Time Capsule HD 2TB slow

I bought a new Airport Time Capsule yesterday, so I started to move all my music and video files, about 500Gb, suddenly started to run very slow, Finder app don't show what is inside the folder even if there is 2 or more files to show, what happened?, if when I started it was pretty good I could even stream a movie,
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Ayer compré una Time Capsule, y comencé a mover mi musica y videos, fueron como 500Gb, sin embargo, cuando intenté acceder a ellos por el Finder comenzó a ponerse lento y tardaba en mostrar el contenido de la carpeta. ¿Qué sucedió?
Si cuando comencé a transferir incluso pude ver una pelicula
Gracias

I am having this same issue trying to transfer files from my mac to the connected and shared HD. Odd is that the mac is connected to the time ATC by ethernet and the USB from ATC to its slaved HD. It start up transfers a few meg and then dozes off for 30 seconds or so. It shows over 2 hours to transfer 730mg. Its brand new and seems to have software issues or something... Anyone else having issues? Running Maverick

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I have a Time Capsule with 2tb of storage, and an I-Mac with 500Gb. (which is at capacity) Can I use the Time Capsule to store data in addition to backing up the hard drive?

I have a Time Capsule with 2tb of storage, and an I-Mac with 500Gb. (which is at capacity) Can I use the Time Capsule to store data from my hard drive that I want to access later in addition to backing up the hard drive?

Can I use the Time Capsule to store data from my hard drive that I want to access later in addition to backing up the hard drive?
Yes, but if you move the "original" data on your iMac to the Time Capsule....then the "original" data is now on the Time Capsule disk.
When...not if...the Time Capsule disk has a problem, you have no backups for this data.
Perhaps a much safer plan might be to add an external hard drive attached directly to your iMac. Then, move the data to that drive from the iMac.
Now, Time Machine will back up both your iMac and the external hard drive so you have "originals" on one drive and backups on another. Would that plan work for you?

Time Capsule disk access SLOW! 2TB - Dual band

I have a Time Capsule (2TB, Dual Band, Firmare at 7.4.2)
Its been working like a dream, backing up 3 Macs for the last 8 months.
I also use it for connecting two or three other disks via USB and then making those accessible over the LAN, and there is also about 100GB of data on the Time capsule disk itself that i use as a dump for files so i can get to them from anywhere on my LAN.
Lately I started to notice EXTREMELY slow disk access, even when i am connected via ethernet (1000 base) - and equally when I am connected via wifi (n)
for example, copying over a 2Mb photo can take minutes when it should take seconds.
i've been trying to figure out whats going on here for a while and so i checked out the sizes of the backup files.. the sparseimages that time machine creates.
one of them was nearly 1TB, while another was around 500GB and the other was around 120GB
that plus my data meant there was only about 300GB free on the 2TB disk.
I have a feeling the slowness could be down to extreme fragmentation of the drive... ??
so i decided to dump the backup files and copy off my other data and do a erase of the disk and start again.. but get this.. i can't even delete the 1TB file ! I have been trying for about 3 days now and it just will not delete.. i get the Deleting msg box and it just sits there, literally ALL night...
i know it isn't just hanging on the Mac (10.6.4) because deleting the other two images also took a long time (but not this long!)
i can't just wipe the disk now because i can't get my other data off either.. I have tried copying it over the network and onto a USB disk connected directly to the Time Capsule, but 3 days later and i'm still copying files..
to put some context into this, I copied over 1.8Gb today and it took about 4 hours...
has anyone had this problem before?? what on earth is going on?? is it down to fragmentation, or something else?? the TC has been working fine up until a few weeks ago when i started to notice slow speed.
any ideas ?
thanks
Adam

if anyone ever has this issue ....
it must have been EXTREME fragmentation. I bought another 2TB external disk, connected it to the TC, did a complete archive, which took around 24 hours... then i wiped the TC and put stuff back... it now works fine again...

Time Capsule connection is slow.

I want to connect both my iMac and a windows PC laptop to the TC. The PC needs to connect via wireless, however the iMac is sitting close enough to connect via cable. When I use the TC to join a wireless network, both computers can connect, however file transfer between the TC and iMac or PC is extremely slow. I have tried connecting the TC to the iMac with a cat 5 cable and transfer is ok (still not the fastest) however the PC can not find the TC over the wireless network. Any sugestions? I thought connecting the TC via cable to my Belkin router to exend the wireless network would help, however this does not seem to work at all.
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Hello Bob,
Excuse me jumping in here (first time I've posted on any discussion) but I am trying to understand what is wrong with my Time Capsule set up. With limited technical knowledge I usually find the newer Apple products easy to install and use, but since buying a TC this week (2TB) to back up my MacBook Pro at home I am not finding enough information in the install guide to assist. I have approx 400 gb to back up, have excluded several items now to reduce it to 230 GB but it is still so slow via wireless that it is going to take at least 3 or 4 days to run the first back up. I understood that the first back up takes longer than usual, so connected an ethernet cable to hopefully make it faster. I am not convinced that the cable is even making any difference and now reading your comment below, am thinking I have to disconnect from the wireless connection so that the Ethernet works. IS this correct? I then assume I have to go back in after the first back up and re-set it to connect wirelessly?
When the TC is configured to "join a wireless network", the device performs no routing functions, so the Ethernet ports are disabled. All backups occur over wireless only, (even if you have an Ethernet cable connected)
To be honest I am not questioning myself as to why I bought the TC as I do not need it for any wireless connection (we already have a fast wireless service in the house) but just want to regularly back up my work on this MacBook.
thank you.

First time machine backup from MacBook Pro 13" (early 2011) on time capsule is extremely slow - unusable!

I recently bought a Time Capsule 2TB.
First I set it up to create a new wifi network parallel to my existing wifi network. The first Time Machine backup on my MBP 13 connected via ethernet cable finished overnight (under 10 hrs for about 150 GB), as expected.
Then I found that my MBP was logging into my old network more often than to the time capsule network so that backups were not being made regularly. So I re-configured the Time Capsule to extend the exisitng network - all fine. Except that now Time Machine said it couldn't find the existing backup. After trying logging out and in, etc. I eventually deleted that sparsebundle to force Time Machine to start again new.
Now I get an estimated time of 2 - 3 days for the first backup - even via ethernet cable. Sometimes it hangs up and says something like 4000 days... I can't afford to hook my MBP up to the time capsule or even stay at home for this time to let it finish, and I know it should be faster than that!
I've tried a few of the tips I found so far in the forums, such as excluding my home folder from Spotlight, or even turning Spotlight off, but nothing has helped so far. Perhaps I missed some important step on the way.
Can anyone give me a reliable step by tep method to solve this problem. I don't want a geeky workaround, I want to plug in (o better, be in my wifi network) and make the backup work like Time Machine is supposed to do it. And I would like to keep on using Spotlight, too.
Thanks in advance!
Robin

Unless you have a desktop Mac you can back up to over your network, your choices are:
Spend a bunch on a Time Capsule, kind of a waste if you already have a wireless router.
Spend $100 or so on an external HD and have some inconvenience until Iomega updates.
Risk losing all your data.
It's your call, but a no-brainer to me.
Better: get a portable external. Once you get the Iomega working, start making regular "clones" to the portable and take it off-site so you're also protected against fire, flood, theft, etc.

I have two time capsules (1TB, 2TB) and want to use one for another set of Macs (my Family). How do I set both up and keep all the Macs from joining both Time Capsules?

I Have two Time Capsules (1TB and 2TB) and want to set one for business and the other for family - networking seperate Macs to each.

Both should be plugged into the network with ethernet.. if at all possible.
If you have a router already then both bridged otherwise one set to router and one to bridge.
How do you access the TC? Ethernet or wireless?
Are they located in the same area?
You could set different wireless networks.. if they use wireless.. this is nice easy way to do it.
You can set user account in the TC you want the business one to join with.. that will prevent access by the family.
So there is a number of ways.. none are particularly secure btw.. the TC is a home not a business device.. if anybody wants access they press the reset for one second.. pofff all the passwords are default for 5min.. to allow people who forget their password to get access.
On ML you can encrypt TM backups.. this is better for security if that is the problem.. and still use different user profile to prevent access.

Time Capsule access is slow

I started this on a separate thread, 'cause my problem seems to differ a bit from most reported here.
After updating to Lion, I noticed that file transfers to the Time Capsule disk are much slower. I'm not talking about Time Machine backups as most people have noticed (these, believe it or not, have now gone back to normal speeds after the first slow backups), but manually transferring a file onto the disk. It takes me around 15 minutes to transfer a 100MB file - and the progress bar is highly irregular! These slow speeds happen both via Ethernet or via wifi...
Really not sure what my options could be on this one. It takes longer to transfer a file to my TC disk connected via Ethernet than to transfer it to another Mac on the same network via wifi! My other Macs (Snow Leopard machines) on the network can access the Time Capsule disk at normal speeds, even via wifi!
Thanks for any input on this!

Hi Pedro,
I'm having the exact same issue as you, whilst transfering files using finder to the Time Capsule or a USB drive attached to the Time Capsule it used to be quick really quick specially via Ethernet connection, after upgrading to Lion the speed is appaling and it can come to a stand still. I have a 100gb iTunes collection on the disk that used to work fine with Snow Leopard now I can't access it. Same goes for the multiple iPhoto collections I have there.
I have tried to format USB drive and Time Capsule HD as well it did not help. Sometimes the transfers can take ages other times they just stop and Finder can be seen on activity monitor as being hanged.
To rule out a problem with the Time Capsule I connected the Mac at work to a windows network I logged in and presto! All network transfers were bad in terms of speed, really bad!
Decided to re-install Lion from scratch but alas the problem is still there.... appareltly Lion 10.7.1 is coming quicker than previously thought....

My time capsule is definetly slow

Hello all!
I just bought a 1TB time, very nice item, but I'm really upset for its performances, it's really too slow.
I warmly hope it's cause my configurations otherwise I've to return it to apple so I hope I can get some good suggestion from you skilled users. My home network is so composed:
I have a modem router with 3 imac connected to it, then in the forth port it's connected the cable with the time capsule, where I plugged it in the wan port. On the time capsule a mac mini is connected via cable, while an appletv and a laptop are connected via wireless. There is also a hard disk on the usb port. Before the TC I was using to share internet via wireless from the mac mini.
The time capsule is set in the bridge mode, because I need to access to the mini from everywhere (my router is set with a nat). Now, accessing to the files stored on the hard disks connected to the TC the file transfer is really too slow, both wireless or cabled. for instance, just before I was unable to read fluently a movie having a rate of 3 Mbps!!! Shouldn't work this connection up to 1000Mbps??
So, my doubt concers my settings... it's correct to use the bridge mode or also passing data from devices connected to the TC, the data flow up to the router and then back?
Just in this way I can explain myself this slow behaviour!!
SO please, let me have a your feedbacks, any suggestion is warmly welcome!
Thank you alot!

I'm afraid I won't be of much help, as I only recently got my Time Capsule (mines working fine but I dont use bridged mode).
Have u enabled wireless n at the 5GHz range?
Airport Utility --> Airport --> Wireless --> Wireless Network Options --> [check] 5GHz network name
Open up Network Utility; what's your speed for Airport? When I didn't turn on 5GHz, it was at 54Mbit/s; now, it's 300 Mbit/s.
I'm not sure if this helps... if u get 3Mbps, then maybe u got a lemon, or there is something interfering... (personally, I had a AV transmitter that was also on channel 1, and that disrupted my wireless g)
Dunno... someone with more experience chime in pls!

Time Capsule became very slow

Hello all,
Yesterday I decided to connect my time capsule (1tb) to my mac mini with an ethernet cable (cat6) instead of the wireless setup I have been using for quite some time. At first the transfer rate was high, as I expected, but then after an hour or two it became immensly slow. A file from 50mb would take over 30 minits to transfer from my timecapsule to the mac mini and vice versa.
I changed the timecapsule setup throught the airport configuration tool, but the only thing increasing the speed was to change the setting for the ethernet - wan - port to 1000 mb/s, however this ended in high transfer rates but I could no longer connect to the internet.
I started looking for solutions on the internet but all solutions did not solve my problem.
I changed the ACK from 3 to 0 without any results...
So that is why I posted this topic and I am desperately looking for help...

Are you reusing an old backup? That can be very slow.. you need to create a new backup for the new computer.
You need to figure out is this a general wireless issue.. or is it the TC just getting old.. a Gen2 is well past useby date.
Look at A1 here. http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Or is that what you have there. Doesn't look like what I see in the Log.
Test by copying a single large file to the TC.. say 1GB and checking the speed. If that is fast. then you need to figure the old backup is not working well.
Also test with an ethernet connection so you can determine the issue is wireless or not.. when you test with ethernet shut off the wireless so it is not going to have two paths to the same destination.

After installing Time Capsule internet connection slow

Since I installed Time Capsule on my Mac, my internet connection started acting up. The web browsing is VERY SLOW, and applications that are web-based no longer work properly. For instance, I have an EyeFi Wireless Explore SD card and the related EyeFi Manager software that allows me to wirelessly transfer my photos on the eyefi card to the eyefi website, as well as my photo service (Kodak Gallery or Flickr) and also transfers the photos to my Mac. Before I set up my Time Capsule, the eyefi system worked flawlessly. Now the uploads hang up and do not complete. I also have very slow progress trying to use my webmail, or loading webpages in general. I use the Safari browser.
My Time Capsule is set up as a separate wireless network, so I access the internet thru my original home wireless network. Is anyone having the same issues after installing Time Capsule, and does anyone have a solution?

Try doing a Safe Mode reboot by holding down the Shift key when you hear the start-up tone. When the progress bar appears you can release the key. A Safe Reboot will clear some of the caches, it's possible one became corrupt. If that doesn't work do both a SMC and PRAM reset, you may need to do each 2-3x.
SMC RESET
Shut down the computer.
Unplug the computer's power cord and all peripherals.
Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds.
Release the power button.
Attach the computers power cable.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.
PRAM RESET
Shut down the computer.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on the computer.
Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
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Time Capsule fast backup, SLOW internet!

I hope someone can help me with this issue...it seems like it only just started a few days ago.
So I have a 1TB time capsule and the wireless backup is really fast..like multiple MB/s.
However, the internet surfing speed is really slow. YET, downloading speeds are relatively fast. It just seems like safari, firefox, AND chrome take an abnormally long time loading webpages. Is anyone else having this problem, or am I just crazy?? :/
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks ahead!

Your not alone, there a loads of peaople out there with the same problem. I've got the same problem too. Only recently has this problem manifested itself.
There a few suggested solutions on the internet, most seem to be with adding open DNS addresses in your network config panel. This hasn't resolved my issues. Others suggest adding a linksys router between the modem and Time Capsule...but spending more money on known problem doesn't seem the way to go. Wish I could help...

Time capsule ethernet transfer slow

I have a new 3 tb time capsule. I have used it to back up my mac before doing a fresh install. I also transfered my large 250gb iphoto library via ethernet cable to the time capsule in a seperate folder. When I completed the new install of mountain lion I used migration assistant to transfer the base data and then individually transfered documents and sub folders with minial fuss. 50 gb taking 1hr. I am now trying to transfer the iphoto library and it is giving me a 7-22 days transfer time. This makes no sense, please advise.

Time estimates are displayed using the current connection rate.
It is normal for the backup to start quite slowly as it tries to analyze all of the data to be backed up or transferred, and then speed up significantly for the bulk of the transfer and then slow down a bit toward the end of the backup.

Time capsule is very slow on wired Ethernet - tested from multiple sources

I purchased a 2 TB Time Capsule today. I want to use it for automatic backups of my Macbook, and I also want to use it to store files from my Windows PC's.
My TC is connected to my network using wred Ethernet only (Wireless is disabled in the TC)
My problem is that transferring files to the TC is incredibly slow. I have been doing some research and found lots of articles that talk about wireless interference and various problems with interoperability between WiFi flavors. None of these would seen to apply as I am using only wired Ethernet to transfer my files.
I also found a couple of discussions that describe how to make a change to the Mac's TCP/IP configuration to avoid a strange network condition slowing things down. This solution doesn't seem applicable as I am seeing the performance problem regardless of where I copy files FROM (I have a mixed environment with Windows and Linux and Mac systems)
Also, I am aware that the inital backup with Time Machine will be slow but I don't think that's relevant to my situation.
My TC is configured for file sharing so I can read and write files from my various Windows systems on the network. When I copy a set of large files to the TC, I see a typical transfer rate of 5 - 6 MB / Second. To me, this is completely abnormal and here is why: When I copy the same files, from the same Windows system, to a server on my network I get about 60 MB / second or about 10 times the transfer rates.
The TC is running firmware 7.4.2.
What gives?
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I also had the same issue. My Time Capsule was connect to the Linksys router WAG325N. I had a wireless network broadcasted from the Linksys and a different one from the Time Capsule. When connected to the TIme Capsule wireless network i pinked the Linksys router and got 10% to 30% pack loss. When i pinked the Time Capsule i got 0% loss. I used the AirPort Utility and changed the "Internet" "Ethernet WAN Port" from automatic to "10 Mbps/Full Duplex" and this seem to fix the slow internet.
I guess the Linksys and Time Capsule as issues with port speed negotiation.

Time Capsule Backup gets slower and finally stops!!! HELP!

Hi,
I am using since a view years an Airport Extreme (as base station, connected to the internet modem) and an Airport Express as network extension.
Because of backup requirements I bought some days ago a 1GB Timecapsule and setup the network "from the scratch". Now the Timecapsule is connected to the internet modem as primarily base station and the other two devises help to extend the network all over my house. This is working fine.
BUT: the backup with time machine does not work. I started with my MacBook with 57GB data to be backuped. The process started via air promising (quite fast), but slowed down later on. And finally, it breaks up, often even with restarting the whole laptop. I did not yet succeed in the initial backup of this MacBook!
Can anyone help me? Can I do something wrong with the standard adjustments on the network via the Airport Utility SW? Why is the data transfer slowing down?
Funny enough, I had a similar effect some months age when I tried to use an external HD connected to my MacMini. At that point in time I thought that the issue is because of using a separate MacMini or a separate, external HD. That was also the reason why I decided to buy the integrated system from Apple: Time Capsule.
Matthias
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Hi,
I am using since a view years an Airport Extreme (as base station, connected to the internet modem) and an Airport Express as network extension.
Because of backup requirements I bought some days ago a 1GB Timecapsule and setup the network "from the scratch". Now the Timecapsule is connected to the internet modem as primarily base station and the other two devises help to extend the network all over my house. This is working fine.
BUT: the backup with time machine does not work. I started with my MacBook with 57GB data to be backuped. The process started via air promising (quite fast), but slowed down later on. And finally, it breaks up, often even with restarting the whole laptop. I did not yet succeed in the initial backup of this MacBook!
Can anyone help me? Can I do something wrong with the standard adjustments on the network via the Airport Utility SW? Why is the data transfer slowing down?
Funny enough, I had a similar effect some months age when I tried to use an external HD connected to my MacMini. At that point in time I thought that the issue is because of using a separate MacMini or a separate, external HD. That was also the reason why I decided to buy the integrated system from Apple: Time Capsule.
Matthias
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Time Capsule is EXTREMELY slow.

So I have had my time machine for about two years now, and everything has been going great. I have it set up on a WDS network with my b/g Airport Express, both broadcasting at 11mbps. I do have it set to 2.4 hz even though I have two wireless phones one the same frequency, and I plan on changing that as soon as I get a b/g/n Airport express to replace the b/g one. Recently however I upgraded my internet speed. I should be getting 25mbps download and about 15 upload (or more). However wirelessly I only get less then 1 mbps down load and 3 mbps upload. All this is based on speedtest.net. I did notice that my ethernet wire running to my time capsule is dry and un-wrapping. that shouldn't make a difference though. Does anyone know how I can fix this and regain the speed I should be getting?
~LA

SlippySlope wrote:
I've only had my Time Capsule a few months now (previously I used to Time Machine and backup to a portable HD) and recently the hourly backup process has just choked my processor down to the point that the computer becomes unusable. In fact, to the point that I just turned Time Machine off a few minutes ago. I don't know wether it is the Airport or the Time Machine software or the Time Capsule but something is not right.
First, try a +*Repair Disk*+ on your backups, via #A5 in the Time Machine - Troubleshooting *User Tip,* also at the top of the +Time Machine+ forum.
If that doesn't help, note whether the size of the backups is reasonable, considering what you've done since the last one. If the backups seem too large, see #D4 in the Troubleshooting Tip. It lists some of the common culprits, and a way to determine just what's being backed-up so you can take the appropriate action.
If the backups are still too slow, see #D2 in the same place.

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