Time Capsule no longer available

I found an error message on my iMac workstation (OSX 10.7.5, Lion) indicating that my Time Capsule (Model A1409) was not available for backup. The TC is not visible using the iMac Airport utility 'No configured base stations can be found'. The Green light is lit on the TC, a hard restart of TC had no effect on the problem.
The TC is used only as a backup disk, plugged into a port on my Cisco home router. The iMac ethernet is also plugged into the router, iMac wi-fi is turned off. I used Bob Timmons instructions for installing TC in Bridge Mode about a year ago which worked perfectly. Wireless connectivity to TC over my home network still works for Airbook backups.
I can see the TC in my router’s DHCP table. Using the AirPort Utility Menu; (File , Config other) I can enter the Time Capsule IP found in my router, and password, to access and change TC settings which are as follows;
There are 6 tabs; Summary, Base Station, Internet, Wireless, Network, and Disks.
-The internet is set to 'connect using DHCP'.
-IPv6 is configured 'Automatically', Mode 'Native'.
-Wireless Network Mode is ‘Off’.
-Network Router Mode is ‘Off (Bridge Mode)’.
I’m trying to bring the TC back from being invisible so I can use it again. Appreciate any assistance. I installed and uninstalled bonjour from a network PC in the same timeframe  that backups stopped a couple of months ago, don’t know if this is related.

If you have not already done so, perform the following checks on your Mac running (10.7.5), (10.8.x) or (10.9.x).
Open System Preferences (gear icon on the dock)
Open Network
Click WiFi on the left, then Advanced at the lower right
Click the TCP/IP tab
Make sure that the setting for iPv6 is set to Link Local
Click OK, then click Apply
Then do the same for Ethernet / Advanced / TCP/IP tab, etc.
Click OK, then click Apply
Restart both the Mac and the Time Capsule to see if the TC will appear in AirPort Utility

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    When you say the iMac is directly connected to the TC (your TM) do you mean it is phyiscally connected to the iMac by USB or Firewire cable? Or that the iMac is Wired to your internet Router and or Time Capsule by Ethernet cable. Because one it totally different then the other.
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    Join a wireless network is not in v6 utility.. thanks so much apple.. you are a great help.
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    http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
    Click to open the dmg but do not attempt to install the pkg.. it won't work anyway.
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    http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/
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    For screen shots see this post.
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4668746?tstart=0
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    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4260
    Even if you mix with a non-apple router, you simply create a wireless network on the TC.
    Exactly the same name (SSID) as the main router .. same security WPA2 Personal = WPA2 AES and is the only suitable security nowadays.
    Same password for wireless. 8-12 characters is enough .. up to 20 if paranoid. pure alphanumeric.
    The only thing different is wireless channels. Set them both to auto may work or maybe chaos.
    At 2.4ghz there are only three non-overlapping channels.. make sure the main router is set to 20mhz only.. and use one of the channels, 1, 6, 11. Then set the TC to one remaining.
    5ghz in the TC use lower channels.. 36, 38, 40 etc work much better than 150's
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         I have two older Time Capsules and one new Airport Time Capsule.  They show up nicely in the AirPort Utility, but do not show up anywhere in the Finder—neither on the desktop nor the sidebar.
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    Some things are going to be necessary .. and you are going to hate me  but I must insist..
    You have used the pipe symbol in a name.. Some characters are illegal .. I think pipe could be one of them.. ie |
    Your setup now seems to have even more issues.. so I am going to need to get you do some fixing up and network rearranging..
    If I confused you with the comment to connect the TC directly to the computer I am sorry..
    Here is what I would do for a full manual setup of the TC.
    Airtport Utility can't find Airport Time Capsule on either of my 2009 Macs
    The older Mac running Yosemite won't help..
    Here are some other details of getting this to work.. ie this is my standard setup under yosemite bug heaven.
    A factory reset of the TC is the start.. it is required so you can find it again.
    Factory reset universal
    Power off the TC.. ie pull the power cord or power off at the wall.. wait 10sec.. hold in the reset button.. be gentle.. power on again still holding in reset.. and keep holding it in for another 10sec. You may need some help as it is hard to both hold in reset and apply power. It will show success by rapidly blinking the front led. Release the reset.. and wait a couple of min for the TC to reset and come back with factory settings. If the front LED doesn’t blink rapidly you missed it and simply try again. The reset is fairly fragile in these.. press it so you feel it just click and no more.. I have seen people bend the lever or even break it. I use a toothpick as tool.
    N.B. None of your files on the hard disk of the TC are deleted.. this simply clears out the router settings of the TC.
    Setup the TC again.
    ie Start from a factory reset. No files are lost on the hard disk doing this.
    Then redo the setup from the computer with Yosemite.
    1. Use very short names.. NOT APPLE RECOMMENDED names. No spaces and pure alphanumerics.
    eg TCgen5 and TCwifi for basestation and wireless respectively.
    Even better if the issue is more wireless use TC24ghz and TC5ghz with fixed channels as this also seems to help stop the nonsense. But this can be tried in the second round.
    2. Use all passwords that also comply but can be a bit longer. ie 8-20 characters mixed case and numbers.. no non-alphanumerics.
    3. Ensure the TC always takes the same IP address.. you will need to do this on the main router using dhcp reservation.. or a bit more complex setup using static IP in the TC. But this is important.. having IP drift all over the place when Yosemite cannot remember its own name for 5 min after a reboot makes for poor networking. If the TC is main router it will not be an issue.
    4. Check your share name on the computer is not changing.. make sure it also complies with the above.. short no spaces and pure alphanumeric.. but this change will mess up your TM backup.. so be prepared to do a new full backup. Sorry.. keep this one for second round if you want to avoid a new backup.
    5. Mount the TC disk in the computer manually.
    In Finder, Go, Connect to server from the top menu,
    Type in SMB://192.168.0.254 (or whatever the TC ip is which you have now made static. As a router by default it is 10.0.1.1 and I encourage people to stick with that unless you know what you are doing).
    You can use name.. SMB://TCgen5.local where you replace TCgen5 with your TC name.. local is the default domain of the TC and doesn't change.
    However names are not so easy as IP address.. nor as reliable. At least not in Yosemite they aren't. The domain can also be an issue if you are not plugged or wireless directly to the TC.
    6. Make sure IPv6 is set to link-local only in the computer. For example wireless open the network preferences, wireless and advanced / TCP/IP.. and fix the IPv6. to link-local only.
    There is a lot more jiggery pokery you can try but the above is a good start.. if you find it still unreliable.. don't be surprised.
    You might need to do some more work on the laptop itself. eg Reset the PRAM.. has helped some people. Clean install of the OS is also helpful if you upgrade installed.
    Tell us how you go.
    Someone posted a solution.. See this thread.
    Macbook can't find Time Capsule anymore
    Start from the bottom and work up.. I have a list of good network practice changes but I have avoided Yosemites bug heaven.
    This user has had success and a few others as well.
    RáNdÓm GéÉzÁ
    Yosemite has serious DNS bug in the networking application.. here is the lets say more arcane method of fixing it by doing a network transplant from mavericks.
    http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/01/why-dns-in-os-x-10-10-is-broken-and-what-yo u-can-do-to-fix-it/
    There is a few other things to be aware of.
    When you have a whole chain of TC.. it can be a lot better to use static IP instead of bridge.
    But the setup for this is pretty tricky.
    https://discussions.apple.com/message/25135547?ac_cid=tw123456#
    The one thing I think is important is to turn off all the TC.. and start from just one.. get that one working then add the next one.. either in bridge or static IP and work from there.. but the first one to setup off network if you need to as the setup looks rather complicated.. a laptop or something could be used..
    Perhaps even test using the iOS version airport utility which can work better than utility in Yosemite.
    I think I am failing to give you cookbook.. but some of the sections I hope are pretty close and you need to fix the parts to get the whole to work.

  • Time Capsule no longer shows up in Airport scan.

    I was having trouble with my Time Capsule not backing up; kept getting "backup disk is not available" error message.
    I had a couple of duplicate passwords for TC that I deleted from Keychain Access.
    Now TC doesn't even show up in Airport Utility. How do I get it back?

    sheltonfromnashville wrote:
    Grrr...I did the reset button, which fixed things literally for five minutes. Now I have a network that shows up, and my Time Capsule shows up, but, ah, I can't seem to connect wirelessly to the Internet. I appreciate everyone's help, but I think at this point that I'm going to have to bring in a professional.
    How old is the TC? They can become flakey just before they die.
    Are you running Lion? It has made networking painful.
    I recommend you do the full factory reset.. which means power off the TC and power on holding in the reset for around 15sec. This gets it back to strict factory.
    Setup the wireless with manual settings.. change the name of the 5ghz so it is different to 2.4ghz. That stops the client swapping around.. join to one or the other depending on your setup. Fix the wireless channels.. to stop the TC swapping around .. there is just too much auto swapping going on for the things to be stable.
    If it doesn't work get the TC checked.. it could be broken.

  • My Time Capsule no longer backups my MacBook automatically.

    I use my Time Capsule to back up two MacBook Pro's. It seems to work fine one moment and then not at all the next moment. For example, several days ago I was using both MadBooks and they were being backed up regularly by the time capsule. Yesterday and today I've been using only on MacBook and there has been no backup or attempt of anything all. Does anyone know what may be the problem and how it can be fixed?

    Just so you know the Time Capsule is a dumb router with a hard disk inside.. It has no control over backups at all.
    Backups are handled by Time Machine.. software in your computer.
    Time Machine will have error codes you can read.. use the widget to find out what the errors are.
    See A1 here.. although a bit out of date now Pondini is still very useful for all the things that go bump in the night in the world of Time Machine. TM..
    http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
    But I can see the problem.. it is called Yosemite.
    Let me suggest at least until apple get some better bug fix patches out.. you perhaps move to backups on a local drive, plug in a USB drive..
    And to use Carbon Copy Cloner or an alternative to Time Machine.
    Apple produced the worst network mess in Yosemite by changing the way DNS worked.
    Here are the list of fixes to get Yosemite to find the Time Capsule again.
    Start from a factory reset. No files are lost on the hard disk doing this.
    Factory reset universal
    Power off the TC.. ie pull the power cord or power off at the wall.. wait 10sec.. hold in the reset button.. be gentle.. power on again still holding in reset.. and keep holding it in for another 10sec. You may need some help as it is hard to both hold in reset and apply power. It will show success by rapidly blinking the front led. Release the reset.. and wait a couple of min for the TC to reset and come back with factory settings. If the front LED doesn’t blink rapidly you missed it and simply try again. The reset is fairly fragile in these.. press it so you feel it just click and no more.. I have seen people bend the lever or even break it. I use a toothpick as tool.
    N.B. None of your files on the hard disk of the TC are deleted.. this simply clears out the router settings of the TC.
    Setup the TC again.
    Then redo the setup from the computer with Yosemite.
    1. Use very short names.. NOT APPLE RECOMMENDED names. No spaces and pure alphanumerics.
    eg TCgen5 for basestation and and TCwifi wireless name.
    If the issue is wireless use TC24ghz and TC5ghz with fixed channels as this also seems to help stop the nonsense. But this can be tried in the second round. ie plan on a first and second round of changes to fix this.. hopefully.. I will point out other steps that can be round2.
    2. Use all passwords that also comply with 1. but can be a bit longer. ie 8-20 characters mixed case and numbers.. no non-alphanumerics.
    3. If the TC is main router you can skip this point. This is only an issue when the TC is bridged.
    Ensure the TC always takes the same IP address.. you will need to do this on the main router using dhcp reservation.. or a bit more complex setup using static IP in the TC. But this is important.. having IP drift all over the place when Yosemite cannot remember its own name for 5 min after a reboot makes for poor networking.
    4. Check your share name on the computer is not changing.. make sure it also complies with the above.. short no spaces and pure alphanumeric.. but this change will mess up your TM backup.. so be prepared to do a new full backup. Sorry.. keep this one for second round if you want to avoid a new backup.
    5. Mount the TC disk in the computer manually.
    In Finder, Go, Connect to server from the top menu,
    Type in SMB://192.168.0.254 (or whatever the TC ip is which you have now made static. As a router by default it is 10.0.1.1 and I encourage people to stick with that unless you know what you are doing).
    You can use name.. SMB://TCgen5.local where you replace TCgen5 with your TC name.. local is the default domain of the TC and doesn't change.
    However names are not so easy as IP address.. nor as reliable. At least not in Yosemite they aren't. The domain can also be an issue if you are not plugged or wireless directly to the TC.
    6. Make sure IPv6 is set to link-local only in the computer. For example wireless open the network preferences, wireless and advanced / TCP/IP.. and fix the IPv6. to link-local only. Do the same for ethernet if you use it.
    There is a lot more jiggery pokery you can try but the above is a good start.. if you find it still unreliable.. don't be surprised.
    You might need to do some more work on the computer itself. eg Reset the PRAM.. has helped some people. Clean install of the OS is also helpful if you upgrade installed.
    Tell us how you go.
    Someone posted a solution.. See this thread.
    Macbook can't find Time Capsule anymore
    Start from the bottom and work up.. I have a list of good network practice changes but I have avoided Yosemites bug heaven.
    Yosemite has serious DNS bug in the networking application.. here is the lets say more arcane method of fixing it by doing a network transplant from mavericks.
    http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/01/why-dns-in-os-x-10-10-is-broken-and-what-yo u-can-do-to-fix-it/

  • Time Capsule no longer recognizing USB Disk

    We purchased a new all-in-1 printer and tried to hook it up USB to the TC. Scanning wasn't available, so we decided to hook the printer up to a local Mac. Now, the USB port doesn't recognize external USB drives like it used to for handy TC backups and archiving. We've reset the TC to factory settings with no luck. Anyone else have this problem? Thanks in advance!

    Is this a drive that was used by the Time Capsule before, or another similar drive? A drive will not be recognized at the TC's USB port if it's not in a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) or FAT32 format.
    You can check the drive by connecting it directly to your computer and opening Hard Drive > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility.
    Click the name of the disk in the panel on the left
    Click Verify Disk
    If errors are found, click Repair Disk
    If you need to erase the disk and reformat it, click the Erase tab and select the Mac formatting above.

  • Time Capsule - no longer responding

    I've had my TC for about 6 months and have been using it so far only as a wireless backup drive. I am connected to internet via ethernet to my iMac through a broadband modem. I have a high speed connection.
    Last week I tried to set up a Wii to connect to the internet, linking with what I thought was a wireless internet connection. I perhaps failed to appreciate that it wasn't the TC it needed to find as a source, but my iMac. It found my TC since I recognised the TC's name, but nevertheless, resolutely refused to connect to the internet.
    I fiddled about with the TC location - clearly still not appreciating its role in the fiasco - and have somehow managed to upset it to the point where it no longer appears anywhere on my iMac. The Aiport Utility scans forever before declaring that it can't find any Apple wireless devices. When I try to set up Time Machine again (the TC was doing this, but has now abandoned the idea), Airport Utility again fails to discover the Tc, despite it now being right next to the iMac.
    I uninstalled Airport, hit the dreaded reset buton on the TC, reinstalled Airport and tried again, but the problem persists.
    I's like to go back to a state where I can start from scatch, but all I get is the flashing amber light on the TC. I don't get a chance to do any kind of manual setup because the Airport utility can't find the TC. I tried setting up the TC as my internet connection using the ethernet cable from the modem (first switching everything off, then connecting and powering up as per a previous forum answer), and this time it won't give me any form of internet connection. I hit the reset button on the TC (again) whilst powered on, and it then got discovered, but the Airport Utility came back with an error message telling me that although the settings had been updated, no connection was found with the TC.
    Any ideas where to go from here?
    Thanks
    Martin

    Do I dare ask why you have the Time Capsule used only as a wireless backup drive and not as a part of your internet network? It's probably because you never really needed a wireless internet connection. But now you want a wireless connection for your Nintendo Wii and the Time Capsule can provide that. I would recommend moving the Time Capsule in your setup. Something like this: modem - ethernet to TC (WAN port) - ethernet (LAN port) to iMac. Once you have it all connected, run Airport Utility and follow the setup "I don't have a wireless network and want to create one".
    Although I don't recommend setting it up this way; but if you don't want to move everything around, the reason the Time Capsule does not show up must be because you are not connected to the network (wired or wireless). If you really reset the Time Capsule, go to your system preferences>network settings and select airport. (Turn it on if necessary) look for a wireless network named "Apple Network..." and try to connect. If it requires a password try "public" then run Airport Utility again.

  • Time Capsule no longer being recognized

    Hi guys,
    I currently connect to the internet via a USB dongle. I bought a time capsule with the intention of just using it for storage purposes for the time being (and eventually also as a router once I arrange to have a proper broadband connection installed).
    When I originally installed the time capsule, it was recognized by my iMac with seemingly no issues. At the same time, I was using an airport express with airtunes, which I also had no problems with. Even though I don't have an internet connection that could be used with the apple wifi gear, I was able to set up a basic wifi network using the iMac which seemed to work without any problems.
    Now, however, my mac won't pick up either the time capsule or airport. I'm running airport utility and it comes back with zero results. Both the time capsule and airport flash amber lights. I'm wondering if I've made some change to my wifi network settings in leopard that is causing the problem? The issue seemed to manifest itself around the same time I downloaded the latest version of Airport Utility...
    Out of interest, my powerbook won't pick up either of the wifi devices either. I don't have much experience with networking on macs, and I suspect if I had a 'real' internet connection running into the time capsule this probably wouldn't be an issue, but would like to get this sorted in the interim is possible. I've tried reseting both the time capsule and the airport express, and also playing about with the network control panel, all with no success. I'm a bit lost where to go from here. Any advice gratefully received!
    For the record:
    Aluminium iMac 10.5.5
    Powerbook G4 10.4.11
    Time Capsule
    AirPort Express
    Vodafone USB dongle
    iPhone 3G

    Shai-Hulud, (Dune fan?)
    Try cycling Airport on your Mac.
    *Cycle Airport Preferences*
    Open Network Preferences.
    Click “Turn Airport Off”, wait 10 seconds.
    Now click “Turn Airport On”. Close Prefs.
    Does it now show up in Airport Utilities?.
    If not go to the “File” menu and select “Rescan”.
    Does it appears now?.
    If not, unplug the TC, wait 10 seconds, and plug it back in.
    Does the TC show up now in Airport Utility?
    Let us know if this resolves your issue.
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