Time Capsule Partitioning or HD space questions

I recently purchased a 1TB Time Capsule about a week ago and I have my Macbook and Mac Mini backing up to the Time Capsule currently. Macbook hard drive is 320GB and Mac Mini is 120 GB.
Now that those are backing up to the Time Capsule I want to start moving files (tv shows, music, etc.) to the Time Capsule from my MY Book 500GB. I know I can create a folder and start from there on the Time Capsule Drive but how do I know how much space i have to work with? My backups will keep filling up until it reaches the limits of the drive capacity as always, but since it isn't partitioned what will happen when i want to add more files (shows and music) to the folder on the Time Capsule? Won't it just read DISK FULL at the point where the backups have taken over the hard drive?
Wouldn't a quick and easy way be to parition the drive say to 35% Macbook 35% Mini 30% misc files?
I know I can hook up my MY Book 500GB external and store files there but I kind of want to phase the external drive out of my network setup and have the TC be my main hub of information.
Anyone have any solutions or Ideas for me.

Welcome to the discussions!
+Wouldn't a quick and easy way be to parition the drive say to 35% Macbook 35% Mini 30% misc files?+
The problem here is that it would neither be quick nor easy to partition the TC drive because you must remove it and place it in an enclosure to do so. On top of that, this will void the warranty.
Suggest that you look at Disk Utility to create a "disk image" on your TC disk. You can create as many images as you like and reserve a set amount of space for each image. Time Machine will leave these images alone when it starts to look for more space for its backups.

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Probably the easiest way is to drag the files from the iTunes window to the external drive. Make sure they have copied. Delete them from iTunes. Hold down the option key and drag the copied files back to iTunes. This will add them back but mapped to their new location and the option/alt key will stop the files from being copied to your Media folder on the internal drive.
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Time Capsule vs Lacie Wireless Space vs ?

Hi folks,
I'm a new proud owner of a 11.6" Macbook Air. I'd like to migrate to it fully from my 17" Macbook Pro, but to do so, I'd like to migrate my music to a NAS, ideally one that could also perform Time Machine backups. I have a wifi-only setup at home right now, with an airport express plugged into my cable modem, and I'd like to stay wifi-only (I rent, and want to run no wires). So either a Time Capsule or the new Lacie Wireless Space (http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?pid=11565) look to be the perfect options for me. I'd love to go with a Time Capsule, but the reported reliability issues scare me away from them.
So, my questions-
1) Has Apple improved the Time Capsule enough to where it can get a confident buy?
2) Does anyone have experience with the Lacie NAS options to recommend them?
3) Any other ideas?
This is a real head-scratcher for me, and I'd appreciate some input.
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sam

I too am exploring the options of Space vs Time Capsule.
Just read "LaCie's unit is mostly limited by its dependence on single-band 802.11n instead of the Time Capsule's dual-band wireless support."
Read more: http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/09/16/lacie.wireless.space.merges.router .and.nas/#ixzz171BUKjy0
Also: "It’s compatible with UPnP/DLNA and iTunes, and you can stream music, movies and photos from a central location and play them on any device.
Moreover, the Wireless Space is Time Machine compatible, so Mac users can use it as a target for their automatic backups and be confident that all important files and media are safely protected."
http://www.techdaring.com/2010/09/18/lacie-wireless-space-takes-on-time-capsule- doubles-as-nas-and-wlan-router/
Regarding failures, I read about the Time Capsule failures and experienced Lacie failures (I've replaced three power supplies on my Lacie d2s, and we just had to send back for a Lacie replacement of my son's d2, less than a year old. So reliability is an issue sometimes no matter where you go. Get a good warranty. Lacie makes such solid products (and backs up there products; one power supply was out of warranty) that I've stuck with them (and my wondering has cost me; I have an Iomega Ultramax that won't wake up sometimes when it goes to sleep, though my Iomega portable eGo has been flawless).
We tried an Airport Extreme a year ago and it just works out of the box; practically no setup. But I have an Airport Express that just up and died after about 2.5 years.
I'd say they were comparably priced for what they each offer, with Apple a bit of a premium overall, and probably a bit more of a premium product to go with the price.
I'm torn. I'd save cash and go with the Lacie, but seeing I plan to use it as a portable NAS and the Time Capsule has a built in power supply it would be easier to carry.
Decisions, decisions.
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Time capsule partition without deleting the data?

I have a Time Capsule already with data and would like to set a limited space for backups. Is it possible to partition a Time Capsule (or create an image) without deleting the data it already has? Can anyone provide a step-by-step or tutorial?
Thanks a lot in advance.

The following instructions will work for Lion and Mountain Lion Macs, but I have not tested on Mavericks....which seems to be just that....a Maverick.
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Time Capsule & U-Verse - Set Up Questions

I've got AT&T U-Verse and want to use Time Capsule for my Macs, iPhones, and iPads (pretty much everything but my TV's - I'll let those continue to run through U-Verse).
I want to set up my Time Capsule so that I maximize speed for the aforementioned Apple devices. However, I do not know what to do when asked to set up my network by Airport Utility. Do I create a new wireless network? Do I replace my base station or wireless router? Do I join my current network?
I was thinking that I would have a network for my U-Verse devices and a network for my Apple devices. Can I do this? Is this my best option? Will I get the most out of Time Capsule's abilities?
Thank you for your help.

Having posted your question.. several other posts come up on the right side.. the top one pretty much answers your question rather than me doing it again.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/9957659#9957659
Using search is a good plan before posting.
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Time Capsule & NAS Multi-User Security Question

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Oh, and if you backup to the drive attached to the capsule via USB, what do you see when you take that drive and plug it into your computer directly, is it like any time machine backup, or is it formated differently, like if there are multiple people backing up, is each person's backup stored in a password protected growing disk image or something? That would be great if it worked that way, where it would require a password to restore from the backup...

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Smokerz, thank you for your reply. Let me see if I got this straight. I would need to physically pull the drive from the TC and hook it to a Mac Pro via usb or with a firewire or put it in the Mac Pro to partition it? I can't hook it to my Mini with usb or firewire without pulling the drive? Thanks

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Welcome to the discussions, Mbergwall!
Because it is a network drive, files on the Time Capsule are stored in a special container called a sparsebundle file. The odd thing about a sparsebundle is that it will grow as new data is added, but if data is deleted, the indicated size of the sparsebundle stays the same, even though you have deleted data.
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Take a look at Pondini's excellent FAQ on Time Machine, #12, the pink box for more details and the "how to" if you want to try this.
http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/12.html

Time capsule IP settings / NAT / DHCP / questions

I'm trying to set up a Time Capsule in my apartment, to use as a wireless router with several apple computers. I've been using an Airport Express in the past. I'm having problems setting up the computers to get individual IP addresses, not in conflict with each other, while still receiving the Internet signal.
My DSL comes with a stable IP address which I have assigned to the Capsule, along with associated subnet mask, router address (the router in the building from the service provider, which is working fine), and DNS server addresses.
Trouble is, if I set my capsule to assign IPs through DHCP or share a signal IP, it shows blinking amber on reboot. Strangely, as a bridge, with one computer assigned the same IP I'm able to get the internet, but if I want to use more than one computer, I get an error message about IP duplication. I'm also wondering about double NAT (which I'm not as familiar with). ANother question is whether to plug into the WAN or LAN port. The airport setup seems to want me to use the WAN port (and says that no ethernet plugged in there is a problem). Is it?
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Many thanks for anybody's help with this.

The airport setup seems to want me to use the WAN port (and says that no ethernet plugged in there is a problem). Is it?
Yes you want the DSL modem plugged into the WAN port.
Does your DSL require PPPoE? If so, after configuring the Time Capsule to get a connection using PPPoE... ensure that you DISABLE PPPoE on each of your computers. Only one device should be handling PPPoE.
Finally, I was wondering if I can use my old airport express to extend my range and/or network a second printer in the other room.
Yes as long as you configure the Time Capsule to work in an 802.11g compatible mode AND you configure both the Time Capsule and AirPort Express (AX) to wirelessly connect using WDS.
Do the two routers need to be connected by an ethernet cable?
No

Time Capsule does not indicae space available/used

I recently purchased a new computer and restored information from my Time Capsule, which worked perfectly previously.
My problem is...when I open Time Machine Preferences...it will show the Name of Time Capsule, Oldest Backup time, Latest Backup time, and Next Backup time...what it does not show is Available Space...by that category it looks like this...Available:-- . If I start the backup it will show up and when backup is completed it drops off...
Please advise...

"Available ---" is what I see as well. In normal conditions the Time Capsule disk is only mounted when a backup is occurring or when you're running Time Machine. At other times the disk is offline to your computer. It Time Machine tried to give you storage statistics at that point, in the general case it couldn't guarantee that the numbers were accurate.
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Time Capsule Almost Out of Space

I have a MacBook Pro with a 500 GB HD. There is almost 200 GB free . I have a 500 GB Time Capsule set to back it up with Time Machine. There is less than 20 GB left of free space. I have taken everything off except the back up files to save space.
Why am I running out of TC space so quickly? How do I fix it and recover the space?

ellistyle wrote:
I have a MacBook Pro with a 500 GB HD. There is almost 200 GB free . I have a 500 GB Time Capsule set to back it up with Time Machine.
That's a bit small. It varies greatly depending on how you use your Mac, but TM usually needs 2-3 times the space of the data it's backing-up, to keep a reasonable "depth" of backups for you.
There is less than 20 GB left of free space. I have taken everything off except the back up files to save space.
That's a good idea. Mixing other data with TM backups usually leads to problems.
Why am I running out of TC space so quickly? How do I fix it and recover the space?
See #D4 in [Time Machine - Troubleshooting|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Troubleshooting.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of the +Time Machine+ forum), for some common causes of large backups and ways to determine just what's going on.
If that doesn't show anything you can fix, you may want to consider connecting a USB drive, at least 750 GB, to the TC and backing-up to it, instead of the internal HD.

Time Capsule with Double NAT status - Question.

Hi all.. would appreciate some advice.
I have a Time capsule set to DHCP/NAT.
I have a second Airport extreme connected to TC via eithernet (about 100 yards away) set to Bridge to further my signal on a big property.
I have several Aiport Expresses for Airplay only.
I recently called Apple and they told me to set my TC to DHCP/NAT and chose ignore.
I had problems with my computers connecting to the internet (they connected to my network, but not internet. Or occasionally I would get errors on my MBP that said could not connect this IP address is used by another device). It was sporatic. Apple told me this was likely because I have 20-30 wifi devices in my house and my ISP is not providing enough IP addresses. They told me that DHCP/NAT makes my TC 'be in charge' of these IP addresses.
I am using Frontier service. Modem from Frontier is Netgear B90 - 755044 - 15.
When I set up this modem, I turned the wifi portion off. And currently the wireless light on the modem doesn't ever blink, so I believe it is off.
So why am I getting the Double NAT error since my Modem appears to have the wifi portion turned off?
Thank you very much!

Thanks again Bob!
I called Frontier... they refused to show me how to put my modem/router in Bridge mode. Hypothentically, if I did that, would that solve this problem? Sounds like it would. They said they won't show me how to do it because they use PPPoE or something and if I put into bridge mode I won't get internet access. Is that true? They only use bridge mode for businesse they said.
I never wanted a modem/router.... I wish I only had a modem! . Maybe I will call them back and ask only for a modem. Good idea.
Attaching a screen shots below.
If I go into My connection at the top, hit Edit.... no where in there is a bridge option.
If I go to that green Enabled one under VC's... where it says PPPoE, there is a selection to choose Bridge.
See below.
But I'm too chicken and I don't know if that is the answer or not.
Thougths?
Thanks again Bob!

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I just bought a 1TB portable Hard Drive (Lacie). After formatting for MAC and partitioning the hard drive to allow for backup and to move over large files from my solid state internal hard drive, I kept getting an error telling me that I don't have the reuired amount of space to perform a full backup. So I read partition it, and it tells me yet again that the backup is too large for the back up disk. The backup requires 500.12 just keeps getting larger and larger. I've remoatted it twice now making sure all data has been removed, and it still does the same thing.

There is a bug in the latest lion update.. which is 10.7.5
If so you should load the supplement.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1599
It is impossible for the backup to keep increasing beyond the size of the drive when you haven't done an initial backup..
You could also try a reset of TM.. which is growing less and less reliable of late.
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Read and follow A4.. loading the widget A1 might also be useful.
Or get a third party backup software.. which is maybe a lot more reliable.

Few questions about Time Capsule

I'm getting a Time Capsule soon & have a few questions:
Could I use my old router (Netgear WNR854T Gigabit) somewhere else in the house to boost the wireless signal?
(My house is very long. The office (where the router is located) is at one end of the house & with my current N router & the signal doesn’t quite reach the other end of the house). If so are there instructions somewhere on setting this up?
Could I run the first Time Machine backup connected via ethernet then once the full backup is complete switch to backing up via AirPort?
If I attach a USB drive could I use Time Machine to backup to the USB drive & leave the storage on board the Time Capsule for other purposes, or can it only backup via Time Machine to the Time Capsule’s default storage?
If I use Time Machine to backup to Time Capsule’s default storage is it possible to partition the disk so that there’s a fixed amount of space allocated to the Time Machine backup. If not is it possible to specify in the settings how much space allocated to the Time Machine backup?
I take it I could set the Time Capsule at N speed & my iPhone will still connect at the G speed right?

Some issues I can answer:
You cannot use your Netgear to extend the Range. Another Airport would be necessary and it still will be a critical theme. Instructions are easily to locate in the Help of of the AirPort Utility.
Yep, you can run the first BackUp via Ethernet.
I cannot surely answer your questions concerning TimeMachine as I dont use it, eventhough I like my TimeCapsule.
11n supports different modi. There is a 11n modus which will allow your iPhone to
connect, while other modi just allow only 11n devices.
In general:
Dont expect to much from 11n. Its better than 11g but not that much. I just made tests and ended up, prefering a 100Mbit DLAN connection which was way faster and more reliable than 300Mbit via 11n-only 5Ghz.
'Hope I could help a little bit.

Partitioned Time Capsule as Media Server for HTPC

I recently made the big switch to Apple - purchasing a Mac Mini, Imac and Time Capsule - and wish to use the Time Capsule to back-up the Imac (in office) via Time Machine and serve media to the Imac and Mac Mini (HTPC). The reason I want to do it this way is because I want to use Front Row to play media via the Mac Mini. I initially had the Mac Mini linked to Itunes media on the IMac (where I currently store all of my music) using Home Share, but every time the Imac went into sleep mode, I would lose access to the media.
I have successfully partitioned the Time Capsule into two virtual drives - one for Time Machine back-ups and one for media to be accessed by the imac and mac mini (no easy feat). I copied all of my media from the Imac to the proper Time Capsule partition. Additionally, I was able to "point" itunes on each computer to the itunes file on the Time Capsule.
The problem is, when one computer is pointed to the Time Capsule, I lose the connection on the other and it diverts back to the old location of the media files. My questions:
1. Is it possible to do what I am trying to do?
2. Is there a better way of creating a permanent connection to Itunes between two computers so that I don't lose the connection when they "sleep"? (I tried using the function where the computers would wake on network access, but it didn't seem to work.
Thanks for you help!

Over my head wrote:
I have successfully partitioned the Time Capsule into two virtual drives - one for Time Machine back-ups and one for media to be accessed by the imac and mac mini (no easy feat).
Were you able to do that without physically removing the drive? If so, how?

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