup for incrementals. You can produce easily a fully bootable backup drive using CCC. Superduper I heard had issues but that might be fixed now. A bootable backup means if you have a disk failure simply boot the computer from the backup. It is hugely superior method. TM can also continue to be used as it works well for incrementals and restoring applications if that becomes necessary.
Just indicate what you want and we can suggest a way forward or give details on the fix with Time Capsule.

I am setting up new AirPort Time Capsule and IMac. I keep getting a flashing amber light. I've tried all the resetting and unplugging. How do I fix this?

I need help setting up my new AirPort Time Capsule and IMac. I keep getting a flashing amber light. I've tried all the resets

I need help setting up my new AirPort Time Capsule and IMac. I keep getting a flashing amber light. I've tried all the resets

Setting up Air play with new time capsule and newer airport express?

I just recently purchased a new time capsule, and I'd like to use my current generation airport express to stream music from my apple devices. I just was wondering what I had to do in airport utility to set this up? I was also wondering how to transition the network over from the old express to the new time capsule as far software settings go. I really appreciate the help and assistance. Thanks folks. I'm really looking forward to setting up the network for our new iMac.

Your setup is very easy..
This is how I would do it.
Remove the express from the network.. ie just unplug it but do not change anything in it. Keep the configuration as is until the TC is working.
Power off the cable modem.. this is requirement.. at least 20min is usually needed, dependining on your ISP.
Go into the airport utility and setup the TC as router for your network .. it is a simple setup.. but I would do as stated.. all short names, no spaces pure alphanumeric rather than accept Apple's names. That is for TC and wireless.
After 20min power up the cable modem. Once it is running and you have internet access. you can proceed to setup the express to do the airplay. If the internet still doesn't work, power off the cable modem overnight..
Do not lose that express setup so if you absolutely have to, you can at any time substitute it back and have internet again.
So everything is working properly TC in place as full router.. now hard reset the express.. and simply use the airport utility to put it in extend wireless .. or plug in by ethernet if you are going to hard wire it.
The extend wireless setup is all done straight from the existing setup.
Now you can plug your express audio port into your speaker.. and setup the airplay via the itunes.
I will get Bob to give you his way of doing it.. There is no one RIGHT way .. but he can give you more info if you want a particular method.

Time Capsule and G5 iMac - excellent (once Norton Anti-Virus is turned off)

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