Time Capsule fan always on

I just upgraded my 1st generation 1TB Time Capsule to a brand new 2TB TC. After 3 days, the fan came on full-blast and wouldn't spin down. Even when the TC was in a resting state, the fan remained on full-blast.
I tried resetting the TC. I tried powering it down and leaving it off for an hour before powering it back on. Neither fixed this issue.
I swapped it out and the new one was fine for 5 days, but the fan is now back on.
I'm wondering if anyone else has experience with this? I suppose I could've gotten 2 bad TCs in a row, but I'm starting to think this is a problem with the heat sensor that could be fixed with a firmware update. I don't want to deal with swapping out a 3rd if I'm going to end up with another noisy Time Capsule.

update: Using AirPort Utility, I rebooted the Time Capsule. This immediately caused the fan to spin back down. I remember this worked once with the first 2TB TC, but the fan eventually started blasting again. I'm curious to see how this holds up.
Either way, I'm fairly convinced that this is a firmware issue as I doubt the temperature inside my TC changed so drastically in the 5 seconds it took to reboot as to dramatically change the speed of the fan. This tells me that the fan speed was unnecessary to begin with and something should be done to fix the sensor.

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I am assuming that you have one of the new 802.11ac Time Capsules ... correct? If so, the internal fan on these base stations are thermally controlled and would run when required.
This would, most likely, mean one of at least two things: 1) The ambient temperature around the TC is too high, or 2) The thermal circuit that controls the fan is faulty.
Be sure that you are providing adequate space around the TC for proper cooling and that you are placing it on a flat surface as the fan exhaust is on the bottom of the unit.

HT3728 my time capsule its always slashing orange led even though we are connected to wireless and storege

he,i have time capsule that and it doesnt turn the green light even thouhg we are connected to wireless and its storage........

Flashing is asking for your attention.. the actual issue could be trivial.. or major.
Open Airport utility.. look at status.. click on status or the amber led.. it will list the problem/s

Set up printer connected to Time Capsule via USB and print without WiFi

Is there any way to do this? We use a Time Capsule for daily backups, for both Mac and PCs, and have a printer that we would like to share between all of them. Before, we had the printer connected to a PC as this allowed both PCs and Macs to print to it, but of course the PC had to be on. For whatever reason, when we plugged the printer into a Mac, the PCs couldn't connect or print.
From what Apple has told me, I have two options:
1. Share the printer via WAN, which is not desirable, as any other office could then print to our printer.
2. Create a hidden, password-protected, wireless network. This causes problems for two reasons. Firstly, we are not permitted to "extend" the network, and by creating a wireless network and attaching it onto the ethernet network, we are basically doing that. Secondly, if we did create this wireless network, computers that connected to the network to be able to see the printer would then default to the wireless network for internet access, rather than the ethernet connection.
If I am misunderstanding something, or someone has an idea of how to password protect a printer connected to a Time Capsule without using wifi, I would greatly appreciate it.

Sharing via WAN through the Time Capsule, for whatever reason, is not password protected. Any computer in our building can see the printer, and use it. When we were sharing the printer through the PC / Bonjour, when setting up the printer on a new machine, a valid username and password from the connected PC was required.
I should add that the purpose of trying to share this via the Time Capsule, rather than the PC, is that the Time Capsule is always on, and we notice an increase in performance when the PCs are powered down regularly.

How do I connect Airport Time Capsule to a Windows Vista Machine?

I was going NUTS trying connect my new Airport Time Capsule v6.xxx to an older Vista Home machine. I searched these posts for an answer and found nothing remotely helpful. After trying a million different things...
Here is how I did it:
Open Airport Utility
Finder>Applications>Utilities>Airport Utility
Click on the image of the Airport Time capsule
Go to top of screen menu Click on EDIT in the little dialog box that pops up once you click EDIT look to the top of the screen and click on BASE STATION
Click on SHOW PASSWORDS, Carefully note the really long WPA Pre Shared Key code for "xxxx"
Go to your Vista machine and down at the bottom you will see you network connection icon. It looks like two computer monitors and a globe. Click once on it and open NETWORK and SHARING CENTER
Click once on SET UP A NETWORK CONNECTION > NEXT > WIRELESS> SET UP CONNECTION OR NETWORK> MANUALLY CONNECT TO A WIRELESS NETWORK>NEXT
Now enter the network name as you set it up in the Airport Utility and then enter the 64 digit WPA PRE SHARED KEY CODE in the SECURITY KEY/PASSPHRASE box
Click NEXT...Your Vista machine should say searching for IP address then it should connect to the Airport. I hope this saves someone the hours I spent messing with this. Good Luck!!!

I just want to extend the system with the time capsule.
Always worries me when I see that..
Do you mean wirelessly extend.. it won't work.. not just because the WRT54GS is G wireless (super G is just extended G)... but because it is not apple router.. apple can only extend wireless between routers that are apple.
You can plug the TC into the linksys via ethernet.. and run it as an AP .. use the same wireless name.. ie ssid and security but use and lock a different wireless channel.. that is better by far as it is then N wireless. you can also set 5ghz to a different name and use that for 5ghz capable stuff.
You can use EOP adapters if you cannot run ethernet but doing it via wireless.. is really not worth it.
Why don't you put the TC in place of the WRT.. and load dd-wrt on the Linksys and use that in universal repeater mode.. that would work.

Is there any downside to using a reference type library if I use Time Capsule and will do file management only from within Aperture?

Have done a lot of reading to get prepared to convert to Aperture 3 and have this question regarding setting up my library type.
I'm not a professional -just a heavy user hobbyist.
It appears that the major factors in using reference style is to backup the images with Time Capsule and always do moves or deletes from within the Aperture application.
If my architecture matters here's what I have that may be involved in photo management and editing:
iMac (latest 27" high power version with lots of memory)
Internal 2TB HD where the library is stored
External (FireWire) 2TB HD where the images are stored
External (FireWire) 6TB HD backup drive
In the future an iPad for remote work on images (when/if available) and a Mac laptop (for same remote use)
I see major downside issues to letting the library manage my files - such as inaccessibility (or awkward accessibility) to the images for other programs, and performance issues when the library gets large (thousands of images or 100+ gb in size)
The chief complaints I've seen regarding using a reference mode is the broken link issues created if file management is done outside of Aperture (adds, deletes, moves of files) and the inability to use the Vault function for backup.
One feature that I imagine I'd like to have is maximum integration with Final Cut Pro X and that's one area I haven't seen much on and would be interested to hear about if that integration is affected with the choice of managed vs referenced library types. (I like to produce film clips that are combinations of pics and video and want to be set up so that is done in the easiest fashion when working in FCP X)
I'm sure I've not seen all sides of this issue and would like to see some discussion around this question.
Thanks to everyone contributing!
Craig

Goody, Goody, you hit a few of my favorite subjects! Herewith some comments, with the usual caveats - true to the best of my knowledge and experience, others may have different results, YMMV, and I could be wrong.
I run Aperture on two machines:
-- 2007 Mac Pro with 2x2.66 GHz Xeon, 21 GB of RAM, a 5770 GPU, and multiple HD. I have about 11,000 images, taking up 150 GB. (Many are 100 MB TIFF, scanned slides)
-- 2006 Mac Book Pro with 1 2.0 GHz Core Duo, 2 GB of RAM and a 240 GB SSD.
Two very different machines.
-- Aperture Libraries are all the same - Managed or Referenced. If Managed, then the Master image files are inside the Package, if Referenced, they are outside, and you can have any combination you want. Managed is easier, but Referenced is not hard if you are the least bit careful.
-- While the sheer size of an Aperture Library is not a big issue, the location on disk of the different components can have a tremendous impact on performance.
-- Solid State Drives (SSD) read and write faster than regular Hard Disks (HD) and, what is more important, empty HD read and write much faster than full HD.
-- Aperture speed requires a combination of RAM, CPU, graphics processing unit (GPU) speed, and disk speed. The more RAM you have, the less paging you will see. With enough RAM, the next bottle neck is CPU (speed and cores) and GPU speed. But even then you will still have to fetch an image (longer if you pull the full resolution Master, read and rewrite the Version file, and update the Preview and Thumbs.
So what works?
-- RAM, RAM, and more RAM. 4 GB will work, but you will page a bit. 8 GB is much faster. On my old MacPro the sweet spot was about 16 GB of RAM.
-- Keep your Library on your fastest (usually internal) drive. Keep that disk as unloaded as possible. How do you keep it unloaded? Either buy BIG, 1 TB+ or move your Masters off onto another disk. The good news here is that as Master files are written only once and never rewritten, speed of this disk, as opposed to the disk that holds the Library, is not important. There is a one second pause as the Master is read into memory and, if you have enough RAM, that is it - the Master will never be paged out. If, on the other hand, you do not have enough RAM, and you do a lot of adjusting at full resolution, then the speed of the disk that holds your Masters will become very important due to paging.
-- I found that I picked up a tiny bit of speed by keeping the Masters on a dedicated disk. Thus, in your configuration, if you can dedicate that 2 TB FW HD to your Masters, you should see very nice performance.
Final notes on backups and archives:
-- One conventional wisdom is that you should make an archive copy of every image file before or as you load them into your system. (Aperture in this case.) This archive is then never touched or deleted.
-- An alternative approach is that you do not keep such an archive, but only the images that you have in your Aperture Library. And when you delete from the Library, you no longer keep a copy anywhere.
I do the following:
-- Card to Aperture. Card is then kept at least 24 hours until all of my backups have run. (I use three - Time Machine, Clone, and off site.)
-- I do not keep archive copies. If I decide to delete a file, my only recourse is to recover it from Time Machine during the six month cycle of my Time Machine backups. Thereafter, it is lost.
There are merits to both approaches.
Hope this is clear, correct, and responsive to your needs.
DiploStrat

Airport express vs. time capsule vs. router

What is best to do?
My airport express is now connected to my router (speedtouch) and works very well.
Do I connect my newly bought time capsule to my router or keep this one wireless? Because with the airport express I can make use of airplay, which I have not connected yet, but would like to do.
I bought time capsule for wireless backup of several devices. This cannot be used a the moment, because I have to make a backup of my MacBookPro first before I update the software so that I can use the wireles backup application with my other devices.
I do not know how to start.
What is the effect on apple tv, none?
How do I get the most benefit from both airport express as well as time capsule.

We always recommend the initial backup by ethernet.. due to the time it takes and the lower reliability of wireless.
You can either do this with the TC disconnected from the network.. and just plugged straight into the computer.. or swap the Express for the TC. I presume you are running the speedtouch in router mode so bridge the TC.. and plug the computer by ethernet directly into a LAN port of the TC.
The above can be a permanent setup.. just tick the wireless can be extended in the TC.. and run the express in wireless bridge.. or you can also wire the express to the TC if you do not need the extra range.
Remember the TC is faster using gigabit and designed for main router role (even if you pass that to the express). The express still only uses 10/100 ethernet.. and is designed to supplement the wireless setup.
But there is nothing wrong with leaving the express as it is now only allow extend and then setup the TC to extend wireless from the express as that will also work well if the required connections are nearby and you can use ethernet to the TC.
I do not know how to start.
Have a go.. it is not like you are going to mess up. and cause something serious.
IMO.. have a try .. do not think there is one ideal. Switch and swap.. the best is what works well for you.
What is the effect on apple tv, none?
It has no affect on the ATV.
How do I get the most benefit from both airport express as well as time capsule.
Use ethernet whereever possible.
Avoid double hop wireless.. ie any use of extend by wireless and then another wireless hop introduces severe speed lags. Wireless cannot handle Tx and Rx at the same time.. it is half-duplex by nature. Also it is shared bandwidth.. Ethernet is superior in both areas.. every device has full bandwidth and full duplex.

Lion forgets time capsule password

Hi,
being a user of time capsule i have recently switched from file sharing with time capsule password to file sharing with user accounts (on the time capsule). Generally speaking it works quite well, however, when connecting to the time capsule, Lion always try use the old credentials, i always have to enter user account and password manually to get it working, even when i choose the option to save this information to the keyring, Lion still tries to connect using the old(wrong) credentials. I have not found a solution yet, any suggestions?
greetings
michael

There is no reset.. soft hard or factory that will affect data on the hard disk.

Time Capsule Stopped Working Without Warning

I purchased my iMac & Time Capsule (802.11n) back in 2006. Last Wednesday (17 Mar 2010) evening, and without any type of warning, the capsule stopped working. The little green light went out and I have not been able to get it running since. My DSL connection runs through the capsule to the computer. Thus, I have not been able to go online. I'm a family history researcher and I need my Mac for email, research, and family websites. I might also add that I'm NOT a computer nerd; I'm just an older lady with basic computer knowledge, and I need it to work.
I've had to dust off my old unreliable windows based pc, set it all up again, download updates to the Ya-Ya, set up another email addy ([email protected]) - just to be able to get online to find out what I can or should do with this problem.
Can anyone help me please?
Thanks! TJ

I also had a TC fail. However, I did the mod with the fan to keep it cool (http://sites.google.com/site/lapastenague/a-deconstruction-of-routers-and-modems /apple-time-capsule-repair/apple-time-capsule-fan-mod), and then it failed a month later.
I changed the capacitors on the powersupply board of the TC with instructions from: http://sites.google.com/site/lapastenague/a-deconstruction-of-routers-and-modems /apple-time-capsule-repair/apple-time-capsule-repair-type2
Now it is back up and running, will see how long it lasts.
BTW I went to MacMall in Santa Monica, CA and I was told since I did the fan mod, I lost any chance at a warranty repair/exchange.
My advice: try and get a new one from Apple before you do anything, and do not do the fan mod, it does not completely prevent the failure.... and then one is out of luck with regards to Applecare. Apparently, you can attach the TC to any Applecare/warranty that you have for an Apple CPU. So, if you are under warranty with any CPU, the age of the TC is not an issue (according to my readings).
Good luck....

Is it ok to leave Time Capsule on all the time?

Hi
Is it ok in terms of the life of the hard drive to leave Time Capsule on all the time? I know it has to be on to run the wireless back ups and for the Wi-Fi to work but i have heard quite alot of people saying that you should turn it off for a couple of hours occasionally.
Is this true and will that increase the TC life?
Thanks

drummer_91 wrote:
Yeah it definatly spins down but it does get super hot?
I thought that about no on/off switch.
Thanks for the advice.
Ouch super hot.. that is not good.. the only one in my experience that did get super hot was gen1 with 1TB hitachi disk.. because it was just a very poor combination and the disk is extremely hot running.
The latest gen3 and gen4 should be warm.. maybe hot during a backup but certainly not what you would call super hot. In later ones, that is a sign all is not well with the power supply and it will fail. Even fixing the cooling at this stage the damage may already be done.
What gen is yours and how old? If it is outside of warranty I would take steps to keep it cooler. Not shutting down overnight... actually actively cooling it.
The most effective way is to force the fan on.
https://sites.google.com/site/lapastenague/a-deconstruction-of-routers-and-modem s/apple-time-capsule-repair/apple-time-capsule-fan-mod
Placing fans outside the TC is useless unless you can seal it to the device and force air through it. blowing on the case will do nothing.
A better solution is to use an external power supply.
https://sites.google.com/site/lapastenague/a-deconstruction-of-routers-and-modem s/apple-time-capsule-repair/cisco-adp-30rb-4pin-molex
That removes a lot of the waste heat load.

Time machine eventually complains about a missing time capsule

In my environment I have the following scenario.
     - Several apple computers are running ML in my network. All of these mashines are configured to use time mashine to do backups to the same set of time capsules.
     - I do use 3 (three) time capsules for backup. One is always stationary, while the 2 others are exchanged in a fixed interval (a couple of weeks). One
        time capsule is always at an external place. The plan is to have a a maximum data loss of a couple of weeks.
Everything is almost running fine. Every hour time mashine is doing backup up to a different disk. The missing time capsule is skipped. But over the sudden
sometimes a time mashine dialog appears, telling me that it could not backup for so many days because the backup disk is missing. The problem is,
there will be no further backup until this dialog is ackknowledged.
I have no idea what situation will trigger this event. I do fear that my unattended server will stop backing up and I do not realize it. Or is this triggered by
some application program which interacts with time mashine?
Any comments are welcome.

You are right, it is good to have diversive backup strategies. I do have others as well - but this is a diffrent story.
I am wondering: am I the only one who uses multiple TC's with one TM?
It is normal bahaviour, that if one backup disk could not be found, TM will use next one. The question is, what
causes TM to complain about a missing disk and stating that there was no backup for say 10 days. The last
successful backup is one hour old. In 99,9% it is working as expected, but once and a while this behavior is showing up.
I am curious to find out if it is a bug in TM or some combination with other programs.

How do I stop the IP address on my Time capsule from changing

I am running 2 security camera's that run on DHCP. I need to enter my IP address plus the camera name as the URL to view. But the IP address on my Time Capsule keeps changing. How do I stop this from happening?

Welcome to the discussions, GimpyRich!
But the IP address on my Time Capsule keeps changing. How do I stop this from happening?
The IP address is issued to the Time Capsule by your internet service provider and it is normal for it to change from time to time, sometimes daily.
You should ask your internet service provider if they can furnish you with a "Static" IP address so that the Time Capsule will always have the same IP address.
If your provider offers this option, there will likely be an additional fee for this service.

Time Capsule only Wireless?

I'm going over seas soon and I won't always have good internet for a wireless connection. Can I move data from my macbook to my time capsule without the wireless network? I'm mostly concerned about using my time capsule for an external harddrive.

The Time Capsule will always need WiFi, but you seem to be confused between WiFi and the Internet. WiFi is simply a local area network, it is not reliant on the speed of your Internet connection.

Insulation Material for Time Capsule PSU Repair

Hello
I have on of the Time Capsule with an broken PSU. Because Apple has no Extended Repair I decided to repair it myself.
It was no problem to fix the electronic parts of the PSU. I replaces 2 Caps and the TC works fine. Now I need to refit it again in the Case. My problem is that the black Insulation of the PSU was so porous that it broke in a dozen pieces.
Now I looking for an alternative material that I can use. I am afraid that when I close the TC the PSU will shorten with the Logic Board or the Aluminium Bottom Case. I was looking for "Mica Isolation Material" but nobody could supply me with it. Is their another material?
Does someone knows what Tempurature will be in the PSU (Celsius). I found this value nowhere in the NET
Pls. Help me to fit my TC together.
Regards
Gérard

The correct plastic is Mylar film..
But what I use is the highest quality and thickest overhead transparency film for color photocopy or lasers.. you can still easily purchase it in office suppliers.. I have a stack of HP one.. it is not quite as thick as the original material so I would double it up over the hot section of the supply. Use the old RF shield which is still ok as it is a metal coated plastic that doesn't go brittle.
If you log onto my website I have instructions there for repairing the power supply including the film.
https://sites.google.com/site/lapastenague/a-deconstruction-of-routers-and-modem s/apple-time-capsule-repair/apple-time-capsule-repair-type2
I have added the printer outline file to the bottom.. I print it through a standard b/w laser onto the color film. That gives you an accurate outline to cut around.
You could probably use B/W film instead but I found the colour film is thicker and higher grade.
I have both a pages and pdf version.. the problem with pdf is it resizes and it is essential that it print at exactly 100%.
The internal temperature of the supply is up to around 80degC to the hotspots in the supply.. main retifier diode.
See the infra-red shots here. https://sites.google.com/site/lapastenague/a-deconstruction-of-routers-and-modem s/apple-time-capsule-repair/apple-time-capsule-fan-mod/infra-red-pictures-of-tim e-capsule
But Chris has a shot of the TC supply opened.. not just the outside case temperature.
http://www.fackrell.me.uk/page4/page4.html
He has a peak temperature of 70C.. with the cover off.. so you can easily go another 10C with covers on.. anyway I think you should assume 80C as peak spot temperature on the covers. (Chris calls the hotest item a regulator but it is a diode in standard case you see regulator).
Colour laser film is rated to much higher temperature than this.. (fuser temp in the laser is up to 200C) but I have tested long term and it will become brittle same as the original. That is no problem as it is easy to print any number of copies.

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