Use of Time Capsule as a back up disk with USB cable

I want to speed up my Time Machine backups by connecting my Time Capsule (1st gen) directly to my iMac (mid-2011) using a USB cable.
Please note I do not want to use my Time Capsule as a router (as I have a new one) and I don't want to run an Ethernet cable between the new router and the Time Capsule either since they are in different rooms.
Will this work? Will the iMac communicate with the Time Capsule over a USB cable?

No.. it won't work.. the TC is now and always a network drive. Buy a USB disk if that is what you want.. sell off the TC on ebay or craiglist etc.

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  • I have not used my time capsule as a back up in a while

    I have not used my time capsule as a back up in a while & I would like to start using it again, but it give me the following error...
    "This backup is too large for the backup disk. The backup requires 195.55 GB but only 93.26 GB are available."
    Can I delete the old files form the b/u disk to make more room for my new back-ups?

    Yes, for sure.. if you only have the 500GB TC, and you don't need the old backups.. or if you have stored files on it copy them some place else and then erase the drive. It will fill up again quick enough anyway.

  • How to use airport time capsule on a dell portable pc with windows 7 taking in consideration that Time machine doesn't run with Windows ?

    how to use airport time capsule on a dell portable pc with windows 7 taking in consideration that time machine doesn't run with Windows ?

    TM does not work like that.
    If you want files to use later.. do not use TM.
    Or do not use TM to the same location. Plug a USB drive into the computer and use that as the target for the permanent backup.
    Read some details of how TM works so you understand what it will do.
    http://pondini.org/TM/Works.html
    Use a clone or different software for a permanent backup.
    http://pondini.org/TM/Clones.html
    How to use TC
    http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html
    This is helpful.. particularly Q3.
    Why you don't want to use TM.
    Q20 here. http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html

  • TS1550 What about when using the "Time Capsule" HD as the external disk, especially when it is connected by ethernet cable? I'm having trouble getting it to work at all. Don't need it to work as anything else, other than a ethernet connected Time Machine

    What about when using the "Time Capsule" HD as the external disk, especially when it is connected by ethernet cable? I'm having trouble getting it to work at all. Don't need it to work as anything else, other than a ethernet connected Time Machine backup. Already have a wireless network that works fine so no need to mess with it. We get the internet via cable company and their modem is upstairs and the Time Capsule is downstairs in the basement. The latest error message was about it could not backup as it was already in use (should have written it down before clicking OK and moving on.

    See if this helps...
    http://pondini.org/TM/C12.html

  • Can I use the time capsule as backup and hard disk at the same time?

    Hi.
    I want to buy a time capsule.
    I wondered, if I can use the time capsule as backup (over time machine) and as a hard disk at the same time?
    If I buy the 2TB time capsule, I wanted to use 1TB for the backup and 1TB for hard disk.
    Is this possible?
    Best wishes
    Sophie

    It is not recommended.. the problem being anything stored on the TC only is not backed up and cannot be backed up by the TC itself or Time Machine. So what are you going to do about back.. the TC can and do die suddenly.. and the cost of recovery can be huge.
    See Q3 here for the semi-right way to do it if you must.
    http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html
    You can plug a USB drive into the TC and use that for files.. but note, its speed is poor.. fine for wireless as wireless is even slower but you will really notice it if you expect the drive to be as fast as the internal.. it will be a fraction of the internal drive speed. 1/2 write and 1/3 read aprox.
    See http://www.anandtech.com/show/4577/airport-extreme-5th-gen-and-time-capsule-4th- gen-review-faster-wifi-/7

  • Can you use a time capsule to wirelessly back up computers without being connected to the internet?

    I have a 2TB time capsule that was connected to a DSL internet connection and was used to back up my Apple laptop and my iMac. I switched to a cable internet provider to get faster speed. I was unable to get the time capsule to connect to the new cable wi-fi network. Since I dont really need the time capsule to provide an internet connection, can I ust set it up as a local network just to back up my computers wirelessly?
    Thanks for any help.

    When I plugeed the time capsule into the new routerI purchased, the time capsule worked perfectly. I am stilll puzzled as to why the time time capsule didn't work when I plugged it directly into the modem. In summary it works perfectly when plugged into the netgear router which I connected to the cable modem, but I couldn't plug it directly in to the cable modem and have it be my primary router.

  • Can i use 2 time capsule for the back of the same Mac computer, for improve the security of the data store

    I will save my data in 2 time capsule at the same time for improve data security

    Mountain Lion added this ability.. it doesn't do two backups at the same time but each time it backs up it uses the alternative location.
    Under Lion you can manually set it to use a different target.. this isn't difficult but you must do it.

  • Using Time Capsule as an external hard drive with ethernet cable, disabling airport, using wifi from laptop

    Okay, first of all, I admit right off the bat that I should have bought an external hard drive.  Now I am stuck with a 3TB Time Capsule that I want to tie to my laptop via ethernet cable, without having the Time Capsule disable my laptop's current wifi.  So, I want to be able to back up my laptop (using the ethernet cable and Time Machine) to my Time Capsule drive and still be able to be surfing the internet as if I didn't have Time Capsule at all.
    My MacBook Pro is OS 10.7.5.
    Any thoughts are much appreciated.

    This is not difficult.
    You need to work out one issue beforehand..
    What IP address range does the computer get from the wifi router.. ?
    If you get 10.0.x.x then you will need to adjust the settings on the TC to a different IP range.. eg 192.168.1.1 for the TC.
    Tell me what IP you get on wireless. I will assume for now you are getting 192.168.x.x
    In the ethernet setup on the laptop, choose configure IPv4 Manually.
    Give the computer an IP address say 10.0.1.10 with 255.255.255.0 subnet. Do not fill in router or dns values.
    You can now find the ethernet linked TC and get internet via the airport.
    On the TC itself, just leave it in router mode.. and ignore all the errors.. turn off the wireless.

  • Time Capsule Slow WLAN to internal disk with internet data transfers

    All,
    I've been experiencing slow responses from my Time Capsule since I got it. It is one of the newer models with dual band and I have a Macbook Pro and a Macbook connecting to the 802.11n network.
    I use the internal disk of the Time Capsule as a NAS and I don't use it for Time Machine backups. It houses software, pictures and music files.
    When I'm downloading files from the internet via Safari, or via Transmission (torrents) the wifi throughput of the WLAN slows down from about 5 megabytes per second to just a couple of hundred kilobytes per second.
    For my tests I used a 2.2Gb DMG file (a Garageband Jampack) which was housed on the Time Capsule disk.
    With Transmission running and downloading two torrents and seeding two torrents (capped upload of 2 kilobytes per second), the transfer of the file from the Time Capsule was 4 hours. I let it run a few hours just to determine that the ETA in Finder was fairly accurate.
    With Transmission stopped, the transfer of the same file took 9 minutes.
    With Transmission stopped but with Safari downloading a large file (400mb), the local Time Capsule file download to my Mac was again looking at around 4 hours.
    It also impacts file uploads to the Time Capsule disk but no where near as badly as with downloads. According to activity monitor, throughput from the Time Capsule disk to my Mac over Wifi is around 200 kilobytes per seconds, writing to the Time Capsule was around 900 kilobytes per second.
    Both upload and download speed increases dramatically when no internet based file transfers are taking place.
    Now the odd thing. I have a TVIX 6500a media player attached to the Time Capsule via gigabit ethernet. In all the tests I've performed (using the same DMG file) the data transfer rate, both reading and writing to the TVIX has always been solid at nearly 5 megabytes per second.
    It is almost like the Time Capsule prefers internet originated traffic over WLAN traffic to its own internal disk, and really throttles this traffic. And it lets traffic originating from other devices on the network through on all cylinders.
    I know technically a Time Capsule is designed for Time Machine however I can't see how it would be a viable solution given the bad data rates when downloads are taking place.
    Is there any way to get under the hood of a Time Capsule to make some adjustments? I wonder if anyone else has had any experience with this, and what might happen if I plug in a USB disk and use that instead. It is starting to look like I might have to get a decent NAS to connect to the Time Capsule but then it is just a larger heavier Airport Extreme.
    Thanks in advance.

    Mikecad1 -
    I dont have any assistance to offer, but have experienced similar problems.
    When trying to offload all my music from an external drive to a Time Capsule, it was estimating WEEKS to do it. Even with the HD connected right to the Time Capsule. It's like the WLAN wanted all traffic to go out then come back in before being written.
    My solution in that case was to disconnect my laptop from the WLAN, with the drive hooked up to it via USB and then Cat5 to the Time Capsule and do a direct transfer like that. 2 hours instead of weeks.

  • How can I use my time capsule as an external hard disk?

    Hi ,
    I hav en Airport Extreme 3 TB. I have done the setup. And it seems to working well. But I also want to use it as an external hard drive. When I go finder Shared folder I could not see Data folder in it. I have this screen. How can I see that folder.
    Any help would be appreciated.
    Thanks.

    I count 36 characters in your TC name.. This is not good.
    Please reduce the name to somewhere less than 10 characters if possible.. 20 at most.
    No spaces, pure alphanumeric.
    See C9 here for why the present name is bad.
    http://pondini.org/TM/C9.html
    Also if your wireless name is the same.. change it to short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric as well.
    Then manually mount your TC disk.
    In finder use top menu, Go/Connect to server.
    Type in AFP://TCname.local (TCname is your new short name. Local is the default domain).
    Or it can be even better to use IP if that doesn't change.. ie TC is in router mode.. and by default is 10.0.1.1 then
    AFP://10.0.1.1
    Then apply and you will be asked for the TC disk password.. default is public but whatever it is you set. Make sure you save it in your keychain.
    The TC data share should then mount.
    And small comment about using the TC for files..
    TC is designed for Time Machine. It is not a NAS.. it has no backup.. it is slow to spin up and fast to spin down. Using live libraries will result in corruption and loss of your entire library in the case of iphoto.
    Please be very careful. Do not jump in and think very carefully. Time Machine cannot backup any network drives including the TC. You are going to have issues with backup if the TC is only location for your files.. it is unsuitable for this. CCC can backup to another drive.. but where will that be.. USB plugged into TC you will experience new visions of pain and suffering as the backup takes almost as long as digestion by a Sarlacc. 
    Pondini has some pointers here.
    Q3
    http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html

  • Can i use iport capsule to store movie and play with apple tv, can i use iport time capsule to store movie and play with apple tv?

    Hi
    Can i use iport storage to store movie and play using apple tv?

    hi Alley_Cat
    Thanks, if understand it correctly, apple tv was not able to browse directly content/storage from iport capsule?
    tq

  • Can i use my time capsule as back up without hooking it to internet

    Can I use my Time Capsule as a back up without hooking it up to the modem?
    Can I use the Time Capsule as back up without hookig it up to internet?

    Yes, but it is extremely poor setup.
    The TC does not have to be the main router.. normally you can plug it into the main router and simply bridge it and leave the wireless off even.. it then sits there as a dumb network drive.
    If you setup the TC with no internet connection then the computer that backs up to it, must lose internet connection while doing backups.. In stand alone simple setup the TC as router. and ignore all the issues with disconnected WAN. When you want to backup change over the computer wireless or ethernet to the TC.
    It is clunky and you will lose the whole advantage of time machine.. automated backups.
    I recommend you simply buy a USB drive. it is faster, more reliable and less costly.

  • Can I use my time capsule for back up only and not as a router?

    I have been trying to set up my time capsule as a router but have not been successful, the dsl I am using is not responding. Can I just use my time capsule as a back up device and not as a router? if so how can I do this?

    Yes, you can. Simply plug the TC via Ethernet into the current router and set it up in bridge mode.

  • Can i just use the time capsule as back up storage

    Can I use the Time Capsule as just back up storage?  I am a little bit confused on why I should set up another wireless network and was wondering if this would interfere with my current wireless network?  I am not very computer savvy.

    You can.. but should you??
    Not everything you can do you should do!!
    I just posted the same thing here.
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5051446?tstart=0
    Do not setup another wireless network.. whatever you do. If you buy a TC for storage.. or already have one.. then it should still be part of the existing network.
    Describe your network and we can tell you how to fit the TC in.
    Certainly the TC can be used as a second wireless Acess Point (AP).. this is totally different to second wireless network. And you maybe confusing the terms. A network for wireless can have multiple access points but a single network. And for large file transfer over wireless keeping the TC as AP is a good idea.

  • How do I use my Time Capsule for backup without making it my router?

    I've always used my Time Capsule as my internet router (paired with my Time Warner modem) and I've also used it to back up my computer.   I just got a new modem, it was a nightmare to set up, and it's supposed to have very fast internet.  It's a Time Warner modem / router.  In order to set this up and get a new wifi, I had to disconnect my Time Capsule.
    Now I would like to connect my time capsule again to back up my computer, but to avoid messing with the internet or changing it again (I may as well try the new one), I DON'T want to continue using my TC as a router.   how do I go about doing this?  Do I continue to have it connect to the modem via ethernet or do I just plug it into the power source and that's it?
    If someone could walk me through the process it would be so appreciated!

    Hi Alexandra,
    The article linked below details how to go about settings your Time Capsule up as a bridge, which effectively disables all routing functionality (NAT and DHCP services are disabled on the Time Capsule as they will be handled by your ISP's modem/router), and should allow you to utilize Time Machine without affecting your existing network.
    AirPort Utility 6.x: Set up a base station or AirPort Time Capsule as a bridge
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5104
    All my best,
    Allen

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