Time capsule says my hard disk is full?

When I try and revert to my timecapsule memory of yesterday - the process starts, and then a dialog box says it can't continue as my hard disk is full. How is this so if I am only reverting to my status/computer of yesterday? Please not my hard disk has over 20Gb of storage prior to this process. II aam rrunning Snow Leopard Intel IImac Help!
THANKS!

First, don't confuse "Time Capsule", an Apple Wi-Fi base station, with "Time Machine", backup software included with OS X since version 10.5.
If in the Finder you select the Mac's boot volume,then invoke the menu option File > Get Info, what values to you see for "Capacity", "Available", and "Used"? For proper operation the value of "Available" should be at least 10% of the value for "Capacity".

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Time capsule as a hard disk

HI can I use my Time Capsule as a hard drive as well.
What I want to do is have two of use it as a hard drive like one that you plugin but share it wirelessly.
Can this do this?

Yes, you can just copy files to the TC.
Create a new directory in the root of the TC.. do not copy files to the sparsebundles created by TM.. if you are using it.
If you want to mix data and TM backups please do read the instructions.
Q3 here. http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html

About time capsule and external hard disk

I have got rMBP. I also have got time capsule. External WD hard disk is connected to time capsule.
I have got 3 users in my rMBP:
(1) Admin : Administrator
(2) User A : I normally do all my work from this user.
(3) User B: I recently added this new user.
Here, using Finder tabs, User A can see time capsule and External WD hard disk. But, Admin and User B cannot. I also want User B to have the ability to see WD hard disk (and time capsule). For User B and Admin, time capsule does show up, but it shows as not connected. How can I provide User B the ability to see External WD hard disk (since User B needs to store large different files there)? Any permission issue on hard disk?
(Amazingly backup does take place automatically even if I am connected as User B or Admin).
I will appreciate your feedback. Thanks.

Emma1609 wrote:
Hi,
hi emma, and welcome to discussions
Once the external HD is turned on my Time Capsule is not longer recognized. I can't connect to Time Capsule and make any backups. It is also no longer appearing in the Airport settings.
you could try a power cycle on your devices. turn off modem, TC, and HD for, say, 10 minutes. turn the modem back on for 2 minutes, followed by the HD, followed by the TC.
then go airport utility > manual setup > disks. see if your HD is showing beneath the TC

Time capsule or external hard disk?

I am new to Mac. I read so much about the problem of using a Time Capsule. Is it safer or better to use a normal external hard disk instead?

chengpk wrote:
I am new to Mac. I read so much about the problem of using a Time Capsule.
don't believe everything you read. i'm using a TC for well over a year now and haven't had any problems. the setup is easy.
Is it safer or better to use a normal external hard disk instead?
time machine will, by default, run hourly backups. you'd have to have the external connected to your MBP all the time, rendering a mobile computer virtually immobile.
the initial (full) backup to a TC should be done using an ethernet connection, however, subsequent backups are incremental and can be done wirelessly (allowing you to use your mobile computer anywhere within range of your wireless network).
of course, time machine will also work well with an external HD connected to your MBP so ... you decide

I have a macbook pro and time capsule. Computer hard drive is full and I would like to expand wirelessly.

I have read many forums that note an external hard drive can be connected to a time capsule, but it sound like that is just a way to expand the time capsule and not the computer hard drive. The reason I would prefer a wireless option is to keep the laptop portable around the house (we have apple t.v. and home theater system that syncs wirelessly to itunes). Wireless would allow use of any device even with the hard drive not being hard connected to the laptop. Are there any options out there or am I just misunderstanding what happens when connecting a hard drive to the time capsule.
I am not concerned about speed, but would hope any solution would still allow back up to the time capsule.
Thanks!!

You cannot expand the computer's hard drive by connecting an external drive to a Time Capsule. All that does is provide separate external storage. It will not expand the size of your computer's drive. To do that you have to buy a larger hard drive for the computer. Or you can buy an external drive then copy files you don't need to the external drive and erase them on your internal drive.
Freeing Up Space on The Hard Drive
1. See Lion's Storage Display.
2. You can remove data from your Home folder except for the /Home/Library/ folder.
3. Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing up space on your hard drive.
4. Also see Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.
5. See Where did my Disk Space go?.
6. See The Storage Display.
You must Empty the Trash in order to recover the space they occupied on the hard drive.
You should consider replacing the drive with a larger one. Check out OWC for drives, tutorials, and toolkits.
Try using OmniDiskSweeper 1.8 or GrandPerspective to search your drive for large files and where they are located.

Time Capsule dies when hard disk engages

I have an older-ish 500GB TC and for the last year or so it has been hit and miss on start up. After plugging and unplugging a few times it usually fires up. Now, I am unable to get it to fire up.
The issue seems to come from when the hard drive tries to spin. I can hear it. This has always been the problem. It seemed like the hard drive needed to warm up and after a few times it would and I'd be fine. Now, it goes black at the point of it trying to start up.
Is it 100% a hard drive issue? Why doesn't the wireless still work? Why does it go black?
To reconfirm:
I am able to plug it in and get a green light.
The light goes orange.
After a few seconds I can hear the hard drive (or something) try to spin or engage.
Then the light goes black.
Any help? Advice? I don't mind trying to rip it apart and stick a new hard drive in it. That's fine. I just want to make sure that is exactly what the problem is.
I know you geniuses can help me.

LaPastenague....who repairs many Time Capsules is our resident expert on this. Stay tuned for his response.
Yes,, Bob is right on .. as he is a pretty smart Mac user..
The hard disk is overwhelming the power supply at start up due to its high initialisation current. The power supply simply shuts down as it cannot provide enough current. It could also indicate a hard disk on the way out. The 500GB drives are finally starting to fall over. After 4years in the hot dark insides of the TC it is amazing they still go at all.
Your TC needs a replacement power supply.. I have done a number of articles about how to fix or replace it.
The economics of doing so are probably questionable.. it is really time for new one. They are cheaper than before, with dual band simultaneous wireless .. faster processor and much larger 2TB hard disk. So $300 for a new one, is not bad. (3TB is not good value IMHO).
https://sites.google.com/site/lapastenague/a-deconstruction-of-routers-and-modem s/apple-time-capsule-repair
Actually your TC should be dead these 2years.. when most of them started failing.
Do an ebay search for Time Capsule power supplies.. there is a guy in HK selling new Gen1 Delta power supplies.. I don't know where he got them from.. but they are superior supplies cf the flextronics most of them use. He is selling for $50 which is cheaper than I can do refurbished ones. Apple themselves make no parts available.

Time Capsule use as hard disk only

Can I use my Time Capsule as hard disk only?
Since I have an iPod, iPad, iPhone I intend to save and all my files, including my itunes media in one place and easily access it wireless trough Time Capsule.
If the answer to my question is yes Can I have a setp by srep explanation...
I came a few articles and youtube videos but so far not been able to do it

If you want to have internet, then the TC has to be connected to your modem or router..
The TC can create its own wireless network. But then you have one wireless network for internet and another one for TC hard disk access.. And you cannot combine them.
So the best way is to bridge the TC.
Steps are simple.
Download 5.6 utility and install it. (you can probably do it from v6 but it has fewer controls and options).
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
Go to manual setup, and click the internet tab.
Go to connection sharing down the bottom.. choose off bridge mode.
Update the TC.
Now plug it into the main router by ethernet.. and the TC will be part of the existing network but not interfere with it.
Wireless should be ok.. but if you need to you can also turn off wireless.
There are several posts with pictures.. I will try and find one for you.

Using time capsule to upgrade hard disk?

I'd like to swap out my original 500G Macbook Pro (early 2009) drive with a larger model. I am currently backing that drive up to a Time Capsule 802.11n (the 2G model released this past summer.)
What is the best way to use my time capsule to move everything off my old drive and onto my new one?
One thing I'm worried about is that the original full back-up of my 500G drive took DAYS over wireless. I use this computer a lot, so I'm wondering how long it will take to do a full restore. Would USB be faster then ethernet for this?
Or maybe I should skip restoring the backup and use super duper (which I own)? If so would I then have to do a new full backup from the larger drive?
Any hints and experience reports are welcome.
Also any opinions about HD brands to buy for my larger drive would also be great.

You'll be much better off connecting the USB drive to the MacBook Pro to do the transfer. It will be much faster, as the data will go from the TC to your Mac to the USB drive. See #18 in [Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/FAQ.html]
If the drive is connected to the TC, the data will have to go from the TC to your Mac, back to the USB drive via the TC.
Or, you could use the "archive" feature to archive everything on the TC's internal HD to the USB drive, then delete the copy of the iMac's sparse bundle from it. See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1281
Or, just start Time Machine fresh on the USB drive connected to the TC. After a month or so (when you're sure you don't really need the old ones any more), delete the old sparse bundle. If you need them in the meantime, you can view and restore via the +*Browse . . .+* option, per #17 in the FAQ.

How to access the films in a time capsule from a hard disk media player?, how to access the films in a time capsule from a hard disk media player?

The hd media player can access film in shared disks of LAN but not that in time capsule?
how can I get it?
thanks!

More info required.
What media player would help.
Can the media player see the TC?
Can the media player see files and directories in the TC?
If not have you turned on guest access, and got the right workgroup name for the rest fo the network?

Use time capsule as a hard disk for macbook air

I am running out of disk space on my macbook air.
If I buy a time capsule, can I use it as regular external storage as well as backing up the air?

Yes, but all the copies of a file you want to keep shouldn't be on only one drive, as it may fail at any time.
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What do I do when time capsule says it's full?

What do I do when time capsule says it's full?

Basically you have a decison to make about whether you want to keep all of your old backups on the Time Capsule and start new backups on a new Time Capsule (which Apple would prefer) or other hard drive.
or
Erase the Time Capsule that you have and start over again with new backups.
In theory, Time Machine is supposed to delete old backup automatically to make room for new backups, but this does not always work correctly, so you should probably not rely on this over the long term.

HT202152 I have tried updating my apps and software but it says my startup disk or hard disk is full. I deleted a lot of files and apps but they won't be erased from the trash. Please help

I have tried updating my apps and software but it says my startup disk or hard disk is full. I deleted a lot of files and apps but they won't be erased from the trash. Please help.

For information about the Other category in the Storage display, see this support article. If the display seems to be inaccurate, try rebuilding the Spotlight index.
Empty the Trash if you haven't already done so. If you use iPhoto, empty its internal Trash first:
iPhoto ▹ Empty Trash
In Photos:
File ▹ Show Recently Deleted ▹ Delete All
Do the same in other applications, such as Aperture, that have an internal Trash feature. Then restart the computer. That will temporarily free up some space.
According to Apple documentation, you need at least 9 GB of available space on the startup volume (as shown in the Finder Info window) for normal operation—not the mythical 10%, 15%, or any other percentage. You also need enough space left over to allow for growth of the data. There is little or no performance advantage to having more available space than the minimum Apple recommends. Available storage space that you'll never use is wasted space.
When Time Machine backs up a portable Mac, some of the free space will be used to make local snapshots, which are backup copies of recently deleted files. The space occupied by local snapshots is reported as available by the Finder, and should be considered as such. In the Storage display of System Information, local snapshots are shown as Backups. The snapshots are automatically deleted when they expire or when free space falls below a certain level. You ordinarily don't need to, and should not, delete local snapshots yourself. If you followed bad advice to disable local snapshots by running a shell command, you may have ended up with a lot of data in the Other category. Ask for instructions in that case.
See this support article for some simple ways to free up storage space.
You can more effectively use a tool such as OmniDiskSweeper (ODS) or GrandPerspective (GP) to explore the volume and find out what's taking up the space. You can also delete files with it, but don't do that unless you're sure that you know what you're deleting and that all data is safely backed up. That means you have multiple backups, not just one. Note that ODS only works with OS X 10.8 or later. If you're running an older OS version, use GP.
Deleting files inside a photo or iTunes library will corrupt the library. Changes to such a library must be made from within the application that created it. The same goes for Mail files.
Proceed further only if the problem isn't solved by the above steps.
ODS or GP can't see the whole filesystem when you run it just by double-clicking; it only sees files that you have permission to read. To see everything, you have to run it as root.
Back up all data now.
Install the app in the Applications folder as usual. Quit it if it's running.
Triple-click anywhere in the corresponding line of text below on this page to select it, then copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
For ODS:
security execute-with-privileges /A*/OmniDiskSweeper.app/*/M*/* 2>&-
For GP:
security execute-with-privileges /A*/GrandPerspective.app/*/M*/* 2>&-
Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
Paste into the Terminal window by pressing command-V. You'll be prompted for your login password.
The application window will open behind other open windows. When you scan a volume, the window will eventually show all files in all folders, sorted by size. It may take a few minutes for the app to finish scanning.
I don't recommend that you make a habit of doing this. Don't delete anything as root. If something needs to be deleted, make sure you know what it is and how it got there, and then delete it by other, safer, means. When in doubt, leave it alone or ask for guidance.
When you're done with the app, quit it and also quit Terminal.

Trying to restore from time capsule to nes hard drive, keeps looking for disks ! Can you help

ccan't restore from time capsule to new hard drive, after changing to new HD, after calculating required space to restore it keeps looking for disks! Have have put original OS X install disk 1 in it won't Eject , any help

The very best way to do this is with ethernet to the existing router. Put the TC in bridge mode manually.
Then plug it in to existing router.. we recommend LAN router to WAN on the TC but even that is not 100% necessary.
If you want to link by wireless, to a non-apple router that is bad.. recommend strongly against it. Join a wireless network is super slow.
If you have a desktop Mac you can plug it directly into the Mac by ethernet.
But we need to know how the Mac is connected to internet.
I have given some info on one layout here.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4817218?tstart=30
If you end up relying on an old TC. And any of the models from Gen1-3.. and increasingly Gen4 have all reached EOL.. they can die suddenly and either take your files with them or be hard to recover. Also a TC is slow cf a USB external drive even, which is more reliable. Considering a 2TB is <$100 I would be careful using an old TC simply because you got it free.

My Time Capsule says it is full

My Time Capsule says it is full and cannot complete another backup. How do I delete files from Time Machine to allow room? Thanks!!

You can delete individual backups. See item 12 in the +Frequently Asked Questions+ post at the top of this forum for instructions.
This will not damage the integrity of the other backups; unless you delete them all, it will only delete copies of items that appear on no other remaining backups.
BUT, first find out what's gone wrong, because under ordinary circumstances, TM should delete your oldest backups automatically, when it needs room for new ones.
To find out just what's gone wrong, download the +Time Machine Buddy+ widget from: http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/status/timemachinebuddy.html. It shows the messages from your logs for one TM backup run at a time, in a small window. Copy and post the messages here (be sure to get them all, as sometimes they overflow the small window).
Also, answers to these questions may help:
Do you have other data on your Time Capsule, besides TM Backups?
Have you recently had any of the following: repairs to your Mac; a new internal HD; a full restore; gone more than about 10 days without a backup.

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