Time Capsule Speed!

I recently bought a Time Capsule from Apple and it does not seem to be causing me anything but problems. I backed it up with the Time Capsule plugged into my computer and my internet modem and it took 36 hours for approximately 70 gb of stuff. I continued to have many more problems regarding the Time Capsule being slow and AppleCare finally realized that it was my hard drive that was the issue. Today I got a new hard drive from Apple and the speed of my Time Capsule is slower than ever. It says that it is going to take 70 hours to transfer 8 gb of music back onto my mac. Is this normal?? Because if so, this definitely was not worth 300 dollars. Could somebody please help me resolve this slow transfer speed! I don't want to spend a whole week trying to get my things back onto my laptop. Thanks!!

you must be doing the back up wirelessly. The robustness of the network is all important in the wireless scenario.

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  • Time Capsule Speed and Capabilities?

    I was just about to go buy a Time Capsule but I have a few questions regarding its wireless capabilities
    What's the speed of the TC when you're trying to make a back up copy or anything else?
    Also, what's the speed of it's wi-fi 802.11n network?
    And finally, I was wondering if I could run programs directly from Time Capsule. If I happen to run out of disk space on my MBP, I want to be able to use some of programs from TC, such as Toast 8 or something.
    So is all of this possible and are the speeds really that unbearable?
    Thanks!

    Well, it seems that some people are experiencing speed problems while others are not.
    I am one experiencing problems, but I do not know how widespread they are. As I explained in another post:
    http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6795564#6795564
    my speeds are 300KB/s on average. This is very very slow. It happens with all settings and even when not writing to disk (say when TC is helping 2 laptops connect to each other).
    I have heard others reporting around 3-6 MB/s, which I would be totally happy with. So I think my unit is just defective. Other than that, I really like the TC.
    Because of the problems I have experienced, I plan to return my TC and get a new one. Maybe getting a 500G model instead of a 1TB one which is what I currently have, since I have heard the 500G has a better HD structure and because I realize now that as an NAS the TC has shortcomings (very little user control, no partitioning, etc.).

  • Will a time capsule speed up my wireless connection??

    The router I have came from my broadband supplier (EE). When I connect my laptop (to router with cable) I can get speeds of between 10/14 mbps but when I unplug and connect wirelessly I'm lucky to reach 4 Mbps on a good day! Usually operates around 2/3mbps
    The pc we have connects at a rate on average of between 3 and 5 Mbps.
    My iPhone 5 which I have set to connect wirelessly when I'm in range of my router (to save my data allowance) takes ages to load pages and often gives the message unable to connect.
    My son has an Xbox an htc tablet and iPod and quite often the connection drops whilst playing Xbox live and also has times where he cannot connect with his iPod or tablet.
    I have only one telephone socket in the upstairs bedroom. So have only one place to connect the router. In the next bedroom we have the pc and downstairs we have the laptop and Xbox. The iPod and iPhone and tablet are used in various rooms in the house.
    Would using a capsule distribute a better wireless signal???
    EE are adamant that the problem is not with the router. That the wireless signal in their router works fine and that everything should work fine too but it doesn't!!
    I do eventually want to upgrade everything to apple products, (Pc to Mac, laptop to MacBook, tablet to iPad) which is why I'm looking at the capsule but in the meantime I need to sustain a good wireless connection with the current items.
    Any advice please???????

    Haven't heard of 'inssider' . Will give that a try.
    I also have a Motorola baby video monitor in the room. Don't know if that can cause probs.
    although I was told that other equipment (i.e. baby monitors) use G technology and wouldn't interfere with an N router)
    This is not correct.. G and N both use 2.4ghz with the same band and same channels.
    And unless the baby monitor is plugged into a computer it is not using wifi at all.. it is simply using the free band 2.4ghz.
    Turn it off during the day and see if it makes a difference.
    Unfortunately a program that analyses wifi cannot see things like cordless phone or baby monitors because they use different technology to wifi but still cause interference.
    Wireless QoS, WMM (WiFi Multi media)
    Supports up-to 300 Mbps data transfer
    Is this a dual router???
    No it is single band.. 2.4ghz.
    Dual band wireless uses 5ghz as well as 2.4ghz.
    Since there is so much stuff using 2.4ghz these days people are moving the 5ghz but the range is much poorer so you need rather special high power units.. which are expensive.
    Also the wireless card at the other end has to be compliant to 5ghz.. most laptops for instance are.. but a lot of desktop cards or devices still need 2.4ghz.
    Didn't want to purchase one if its likely to not make a difference. Would be an expensive trial and error!!
    Purchase from a store that allows return.
    As I said .. wireless is not science.. it is not going to give predictable results.. ethernet yes.. if you pay to get it wired it will work exactly to spec.. it is science.. wireless is voodoo.. it is affected by too many factors to give predictable results. So you have no choice but to trial and error.. sorry!!

  • Disk Utility hangs ("not responding") when attempting to Repair Disk on Time Capsule sparsebundle.  Help.

    I am trying to improve the performance of my Time Machine backup and retrievals via my 2nd Gen. Time Capsule from my iMac Core 2 Duo hard drive with SL 10.6.8.  The incremental backups generally take 20 - 40 minutes each hour generally with fewer than 100 MB of data being backed up.  I have read through numerous threads on these forums about Time Capsule and Time Machine issues as well as the very helpful Pondini site (http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Home.html) and have tried many other suggestions (listed below), but have been unable to attempt a Disk Utility repair disk on the Time Capsule sparsebundle file.
    After locating the sparsebundle 'file' in the finder under Shared/TC/Data, I am only sometimes able to drag the sparsebundle into the Disk Utility volumes and disk window.  About fifty percent of the time, Disk Utility hangs when attempting to drag in the sparsebundle.  If I am able to get it listed and click on "repair disk", then the beach ball begins to spin and nothing happens.  This occurs whether or not I first use AirPort Utility to "Disconnect All Users" from the Time Capsule.  I have given it over one hour to attempt the repair disk, but nothing happens, i.e., not a single message shows up in the detail window.  The beach ball just spins, and Disk Utility shows up in red as "not responding" under the Force Quit menu.
    Also note that on my new Macbook Air, Time Machine runs quite quickly via this same Time Capsule from my new Macbook Air using OS X Lion (which seems to indicate that the Time Capsule drive itself is OK).
    I would appreciate any tips on getting Disk Utility to run "repair disk" on my sparsebundle, as I seem to have exhausted most other options (see below) for improving Time Capsule performance -- aside of course, from wiping the Time Capsule clean and starting all over.... (which I really don't want to do, and from what I've read, has not helped some people who've tried this anyway).
    Many thanks!
    Although I would like to focus this thread on the Disk Utility / sparsebundle "Repair Disk" problem, I should mention that I have tried the following other things:
    1.  Repaired disk permissions on my hard drive
    2.  Used Disk Utility to run "repair disk" on my hard drive after starting up from a SuperDuper external backup
    3.  Run DiskWarrior on my hard drive, again, from a separate startup disk
    4.  Did the "full reset of Time Machine", a la Pondini Troubleshooting #A4
    5.  Changed my computer and Time Capsule names to simple short names with only alphanumeric characters and no spaces
    6.  Ensured that my Time Capsule is being accessed only via ethernet
    7.  Relaunched the finder
    8.  And finally, attempting to use Disk Utility to repair the sparsebundle - thus the nature of this post

    OK, no takers out there, but I answered my own question (sort of).
    The answer is that even though Disk Utility shows up as "not responding" under the Force Quit menu and appears to hang, it is actually still working.  A bit of patience shows that after about an hour, my Disk Utility was able to show the 1.44 TB Time Machine sparsebundle from Time Capsule in the disk window on the left hand side.  Once this appeared, I was able to click on "Repair Disk" (note that prior to doing this, I had to "Disconnect All Users" from my Time Capsule using the Airport Utility program; otherwise you will get a "could not unmount disk" error).  Again, the Repair Disk function appeared to hang Disk Utility as it showed up as "not responding" under the Force Quit menu.  However, after about 8 hours, Disk Utility did run the entire Repair Disk protocol on the sparsebundle.  The results DO NOT show up in the Disk Utility details window - so even if you are patient enough to let it complete, you will not see anything and may think that nothing happened.  However, you can find the familiar results of the Repair Disk function by looking on Console - find the "DiskUtility.log" under Files: ˜/Library/Logs.
    Unfortunately, I was hoping to find a problem that would have been subsequently repaired which would result in dramatically increased Time Capsule speed, but this was not the case.  Disk Utility showed everything to be "OK" and I am stuck with a very slow Time Capsule....
    (And of note, my new Macbook Air (OS Lion) Time Machine functions blazingly fast on both backup and retrieval to and from the very same Time Capsule - even though, these are occuring wirelessly via AirPort -- granted the size of this sparsebundle is an order of magnitude smaller at this point, i.e., only 10 GB right now)
    Would still be happy to hear of any similar experiences or tips on getting Time Capsule to work more quickly.

  • Time Capsule 1TB Will this unit still be compatible with Lion OSX ,As I have not switched yet until other programs I have installed on my mac are up to speed

    I have had my eye on one of these for quite some time in the past and up until just very recently have puchased a 1TB Time Capsule at rather quite a reasonable price or so I had thought compared to what they had been priced at originally in the past which I had thought to be a bit over the top as is with most of apple's products or should I more say marketing tactic's,
    Anyway I was just wanting to know in general is this unit already so to speak on it's way out or becoming obsolete in comparison to the 2TB's and 3TBs Time Capsules ,
    Not the implicating the obvious being storage in differences but more so the compatibility issue side of things,
    In short will this unit still work with OSX Lion for example, or is it only limited to Leopard and Snowleopard,
    The place I had purchased this unit from are more or less in the dark themselves and although more than helpful are more a musical instrument outlet than a computer store as the decision was my choice alone in which I need not to be convinced,
    Although I have purchased this item I am yet to recieve as this unit was the one of the last in the country and is to be shipped in from out of town,
    But has given me time to think of such in the process during as this unit is no longer advertised amongst it bigger companions,
    I use my mac or mac's mainly for composing music with such software as Pro Tools 8 soon to be 9 and also Live 8 Studio as I don't plan to plan to change over to Lion OSX until these programs are up to speed and speaking the same language,

    Yes, it's compatible with Lion.

  • Time Capsule only runs with 1,1Mbit up/down during data transfer, internet speed is ok, TC is used to extend an existing network

    Hello Everyone,
    I have a new 2TB Time Capsule running with a MacBook Air. I want to use the TC to access data (Aperture library, iTunes library, other Files) and to backup my MacBook Air via Time Machine. I set it up, integrated the TC in my Network (FritzBox) by choosing "extend existing network" and it works. BUT only with 1.1Mbit/second while writing or reading Data to/from it. Internet speed is very good, like it was before. While the 1.1Mbit/second seem to be ok with Aperture and iTunes (streaming music and movies) it is still painfully slow and I'm not realy happy with that
    I've read that:
    The 1.1Mbit problem is pretty common when Time Capsule is integrated and used to extend a network (bridge modus), it also looses all ethernet connectivity then (that woul explain why connecting it by ethernet didn't help during initial setup and data transfer)
    Is there a solution besides ditching the Fritzbox and using the TC to build the network? Because basicly I still need the Fritzbox for its DECT features.
    Thank you for any help in advance and have a nice day,
    Olli

    You have double hop wireless with this setup..
    You should bridge the TC.. that is router bridge not wireless bridge, and plug the TC into the Frizyboy by ethernet.
    Then you can setup the TC wireless to reinforce the fritzy..
    Same wireless name as SSID.
    Same security settings... really should be WPA2 AES or in TC personal.
    Same password..
    Just different wireless channel.
    Then you can use 5ghz on the TC if you are up close and personal.

  • Poor network speed with 1st generation time capsule and multiple airport express 5Ghz. My network speed slows to a crawl when not close to the time capsule. I get the range that I need, but the speed is painfully slow.

    Hello,
    I have a first generation time capsule running 802.11n (b/g compatable) and the airport expresse's are the newer 5ghz models. I have 3 airport express's and I have the range that I need. I can run the time capsule using 802.11n 5ghz, but I loose the range and can't connect to all of the airport express's. My computers and mobile devices run 802.11n. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to increase the network speed. Would the new airport extreme fix the problem?
    Thank you

    Unfortunately, you are experiencing one of the downsides to 5 GHz. That's because the higher frequency 5 GHz signals are much weaker than 2.4 GHz signals.
    After all, you always have to give up something to gain something else. In the case of 5 GHz, you gain potential speed but in return, you must give up penetration power and distance capability.
    In order to work well, 5 GHz signals need to almost have a line-of-sight relationship between devices. Unless you can achieve this, you will do much better to leave the Time Capsule running at the 802.11n (b/g compatible) 2.4 GHz Radio Mode and allow the Express devices to "extend" that network.
    As for the location of the AirPort Express devices in an exended network, that is critical for best performance. That's because the Express can only "extend" the quality and bandwidth of the signal that it receives. Post back if you need a few more tips on how to find the best location for the AirPort Express devices.
    Would the new airport extreme fix the problem?
    Unfortunately, no.

  • Poor internet speed with time capsule or Airport extreme

    I'm trying to find away to increase the throughput of my 1st generation tme capsule. i'm getting a 33% drop in speed over wireless compared to wired conncetions.
    current setup
    Virginmedia XXL broadband  100Mbit down  5Mbit up.
    Modem standard virginmedia modem (not the superhub) connected to Apple time capsule (500Mb) @ 1000Mbit full duplex
    time capsule reset to default and then configured to use 5Ghz band, channel 36 . (no other networks in the area using this band) tested using wifi scanner and istumbler
    tested down/up speed using www.vmspeed.com
    wired connection
    105Mb/sec download   4.9Mb/sec upload
    wireless connection
    73.14Mb/sec download   4.7Mb/sec upload
    i have tried testing with an airport extreme 3rd Gen with the same setup and get the same results.
    Tested using a 2008 Macbook running Lion 10.7.3 and also tested using 2010 Macbook unibody running snow leopard 10.6.8. both laptops connecting to wireless network at 270Mb/sec and are both exhibiting the same drop in speed over wireless. only one laptop connected to the network at a time.
    is thier a limit to the time capsule/airport extreme wireless throughput?

    Further to Bob's comments..
    A Gen1 TC will be using marvel wireless chip and your 2008 and 2010 Macbook will use atheros and/or broadcom cards.. Just open your system profiler and look for info on the airport. We find the mixture of wireless chipsets especially older draft N and later N products can give very varied results.
    The very fact you are linking at 270 and not 300mbps shows some reduction from theoretical max speed.. and really to get over 100mbps with any wireless you need perfect setup.. matched wireless chips etc.
    Do a test uploading and downloading a file to the TC to see if the LAN speed is better than internet speed.
    In reality I think you are doing especially well.. we see loads of people complaining about slow internet here who are getting less than 10% of the speed they get direct when routed through the TC. And on most occasions the limit in speed is not really going to affect what you do, as the real links to the internet are not that fast.

  • Airport Extreme (time capsule model) internet speed EXTREMELY slow.

    Hello, first thank you for any help on this as it is a bit frustrating for me.
    I recently noticed my internet speed was running significantly slower on both my MacBook Pro and on my wifes MacBook.
    I had my ISP come and check out the problem. They hooked my MacBook Pro directly to the modem and my speed went from under 1 mb to over 5mb.... he then had me hook up directly to the lan port on the airport extreme and my speed was once again back down to the 1 mb range. He concluded that it must be a problem with the speed once it hits the Airport Extreme.
    He ended up giving me a different modem, its a 2wire wireless. I have since connected my airport extreme to the new modem and am still pulling down the same speed, but now I have connected directly to the new 2wire wireless modem and am getting my 5 mb speed.
    Can anyone give me any help or advice on what I can do with my airport extreme time capsule so that I can get the speed I should be getting from it.
    Thanks again.

    More information. I have a separate router for ISP connect/DHCP. I only use my Airports to create a WDS and bridge onto my home network. I have never allowed 2.4GHz or 5GHz phones in the house, just to limit interference. I live way out in the country so interference from neighbors is negligible to nonexistent. Speed testing done with Speakeasy.net/speedtest
    I moved all the hard wired machines from the TC to my switch. Which will impact the speed of my backups, but it helped with internet throughput for those machines.
    Then I split my WiFi into 2 separate nets, each with a connection to my home network switch. I created a b/g network with my ufo Extreme and my Express (NET 1). I left my TC set for n/b/g (NET 2). As long as my MacBook was powered off internet speed were nice and fast. As soon as I turned on my MB the speeds were impacted, not as bad as before.
    I then changed NET 2 to be n-only 5GHz and retested. These was a small but noticeable impact for wireless machines but I have concerns because my ISP is wireless and runs at or near 5GHz.
    I then changed NET 2 to be n-only 2.4Ghz and retested. Again a small impact for wireless machines whenever my MB was connected to NET 2.
    I then had my MB join NET 1 and speeds were nice and fast all around. My solution, shutdown the wireless on my TC and use it as just a network drive while I use my old reliable b/g hardware for WiFi.
    Maybe someday this Draft version of 802.11n will be finalized and have no issues.
    Message was edited by: Gregory Daniel

  • Speeding up Time Capsule when used as external hard drive

    I use a Time Capsule as an external "server" that two macs use, both connected via ethernet. We have a second Time Capsule (connected wirelessly) that is used for Time Machine back-ups.
    Recently (since upgrading to Mavericks — coincidence?) accessing the files has been getting slow — click on a folder and I have to wait up to a minute (I timed it) to see its contents. This is on iMac (27-inch Mid 2010) running OS X Mavericks (10.9.2). Our newer Mac does display the contents of folders a little quicker, so perhaps it is the Mac, not Time Capsule.
    The Time Capsule has 180gb free — could it be too full?
    Is there any way of speeding the access to the files up on this Mac, or should I "downgrade" the Mac to Mountain Lion / Lion.
    (on a side note OS Mail is desperatly sluggish since upgrading to Mavericks, so perhaps I will have to downgrade...)

    You are showing the TC as Gen1 in your profile. Are both TC gen1?
    The disk performance of Gen1 is not particularly good. Especially copying a lot of small files.
    And the TC was never designed to do what you are using it for.. the spin down for instance is very rapid. On a normal NAS you can control spin down to a more satisfactory balance between speed and power saving.
    Sometimes the OS is just slow.
    Manually mount the TC drive in the OS.
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    Type in the address,
    AFP://TCname.local
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    AFP://TCIPaddress
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    Make sure ipv6 is set to link-local in the wireless and ethernet setup of the Mac. But make sure wireless is turned off if you use ethernet. Just having wireless turned on has caused slow transfer in my testing.
    I suggest you then do a test copying a single large file (1GB aprox) to the TC.. discount the spin up time.. as drives get old and sticky they take longer and longer to spin up. And see what kind of real transfer speeds you get.. use activity monitor. I would hope you get at least 30-40MByte/s. Less than that something is behaving poorly.. try copying the same file to your other computer. Make sure the ethernet connection is showing gigabit to both.
    Mavericks seems to have made a few backward steps and sticking to Lion/Mountain Lion a bit longer may be worthwhile.

  • Time capsule 2TB,connected to mac mini server leopard, LG DP1W mediacenter/player for watching movies on my tv from my harddisk tower connected to time capsule by usb/hub on G-technologie 8 TB G-SPEED Q RAID-oplossing(hard disk tower) is this gonna work??

    hello,
    ik have a question about the hardware i wanna buy
    i have a IMAC that is 3 years old and running on leopard snow 10.5, i want to upgrade the software from this mac to 10.6 and put 4GB workmemory into it, i have now 1GB.
    I have ordered a MAC MINI SERVER leopard snow 10.6(also ordered a dvd superdrive, wireless typing, and a wireless mouse for the mac mini)
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    G-technologie 8 TB G-SPEED Q RAID-oplossing (hdtower)
    UPC of EAN nr.: 705487185744 in the mac store
    i want to connect to the Time Capsule this for my TV to play movies from the harddisktower connected to my time capsule:
    LG DP1W MEDIAPLAYER/CENTER without harddisk build into it, with WiFi connection butt, i'm gonna use te 2.0 USB connection that is faster and stabile.
    -Connecting the Time Capsule to the Internet
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    i'm also want to connect by 2.0 USB my canon all in one foto printer, WiFi is not working properly and i have many times problems with connection my printer wireless.....
    And for the future i also want to connect a Dymo Labelprinter by 2.0 USB
    in total 7 usb connections: only the time capsule have one port, so i can split to more ports by a usb-hub????
    Well i have another question: i want to store a movie database on the external harddisktower that is connected to the time capsule.....
    How can... let me say: my sister, and father who live on 2 different adresses get access to the movie database and watch them at their own home?????
    can i secure it with a password given to my sister or father that is only works for 1 file???? so that i get multiple passwords
    how does this works??? to share/upload/download to the internet only to one person????
    i hope someone can help me????

    hello,
    ik have a question about the hardware i wanna buy
    i have a IMAC that is 3 years old and running on leopard snow 10.5, i want to upgrade the software from this mac to 10.6 and put 4GB workmemory into it, i have now 1GB.
    I have ordered a MAC MINI SERVER leopard snow 10.6(also ordered a dvd superdrive, wireless typing, and a wireless mouse for the mac mini)
    i have ordered a Time Capsule 2TB
    i want to connect to the Time capsule this:
    G-technologie 8 TB G-SPEED Q RAID-oplossing (hdtower)
    UPC of EAN nr.: 705487185744 in the mac store
    i want to connect to the Time Capsule this for my TV to play movies from the harddisktower connected to my time capsule:
    LG DP1W MEDIAPLAYER/CENTER without harddisk build into it, with WiFi connection butt, i'm gonna use te 2.0 USB connection that is faster and stabile.
    -Connecting the Time Capsule to the Internet
    i'm also gonna use this: gear4 PG467 UNITY REMOTE(control everything with iphone)
    i'm also want to connect by 2.0 USB my canon all in one foto printer, WiFi is not working properly and i have many times problems with connection my printer wireless.....
    And for the future i also want to connect a Dymo Labelprinter by 2.0 USB
    in total 7 usb connections: only the time capsule have one port, so i can split to more ports by a usb-hub????
    Well i have another question: i want to store a movie database on the external harddisktower that is connected to the time capsule.....
    How can... let me say: my sister, and father who live on 2 different adresses get access to the movie database and watch them at their own home?????
    can i secure it with a password given to my sister or father that is only works for 1 file???? so that i get multiple passwords
    how does this works??? to share/upload/download to the internet only to one person????
    i hope someone can help me????

  • How can I maximize my wifi speed using the Time Capsule?

    I do not feel that my wifi speed is as fast as it should be.  I have a 2 TB Time Capsule and connect wirelessly with an Apple MacBook Air, an iPhone 5s, an iPad 4, and iPad mini.  The online manual just tells how to do the initial setup but not how to tweak the settings.  Any idea how I can check my settings?

    There's little if anything to tweak. Your wireless speed will depend upon how many devices are using it at the same time since it is shared bandwidth. Wireless is also affected by what's between the device and the router like walls, ceilings, and other obstructions. If you have two devices connected at the same time one of which only supports 802.11a/b connections and one that supports and another that uses 802.11a/b/n (faster), then your network speed will drop down to the speed of the slowest device connected.
    Just use it. There's little you can do unless you have defective hardware.

  • With multiple devices (.g, .n, .ac) will the Time Capsule degrade to the lowest speed, or will each run at the highest rate it is capable of?

    With multiple devices (.g, .n, .ac) will the Time Capsule degrade to the lowest speed, or will each run at the highest rate it is capable of?

    Highest rate capable.
    Things may slow down a bit if you have a number of wireless devices connected simultaneously, since they must all share the same network bandwidth.

  • Internet from time capsule 1/5th the speed of other wireless network

    Hi...
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    I have my time capsule set up in WDS mode with an 802.11g Airport Express to distribute the network through the entire house. The speed is the same if i'm next to the time capsule or in any part of the house so i don't think its a signal strength thing. Any suggestions?
    Thanks in advance

    No, you are not using a full IPv6 system.. you are simply making sure the link to the TC is able to use IPv6.
    Go to the Networking preferences and bring up the wireless setup, advanced. TCP/IP
    Change the IPv6 setting to link-local.
    Ensure ipv6 is set in the TC to link-local.
    So click on the TC in the airport utility.. click on edit.. click on the internet tab. Click on internet options.
    Then test your speed again.
    If you have issues still give us a link speed when you are sitting in the same room as the TC.

  • How Can I Speed Up My MacBook When Time Machine is running on Time Capsule

    My Macbook starts to run really slow and I consistenly get the color wheel when trying to do other tasks when Time Machine is running in the background.  I am connected to Time Machine on a Time Capsule. Given this runs every hour its really annoying.

    Plus to pondini..
    If possible you can use ethernet.. that speeds things up greatly.
    If you are close to the TC make sure it is connecting via the 5ghz wireless.. Check the actual wireless link speed. And transfer rates.. if rates are too slow.. then look at relocating the wireless or putting in some sort of wireless extender.
    I guess the other question is what is slow.. the disk on the computer, internet, just overall feel of the computer.. perhaps give a specific.. what is slow.

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