Time capsule permanently delayed

Ive been using my airport extreme's usb port to hang a 1TB Lacie drive to use with time capsule among other things. It's been working fine, but now after I've been away a week, I've returned to find it always says it's "delayed" for it's last backup. When i open the preferences, i try re-selecting the drive but it still produces the same fault.
I can still mount the drive and browse it no worries from the finder. Any ideas ??
jb

As a test, can you turn off wireless on one of the Macs and connect to the Time Capsule using an Ethernet cable....then watch it for a few days to see how it performs?
A plus to this test is that backups will occur probably 4-5 times faster than wireless.
Post back on your results in a few days. If you have no problems with Ethernet, that likely narrows things down to a potential wireless interference issue with another network, other electronics, a nearby wireless camera/security system or cordless phones.

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I've just got a new Time Capsule.
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Can anyone help?

Welcome to the discussions!
There are a number of things that could cause your printer to be off line, so the best plan would be to use the Apple Troubleshooting Guide to work through the possibilities.
Sometimes the last step...resetting the printing system...will resolve an issue like yours, but it is best to start at the beginning of the guide.
Also bear in mind that although your printer is recognized, it may or may not function correctly when installed at the USB port on the Time Capsule. If it is compatible and you have an all in one device, only the printing function will work when the device is connected at the USB port on the Time Capsule. If you need to scan, copy, or perform maintenance functions, you will need to connect the Canon to your computer.

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OK, I'm fixed.
Thanks to Pondini for leading me to look in the right places (I'm a little annoyed with myself for not trawling the logs anyway!)
So, full disk encryption is still enabled, I have not had to turn that off. When I went through the logs, I did notice a number of errors on the Time Capsule. After googling these error messages, it suggested that there may be a problem with the Time Capsule. Using Disk Utility I verified and repaired the Time Capsule Disks, and now it appears to be OK (so far so good.) One word of warning, the first time I tried to verify it told me that the Time Capsule was corrupted and that I needed to salvage what I could before wiping and starting again. I was not keen to do this, but after rebooting the TC, walking away from the mac (for a really good curry!) I came back, and then kicked off the verify/repair successfully. So, it seems to have been working fine for about a week now, no more 5 seconds remaining messages and the backups seem much faster.
Thanks to Pondini and to my local curry house (Chilli Nights in Haslemere, Surrey, UK)
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I don't think that's really going to solve his problem. It sounds like the OP has a regular (non Time Machine) backup schedule, and if his TC isn't mounted it doesn't work. At the moment he has to do what you're saying every time he restarts or his system goes to sleep/loses wireless connectivity.

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Hello, seems like you wanted to do pretty much what i wanted to do. that is free up space on lap top. But still have instant access to your itunes stuff. I found a solution that works for me.
I have a portable WD hdd attached to my time capsule via usb, i then access both through the capsules wireless connection, using the TC for time machine.
The Apple tv then accesses my itunes lib through my MBP via TC's wireless. I did however connect the WD Hdd directly to my MBP for the initial transfer to the apple tv, but itunes seems to find the lib as long as its there, doesnt matter if its connected to MBPs usb or the TCs usb. Sometimes it might revert to the default location, but i've found that if you click on a song it still plays, then if you close then reopen itunes every thing goes back to your external hdd...
Which means if you go away or want your itunes lib on the move you just need a little WD hdd.
I'm not totally sure if its worked yet but i connected my WD hdd to my MBP vie usb and told the TC to back up that too by going to options in TM preferences, seems to have worked, not sure if it would work while connected to the TC usb connection, doesnt seem to.
NB:Before you do this do a back up of everything in you Itunes Lib on your TC incase you screw up.
(For easy transfer of your itunes lib go to preferences on itunes and create a folder called iTunes Music on your Hdd then close preferences and allow itunes to do its thing, then in itunes go to
file - library - consolidate library, itunes. Itunes then makes a copy of all music on your new hdd. I then deleted the tunes off my MBP)
Just make sure you open your finder and click on the TC to wake the drive before you open Itunes other wise you'll have to go in to preferences and keep altering the location for your itunes folder. which can take i tunes a while.
This method seems to cope with video and music just fine.
Well hope that wasn't too confusing, as i confuse myself at times.
Good Luck.........

I have partitioned my time capsule, but I can't get it to work as a Time Machine back up and permanent media server for both mac and PC. What format do I need to partition the drive to so that it works for both mac and windows and so that it will be visab

I have partitioned my time capsule, as I want part of it to act as a media server for both mac and windows. However I don't know what format that I need to partition it to. I also can't make it a permanently accesible drive. I want to restore the drive to the original format (which I don't know) and start again and re-partition the drive in a format that can be used for media by both mac and PC and for time machine back-ups and make the media part of it permanetly accesible so I can add and acccess my files.
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You are mixing up a couple of things here.
The TC drive cannot be partitioned without removing it.. did you do that?
If you partition it you must use a Mac disk utility and use the HFS+ ie standard Mac format. And GUID partition table not windows type.
You can select erase disk in the airport utility.. that will take the disk back to original format. No partitions. TC is deliberately not partitioned as it is not a media server.. it is a backup device for TM. Over time .. the disk will be filled with TM backups so you have a long history of file changes to your computer.
There is no media server in the TC.. it is merely disk storage.. you can serve files from it to a media device.. but the TC itself is dumb as dumb.
Now the actual format of the drive is irrelevant to the PC.. The TC offers SMB file services to the network. You can copy files to and from the TC as if it was a local disk without caring one iota about the format. The TC handles that .. it is not a local disk .. it is a network drive.
Although you cannot partition the TC. you can still copy files to it.. this does have implications for TM.. but as long as there is plenty of free space should not be a major issue.
You can create a disk image via the disk utility in a Mac.. and as stated you can create partitions if you do it on a Mac with the disk directly connected which means breaking warranty if any exists on the TC.

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time capsule first said the back up was delayed, now it won't connect to my home network. my internet is working fine and so is everything else but when i try to connect to the time capsule it says to check my server and ip address and if it continues to contact system administrator.. i didnt change anything, please help!

Lion networking.. just need to reboot everything.. modem TC and the clients.. then it will work.. Sometimes just the TC is enough.. sometimes just the computer. .. Vista golden networking award.. did you turn it off and on again??

Windows XP SP3 and Time Capsule Delayed Write Failed

I am having difficulty getting my MacBook Pro to back up to my Time Capsule.
TC is 1TB.
Works fine with OSX.
XP SP3 on wireless network allows full internet access and print sharing and also allows very small backups (i.e. one or two documents in a folder) without a problem.
When I try to do a few folders (let alone a full back up) I get an error - Windows delayed write failed.
As I can do small backups I think that this rules out a problem communicating with the TC and also any issues with the formatting of the drive (I have left it as it came from apple - although a right click on the drive states FAT32).
I have a poor work around which is to use Macdrive to mount my OSX disc and backup to that. Reboot into OSX and let time machine take care of the rest.
Very messy but also rules out a size problem and I suspect that this also rules out any problems with the backup utility (Microsoft XPs own)as I don't get the same error with this "networked" drive
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Kappy,
Thanks for taking to time to reply.
I don't believe that the TC is FAT32 formated as it is working fine with OSX and I have not formated the drive from how it shipped from apple - which I guess is Mac OS Extended as you described - Have just checked and it is indeed Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled)
What you suggest with winclone is effectively what I am doing using MacDrive (which allows me to mount the OSX disc in XP and write directly to it).
Is there not a way to back up straight from XP without going via OSX (the literature on TC would suggest this is possible).
I had looked at retrospect to use as a backup instead of XPs own but think I will have the same problem with disc caching. It is not that I cannot write to the TC (as I can in small sizes) its just that I get the error delayed write failed if I try to do a full back up.
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Assuming it is not simply broken, a slowly flashing LED probably means the TC is not receiving an IP address from the modem. Make sure you power down your modem whenever you change what is connected to it.
Having to unplug the Ethernet cable from the TC and plugging it in to your Mac repeatedly so that you can communicate is tedious enough, but endeavor to add the power cycle exercise to that action.

On doing a full Restore on my iMac from A time capsule, I am getting a permanent white apple screen with permanent loading wheel. This is my second attempt to restore with the same outcome. Seems like the last stage of the restore is getting stuck. Any ti

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It just means some spammer is using your email address as the sender address for their spam. This is very easy to do - anyone can do it simply by changing the From email address in their email program. It does not mean your account was hacked or you have a virus (there are no current Mac viruses on the loose anyway, nor has there been for years).
There's nothing you can do about it. It can happen to anyone and the spammers will move on to using someone else's email address before long.

How do I move iTunes files off of my MB Pro to Time Capsule in order to make space but not lose the files permanently??

Just set up my Time Capsule and did the big overnight backup. I am running Leopard and need to upgrade, so I wanted to back everything up before upgrading. In this process I discovered that I only have 16.14 GB available out of the 297.7 GB capacity. I believe that having a bunch of movies and TV shows (many of which are HD) are what caused me to eat up so much memory.
I want to move all of these movies and TV shows off of my MacBook Pro but on to my Time Capsule so I can access them later if I want to. I looked in the Help section but couldn't find info relating to this specific desire. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

The Time Capsule should appear in the Shared section of the Finder. Most iTunes content is located at /Users/<yourusernamehere>/Music/iTunes. Refer to this Apple support document for more information:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1391.
Some of the files may be copy protected, please reply if you have had success.

Print delay with Time Capsule

Hello,
Got the TC hooked up and did a backup for 3 macs around the house. That worked fine. Wireless speeds are good.
However, printing isn't quite up to speed. When I print a document (for example a single sheet of text) it takes between 5 and 20 minutes to come out of the printer.
My three computers have all finished their initial back-up and are all essentially sitting idle, so I don't think the TC is especially busy.
I uninstalled and re-installed the printer (Brother ML-2010 - TC had no problem 'seeing' it), did all the software updates (10.5.2), turned the printer off/on, etc.
Any ideas? Having the printer fire up and print 20 minutes after hitting the print button is kind of odd.
thanks,

I had success with getting a Samsung ML-1630 to print via Time Capsule this way:
*Plug printer to TC using USB cable.
*Check what services TC is advertising for your printer using a program like Bonjour Browser.
*Look for a Printer PDL Data Stream - see what IP it is advertised on, should be the IP of your TC - usually 10.0.1.1 or 192.168.1.1, with a port number of 9100.
*Set up a new printer in Print & Fax panel by clicking the "+" button
--then click the "IP" icon in the panel that appears
--choose settings as Protocol: HP Jetdirect - Socket
--enter the IP address of your TC that you found above (leave the port number off)
--leave the queue name blank (those with multiple USB printers connected will want to experiment with this)
--you can set name and location as you like
--select other driver and navigate to the appropriate PPD from /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/
Your new printer should work as long as you don't change the internal IP of your TC. (As far as I can tell, the reason this works is that is avoids the flakey riousbprint service, forcing the Mac to print to the Jetdirect socket on port 9100. This would also explain why some posters are able to print from Windows machines but not Macs - avoiding mDNS/Bonjour/Zero-Conf is more stable, in my experience.)
Note that this setup will not necessarily allow you to print to your home printer from elsewhere on the internets, so if that's your goal, this may not be the solution for you.
Note also that I consider this a workaround at best - not a solution (hint... firmware update... hint...)
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Delayed Connection to Internet using Time Capsule on a network

I have a Time Capsule connected to a Verizon Actiontec DSL modem/router. It is connected in bridge mode.
The problem I am having is that when I first access the internet it takes a long time, then after the first page loads all the subsequent pages load fast and well. It is almost like there some connection issue at the beginning that the software eventually corrects.
Also, when I bring up the Airport Utility, if often shows at first the Internet as "amber" and "disconnected" while the Time capsule is green. But I know if I access the DSL/modem at 192.168.1.1 it always shows it is connected.
Has anyone heard of such an issue before, and how it can be corrected?
Thank you.

what version is your TC?? A1xxx from the base and firmware revision.
Or just post the picture from airport utility. You can pick up the model from the full summary page.. hold down the option key and double click the icon of the TC in airport utility.
The later firmware on Gen1-4 is less than robust.. downgrade to 7.6.1
The 7.7.3 firmware on the Gen5 is also issue prone but more the hardware can have issues.. if the actiontec modem has ethernet ports set to auto the TC may not negotiate correctly.. Try and set it to 100mbit full duplex .. if that is not possible use a crossover cable or a small 10/100 switch between the TC and the modem.
I have a Time Capsule connected to a Verizon Actiontec DSL modem/router. It is connected in bridge mode.
Is "It" the TC or the Verizon as it is unclear exactly which you are bridging.. I am guessing the TC.

Time capsule and time machine - permanently deleting files to make space

This may have an obvious answer - I recently bough TC and set up TM. Since TM backsups everything, what do I do if I want to delete a file forever, and never want it to be backed up in TM and take up space in TC? thanks

How are you trying to access these "old" files? That is are you trying to access them through Time Machine or directly from the Time Capsule using the Finder?

How to use airport time capsule with multiple computers?

I'm sure there are some thread about this but i couldn't find it... so sorry for that but hear me out! =)
I bought the AirPort Time Capsule to back up my MBP
And so i did.
then i thought "let give this one a fresh start" so i erased all of it with the disk utility and re-installed the MBP from the recovery disk.
I dont want all of the stuff i backed up just a few files and some pictures so i brought that back.. so far so good.
Now i want to do a new back up of my MBP so i open time machine settings, pick the drive on the time capsule and then "Choose" i wait for the beck up to begin, and then it fails. It says (sorry for my bad english, im swedish haha) "the mount /Volume/Data-1/StiflersMBP.sparsebundle is already in use for back up.
this is what i want:
i want the "StiflersMBP.sparsebundle" to just be so i can get some stuf when i need them. it's never to be erased.
i want to make a new back up of my MBP as if it's a second computer...
so guys and girls, what is the easiest and best solution?
Best regards!

TM does not work like that.
If you want files to use later.. do not use TM.
Or do not use TM to the same location. Plug a USB drive into the computer and use that as the target for the permanent backup.
Read some details of how TM works so you understand what it will do.
http://pondini.org/TM/Works.html
Use a clone or different software for a permanent backup.
http://pondini.org/TM/Clones.html
How to use TC
http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html
This is helpful.. particularly Q3.
Why you don't want to use TM.
Q20 here. http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html

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