Time Capsule or OSX? File size differations....

So i have my music library on my 500GB time capsule.
i also have it backed up to two different 1TB harddrives (they all report the same amount of files and size)
each 1TB states there are 159.23GB space used by the Music folder with 184 Folders
the 500GB time capsule states: 93.68GB of space used with the same amount of folders.
I did an individual file size check of every folder on each drive using the optcmdI and they all reported the same size.
is there anyway to figure out why this stating differing file sizes?
Time Capsule
1TB drive

How are the 1 TB drives formatted?
Depending on the format and the size of the smallest allocation unit on the drive, a 1 byte file could take up 2 kbytes, 4 kbytes, or whatever. Therefore the amount of disk space used is going to vary depending on type of format used. If you want to really compare the files you would need to use the size of the file not the amount of disk space used by the file. If you notice when you check the size of an item in the Finder it states "xxxx bytes on disk (yyy bytes)". The "xxxx" is always the same as or bigger than the "yyy".

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I have the option to us e a different router and to sort the time machine back-ups without needing the TC which means the TC would be used only as a file server. Would you recommend another product to the TC if you only needed a home file server?
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Pondini has some info about it.
http://pondini.org/TM/A8.html

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Hi all. I apologize if this is a redundant question, but I haven't quite found the answer that I need.
I want to purchase a Time Capsule to use as a wireless n router and Time Machine backups for my desktop, notebook, and daughters iMac. I also want to attach an external drive via USB to the Time Capsule to serve as a media server (basically my iTunes and iPhoto libraries), to serve the above-mentioned computers as well as my AppleTV.
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JG, I have a similar question, but I'm not following your response to John Dougherty. Here's what I have:
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- two external hard drives (320GB and 500GB), both firewire 400
- one SimpleShare NAS drive, but I've read these will not work with OSX 10.4 and above (the drive is from a few years ago; I have 10.5.x on all my machines now)
And here's what I want to do:
1. I want to have all my media (specifically, photo and music) files in one location so that I can access them wirelessly from my Macbooks. My wife and I both have large music libraries -- each too large to fit on any one computer. So I would like to have our music on one wirelessly-accessed drive, so that, say, I can play tunes or update my iPhone on my laptop without being tethered to an external drive (which is how it is now). I don't care about wirelessly streaming video.
2. I want to be able to use Time Machine for automatic backups, obviously. I don't care where these reside.
3. I had originally planned to use the Mini as a media server -- i.e., I wanted hook it to my television (via HDMI adapter) to play streamed videos as well as video saved to my hard drive(s). The mini's internal hard drive is 120GB, probably enough for all these media files, but I imagine I'll max that out soon. (Most movies are 1GB or more, and I'm collecting a lot of movies.)
My plan is this:
- store all media files on external hard drive(s)
- connect the mini to the TV via HDMI adapter
- connect external hard drive to Mini via firewire
- connect Mini to Time Capsule via ethernet
Time Capsule stores backups from both Macbooks and Mini (if it can fit all that).
External drives store all media.
Mini is the brains of the operation.
Is this the same setup you're recommending to John Dougherty? Or am I trying to do something different? Or am I trying to do something stupid?
Is there any value in using a NAS drive in place of those external firewire drives?
Thanks in advance to Jolly Giant, or to anyone who can help me with this setup.

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i am very new to time capsule, and have the following issue i would like to get solved/understand:
1. when i want to access my time capsule disk through the normal finder window, clicking on the time capsule icon to the left, it appears that finder tries to connect, but then i get a connection failed message. only when i access it through go>connect to server> etc, it appears as a disk. Now I would like to know, if the connection established that way (through connect to server) is actually connecting via internet, instead of using the direct wireless connection to the disk (I'm sitting right next to my time capsule)?? In the case it is using the internet to connect my time capsule, for sure my connection to the disk should speed up, as soon as i get the connection through wireless, isn't it? For the rest everything works just fine, internet connection wirelessly with airport, etc.
2. I am transferring data from an old backup disk to my new timecapsule. i have this old disk connected to mac my through usb, and drag n dropped the files on the time capsule. the copying process is fairly slow, but still faster than connecting the old disk directly to the usb slot on time capsule. Is there any way of directly transferring data through the usb slots from my old disk to my time capsule? it would be so much faster.....
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Welcome to Apple Discussions!
majajaja wrote:
hello,
i am very new to time capsule, and have the following issue i would like to get solved/understand:
1. when i want to access my time capsule disk through the normal finder window, clicking on the time capsule icon to the left, it appears that finder tries to connect, but then i get a connection failed message. only when i access it through go>connect to server> etc, it appears as a disk. Now I would like to know, if the connection established that way (through connect to server) is actually connecting via internet, instead of using the direct wireless connection to the disk (I'm sitting right next to my time capsule)?? In the case it is using the internet to connect my time capsule, for sure my connection to the disk should speed up, as soon as i get the connection through wireless, isn't it? For the rest everything works just fine, internet connection wirelessly with airport, etc.
Hmmm... my Time Capsule folder resides in my Shared Folder under Finder. It mounts a few seconds after I click on it. I've never had to +connect to server+.
2. I am transferring data from an old backup disk to my new timecapsule. i have this old disk connected to mac my through usb, and drag n dropped the files on the time capsule. the copying process is fairly slow, but still faster than connecting the old disk directly to the usb slot on time capsule. Is there any way of directly transferring data through the usb slots from my old disk to my time capsule? it would be so much faster.....
Unfortunately, you will not be able to continue to use this Time Machine backup in this manner. TM utilizes a sparsebundle when backing up to a NAS (Time Capsule) which is very different from a backup into a folder structure if the HDD is connected directly to your Mac (USB HDD). Your TM back ups will still be available on your USB HDD, but you are better off starting an entirely new backup on TC.
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Sorry, have to disagree.
I have a time capusle and its in the hfs+ and my vista pc reads it fine.
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Any know if I can use the time capsule to move all my files from my PC to Mac?

I don't see a response to your last question, so I will chime in, as I have the same issue. I just bought a Macbook and have an old PC. I would like to use my Time Capsule to back up my PC and then transfer these files to my Mac. I read another post that said I should be able to do this by going through my PC "My Network Files" then adding my TC's address. However, when I do this is pops up my e-mail address and asks for a password. I put in the one associated with that particular e-mail address, but it won't accept it. When I tried the one I use for my Mac it then says the folder I am trying to access if not available. Any thoughts on how to proceed?

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I have been to see the iStore close to where I live but I am frustrated to say that they are no help what so ever. The technical desk there freely admits that they do not how to do it and all they say is "apparently it is easy. Just follow the instructions on screen" which helps me no end!
I have the Time Capsule set up on my mac and want to use part of the disc to save my files from my Windows PC (running Windows 8.1) that is on the same home network.
I have found the apple forums so helpful in the past that I am pinning on my hopes on anyone that can help me via the forum now!

Load the airport utility for windows. Sadly the most recent one is old.
http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1547
Although it is for windows 7 it does work on 8 and 8.1 .. tell us if you have problems loading it. Some people find it won't work without using safe mode.
The utility will not help a lot to setup the latest model TC.. it is fine for Gen4 and earlier. But it does load bonjour for windows and a disk access agent.
The TC should run simple names.. Short.. keep them below 10 characters if you can. No spaces and pure alphanumeric.
That includes the base station name and wireless name.
Once all of that is correct, open windows explorer and type in the address bar.
\\TCname or \\TCipaddress where you replace TCname with the new short name or TCipaddress with obviously its actual IP.
You will then get a request for username and password. Username is whatever.. admin will do. Password type in your disk access password.. public by default.
TC is not designed to allow partitions so you cannot partition the TC disk. Create a folder and simply copy and paste your files to the folder.
NOTE:: The TC cannot back itself up. So make sure you do not move files to the TC without having another copy.
NOTE:: The TC does not happily mix TM backups and data.
See http://pondini.org/TM/Home.html For info about TM and the TC.
This area in particular.
Q3 http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html
On mixing data and backups.

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Yes, but that is not recommended. Storage and backup should be kept separate to reduce the chances of a disk failure. This is especially important because you cannot even partition a Time Capsule drive. Go get a separate drive for your storage needs. Get another drive for a second backup and use a different method of backup than Time Machine

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