Two iMacs and a Time Capsule

I moved from a pc to a Mac recently and my wife loved it so much that we've now both moved to Macs. Mine though has all the music and photos (Photoshop) and addresses on etc. It's connected to a Time Capsule. There's an Air Port to extend the signal to the second iMac. A couple of questions - can we share the music and photos etc from the first Mac. If we can, can we then update say, our music, on either iMac, or only on the original? Thanks

I got pointed by a friend to file sharing so will give this a go - although would still be interested to know if I can use the Time Capsule as a shared hard drive for both macs

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I'm sorry for repeating this, but i have not found a clear answer. i have a macbook wit iTunes library, an iMac, and a time capsule. how can i transfer my itunes library from TC backup to the iMac? thank you -

i'm sorry for repeating this, but i have not found a clear, step-by-step answer in several hours.
i have a macbook with iTunes library, a new iMac, and a new time capsule. how can i transfer my itunes library from TC backup to the iMac?
(sharing the iTunes library between the macbook & iMack requires both machines and seems silly ...)
thank you -

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Using an Airport Extreme and a Time Capsule at the same time

Guys I have had an Airport Extreme and a Time Capsule running together for nearly a year now and over the last few days the TC has been behaving badly. I changed its settings and now I'm in a mess. No, I can't remember the previous settings
Does anyone have a definitive list of the settings I need please? I have an ethernet cable modem, and the Airport Extreme is plugged into that as the main router. Two computers and the Time Capsule are plugged into the Airport Extreme using ethernet. The Time Capsule at the moment is just used as a network drive for Time Machine, but at some point I want to move it, with a long ethernet cable, and use it for extending the wifi in the house.
1. Should I connect the TC using its WAN port or one of the other ethernet ports? At present it's one of the other ones.
2. What TC settings should I use to have it function purely as a hard drive? At the moment there's some kind of conflict and my internet connection drops every 30 minutes.
3. Then later, what settings will I need to get the ethernet connected TC to extend the range of my wifi?
I read the Apple doc about WDS and tried setting the TC up that way. Then I discovered there is no WDS option in the AE Wireless settings. Only "Create a wireless network" or "extend a wireless network". The same setting on the TC has these options: "Create a wireless network" "Participate in a WDS network" or "extend a wireless network". Both devices have firmware 7.5.2. It didn't work with only the TC set for WDS, of course, but after that I can't get it back the way it was - which wasn't reliable anyway
Any help in exactly what the Wireless and Internet settings should be would be massively useful. Thanks!

If you use the extreme as a router then the tc should be connected via its wan port to one of the lan ports on the extreme. Tc should be set up in bridge mode. Basically you could set it up to create another wireless network beside the one created by the extreme. There is no need to use WDS or extend the other network.
Use the same SSID and password for both machines. Computers will connect to the strongest signal.

Setting up time capsule with existing wireless router and another time capsule

Hello,
I just bought my first mac (MBP) and a time capsule. We already have a wireless router, and my brother has an imac and his time capsule connected to it. The apple support people said that i couldn't use my new time capsule as a backup for my files because it would have to be in bridge mode and that would cause all sorts of problems and the backup would probably fail. That I would have to use my brother's time capsule to back up my files.
Is this true?? I find it hard to believe this issue hasn;t come up before.
Thanks,
Deborah

Thanks, Bob! If I may impose on you a little bit more, would you be able to guide me a little bit in terms of the setup?
Would I need to connect my time capsule directly to the router for first time set up?
If so, would I have to keep it connected to the router all the time after the first time set up, or can I keep it in another room?
Our wireless network was created back when we were a Windows household, so we still control it using Network Magic on an old laptop.
I unlocked the network (using Network Magic) when I tried to set up the Time Capsule (wirelessly, and before calling Apple), and after entering the network password my macbook recognized the TC and I got the good little green light on the TC. As soon as I locked up the network, I got the flashing amber light on the TC and airport utility couldn't find it anymore (using Airport utility version 6.1)... I unlocked the network again, the light turned green. I locked it back up, the light started flashing amber again...
Thanks, I really appreciate your help!
Deborah

I ran out of space on my time machine because I bought a new I MAC to replace the old one. So I copied the old one on the new one and in addition to that I own a macbook. So what should I do erase the old IMAC on my Time capsule ? Shall I reset it?

I ran out of space on my time machine because I bought a new I MAC to replace the old one. So I copied the old one on the new one and in addition to that I own a macbook. So what should I do erase the old IMAC on my Time capsule ? Shall I reset it?

Go to the airport utility and erase the TC disk.. a quick erase is fine and takes less than 1min usually.
A one pass erase takes several hours depending on how big the hard disk is.. but is somewhat safer in that it tests the drive condition. I normally don't bother for a TM backup.
When you start over you should be able to fit both backups on the TC.. assuming the disk is 2x larger at least than the space used on both the MB and the iMac.
If not you can also add a USB drive to the TC, and use that for one of the computers.
The slowest one is best.. as USB is slow.. but fast enough for wireless you won't notice much.

Can I connect and use Time Capsule with two printers?

Can I connect and use Time Capsule with two printers?

Sure, if the printers connect using the Ethernet port, you have 3 ports on the Time Capsule.
If the printers connect using wireless only, the Time Capsule will support up to 50 connections.
If your printers connect using USB, then you will need a powered USB hub. Something like this, for example:
Dynex 4Port USB 2.0 Hub DX-THUB16 - Best Buy

Two XP PC's and one Time Capsule

Thanks in advance for your help on this one! I've scoured the boards and can't seem to find my same predicament.
I've installed the airport utility on a PC running XP, and the Time Capsule is serving as my main media library for iTunes, Apple TV, etc. I'm all good there. What I can't seem to figure out is how to allow another PC in the house to access the shared drive on the Time Capsule.
From what I can tell, I am using all of the correct settings on the Time Machine. I just can't figure out how to allow the other PC (w/out the airport utility installed) access to the shared disc. Do I have to install the airport utility on the 2nd machine, as well?
Many thanks, again, for any assistance you may be able to offer.

1. Yes, you can backup either wired or wireless, and I do recommend doing the first backup wired. When I say wired, that is using an ethernet cable to connect to the Time Capsule via one of the LAN ports.
2. You can setup internet anytime. Just hook up the ethernet cable from your cable or dsl modem into the WAN port of the Time Capsule and then go through Time Capsule setup using AirPort Utility.
3. You don't need to unplug your internet or another computer when backing up. Whether you backup via wired or wireless the Time Capsule will only allow one computer to backup to it at a time and it will have one of the computers wait if both computers try to back up at the same time.
4. The USB port on Time Capsule is used only for external hard drives and printers. You cannot use the USB port for backup of your computer, nor would you want to since it would be a lot slower than using ethernet.

How to restore my imac from a time capsule

My iMac had its OSX 10.9.1 Mavericks fully deleted and reinstalled in the Aple Store in Haarlem Netherlands yesterday.
Seen severe corruption problems of my KeyChain log-in codes.
Everything restored from iCloud was fully OK such as Contacts, Calendar, Mail, Notes.
But I lost all my iTunes data and iPhoto data, MS Ofiice data such as Word, Excel, etc.
My iMac however was connected through WiFi to a Time Capsule but I really do not know if the Time Capsule was ever set to ON under System Preferences. Or was it simply always set to OFF on my iMac.? .......
Question 1 : How can I find out directly on my Time Capsule if a separate Volume was ever made for this iMac ? And how can I restore that volume - if I find it back - to my iMac ?.
Time Capsule Program on my restored iMac seems to be fully empty. Last date is yesterday and nothing before.
Question 2 : When I connect my iMac directly through Ethernet cable to my Time Capsule I do not know how to find and retrieve (restore) the speciic volume for my iMac.
Question 3 : how to delete the very old volumes directly on the Time Capsule which are not in use any more since years. ?
Question 4 : Any other suggetions for how to restore iPhoto and iTunes ? From iPhone, from iPod ? Let's not discuss Photostram here now.....
Thanks Apple Store - I seem to have a serious problem

Mavericks does nasty things to the Time Machine backups..
It tends to overwrite everything or certainly to hide it.
If the TM was not turned on, then it could not backup.
Let me recommend you spend the time reading the brilliant stuff Pondini wrote ..
He has specific info about restoring iphoto.
See here.. http://pondini.org/TM/15.html
But read all the Questions, 14-17 so you understand how TM works..
The instructions for deleting old backups is Q12.
http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
But don't delete anything as you might at least get partial recovery from those files.
For a full restore or migration see this page.
http://pondini.org/TM/Home.html
It includes setup and migration for OS up to Mountain Lion.
The guy who wrote all this info died before he had a chance to update it to Mavericks.. sadly.. he did a great service to the community.
Conclusion .. do not send stuff to Apple for repair before you make a disk image backup. Never trust Time Machine to do whole computer restores.. and Mavericks is a mess.

Home setup - network switch and 2 Time Capsules

I have an ADSL modem/router (Billion BIPAC 5200G). I have used it previously with wireless turned off. I then used a time capsule in bridge mode so that NAT etc is turned off, and then use it to broadcast wifi and as a backup. It is attached to the modern with ethernet. It worked fine.
I am now in a house with a lot of ethernet ports, linked to a massive hub thing. But it needs a switch to link it all together.
So I am thinking of this setup:
PHONE LINE
to
BILLION ROUTER (Set as a router with wifi turned off)
to
NETWORK SWITCH
to
VARIOUS ethernet enabled devices in different rooms (i.e. printers, Apple TV, TV, Time capsule)
Then I want to use my 2nd time capsule to extend my ground floor network by plugging it in essentially directly into the time capsule via ethernet in roaming mode.
Is this the optimal setup for this? My other idea was to forgo the network switch and do it this way:
PHONE LINE
to
BILLION ROUTER (Set as a router with wifi turned off)
to
VARIOUS ethernet enabled devices INCLUDING the TIME CAPSULE and PRINTER.
then:
To the TIME CAPSULE:
to
VARIOUS ethernet enabled devices INCLUDING Imac, Apple TV and another TIME CAPSULE in roaming mode.
My main questions are: which setup will give me better speeds to all devices. Ie: is the switch even necessary? In my 2nd example, will the first time capsule and printer be available to the Imac.
There seems to be no real advantage to having the TIME CAPSULE in router mode while keeping the BILLION ROUTER as a pass through with NAT off (To avoid Double NAT) except for the guest network capabilities.
If its just simpler to have the network switch, then perhaps that's the way to go. If so: any suggestions on network switches that work well?

It doesn't allow me to select ethernet as an option for internet connection, only dchp, ppoe and one more which isn't ethernet.
DHCP is correct setting. .it will use ethernet but the new AC TC has problems.. it needs a crossover cable with some switches. Or you need to return it and get it replaced as there is something wrong with its wan port.. the new AC model needs a hardware revision and about 3 or 4 firmware upgrades before it hits the status of the Gen4 it replaced.
My questions are: should I connect my time capsules together directly with ethernet using another available port in my new time capsule. I thought my switch would work better. Also, does one time capsule have to be in router mode instead of having both of them in bridge.
Both should be in bridge.. but you can rearrange things to see if any of the other devices works better.
You can use the billion or the old TC.. plug the new TC into those.
Bob is correct though.. the switch is the correct thing for everything to be plugged into .. but in home situation what works is more important than what is best. It if fails in all of them then the WAN port is proven faulty.
Should I be able to use the hdd on the 2nd (older) time machine as essentially a networked hdd for putting movies and music on, and use my new time capsule as the sole backup (occurring both over ethernet for my iMac and wifi for our laptops)
Yes, that is ok.. you just need to get the AC version TC actually working properly.
Give us a few screenshots of things.. that really helps to see.
Click on each unit and show the summary pages.

If I have an airport extreme and a time capsule is it possible for seamless switching between the 2 when a signal is weak or drops Main reason is as I move from my first floor to my attic office and would like to place one (airport extreme)downstairs and

If I have an airport extreme and a time capsule is it possible for seamless switching between the 2 when a signal is weak or drops
Main reason is as I move from my first floor to my attic office and would like to place one (airport extreme)downstairs and time capsule upstairs to get complete coverage

In theory, yes. If you configure the two base station into either an extended or roaming network configuration, you should be able to walk a laptop between routers and the laptop should attempt to connect/reconnect to the base station providing the stronger signal ... but, in reality, this is not always 100% true.

Hi iv got a sky router downstairs and a time capsule up stairs how do i set it up so that it just extends the sky wifi and then the hard drive in the time capsule is accessible from all over the house thanks

hi iv got a sky router downstairs and a time capsule up stairs how do i set it up so that it just extends the sky wifi and then the hard drive in the time capsule is accessible from all over the house thanks

Connect an Ethernet cable from one of the LAN <--> ports on the back of the Sky router to the WAN (circle of dots icon) port on the back of the Time Capsule. This connection must be maintained at all times.
Then, using the setup "wizard" on your iMac illustrated below, configure the Time Capsule to create a wireless network that uses the exact same wireless network name and password that the Sky router is using.
You can get the setup wizard going in several different ways, but the simplest might be to click the WiFi icon at the top of the Mac's screen and then click on Time Capsule under the heading of New AirPort Base Station.
The wizard will open up and analyze the network, then the suggest the correct setup. The example below shows an older AirPort Express that is about to be setup in the same way. You will see a Time Capsule icon on your screen when you run the setup wizard.

I want to use the ethernet connection from my new iMac to my Time Capsule. It seems only the Wifi is seen by either device. Ive connected the Time Capsule to the iMac. How can I get the iMac to use the wired connection

I want to connect my iMac to my Time Capsule using Ethernet. I have them connected via an Ethernet cable, but only WiFi seems to be working. How can I specify the Ethernet connection instead of WiFi? Thanks
Welked

Go to preferences, network and see if ethernet is indicated. Be sure it shows a green dot. Also be sure it is at the top of the list (above WiFi). If not click on the the wheel at the bottom and set service order.

2 MBP's and 2 Time Capsules

I have 2 MBP's and 2 Time Capsules with a single internet connection. My intent is to have one MBP back up to one Time Capsule and the second to the second Time Capsule. I tried to set it up in this way with no success by running a second Cat 5 cable from one TC to the other and then tried to connect the MBP's separately. Any suggestions on how I should configure this? My research has led to a "Bridge Mode" but this process is not completely clear. I am only moderately ignorant of computing technology but should be able to handle this. Thanks!

It sounds like your TC1 is running as the main router for the network.
Although I am not sure of the ISP it will be very simple to check.
In the airport utility on the computer.. click on your TC1.. you will see a half-summary page. (Full summary page.. hold down option key and double click the icon). You will see the WAN and LAN IP addresses are different if it is routing. I am guessing you are routing so the WAN IP will be public IP.
You are fine running ethernet to the second TC.. normally we recommend people plug WAN facing upstream.. ie TC2 WAN plugged to TC1 LAN port.
It is not an issue for this particular configuration though. You can use LAN to LAN.
This second TC should be in bridge mode. And from there it will depend on how you want to setup wireless what setup you will use.
If you are planning to use roaming.. then Bob has excellent instructions in a thread he just did.
apple time capsule setting up a roaming network with fios
The fact the main router is FIOS is irrelevant.. it is how to get the Airport utility to set things up correctly.
I have to admit I go for first principles manual approach... Control is better..
The second TC should appear in the airport utility.. complete the setup wizard.. you have no choice but to do that. If it fails to configure as Bob has shown.. simply click the edit button.
Go to the Network tab and select bridge.
Go to the Internet tab and just make sure it shows dhcp.
Lastly wireless.. you decide.. if you do roaming.. then simply set the same name and same security as TC1.
You will be creating a wireless network.
I do strongly suggest simple names.. no spaces and pure alphanumeric .. it helps.
Then click update from whichever page you are on and complete the setup.
On your Macs.. setup TM to whichever TC you want.
We strongly recommend using ethernet at least for the first backup.
Also consider doing the occasional backup at least to the other TC even if you don't always use both.. You can easily use two targets now in TM. It will simply use one then the other in round robin.

HT1178 Can I just use my airport express as the primary base station and the time capsule as the network client?

I bought a new airport time capsule 3tb to be used to save to file all my pictures. Can I use it as network client and the airport express as the
Primary base station?

To my opinion this looks a bit like what I'm looking for.
At the moment I have an Imac that is wireless connected to a 2TB time capsule (TC1).
To this time capsule I have another 2TB time capsule (TC2) connected via a upt wire connection.
At the moment there is a backup made via time machine from the Imac to the time capsule TC1 (the second TC is not used)
I'm not so technical so I hope you understand the configuration.
What do I want to achieve :
copy all my data from the Imac to TC1 so that the information can be accessed by more users.
create an automatic backup from TC1 to TC2 (mirror or raid system) for security.
give access to some users on the network to access TC1 to read and write data.
TC2 only serves as backup from TC1 and no direct access is needed to this disk.
If there is a solution, thanks for explaining it in 'IT kindergarden style' so that I can understand and use the info.
Many thanks in advance.

Hot and loud Time Capsule?

my TB TC is fairly loud, as if either the HD or fan are running constantly, and quite warm. not too warm that it's uncomfortable to hold ... but warm enough to be somewhat alarming.
is your TC very warm and loud?
is this something we should worry about?

try ejecting the Time Capsule drive before you shut down or stop using your computer. i noticed last night that the drive in my Time Capsule kept spinning all during the night. Woke up this morning, booted up my iMac ejected the drive like any other and the Time Capsule drive spun down.
Ejecting the Time Capsule drive after use will help with cooling. If you only use the Time Capsule drive with time machine and not as a standard external then you should be fine, it using it as a external that causes the drive to continue to spin/ heat up.

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