Time Capsule vs. Other options- recommendations

I am looking at getting the Time Capsule 500GB but wanted to check if other options made better sense such as Buffalo/Maxtor. I don't need to get the router/wireless functionality as I already have an airport express and linksys router although they are both 811 g as opposed to N. Just got a new aluminum Macbook and looking to use a NAS as a Time Machine backup and possible Itunes repository.
I would run the time capsule over ethernet, not wireless. Just curious about how much of performance hit I would take with the itunes library on a networked drive.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Time Machine is only officially supported to a NAS device if it is Time Capsule or an USB drive attached to an AirPort Extreme (though even this is not officially supported). If you only have an AirPort Express (as opposed to the Extreme, which looks very similar to a Time Capsule, BTW), it is not supported. Even if you are connected via ethernet to your NAS, you will need some sort of hack as it is not supported. A directly connected USB/FW drive will work, though.

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Time Capsule Disconnects OTHER devices on wireless network during backup?

Hi everyone,
I need help here. I have a 500gb TC as my wireless base station as well as my backup for a new-ish 2.8 iMac. I have 2 laptops on the network as well as 2 airport express stations that just serve speakers. The house is a small 1-floor 3-bedroom.
Every time my iMac does a time machine backup (which is often), the airport express bricks lose their music streams, and the laptops (a original Macbook Pro and a previous gen. MacBook) lose their internet and network connection - BUT they still show full signal strength and show that they are connected to the network.
The only thing that seems to "solve" it is for me to turn my computer airport off then back on and wait for it to re-join the network.
I have tried resetting my Time capsule - which only resulted in a VERY slow initial backup which took over 2 days to back up 200gb worth of data and then back to the same problem.
I have the TC set up as a mixed n/b/g network, and I have one express brick extending the network ('cause I thought a weak signal might be the problem but it appears not), and the other brick joining the network. All firmware/ software is up to date. Any help is appreciated!
Many thanks,
jb

jwbeaton,
While it doesn't directly relate to your connectivity issue, might I suggest not storing other files on the TC. Use and external disk attached to the TC via USB.
*Using a Time Machine Hard Disk (or Time Capsule) for Other Files*
Here is Apples’ line on this: “Time Machine works best if you use your backup disk only for Time Machine backups. If you keep files on your backup disk, Time Machine won’t back up those files, and the space available for Time Machine backups will be reduced.” [http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/11430.html]
This hasn't stopped some from successfully partitioning Time Machine hard disks and storing data on the other partition. As long as the Time Machine backup has its' own partition, you avoid any potential opportunities for conflict.
However, this is not an option for Time Capsule users as there is no easy way of partitioning the Time Capsules’ internal hard disk without elaborate effort. Granted, the Time Capsule is advertised as being able to perform both as a Time Machine backup destination and as a shared network drive [Apple Store (U.S.) - Time Capsule - 500 GB]
Nevertheless, some have experienced problems with maintaining files/folders occupying the same disk as Time Machine backups. In this case, they use the Time Capsule hard disk solely for Time Machine backups. Then attach an external hard disk to the Time Capsules USB port and store additional files there. This added disk will still be available to all Macs that can access the Time Capsule. (Note though, that any USB disks attached to the USB port of the Time Capsule can not then be backed up to the Time Capsule via Time Machine. Time Machine will only backup your Macs internal hard disk or any external hard disks physically attached to the Mac. Time Machine can not backup one remote device to another remote device.)
Hope this is helpful.
Cheers!

Help with new Airport Extreme (and network name) not recognizing Time Capsule and other Airports in the home

I had a Time Capsule running in an AV Cabinet and it made too much noise as it backed up and ruined soft/quiet music passages (and created far too much warmth as well). So, I visited the local Apple store and the guy I met worked through a few solutions with me. I decided on an Airport Extreme for the audio cabinet, and would move the Time Capsule to another room where it would not create noise interference.
So, I have the Airport up and running perfectly well. I changed my wireless network name and password.
I cannot get the Airport Express and Time Capsule to show up on my network. They both just blink that brown/orange color on the front. When I go to the Airport Utility, it does not pick up the Time Capsule or Airport Express. I have tried unplugging and plugging back in and scanning for devices, but dont know what else to do. Are they still looking for my old network? Is there a way to reset them??
Thanks for any help.

I've tried the option key on both--the AEBS offers 14 options, including Automatic, while the TC offers 8 options, and no Automatic. The AEBS lists (among others) 802.11 a/n-b/g compatible, 802.11 a-b/g compatible, or 802.11 n (5 GHz)-b/g compatible. The TC offers 802.11.n (b/g compatible), 802.11n only (2.4 GHz), and 802.11n only (5 GHz), among others...
I had already followed the instructions in the link you supplied, except that the wireless options don't quite match...
I am currently trying 802.11n (5GHz)-b/g compatible on the AEBS and 802.11 (5GHz) on the TC, which gives me a rate of 270 on my n devices and 54 on my g devices, according to the Airport Utility.
This might be the best I can do, without buying a new TC. Thanks for any advice you can give...
C.

Time Machine doesn't list Time Capsule as backup option

I'm trying to restart Time Machine, but Time Machine doesn't show Time Capsule as a backup option even though I'm connected to it wirelessly on our network. I was successfully backing up to my Time Capsule until I changed its name. Any ideas on how to fix this.
Thanks

Sounds like the drive is dead.
Take it to your local Apple Store or Authorized Repair location.

Time Capsule MAC filtering option

I've recently purchased a couple Airport Express devices. I've also just disabled my Belkin wireless router in favor of my Time Capsule. I had problems getting items connected to the Express on the network. I have my sons iMac directly connected to the Express via a wired connection and I'm using the mac filter option for the Time Capsule. What I ended up having to do is to add the mac address for the wireless portion of the Express and also it's wired mac address. I also had to add my sons wired ethernet mac address. Is it normal to have to add all of these to the access list of the Time Capsule. I did not have to do it with the Belkin router.

what you need MAC filtering for ? i have disabled the option after some testing and finding it more troublesome than not.
just protect your network with a strong, non-dictionary passwords and WPA/WPA2 security.
it will take a very determined and able hacker to get onto your network ...

Network apple time capsule with other modem

I am way over my head here. I am trying to figure out how to "bridge" my new apple time capsule with my ATT Uverse Modem. I have the time capsule primarily for backup, but it serves a wireless function as well does the ATT Uverse Modem. Someone did this for me in the past, but my Time Capsule died, and I disconnected it. I can not figure out how to wire it all back together. Is there a diagram out there?

Plug the TC into a computer.. complete isolation from the network.
Open the airport utility.
Put the TC in bridge mode.
Go to the wireless page and setup wireless .. create a wireless network. I recommend you do roaming network and so space the TC and the uverse modem by a few feet.
But it is up to you.. you can use a completely different network name and security if you want.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4260
Although the article is for multiple apple routers it will be fine with 2 different routers.
Only I would set fixed wireless channels.

How can i exclude my macbook backup on time capsule from other imac connected to same time capsule?

we have several mac connected to same time capsule, how can i exclude one macbook backup from all the others mac accessing same time capsule?
thanks

Not exactly clear what you mean.. the TC will keep each Mac backup in its own sparsebundle.. it does this automagically.. The backups are not mixed.. all are kept separate.
Or is this a security question.. you don't want people looking at the contents of the backup?
You can increase the security of the TC.. but it is too late.. you should have done it when first installed. If you go to the setup you can change security (Secure Shared Disks) by selecting with Accounts.. the problem is you will lose access to all the existing backups. You really need to do a clean start.. create accounts for all the users and start again.
Also note security is not a big feature here.. anybody with physical access to the TC can press the reset for 1sec and get access. It is a home device not a business device.

HT201250 Continuing backups with a time capsule or other network cloud storage device

For over a year I used an external drive for my time machine backups. I purchased an external cloud (WD MyCloud) and yesterday I started to do a backup with it.
I read a post which stated that if you keep your external drive plugged in and then chose to replace the drive with the network drive, it will copy all the history to the network drive.
This did not exactly happen with me. So now, I have all the backups from the beginning of my computer till yesterday on an external 1TB drive, and for some reason I go as far back as about a month ago on my WD MyCloud.
I cannot copy from the external disc to the MyCloud because of the format issues. The MyCloud is formatted in exFAT so that it will work both with Macs and PCs, while my external disc is formatted for Mac only (HFS, I presume).
Is there any way that I can either somehow put the history back onto the network drive time machine backup?
Thanks for your help with this.

The apple refurbished store has the Gen4 2TB for $209..
http://store.apple.com/au/product/FD032X/A/refurbished-time-capsule-2-tb
and if you are prepared to live without the warranty I see Gen4 2TB go on ebay in Australia for $150.. plus or minus. Certainly the refurbished store price sets a pretty clear upper limit.
For your situation the TC plugged into the adsl modem would still work the best. AC wireless in the latest model will do you nothing unless your MBP is brand new.. all the older ones have 450mbit on 5ghz N wireless and it works extremely well as long as you can put the TC close enough.. otherwise the 2.4ghz works fine. There is no improvement in the latest model.. same disk size.. same usb2 port.. same N wireless speed. Even range for many people is no better. Regardless of all the antennas in the latest one. Without AC wireless clients up close the two perform line ball with each other.
As long as you do the initial backup by ethernet the incremental backup are fine.
As per Bob comment.. there is no modem with USB that is going to work for this. Even on a modem that does support a USB disk, they will NOT support TM extensions.. nor will it be reliable even if it did. People quickly discover that TM is really an all Apple invention.. and locating TM backups on other devices is just bound not to be successful. Heck it is not even that reliable now with Mavericks on a TC.

Time capsule or other wireless alternative?

I'm planning to start doing backup of a couple of Macbooks. I have 300 gb used in both of them. I don't need all the bells and whistels that comes with Airport Time Capsule and prefer not to pay the hefty price tag either ($350 here in Australia). All I need is to wirelessly backup my files using Time Machine and restore when I need to. I'd prefer a device that can be connected to my wifi network without it having to plugged in to the ADSL modem, something like the Epson 645 printer does. But I guess such a backup device doesn't exist? Failing that something like the Airport Time Capsule would be ideal but without the hefty price tag. My ADSL modem has a USB port so I could share a backup drive that way. Or if it's really worth the money, I could just bite the bullet and get a 2 TB Time Capsule.

The apple refurbished store has the Gen4 2TB for $209..
http://store.apple.com/au/product/FD032X/A/refurbished-time-capsule-2-tb
and if you are prepared to live without the warranty I see Gen4 2TB go on ebay in Australia for $150.. plus or minus. Certainly the refurbished store price sets a pretty clear upper limit.
For your situation the TC plugged into the adsl modem would still work the best. AC wireless in the latest model will do you nothing unless your MBP is brand new.. all the older ones have 450mbit on 5ghz N wireless and it works extremely well as long as you can put the TC close enough.. otherwise the 2.4ghz works fine. There is no improvement in the latest model.. same disk size.. same usb2 port.. same N wireless speed. Even range for many people is no better. Regardless of all the antennas in the latest one. Without AC wireless clients up close the two perform line ball with each other.
As long as you do the initial backup by ethernet the incremental backup are fine.
As per Bob comment.. there is no modem with USB that is going to work for this. Even on a modem that does support a USB disk, they will NOT support TM extensions.. nor will it be reliable even if it did. People quickly discover that TM is really an all Apple invention.. and locating TM backups on other devices is just bound not to be successful. Heck it is not even that reliable now with Mavericks on a TC.

Time Capsule or other storage?

I'm new to Mac and new to backing up data with anything other than a CD or flash drive.
What is the best storage to use if I am wanting to backup the HD and Windows (using VMWare fusion)? Does Time Machine only back up the Mac HD and not the windows via VMware fusion? I'd like to do both at one time--is this possible?
Also, why is 500GB time capsule not available on the site anymore. All I see is 1TB and 2TB. Would there be something wrong with purchasing the 500GB time capsule with a newer computer. My computer is brand new X 3 months.
Thanks!

rlking05, Welcome to the discussion area!
Does VMWare fusion use a separate disk partition? Or does it exist as a file on the Mac's hard drive?
Time Machine backs up your entire Mac and any external drive connected to your Mac (via USB or Firewire).
There is no problem using a 500 GB Time Capsule with a current or future Macs.

How to change loacalization of time capsule and other wifi hardware

I have several apple machines like, time capsule and airport extreme from different countries around the world. In a globalized world I move every 3-4 years to a new country/region. In the wifi setup of the time capsule and the airport extreme you'll only find 5 or six countries (china, Korea, Japan, chile...) but nothing about Morocco or any european country. So when you try to set "restricted access" between 1 to 5 p.m., your regional setting is China, but you live some where in Europe, there is a time difference of several hours you have to take into consideration. That is a bad joke.
There is no way of choosing a different location or setting the time as far as I know inside the setup.
Any ideas, before I sell all my Apple stuff and buy Samsung or Fujitsu?

Hi, you must go to Airport Utility, and in menù Disk you can change the name.
Sergio

ITunes library stored on Time Capsule or other NAS drive?

On the iPad, can I use an iTunes library that is stored on an external, network-attached disk?
In other words, I'd like to put all my music on the Apple Time Capsule drive (or other NAS disk drive) and play it from iTunes on my iPad. Is that possible? If not, are there any updates, software extensions etc. coming out that would make it possible?
Thanks!
Message was edited by: powerbookuser99

Actually I searched again and found this ipad app called FileBrowser:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/filebrowser-access-files-on/id364738545?mt=8
It says it supports NAS and people say in their reviews that they can stream music from their NAS drives using this app.
And after all, it would have been hard to imagine that ipad can't access the NAS when even my Android phone can do it.

Accessing the music stored on my Time Capsule from other devices (iPad, MacBook)

I have cpoied my music onto my Time Capsule/Airport. I am trying to figure out how I can access that music from the other devices I have connected to the network including my MacBook Pro and iPad 2.

sparkylulu wrote:
I have a Time Capsule that, among other things, is my primary storage space for music. I don't keep anything on my macbook, I just point iTunes to the Capsule and play everything off of that. Here's my question and I apologize if it's rudimentary.
How do I backup the backup?
What backup? If the only copy of your stuff is on the Time Capsule, you have no backups!
I have a couple of other EHDs from before I got the Capsule. Specifically a LaCie. It's just sitting with nothing to do now. Is there an easy way to copy the 100+g of music from the Capsule to the LaCie or another EHD? I'm sure this is an easy thing to do and I'm just OCD enough to not be able to figure it out.
You can "archive" the TC's contents to a USB drive connected to it. That has some serious downsides, but if you have no other copies of your data, it would be a good thing to do quickly, then figure out a better alternative. See [Time Capsule: Using AirPort Utility 5.3.1 or later to make a copy of the Time Capsule disk|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1281].
Time Machine, like many backup apps, cannot back up from a network location. I've never used it, but the Chronosync app might be suitable.

Since installing Time Capsule, all other devices have problem with their internet connection

3 or 4 weeks ago my sister bought herself a Time Capsule to use with her IMac and since we have a big house and the Wifi Connection is pretty weak at her room, she connected it with our devolo dlan ethernet(which makes a connection between the time capsule and the router via electrical cables). I also use the same system for my xbox360/ps4 and never had any problems, but since she no longer has her Imac connected directly(WLan from her Time Capsule) something is messed up. If I don't unplug her Time Capsule I'm not able at all to connect with the Internet with my Xbox360 and with my Ps4 I'm only able once in 6-10 trials and only for about 5-30 seconds. But this isn't even all, my Laptop which has top Connection to our home network and also to the time capsule network sometimesneeds me to change between them for about a dozen times till it finally is able to make a connection with the Internet and even then it loses the connection to the Internet from time to time.
So my Question is, is it possible that the Time Capsule screws up some of the routing of the router and what can I do about it?
My Sister is happy because she finally has a good wifi connection in her room, but it got unbearable for me because it screws up the internet connection of every single electronical gadget I own and I don't want to have to unplug my sisters' time capsule every time she isn't in her room.

Yes, the TC can be messing things up. It is in router mode and is providing the dhcp in the wrong network to clients in the wrong places..
The TC should be in bridge mode.. is it.. ??
Go to the setup of the TC in the airport utility and check the setup.

Time Capsule with other hardware

I'm in a dilemma here.
I recent bought a TC (in October) and found that I couldn't get my Wii/PS3/DS to connect to it. It also doesn't have enough ports. Before I bought the TC I used a Linksys WRT320N (4-port) with an 8-port switch. Basically I wanted to incorporate the TC to back up my MacPro, but I found the only way for anything wireless to connect to it, could only do so using the "guest" wireless.
Can anyone recommend how I should get something setup so I can use the TC, WRT320N (WEP for the Wii/PS3/DS), and 8-port switch? If the TC had WEP I think that would just simplify the matter, but no such luck (sigh).
I know it's a ridiculous amount of connections, but it's what I need. If anyone can help me, I would greatly appreciate it. I've been making myself mental trying different kinds of setups.

+I have to say that I didn't find any documentation that showed that the TC could be configured that way+
I can't speak for Apple, but assume that they are trying to make setup as easy as possible. By default, if you have a dual band TC, the "main" network is 802.11n only 5 GHz. This allows the fastest devices to connect to this band. The "guest" network is 802.11 n,b,g compatible at 2.4 GHz to allow most other devices to connect. This covers the bases for probably 90% + of users. You need more "options", so use the "option" key whenever you are looking for settings.
If you go to the same wireless settings page I indicated earlier, you should see a "Wireless Options" button. If you click this, you can assign a different name to the "guest" network to make it easier to figure out which network you are actually connected to. If you have separate names for the "main" and "guest" networks, you will have to click the fan shaped AirPort icon at the top of the screen and look for the specific network you want. Your computer is connecting to the "guest" network now probably because it sees a better signal there than the main network.
5 GHz signals are faster, but not as strong as 2.4 GHz signals. So the 5 GHz signals do not penetrate walls or obstructions as well as 2.4 GHz signals. Unless you are close to the TC, or almost have "line-of-sight" from your computer to the router, your computer may connect to the guest band because that is the stronger signal. Lower frequencies travel better. The ads won't tell you this, of course, because everyone seems to be looking for "speed". But, to get speed, you have to give up something....power. That's why your Mac connected to the lower speed Linksys reliably.

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