Time capsule recognised over WiFi but back-up does not take place
Good day all from Paris,
MacBook OS X 10.5.3, Airport Utility with TC 7.3.1 and the lot on internal private network totally operational using an Orange LiveBox as DSL modem, router operating on WiFi.
My TC originally backed-up my system, on an Ethernet set up, successfully.
I have since tried (for past few days and dismally repeatedly failed more than a dozen times) to get it to effect back-ups based on new settings applicable to TC "joining" my home WiFi network.
TC light is fixed green, AiPort Utility recognizes TC and all described parameters seem ok for latter Wireless connection.
TM when initiated shows the TC disk, starts the Back-Up preparation but latter running blue/white running bar carries on running for hours without any backing taking place. I left it on twice overnight and nothing more happened.
I obviously did hard resets & reconfig of TC a few times to no avail versus above problem.?????
Anyone, please, can help?
Hello Glasgow,
In fact I fiddled with darn "paper weight" for a few days trying all possible Wireless configs and did quite a few soft & hart reboots of the TC box but, to no avail.
Best I obtained was a clean recognition of MacBook & TM/TC wirelessly with green light fixed on TC.
However when I started back-ups the TM indicator went on for hours (overnight in one attempt) with its silly blue & white progress bar showing "Preparing" but never going any further. Thus failure total & absolute.
On Discussion forum I however notice a controversial subject pertaining to deleting, via Disc Utility software of the Mac, the so called "sparsebundle" files when latter appearing in Finder & located within the TC disc.
I took the risk, as a last option, before using the TC as a useless paper weight, of getting Disc Utility erasing once & for all those "sparsebundles" files though, thus, leaving me with a zero back-up.
Once this done I launched back-up anew and miracle.. the bloody TC came immediatly into life and started backing-up. Conclusion: sparsebundles had to be, somehow, corrupted.
This solution, therefore, solved "my" problem but will it be applicable for you or others? Also the erasing of the sparsebundle files carries a risk for anyone who had, once upon a time, managed to do a successful back-up, be it via Ethernet or Wireless on the TC & that is that this/these back-up(s) will be gone forever..
Good luck!
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