Time Capsule Contents, Insufficient Privileges?

Longtime reader, first-time poster so forgive me if I stray from typical conventions..
I recently setup a 1TB (Dual-band) Time Capsule as both the target of my Time Machine backups and my home network's base station. Anywhere from 4-6 devices (at least two MacBooks, two iPhones) are connected wireless to the network at any given time. The laptops both run Mac OS 10.6.2, the phones are of the 3G variety, and all devices are up to date software-wise. Automatic TM backups are turned OFF.
During the configuration, the wizard asked me to name my Time Capsule disk, so I did. Then, I secured the disk using a password. I then connected my laptop via ethernet and successfully completed my first backup.
Later, I decided I'd rather secure the disk using accounts, so I created three. Then, I tried to run TM and attempt my second backup wirelessly. The disk I initially created was not an option for the target, only 'My User' on 'Time Capsule Disk'. I figured TM or TC would recognize my computer, identify a previous backup of my local HD and only backup the data that had changed since.
Instead, TM notified me that I would be executing a full backup and recommended I connect via ethernet. Again, expecting the products to recognize the situation, I went along with the prompt and performed a wired back-up via ethernet. Afterward, I realized that two full backups were residing on the TC; one under my user's disk/sharepoint folder, the other on the disk/sharepoint folder named in the initial setup.
I decided I did not want the redundancy, so I ran AP Utility > Disks > Time Capsule Disk > Erase (or Delete?) > Default Erase. Once I was notified of a successful delete and verified that the capacity space equaled available space, I decided to again perform a full, wired backup as my user via TM. The backup completed successfully. However, where I expected to see only one disk/sharepoint folder in the finder under my TC, I still see two; my user's and the one created at setup. The old disk/sharepoint folder is empty, except for the hidden files. No .sparsebundle or any other files.
I would like to delete the older, empty disk/sharepoint folder but receive a notice indicating that I do not have sufficient privileges. Anyone have a solution to permanently achieve this without performing a factory restore of my TC?
Thanks, in advance!

Thank you very much for replying! So what you are saying is, that they are actually there, I just won't see the list of pictures? Thanks again. I appreciate it!

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I have an external harddrive and I'm using Time Capsule to back it up. I looked through the contents and see the applications, but how do I know if all my pictures on iphoto or videos from idvd are there? I can't see them.

Thank you very much for replying! So what you are saying is, that they are actually there, I just won't see the list of pictures? Thanks again. I appreciate it!

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I am running Yosemite 10.10.1 with a 3TB Time Capsule, running firmware 7.7.3.
Network connectivity is what it should be, and backups are happening, according to the Time Machine application.
HOWEVER, when I enter the Time Capsule icon located on my desktop or the same on in FINDER, all I see is one folder that says DATA, and when i enter that folder, I see ONE single icon that looks like a DMG icon. I cannot browse the contents of my backup like I have always been able to do on traditional USB type time machine devices.
what am I doing wrong????
thanks.

You are confusing backups on a "local" USB or Firewire drive connected directly to a Mac, with backups on a shared "network" drive like the Time Capsule.
Time Machine backs up files differently on a network drive than it does on a local drive.
You can still get into your files on the Time Capsule, but it will take a few extra steps. I'm not recommending that you do this, but it would probably not do any harm if you do nothing but look at the files and make no changes at all.
Double click on Data to mount it on the desktop
Double click on the Data drive icon to open it up
Now you will see a special sparsebundle file with the name of the Mac that has been backed up. If you are backing up more than one Mac, there will be a sparsebundle file for each Mac
Double click again on the sparesbundle file
Another icon.....probably named Time Machine Backups....will appear on the desktop
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I have a 3rd generation Apple TV and I am looking at purchasing a Time Capsule to store all my movies, music and photo's on
Would I be able to watch my movies and listen to my music that would be saved to the Time Capsule? Or would I need to leave a computer turned on with iTunes running?
I think this would be a great feature but if iTunes has to be running on a computer this will be a great downfall unless it is something Apple plan to add to an update on the Apple TV, Same goes for my iPad too... I think it would be great if I could access content from the Time Capsule without having to use a computer to go through
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Can't tell you about Time Capsule but it works with my Airport Extreme so my guess is that it will work with your Time Capsule too. The Apple TV can not access the files directy so you will have to access them with an iPhone or iPad and airplay them to your Apple TV.
The Airport Extreme I use does not support the DLNA standards which most external drives like LaCie Fule or DW My Cloud use. I found out it supports the SMB standard though. So a quick search on the App Store with SMB as the keyword showed up a few file managment apps and the first I tried worked!
It's called FileExplorer Free and can access files on your external drive attached to your Airport Extreme. There were more hits but since the first app I found worked I didn't bother to check out the other apps.
I tried FileExplorer with songs first and it worked. You can listen to your songs with your iPhone or iPad or Airplay them to your Airport Express and listen to them at your home audio system. I couldn't hear any loss of quality.
It also works with yorur movies. Just select the movie and watch it on your iDevice or Airplay it to your Apple TV. Works with HD movies as well with no problems. Only downside was that the Apple TV can only display .mp4 files. Even the movies bought on iTunes won't work with the app and the Apple TV. So I had to convert a few movies using the free converter HandBrake.
FileExplorer works with other types of files like photos or documenst too. Oh and as a bonus: The FileExplorer app can also access your library from the DropBox or Google Drive. Works with NAS drives as well. Looks like you need the paid version though for those extras.
In case your router supports DLNA search for a DLNA app like 8player.
So finally I can move my big movie collection to my external drive and still watch it without the need for the Mac or iTunes to run. Hope this helps you too.

Erasing time capsule content

Hi, I have two different computers backing up to a single Time Capsule using Time Machine. I am replacing one of the two computers and would like to erase the content of just the one computer that I am replacing. I see that I can erase the time capsule from the Airport Utility. But will this erase the content of just the one or both computers? Is there anyway to erase or delete just the content of one of the computers? Thanks in advance -

Does anyone know if this is the only technique? "Erase" really formats the whole TC?
I have a problem that my .sparsebundle won't go to trash because of the BAND that is being in use. And if I erase it will wipeout the whole disk if I am right and I will lose backups of the other computers as well...
Does anyone have a solution to this?
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Somehow - My Time Capsule Has Insufficient Memory For A Back Up

I have a 1 TB Time Capsule.
I recently got an email from apple stating that my mac is affected in a batch that has hard drive issues and was advised before taking it in to back up my mac. Before the email came through out of the blue, my Mac had lost about 300-450 GB of space overnight on something which was fairly worrying. So when I went to back up today, I got a message stating that my time capsule didn't have enough memory to back up my mac which is odd because I always thought that it deleletd the oldest back ups to make room for the new ones. Anyway after now wiping the time capsule clean so it has 1TB free again (which matches my Macs memory of 1TB) I thought I would give the back up another try and to my surprise no such luck. I got this message:
"This backup is too large for the backup disk. The backup requires 1.01 TB but only 997.05 GB are available.
Time Machine needs work space on the backup disk, in addition to the space required to store backups. Open Time Machine preferences to select a larger backup disk or make the backup smaller by excluding files."
Now, by checking my Macintosh HD disk, it states that I have approximately 150GB free at this present moment in time. Another thing about that message that conceres me is that it says 1.01TB which is impossible because I only have a 1TB machine!!
It's all rather worrying and the best thing is I can't sort my hardrive out until I back it up which is proving to be quite the task. If anyone could shine some light on the siuation I will be very greatful.
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So based on what i understand, you have less than, 900 gigs of data and time machine is telling you otherwise. Obvious question to ask you is whether or not you emptied out your trashcan.
If you did empty it out and there is STILL some kind of "phantom like prescence" claiming your hard disk i would look to hidden files as holding the key to your answer.
There is a hidden folder on the top level of your boot disk named ".volumes" which sometimes may contain data that you sent to the trash, without actually deleting it.
In my experience this is caused by sending items to the trash on (typically) EXTERNAL mounted volumes that have not yet been "deleted" or emptied. i encourage you do a little more reserach before you go ahaed and "show all files" and start deleting random crap, and i would STRONGLY encourage that in the MEAN TIME, forgo time machine and do a finder copy of the things that you cannot live without.
Or do a time machine backup to a 1.5 or 2tb something. I know this is all a little overwhelming, but with the potential failure of the internal drive on your mac, the BEST option for you right now is to backup to a larger volume. If you cant afford a new drive right now, perhaps maybe you can buy it now and return it within a 14 day return policy or something like that. THe important thing is, if your hard drive in your iMac fails, your looking at a VERY costly procedure to recover data from a 1000gb volume.
Better safe than sorry.

How can I back up my time capsule contents to a different hard drive?

I want to back up my time capsule to a different hard drive so I have that extra layer of safety

There are a few ways to do this but none good.
Airport utility will do an archive of the disk.. just open to the disk tab and click archive. The target is USB drive connected to the machine. But it can only do full backup.. no incremental.
You can backup over network but not using Time Machine.. Carbon Copy Cloner is a $40 software that is well worth it. Super slow though doing this.
I recommend you backup using CCC direct from the computer to the target.. otherwise you can be backing up the same problem.

Delete old time capsule content?

I've replaced my old time capsule with a new 802-11AC model and would like to scrub the drive on the old TC.
It is no longer in use or connected to the wireless network.
Thanks for your help

You will have to get the old Time Capsule connected to your Mac.
The easiest way to do this would be to temporarily connect an Ethernet cable from the Mac to one of the LAN <-> ports on the old TC.
Open AirPort Utility, click on the old TC and click Edit
Click the Disks tab at the top of the next window
Click Erase Disk
If you plan to keep the TC, then use the Quick Erase option, which will only take a minute.
If you plan to move the TC to another person, select the Zero Out option, which will likely take 4-5 hours or more.
If you want to erase the old network settings on the old TC, click the Base Station menu at the very top of the screen up near File, Help, etc
Click Restore Default Settings
Now the old TC has factory default settings and the hard drive is blank. Disconnect the Ethernet cable that you used for the operations.

Clone a Time Capsule

Hey guys.
I recently bought an iMac to go along with my old Macmini. I decided to put my extensive iTunes library on the capsule and have the two Macs sharing the media (essentially used as a media drive).
Because of this I've found myself with an external disk to spare which I have plugged into the Time Capsule as a network drive.
From what research I've done, if I now back up my two Macs using Time machine, my media on the Time Capsule won't be backed up. Since this is really what I want to be backed up, is there a way I can routinely clone the Time Capsule content onto the plugged in network drive?

Owenvii wrote:
Since this is really what I want to be backed up?
best way would be to move your iTunes library to the external, plug that into your computer, and have TM include the drive for backups.
however, maybe ChronoSync can do what you want.
good luck !
JGG

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Setting up Time Capsule as an archive for a time capsule?

Hello,
I have a Time Capsule that I use as an external drive where I save and share photos/videos files across multiple Macs. It's great for moving files off of the Macs since we have thousands of photos/files and they are not small files. I'm on MacBook Pro with Mountain Lion OS X 10.8.5.
Since the primary Time Capsule (1.9 TB) has data I don't want to lose, I want to archive the Time Capsule content to another Time Capsule (2TB).
I have AirPort Utility Version 6.3.1. I've connected the archive Time Capsule to the primary Time Capsule via a USB connector, which is per the AirPort instructions.
In AirPort Utility, I go into the primary Time Capsule and select Edit. I select Disks within the Editor. I then click on the Archive Disks… button. "Destination", however, says "No AirPort disks available." So, I'm not able to select the secondary Time Capsule as the archive drive. I've read some pages about disk formatting and the disk needing to be unencrypted, but I connected the secondary Time Capsule to my Mac and did not find a way to identify or change the disk format or encryption option.
What do I need to do to get the second Time Capsule set up to be the archive drive for the primary Time Capsule that has the photos and other files?
Thanks for your assistance.

I have AirPort Utility Version 6.3.1. I've connected the archive Time Capsule to the primary Time Capsule via a USB connector, which is per the AirPort instructions.
Sorry but no.. the airport instructions are for a USB drive.. the TC is not now or ever accessible over USB.. it is a network drive.. you can plug a plain USB drive into it.. nothing more.
What do I need to do to get the second Time Capsule set up to be the archive drive for the primary Time Capsule that has the photos and other files?
You cannot change anything in the drive of a TC.. it is a network drive.. it is fully controlled by the firmware of the TC.
The only way you backup the TC is to use a software on the computer.. eg Carbon Copy Cloner will do it..
Have everything plugged in by ethernet.. mount both TC and you can make a backup from one TC to the other.
Archive will not work. that is only for a USB directly plugged into the TC.

Can't see contents of USB hard drive connected to Time Capsule

Hi. I have a USB hard drive connected to my Time Capsule (which I just got today). I just want to use it as a shared drive, so that the users in my home can use it to access common files (media files, stuff like that).
The TC's set up is to enable file sharing with accounts. AirPort Disk Guest Access is not allowed.
When I authenticate as a user via Finder I can see the disk, see that disk space has been used, but can't see the contents. I'm guessing this is because the files that are actually on there belong to some other user.
Is my guess right? Any suggestions as to how we can all use it as a transfer drive?
Col

Fixed it. I connected the USB drive directly to my computer, and dragged the folder into the 'Shared' folder, which Time Capsule had created. The original folder is now visible, which is what I wanted!

Using an external drive with shared files (iPhoto, iTunes), attached to a Time Capsule, can the contents of the external drive be backed-up to the internal Time Capsule drive? Perhaps a RAID1 mirror to a partition?

Using an external drive with shared files (iPhoto, iTunes), attached to a Time Capsule, can the contents of the external drive be backed-up to the internal Time Capsule drive? Perhaps a RAID1 mirror to a partitioned Time Capsule? I understand that the Time Machine (software) cannot backup a networked drive (the external) and that Time Capsule (the router/wireless hard drive) does not have its own backup software... so it won't backup the connected drive. What I would like is an alternate solution for having an automated backup of a networked drive. A 2TB Time Capsule has more than enough space for Time Machine backups of my family of Macbooks, so I had hoped to mirror a 500GB external drive (with shared media files) to a portion of the Time Capsule internal hard drive. I assume this would require a partition of the Time Capsule drive. If not, would the sparse file from the various computers being backed up need to be copied to the external drive as part of the RAID1 setup? This seems like overkill for the Time Machine backup, but it would cover the media files.

The complexity with this idea is the software has to run from a Mac computer on your network.. so you need a Mac turned on, probably most of the day.
It isn't possible to partition the TC although you can create a image area.
The software would have to copy the material, that means all files to be copied, go from USB drive, back to the Mac, then back to the TC, and written to the drive. In other words you have just added Network congestion, although a proper incremental backup type software will not actually use a lot of capacity.
Finally it will be slow.. network drives are slower than internal drives. Well USB connected drive is much slower than the same drive connected directly to the computer.. and if the drive is connected directly to a computer it can be shared with the network.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4577/airport-extreme-5th-gen-and-time-capsule-4th- gen-review-faster-wifi-/4
Read carefully the speed of the USB drive plugged into the TC.

How do I combine my content from 3 external hd's and my 1 Mac Mini to my new Time Capsule (which is connected to my Mac Mini) and not have to use my external hd's again? My Mac Mini wont hold all the content on the external hd's.

My 3 external hd's are 500GB (total 1.5TB) and my Mac Mini is 500GB (Time Capsule is connected to this). I want to be able to have all the content from all these sources stored on my Time Capsule as if I only had 1 external drive. Is this possible? It is my understanding that when Time Machine backs up my Mac Mini I have to have my external drives connected since my Mac Mini does not have enough space on it to hold all the content on the exgternal hd's. I can only connect 1 external hard drive at a time and I want to get rid of them and consolidate.
And having to go back in time to search for files on 1 external hard drive and then back in time for the other external hard drive is not the most efficient thing to do. I would like it all in one place.
Thank you for your help!!

Back up all data.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
~/Library/Application Support/SyncServices
Right-click or control-click the line and select
Services ▹ Reveal in Finder (or just Reveal)
from the contextual menu.* A folder should open with an item selected. Quit the application if it's running. Move the selected item to the Trash. Relaunch the application and test.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.

180 GB of my 639-GB Macintosh hard drive is used. 320 GB of my 498-GB Tie Capsule is used. Only one backup ("now") exists for the Time Capsule, which can no longer backup because of "insufficient space". How come? What is wrong?"

180 GB of my 639-GB Macintosh hard drive is used. 320 GB of my 498-GB Tie Capsule is used. Only one backup ("now") exists for the Time Capsule, which can no longer backup because of "insufficient space". How come? What is wrong?"

Thank you William for your most helpful response. I shall deal first with your three comments:
Not being tech savvy, I would not have been able to make that call myself but it sure makes sense.
I have updated my profiles as you suggest. Excellent tip.
This guidance is good. Being new to Apple Support Communities, I did not find the field a labeling and guidance to be clear, a point you make. Now I know, I shall do as you say and will use the small slim box as a header to the full message/question, which will place in the larger box below.
Secondly, I come to your question: Did anything change on your Mac recently, such as replacing the disk or main logic board?
The answer is “yes”. Two events have happened both of which concerned the Time Capsule:
The telephone company, with which I have access to the Internet and I have my email account, installed a new modum. After the technician left I had to try and get the Time Capsule and WiFi working again which ended with my having to call Apple for technical assistance. The Apple technician walked me through a number of procedural steps which effectively re-set up the Time Capsule.
Access to the Internet failed and the telephone company reset the modum. I had to call Apple again. This time the technician did not reset the Time Capsule but walked me through a number of steps tha included renaming the “site” (not the Time Capsule).
Another piece of information that may be relevant is that the MacBook Pro uses the Time Capsule for backup. Everything appears to be in order. When I enter the Time Capsule for this laptop I have backups going back for a long time.
Also, I do a weekly backup of the two computers onto another external hard drive using the Time Machine software. So I have another backup of both computers.

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