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  • Okay so I set up my Time Capsule already and is now backing up 2 of my iMacs. Works great. What I want to know is how to use the TC to directly store files? I want to do this to delete some files but still have them on the TC for future reference..

    Okay so I set up my Time Capsule already and is now backing up 2 of my iMacs. Works great. What I want to know is how to use the TC to directly store files? I want to do this to delete some files on iMac 20inch but still have them on the TC for future reference..eg some movies on iTunes. I want to directly save them on the drive so I can delete them from iTunes and gain some storage. (Ps on iMac 20 inch (it's almost full - 320 GB) when I enter time machine, a tab comes up on finder which reads "Time Machine backups" it's able to be ejected like a disc or a connected device. On the iMac 20 inch, I dragged some files onto there as if using it like a hard drive. Is this the correct method? Then I went to my 27inch iMac and saw the "Time Machine Backups" hoping to see the files I dragged from the 20inch iMac. But the files were not there except a folder that said "Backups.backupdb". Can someone help me?

    It's not a good idea to use a network disk for both Time Machine backups and other things.  By design Time Machine will eventually consume all the space on its output disk, which will then cause problem for your other files.  I'd store those other files on an external disk connected to the Time Capsule.  The problem with that is that Time Machine will only back up files that are local to your Mac.  That means that you'll only have one copy of the files on or attached to your Time Capsule.
    By the way, you've been misled by poor field labeling on this forum into typing a large part of your message into the field intended for the subject.  In the future just type a short summary of your post into that field and type the whole message into the field below that.

  • I just did an Time Capsule firmware update and now my Time Capsule is dead.  What happened?

    I just did a Time Capsule firmware update and now my Time Capsule is dead.  What happened?

    tresbaileys wrote:
    it may be important to note that when I put my ear to the box I can still hear the HD spinning (although no lights are lit and it doesn't show in the airport utility).  Ideas??
    That is very bad.. how old is it??
    The Gen4 TC can die this way.. it is not usual but it happens.
    Leave it for several hours to cool off. Do a factory reset immediately when you try to restart it.
    The Factory Reset.
    Power down the TC.
    Hold in reset. and keep holding it in. Be Gentle! It is a tiny surface mount switch with a plastic lever.. Attempting to push it out the other side of the TC will not make the switch turn on better.
    (I fix TC and have several reset levers bent over and jammed or broken off).
    Power on the TC.. remember with the reset held in.. this needs three arms.. a friend or power switch you can get to with your feet..
    Keep holding in reset for about 10sec until the front LED flashes rapidly.
    Release reset and wait .. the boot will be slow as it deletes previous setting.. only from router side and pulls out the factory defaults. No files are deleted on the hard disk.. but the name of the TC may change.
    Tell me exactly what the LEDs do throughout this process.
    Both the main one at the front and the LED on the ethernet ports which should all flash during bootup.
    If it is less than a year.. of course Apple will replace under warranty.. 2 years in some places.. Europe .. places with stronger consumer laws. If you have applecare on a computer it should still cover the TC.
    I kind of doubt you are going to get this going again... but we can try.

  • How do I use Time Capsule for backup only over an existing network (or ethernet)

    Ok, first, I have been using Mac now for about 2 years and every little thing I do is much harder than advertised. I have yet to experience the mythical ease of Apple products.
    With that said, I was talked into buying this 2TB Time Capsule. Which right now seems to serve nicely as a very expensive paper weight.
    Here's what I am trying to do. I was told I could use this as a wireless backup. I have a cable modem and router in my house. I do not want to insert Time Capsule as the router. I would like to either hook it up to the existing network or have it just wireless. Whatever works best for backup use.
    I set the time capsule up to connect to an existing network. Which it did. Green light is on.
    When I select it as a backup drive in Time Machine, it works. However it does not back up. It will say Waiting to Backup and do nothing. If I select Back Up Now on Time Machine, it says it cannot find the disk.
    Is it possibly because I had used another backup disk prior and kept it? When I set the Time Capsule I selected to use both.
    I am at a loss. I am not a techie. And there are more options of use than the instructions cover.

    The problem is your method of connection I suspect.
    The TC was always designed to plug into the main router. It does not have to be in the same room but it has to be ethernet connected.
    Please post a few screenshots of the setup.. that makes it so much easier for me to work through it with you.
    Posting screenshots here is easy.. press the little camera and select the shot from finder.
    What I need is the summary page from your airport utility.. ie this one.
    Then click on edit button which I have highlighted and show me the tabs for Internet, Network and wireless. eg this is the internet. (show me the whole thing.. I have cut it off to keep it small).
    We can then work through the issues.

  • Hello, I have two questions on time capsule  I can only have it on my external hd files and free up my internal memory to my mac  I can use an external hard drive, in my case a lacie rugged as shared memory for my two computers

    Hello, I have two questions on time capsule  I can only have it on my external hd files and free up my internal memory to my mac  I can use an external hard drive, in my case a lacie rugged as shared memory for my two computers

    I have a mackbook pro and an iMac if I buy a time capsule 2tb airport, I can use it with time machine and what would be the best way to use it.
    There is no particular setup required for TM.. both computers will create their own backup sparsebundle which is like a virtual disk.. Pondini explains the whole thing if you read the reference I gave you.
    and how to use time capsule airport whit other external hd to use my old lacie airport with the new time capsule
    Up to you.. you can plug the external drive into the TC and enjoy really slow file transfers or you can plug it into your computer and use it as external drive.. which is faster than the TC.. and TM can include it in the backup.
    Again everything is explained in the reference.. you are not reading it.

  • My time capsule says it only has 473.24 gb for my back up of 534gb.  the only back up I can access when I enter the time machine was yesterdays so what has happened?

    my time capsule says it only has 473.24 gb for my back up of 534gb.  the only back up I can access when I enter the time machine was yesterdays so any idea what is happening? I have the latest irmware update.
    Marmimag

    There is an issue with latest Lion update.. it is killing TM.
    https://discussions.apple.com/message/19858557#19858557
    Otherwise check via the airport utility if there is something else using space on the hard disk.

  • Time Machine is Read Only

    I keep getting a message that my Time Machine is "Read Only." I have also got a message later that "The disk "Backup Brad's Mac" is not repairable by this computer. You must back up the data and reformat the disk as soon as possible."
    I reset Time Capsule, but still get the same messages. What gives?
    Message was edited by: Brad Purvis

    Brad,
    Unfortunately, your going to have to reformat the TCs hard disk. While there are some convoluted procedures to recover from this error, for the average user they simply are not worth it. Just reformat and start over.
    *Reformat the TC Hard Disk*
    You can reformat the hard disk in the Time Capsule.
    Go to Airport Utility --> Manual Setup --> Disks --> Highlight "Time Capsule Disk" on the left --> Click "Erase" on the right.
    Rename the disk and select the level secure erasure. You're done and ready to begin backing up again.
    I would suggest connecting the TC directly to your Mac via ethernet. Your initial full backup will go much faster and doesn't fail nearly as often as trying to do it wirelessly. “If you have an Ethernet cable, you can perform your first backup to your Time Capsule via Ethernet; this will allow for the fastest initial backup especially with client computers that use 802.11b or 802.11g.” http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1176
    Hope this is helpful.
    Cheers!

  • Qwest Q100 Modem + Time Capsule + Airport Express = only wireless working

    I have been reading other similar topics and havent quite got the exact fix I am looking for.
    Goal: I have qwest DSL, i have a Qwest Q100 modem from them, it has one ethernet port, i have that port going into my TC, and the TC being a wireless router, I also have a slingbox(ethernet), directv receiver(ethernet), and xbox(wirelessly) connected to the TC. On another floor, I have an airport express connected to the TC extending the network and ethernet coming out of it into another directv receiver(id like to add a ethernet switch to this and add another slingbox and blu ray all via ethernet) I also plan on adding another airport express in the basement and hooking up similar items via ethernet.
    Problem: NOTHING thats hooked up via ethernet works, everything hooked up wirelessly works perfectly.
    I have the dsl/ppp login details from qwest. I am assuming from what I am reading I need to bridge and make the TC control the ppp login.
    the TC sees the items connected, as does the Q100. but no data what so ever via the ethernet ports on the TC or the APE, but the APE extends the wireless network perfectly.
    I am basically looking for what I need to do on the Q100 and what I need to do on the TC for it to work with the wireless and the ethernet all over.
    Thanks for any advice and help! I Greatly appreciate it!

    would i be better off with the wireless model they offer?
    It would simplify things a bit. I did not check the specs. I doubt that it offers dual band wireless, so you'll probably be turning the wireless function off to use the Time Capsule wireless.
    the only mention i can find in the modem is "ipoe transparent bridging" in relation to bridging or anything of that sort.
    The simplest form of bridge mode is probably what you need. It will take some experimentation unless some other users have done this before you and happen to see this post.
    it seems like it may just be easier to get their wireless modem, plug into it directly for ethernet items
    That will work
    qwest is of little help, i get "we do not support networking" responses when i talk with them.
    Expect zero help from any provider. All they want to do is say "everything looks good to the modem. After that, we have no responsibility for anything".
    run the TC off of it instead of as a wireless network, and make the airport express extend that modems network instead of TC's?
    The Express will only extend the TC's network. It's not compatible with the other wireless router for this purpose.
    is that practical at this point?
    It's an option and there will always be plusses and minuses. Plus is easy connectivity. Minus is that you won't be able to use the Guest Network feature of the TC if you were planning to use that feature. I'm pretty sure the TC will have a far better dual band wireless section, so you probably won't use the wireless at all on the provider's device.
    If it were me, I would try to make bridge mode on the modem work. Then you'll have all the options available on the TC. I run things that way here, but don't use Quest, so can't comment on their modem.

  • Set sharing on system to read only now computer wlll not boot up

    set sharing on system to read only now computer wlll not boot up

    Hello skiboat2, 
    Because the permissions have been changed, you will need to put them back to what they were before. One of the ways to do that is to reinstall your OS X to make sure that everything permission wise gets put back to what it needs to be to work properly. Based of to the operating system that you say you have, I have provided the steps for reinstalling Snow Leopard. When doing this, it does not overwrite your personal data; it only touches the operating system. 
    Mac OS X 10.6: Reinstalling Mac OS X
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH6606
    Regards,
    -Norm G.  

  • AirPort Time Capsule. Read everything and tried everything. Can't get a guest network to work. Switched from bridge mode and still doesn't work. Anyone able to set up a guest network?

    AirPort Time Capsule. Read everything and tried everything. Can't get a guest network to work. Switched from bridge mode and still doesn't work. Anyone able to set up a guest network?

    I had a bright house cable modem that also had built-in wi-fi.
    Don't mean to be picky here, but if the "modem" had built in Wi-Fi, it was not a modem. It was a modem/router, also known as a gateway type of device.
    A device like this combines the functions of a separate modem and separate router in one package. Turning off the wireless on a device like this does not make a it modem.....it is still a modem/router or gateway with the WiFi turned off.
    I think that if I have them replace the current "complicated" modem with a "simple" one I should be able to get the guest network up and running.
    That would be correct. Hopefully, they offer this type of option for their customers.

  • Using Time Capsule for backup only (no Wifi)

    I posted a problem in another thread ( https://discussions.apple.com/message/22500623#22500623 ) about conflicts with my Time Capsule and Comcast modem. Apple concluded that there was a hardware problem with the Time Capsule. I got a new Time Capsule yesterday since I couldn't get a refund on the old one. Because configuring the Time Capsule to work as a Wifi station requires such a hassle and I don't get any extra benefits in terms of speed compared to my Comcast modem, I now have a very expensive hard drive for backup. I have some questions about using the TC for backup only since I am running into some problems with the backup.
    1. Does the TC have to be connected to my modem? It seems that when I do not connect the TC to the modem then I end up with the backup stalling after a few GB. Additionally, I end up with the flashing amber light.
    2. If I do connect the TC to the modem it backs up but my WIFI grinds to a halt (likely a product of all the data pushing from the computer through the modem and to the TC). I should add that in Airport Utility I have turned off WIFI on the TC so it should not be interfering with the WIFI. If I do need to connect to the modem are there any tips for not messing up WIFI speeds beyond just backing up when everyone is asleep? I assume not, but it can't hurt to ask.
    Thanks.

    2. My initial setup showe various errors so I hooked the TC into the modem via the WAN port and then I was able to set up (WIFI off, Bridge Mode OFF) and those errors went away.
    If I understand your last post correctly, you say that I should do a reset on the TC. Re-configure but leave the errors because backups will still work. Then I can leave the TC unplugged until I need to use it (which has the added bonus of limited flashing amber light). Is this correct?
    You are setting up the TC in the wrong mode.. it has to be in Router mode.. Not Bridge..
    You are worrying too much about the flashing amber.. it is irrelevant. You can select ignore and it will go green.
    This setup is actually simple.
    So here is what I suggest.
    1. Factory reset the TC.
    Just to get started from a clean setup. And that will put the TC in the correct mode.. ie dhcp and nat.
    2. Plug it by ethernet LAN TC to computer. On the computer no other connection.. turn off wireless.
    3. Just change the name of the TC to something short as it helps.. eg TCGen5
    And turn the wireless off.
    And ignore all the other problems.
    4. Now setup TM.. I would also start clean.. do a fresh TM setup .. see A4 here.
    http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
    5. Run the backup. Maybe even erase the TC before you start so you are really doing a fresh clean backup.
    The very first backup will start quickly and drop to very slow speed as there are heaps of very small files in the system.. these take a long time to process.. but as it proceeds it will speed up. Overall you should still average 50GB/hr.
    6. Once you complete the first backup, later ones should be fine.. but do not expect them to work as well as when you do it hourly.. it does need to do a lot more work to figure out where the TM backup is up to.
    I would like to get you to have another crack at using the TC properly in the network. When you are over the pain of all this.. and perhaps when apple releases a decent firmware update you can go back to it.. but I have another suggestion for setup. Get the above working first so you have a good first backup of all your computers.

  • Use Airport Express as Internet hub, bridge Time Capsule for N-only?

    OK I checked on the forums, but I could not find anything quite specific it what I was trying to accomplish.
    I recently got a 500GB Time Capsule. I changed my network around, which was based off of two Airport Express stations – on in the office hooked up to internet & printer, one in living room hooked up to sound system – and made the TC the main hub, connecting modem to it's WAN port and bridging the office AX via LAN port in bridged mode, sharing the living room AX as WDS. This way, I had the TC in N-only mode in 5ghz spectrum using wide channels for fastest performance. All this worked well.
    Except that I noticed that with the TC in the office – where the laptops rarely are – my data transfer speeds were no better than .11g speeds. So I mucked around a little, and noticed that it really was just the case that the separation of distance & obstruction was slowing the transfer speeds over .11n-only that much!
    Well, it occurred to me that there may be another way. What I had intended to do was to hook up the modem back to the office AX, move the TC to the living room where it'd be "line of sight" to the laptops most of the time, and bridge the TC and living room AX over LAN. So the idea was to keep the networks separate wirelessly still, and have the internet "bridged" wirelessly from the office AX to the living room AX and then over LAN to the TC. The thinking was that the hit on the internet connection would not be noticeable as the threshold for that is well below the streaming capabilities of the AX network still, so I'd not lose anything there, but gain MUCH faster speeds with the TC in line-of-sight of the Laptops (3x as much in testing; with TC in office and laptops in living room, 1.3gb folder took 9 minutes, same folder line-of-sight testing took only 3 minutes).
    However, I CANNOT get this to work properly. I thought I really just needed to move the TC to the living room and bridge it there, as the services should be shared over the LAN port since the 2.4ghz AX are in "bridged" mode, but that didn't work. I kinda-sorta got it to work by forcing both the AX network AND the TC network into "bridged mode," but that didn't seem right or wise, so I tried some other settings, putting the TC to bridged and having the office AX distribute IP addresses, but then it wouldn't show up under restart, and I'm just confused now on how to set that up!
    What i need is: To have the "Office AX" hooked up to the modem & printer, on 2.4ghz since it's the older .11g model, with the "Living Room AX" on that same network. Then the TC in 5ghz N-only bridged to the Living Room AX via LAN, so it can share the services (internet & airtunes) and still get high data transfer speeds to the laptops via the advantage of Line-of-sight, non-obstructed networking.
    How do I need to set this up? It's possible, right?
    Message was edited by: Anthony Caltabiano

    OK while I was working out this morning, I was trying to think of WHY my setup wasn't working. I had an epiphany, and decided to try once more. This time, it worked.
    The problem was that originally I had the Living Room AX set up as a Remote, so it was hooking INTO the network, not extending it. I know that with that setup you can't hook up to THAT station and get internet or anything, you hook into the MAIN station and you can SEE the remote's services that are "plugged in" to it.
    I didn't think this would be an issue with the TC physically attached to the ethernet port, but apparently this behavior extends to the ethernet port on remote stations for internet access... I had a feeling that MIGHT be it, so I started from scratch, and this time set up the Living Room AX to extend the network instead of just joining it. Then hooking up the TC to the Living Room AX's ethernet port and selecting "Bridge Mode" on the TC got me the good ol' green light!
    So, if anyone out there is trying to build a dual-band network, with their TC on .11n-only and bridge to services supplied by a 2.4ghz network, AND route their internet access through the 2.4ghz network instead of the TC so that they can keep their TC more centrally located for better performance... make sure you do it like this: Set up the alternate (2.4ghz) network as relays, "extending" the network, so that when you plug into it, the TC essentially thinks it's plugged directly into the main router, no matter where it is. The throughput hit for internet access over WDS shouldn't be a problem for US-based peeps, as our speeds are typically well below the .11g threshold anyway.
    I also found that it helped to NOT hide the SSID of the 2.4ghz network; doing that kept rendering failed attempts to force the secondary AX to join as WDS. Once I redid it without hiding the SSID, all went well.

  • I want to use the Time Capsule for backup only.

    I picked up a Time Capsule thinking I could use it just for backups. So far, I've been unable to connect to it. I did set it up to extend my current WiFi network, but now I can't see it with Time Machine. What do I do to make the Time Capsule to function just as a wireless back up drive?

    OK, I tried this, what happened is that my iMac lost connection to the Internet while the Ethernet connection was active.
    I said to do this only whilst you setup the TC.. and maybe do the initial backup .. otherwise the idea is to put the TC into the network, which is what you were trying to do.. but obviously do it so that it works.
    As stated, if you bridge the TC.. simply update it.. and plug it into the main router by ethernet. You should now be able to do what you wanted.. connect to it by wireless and use it for backups. The fact that it is linked to the network is absolutely necessary if you want internet at the same time as backups are running. The wireless cannot connect to two different routers at the same time.
    I'd like to know how do I not have it override my Wifi connection and allow me to access the hard drive? If I can't do this, I'll be forced to take the Time Capsule back.
    Please give me exact steps how to setup and use a Time Capsule just as a hard drive. Thanks!
    You only need to do this if you intend to keep the TC connected only to your computer by ethernet, without a network connection.. is that what you want?
    The trick is very simple. Set ethernet manually not by dhcp.. do not set a gateway (router) or DNS for ethernet.
    You can also simply change wifi connection to the top of the list. Both of these are set in the Mac itself not the TC.. the TC can just run as router but with nothing connected.. and ignore the lack of connection.
    The end point of this process though is you have the TC doing what an external hard drive can do, better cheaper and faster. To use the TC as a backup device only connected by ethernet or wireless is a waste.
    Tell me what you want to do.. ie your preferred setup in the light of the previous discussion and I will give you all the screen shots for the exact steps to set that up. I will need to know what IP your current router uses.. and the dhcp range if possible.

  • 2 iMacs, Time Capsule as router, only one does WiFi

    I have two iMacs. One (20") was bought in 2009 and is running OS X 10.6.8. The other (21.5") was bought today and is running OS X 10.7.3. I have a Time Capsule that I bought in late 2009 and have used to back up the older iMac. In February 2012 I started using it as a router for that iMac after a Linksys router failed. In all the time Ii've had that iMac, I wasn't able to get it to connect wirelessly to the TC and it wasn't that big a deal so I didn't try to figure out why it wouldn't work wireless.
    Today I set up the new iMac. The fellow at the Apple Store told me that both iMacs should be able to connect wirelessly with the TC. I successfully set up the new iMac and connected wirelessly to the TC using one password to connect to the wireless router and a different password to connect for backup. These are the passwords that I set up long ago. I then tried to do the same thing with the older iMac. Airport is not turned on. When I run diagnostics for it in System Preferences, Airport won't recognize the passwords. I checked my Keychain and could view one of the passwords and it is the same password. I can't figure out where the other password is stored. But these passwords work to set up the new iMac for both backup and wireless but do not work in Airport for the old one.
    I am flummoxed!
    My iPhone works with the WiFi. Others have brought their laptops here and have connected to the WiFi. Why is it that one of my iMacs won't do WiFi? It is sitting right next to the TC. The other computer is only a few inches away on the other side.
    Do I need to reconfigure something? It's probably something simple. I can't figure out what it is.
    I access the internet and get backups on the older iMac by using an ethernet cable. It won't do wifi.
    Suggestions would be welcome! Thank you!
    Ginny

    On the problematic iMac, please try the following, in order, until hopefully resolved:
    1a. Delete Preferred Network(s)
    System Preferences > Network > AirPort > Advanced > AirPort tab
    Under "Preferred Networks," delete the network(s) you regularly use from the list.
    1b. Delete AirPort Keychain Entries
    Launch the "Keychain Access" application located in Applications/Utilties.
    Click on the "Kind" filter at the top, and look for any "AirPort network password" entries...and delete them.
    1c. Add Preferred Network(s)
    System Preferences > Network > AirPort > Advanced > AirPort tab
    Add the preferred network(s) using the "+" button.
    Restart or log out then back in.
    2. Move System Configuration Files
    (Note: You will have to reestablish your network connections settings.)
    Go to /Library/Preferences
    Move the SystemConfiguration folder to the desktop.
    Restart your Mac. (Note: OS X will rebuild the files that are now sitting on your desktop. If this doesn't resolve the issue, you can move the folder back to it's original location.)

  • Setting up Time Capsule for backup only on existing wireless network

    I have a wireless network already set up with a NetGear wireless router. Cable plugs into router, router connected via ethernet cable to my Power Mac G5 desktop, plus 2 PC laptops in the house also connect wirelessly to the home network via this router.
    I want to set up Time Capsule as an external hard drive to back up all three computers -- I don't necessarily need to use it as a wireless router although i'm not opposed to that if it's easier to do it that way.
    When i try to set it up using AirPort utility, i get the amber flashing light. Airport utility is able to discover the device, and then always asks if it's OK to switch networks. I've tried both "switch" and "don't switch"; either way when i try to set it up, AirPort utility stalls out on "Reading Time Capsule Configuration"; eventually giving me the error msg: "Base Station Error: AirPort Utility was unable to find your Apple wireless device."
    All i want to do is mount it as an external hard drive so i can use Time Machine for backup, and be able to use it to also back up the PC laptops wirelessly. I need help in the following three areas:
    1. How should I be physically connecting my devices if i want to do this? Which cables go in which ports? There is only one ethernet port on the back of my G5. The G5 can connect to the router either wirelessly OR via ethernet cable. I've tried G5-->Time Capsule-->Router, G5-->Router-->Time Capsule, Router-->G5 PLUS Router-->Time Capsule, and I've tried every variation on the regular ethernet and WAN ports. What's the right way to do this.
    2. If i'm not setting up the TC as a Wireless Router, is AirPort utility even the right tool for setting it up? it seems to be confused by the two wireless networks and won't let me get past that point. Am I supposed to click "Switch" when it asks me to switch networks? Is there a way to just mount it as an external drive and bypass the AirPort utility setup entirely?
    3. Once i get it set up so it's visible as an external drive and usable for Time Machine backup, how do i then make it available to the other PCs on the network so they can back up to it also?
    Thanks for your help.

    sarah,
    You already have an existing wireless network.
    You do not need to plug the Time Capsule into anything except power.
    Set the Time Capsule to "Join an existing wireless network"...
    That is all you need to do.
    Then all the computers should see the Time Capsule.
    If you can't see "Join an existing wireless network" in the choices, hold down on the option key and then click on the choices.
    Give that a try.

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