Use Time Capsule as default for photos and files

How can I change my Macbook Pro to save files/photos when downloading from my camera in iPhoto using my Time Capsule as a default place to save instead of on the Macbook hard drive?

Please read the following and don't do what you are proposing.
iPhoto: Sharing libraries among multiple users
It's recommended that you store your iPhoto library on a locally mounted hard drive. Storing your iPhoto library on a network share can lead to poor performance, data corruption, or data loss.
If you use an iphoto library on a TC.. one day it will corrupt and all your photos will then be lost.
PLUS.. The TC is not a NAS.. it cannot back itself up. Time Machine cannot backup Time Capsules as it is a network drive.
That means you will have no backup of the library you just corrupted.. so don't do it.
It should be stored on an external drive plugged into your MBPr and HFS+ formatted.. otherwise the consequences are dire.

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Time Capsule by default backup only data files and excludes program files like Photoshop, Lightroom, and MS Office, etc... right? or do I have to exclude manually?

Time Capsule by default backup only data files and excludes program files like Photoshop, Lightroom, and MS Office, etc... right since if crash I can reinstall and not want to take up disk space for applications that I have CD to reinstall? Or do I have to manually exclude these?

Time Machine will back all files except files like caches, trash or temp files, you can select with file you would like to exclude by going into the Time Machine preferences.http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427

TS1253 I am connected to internet through modem. How can I use Time Capsule as a wreless harddrive and connection to USB printer

Can I use a Time Capsule as a part of my network> I am connected to internet through modem and want to use Time capsule as a wireless harddrive and wireless connection to usb printer. How can I do that? Please help

This type of setup is not officially supported by Apple.
It might be possible to configure the Time Capsule this way, but please take a minute to consider a few things that you may not have thought about, as this is...frankly....the worst possible way that you could configure the Time Capsule.
Wireless backups will take twice as long as normal wireless. Why? The signal must make a "double hop".
Hop "one" would be from your Mac to the wireless router, then the signal must make hop "two" to get back to the Time Capsule.
In addition to doubling the time for backups to occur, this doubles the chances for an error to occur during a backup.
The Ethernet ports are not enabled at all on the Time Capsule when it is configured this way, so backup over much faster Ethernet is not possible.
The USB port is enabled, so assuming that the printer is compatible, it could be configured to connect that way. Keep in mind that only printing is supported. If you have an All-in-One device, advanced functions like scan, copy, maintenenance will not be supported.
So, do you really want to try this? There are no guarantees here that things will work at all.

How do I use Time Capsule as a wireless router and turn my current one into modem only

I have a crappy modem/ router and before I purchase a new modem I want to use the modem (no wireless) feature of my router.
Question #1
How do I use my Time Capsule as a router?
Question #2
If I do this will I still be able to wirelessly back up to my Time Capsule?
Question #3
How do I turn off (wireless) or the router function of my modem/ router?
Question #4
I then want to connect all my wireless devices to my Time Capsule making that
the main WIFi in my house. I am assuming this is possible it is I just dont know how to go about doing this myslef without guidance, and the Airport Installer is confusing to me.
Thanks!

Question #1
How do I use my Time Capsule as a router?
Connect an Ethernet cable from one of the LAN <-> ports on your modem/router to the WAN port (circle of dots icon) on the Time Capsule.
Open AirPort Utility and click Continue to follow the guided setup to configure the Time Capsule to "create a wireless network". Select the "Bridge Mode" option when it appears during the setup. (AirPort Utility will normally do this for you)
Question #2
If I do this will I still be able to wirelessly back up to my Time Capsule?
Yes
Question #3
How do I turn off (wireless) or the router function of my modem/ router?
We prefer not to guess at things, but since we do not know the make and model number of your modem/router, and this is an Apple support area, we have little choice.
In general, you would enter the default IP address of the device into your browser to bring up the configuration pages (check your documentatio on the modem/router for this information, or it may be on the back or bottom of the device. An example of a default IP address is something like 192.168.1.254
There will be a wireless settings page that will allow you turn off the wireless function of the device.
If you acquired the modem/router from your service provider, they should be able to tell you how to do this as well, or if you check the manufacturer's website, they will likely have a support area for questions like this.
Question #4
I then want to connect all my wireless devices to my Time Capsule making that
the main WIFi in my house.
You will need to log on to the Time Capsule wireless network from each device and enter the password to connect. Most computers will "remember" the setting so that you do not have to enter the password each time that you connect.

Time Capsule as storage of photos and music?

Can I move all of my music and photos to my time capsule but still be able to play or view them on my macbook? If so, how do i do it? My macbook is running really slowly and i think it is because of the volume of music and pictures i have on it?

Hello Idlieb. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
Check out this theAppleBlog article to see if it addresses all of your questions: Using Time Capsule as a Media Drive.

Using Time Capsule to Wirelessly Receive Internet and then Extend Network via Ethernet

Hello,
Our modem/router combo is located downstairs, and my computer that i want to get online is upstairs. I cannot get a ethernet from the modem to my computer to access the internet, so I wanted to try to use my Time Capsule to help me get online upstairs (not sure if this is possible...)
My idea was to have the Time Capsule receive the wireless signal and then connect the computer to the Time Capsule through an ethernet so that I may get the computer online. Essentially wireless connection in, wired connection out.
I've been playing around with the device for a while now, and can't seem to make this work. Has anyone used the Time Capsule in this fashion? Is it even possible? If not, does anyone have any suggestions on how to get my computer online?
Thank you very much for any help/input!!

Why not try a pair of these over domestic power loop.
http://www.netgear.com/home/products/powerline-and-coax/high-performance/XAVB510 1.aspx#two
Not cheap though Best buy link
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/NETGEAR+-+Powerline+Ethernet+Adapter+Kit/5042106.p?i d=1218603011817&skuId=5042106
The Apple solution might well need Two devices to extend range.
You would retain your ISP router/modem however would go into settings and TURN OFF wireless on that device - you can do this in the Java Web based control panels on most routers.
Now you sling the Ethernet cable between that router and a purchased Time Capsule device locally and set this up to create a new local Wifi network (Replacing that of the ISP supplied router) . Being a dual band device and being able to broadcast both over 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz frequency base bands simultaneously you could well see improved performance and range straight away.
However if not then you are going to need a further device an Airport Express set up in bridged mode somewhere between the Time Capsule and your upstairs rooms. Your may have to try various power points and locations to get coverage required.
Further Airport Express devices can be added in bridged mode as required to cover blind spots, however remember each additional device degrades the overall network performance somewhat.
Again this will get quite costly.

Using Time Capsule as a 'wireless' router and backup using Time Machine

I have a question about backup speed on my 1 TB Time Capsule. I purchased a Time Capsule about a year ago and have an imacg5 and two Mac laptops that I setup to use the wireless router capability and as the backup drive for all three computers.
I was experiencing a problem in that the backups from the imacg5 were never completing even though the Time Machine window said it was only backing up several MBs. In order to 'fix' the problem I finally 'erased' all of the backup files on the Time Capsule using Airport Utility. I had also run Disk Utility on all of the drives to verify and fix any problems.
When I initialized the wireless connections and initiated backups I connected to the imacg5 to the Time Capsule with an ethernet connection as well as via Airport and began 'backing up' my laptops, then started by backing up individually, various disks on my imacg5.
The laptops have rather small disks and backed up rather quickly. The imacg5 has hundreds of GB of data spread across several disks. I had decided to 'backup' the disks individually in case that had been the cause of my original problem.
My systems disk, Macintosh HD, backed up about 110 GB at the rate of 8 GBs per hour. I was encouraged.
My next 'data' disk, LaCie 320 #1, backed up about 209 GB at the rate of 2 GBs per hour. I was confused. This 'backup' took several days to complete. Once it completed, Time Machine has run about every hour as expected and completes the backup in about 3 minutes.
I still have two more disks on the imacg5 to backup. Does anyone have any idea what rate I should expect or should I just add the drives and let it take its course?

I say just do it!
When connected via ethernet I turn off the airport connection on the computer. I found that frequently my mom's macbook pro would choose the wireless connection to her Time Capsule rather than the ehternet connection to do the back up. This was slower than via the ethernet.

Time Capsule as router for MacBook and Dell PC?????????

I am sick of my Dell Inspiron computer and have made the decision to switch to an Apple MacBook Pro. I just purchased a TIME CAPSULE Hard Drive for backing up my system and want to be able to use it as the router for both the MAC and my PC until I am ready to DROP KICK my Dell Inspiron 6000 computer. I have not been able to get on the internet with my PC using Time Capsule as my wireless router. I have an msn e-mail address and have not been able to get my e-mail on the MacPro using my msn e-mail address. Is there a compatibility issue that I am seeing .will someone HELP me with this problem because it is driving me INSANE!!!!!!!!!

use firefox on the mac to get your msn mail. I'm new to the mac as well and found that firefox will allow hotmail and msn email.

Time Capsule as a classroom WAP and file server?

Hello all:
I am teaching a new course, Big History, which has been developed to take advantage of iPad or other tablets in a WiFi classroom setting.
As our school does not have a school-wide WiFi setup (wired LAN only) I am working together with our IT techie to implement a Time Capsule in our classroom only.
Security and limited access is of paramount importance due to regulations here in Spain, i.e., students may only access those sites required by the course and can't use classtime to play around. I won't be buying the gear until I know it will function as needed...
This WiFi setup is a pilot project, and if successful will lead to a school-wide rollout of WiFi and iPad teaching.
The success of this implementation depends on getting it right...then we can join the 21st century...so I could really use some help here. Here's what we know so far.
The school's wired LAN must have the restrictions in place as mentioned above, and it would be impractical to selectively unblock specific laptops in the computer lab during my class teaching hours and only for the students in my class.
Every day's instruction needs different sites unblocked. So you can see this would be cumbersome for the techie...that is, he doesn't want to do it.
All of my students already have their own tablet devices with WiFi, so it's BYOD.
We will connect the TC via its WAN port to the school's wired system. The techie will set us up as a "sub" network, in effect bypassing the schools main LAN, and we will have no restrictions.
The TC will then act as a WAP and basic file server for classroom resources and for students to pass in homework.
We will then set up a user's group for access to not only the Internet, but also files stored on the TC's hard drive.
Kids will be kids. If we don't limit access to the TC's WiFi, I fully expect that my students will give out their logins and passwords, and will tell other students when I am holding the class so they could use the WiFi surreptitiously. Kudos to the kids for being clever, if I were a teenager again I'd do it too...but it ain't gonna happen.
So far we have concluded that to avoid this: I will take the TC with me when class has ended; and each student's device will be registered as a user by it's MAC Nº.
My immediate questions:
Will this work as I have described? Have I missed something?
I have read elsewhere in other Apple support threads that I may be asking something of the TC that Apple has not envisaged...in order to use TC as I want, we need a specific configuration to access the Internet and also to allow guests on the network?
I will be using my MacBook, connected via Minidisplay port -- VGA adapter to the classroom projector and audio. I will be access the same files on the TC that my students do. How do I protect my files on my MacBook from intrusion? That is, students can only see what's on the TC's drive.
The students can upload their homework to TC and also download files from the TC to their devices for homework, further study, etc. Yes? This will work?
This is enough for one post...any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Also, if any Apple Education personel and/or gurus are monitoring, please feel free to chime in. If I am successful in this pilot project, it means another school joins the Apple Family (700 iPads!!!! How cool is that?)
Many thanks in advance to all,
Steve Russell
Laude International College

Kinda disappointed that after 80 views no one could offer an opinion or solution. I went out and did my own research.
Here's the deal:
Time Capsule is designed for domestic / professionals who might have a design studio, etc., i.e., for users to have as a wireless backup device for all of their personal stuff (photos, videos, music and suchlike) and to have a permanent resource for every iteration of any work in progress they've ever done.
TC and it's software is not able to easily, or practically, provide a file server type of environment for multiple users, such as in my application for the classroom. It's just to much of a hassle. Moreover, the TC (and the Extreme for that matter) is a "dumb" device...no processor, no RAM. Power supply, WiFi and a drive, basically. It's the wrong tool for my job, as cool as it is for other applications.
Moreover, IMHO, TC is designed primarily for the USA, or any other region where the internet provider usually only supplies a cable/POTS modem. Both the TC and Extreme are best described as Routers in this instance. Here in Europe, at least in Spain, our providers supply a modem-router combination box. In order to use the AC or AE, I'll have to cable in from the modem router WAN to AC/AE WAN port, and then have to go into the M-R and turn off WiFi. Then I have to fiddle around with channels, and perhaps (hopefully not) ask my ISP for a gateway password. My Spanish MAC geek pals tell me that's not necessary. It's a kafuffle for the unitiated, but reasonably easily done.
For true classroom use and all the stuff I want to do, one needs some sort of server environment. For me, it's going to be a MAC Mini + OS X Server cabled to Extreme over LAN. For my use, the 2 or 3 TB drive in the TC is superfluous, more hassle than it's worth and of little use in my specific application. Yeah, I could load OS X Server on my laptop, it's only €19.99, but that ain't gonna happen, not even on a partitioned disk. I'll cable lappy into the Mini as well. WiFi's for my BYOD students.
BTW, I'll be buying the middle range Mini, 4 GB RAM, faster processor, with a Fusion Drive, and 3rd party RAM to 16 GB, and buy OS X Server for €19.99. BUT, I'm going to wait to see if there is a refresh later in the Fall with the launch of Mavericks.
Hope this helps any others thinking about a similar situation.
All the best,
Steve

New Time Capsule set up for Music and Photo sharing

I have set up a new 3TB Time Capsule for my house. I have an AE wired to extend the network. The users on the network have various Mac OS's but all are 10.x and we also use iPhones (3, 4, 5, and 6's).
I would like to set up the TC to share all the photos and music I currently have on my MacBook Pro (mid 2012 13 inch, 2.9 GHz i7). I have iPhoto 9.6 and iTunes 12.0.1.26). There are about 60,000 photos and about 1,000 songs.
Thanks for your help.

Don't do it.. !!
Apple says specifically don't put your iphoto library on the TC.
And I quote.
iphoto network no no.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1198
It's recommended that you store your iPhoto library on a locally mounted hard drive. Storing your iPhoto library on a network share can lead to poor performance, data corruption, or data loss.
See further
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6692100
The TC has no media smarts at all.. none.. it is completely dumb stupid hard disk in a router.
If you put libraries on the TC apart from being slow.. because all files must be transferred via the Mac running itunes you then have no backup and no way to backup your files.
Get a large external drive or get a proper NAS with built in iTunes server. (although exactly how well they work I am not sure).
You still should not put your main iphoto library on the NAS but you can put a copy.

Want to use Time Capsule as a back up AND external storage device-help!

I know there's been a few variations on this question but I can't seem to find the answer that relates to me so probably being dumb but help would be greatly appreciated.
I bought a 500gb Time Capsule yesterday and finally got it set up through AirPort Utility. I think I've done it right-there's a green light and it's going through the motions of backing up although VERY slowly. It's taken 10 hours to back up 20GB. I've used Time Machine before with an external Seagate drive so I know how to access/check those back ups.
I have a dish on the side of my house (on side of a mountain!) that brings the internet signal into a wireless router and then my MacBook accesses through that WIFI network. I plugged the ethernet cable from one of the standard ports out the back of the router into the WAN port on the Time Capsule as part of the setup and that seems to be right in that I can see the TC and surf the net.
So, now I just want to see the Time capsule as a normal external drive on my desktop and move other files to it so they can come off my Macbook completely but the only way icon I can see if the white one that says 'Backup of...' I've copied stuff onto this but I suspect that was the wrong thing to do.
Finally, I only want to TM to use the TC up to a certain max storage so I always have space free on it but can't find settings to allow me to do that.
I'd be really grateful if someone could tell me how to set this up properly!

Paretola wrote:
So, now I just want to see the Time capsule as a normal external drive on my desktop and move other files to it so they can come off my Macbook completely but the only way icon I can see if the white one that says 'Backup of...' I've copied stuff onto this but I suspect that was the wrong thing to do.
No. Don't transfer anything into the Back of... sparsebundle. That is your Time Machine backup.
Under Finder -> Shared -> Time Capsule -> Time Capsule Disk. This is where you can create a new folder to store your files. If you want to see this on your Desktop, via Finder, click Preferences. Under General, make sure +Connected servers+ is ticked.
Finally, I only want to TM to use the TC up to a certain max storage so I always have space free on it but can't find settings to allow me to do that.
Since the TC HDD isn't partitionable, you can't really do that. Best thing is to get another HDD for storage as TM works best if you give it enough room to grow.
I'd be really grateful if someone could tell me how to set this up properly!

Using Time Capsule with Both a Mac and Windows PC

All ... is it possible to backup both Mac and Windows computers to the same Time Capsule? My current networked devices include:
1 Windows 7 desktop (wireless/ethernet capable)
1 MacBook Air (wirelessly connected to home network)
1 New iPad (wirelessly connected to home network)
2 iPhone 4S (wirelessly connected to home network)
1 Airport Extreme (currently hardwired to my Windows 7 desktop)
Thoughts/comments on leveraging the Time Capsule as purely a backup storage solution for all the devices listed above? Is it possible? Please advise. Thanks!

I use a backup software to save backups to the TC from windows... it is no big issue.. but the TC should never get any where near close to full.. TM takes a lot of space to work efficiently.. so make sure there is still more than enough space.. since TM will do hourly incremental backups it can grow rather quickly if you do lots of big file edits on the Mac.
Hanging a USB hard disk off a windows desktop is a better solution in lots of way.. it can be formatted native windows NTFS.. and is faster than TC without adding to network bandwidth.
But the TC is great for wireless with windows laptop same as Apple side.

Use Time Capsule with Windows-based Computers and PowerLan Devices

Hi All -
I would like to inquire whether I can:
1) use a Windows-based conputer to access the internal hard disk of Time Capsule; and
2) connect the Time Capsule with prower lan devices (e.g. Aztech) to extend the wirless coverage.
Thank you.
Gary

Yes.. but.. Long term storage of info is not really wise where you have no backup. TC is not able to back itself up and you will have issues finding anything but manually doing it from windows.
What windows version?
Have you installed the airport utility? That makes life much easier, as it adds bonjour for windows and a disk access agent.
Simply installing the utility may be enough. If not open windows explorer and type the name or IP directly into the address bar.
Note.. you should use all names on the TC that are short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric.
\\TCname or \\TCIPaddress (where you obviously change to real name (no spaces of course) or IP)
If you still have issues.. check that you can ping the TC.. and make sure firewalls are not blocking it and your PC is located HOME, not WORK or PUBLIC.

Time Capsule: HD readable for Xbox and 'outside'?

Hi,
I just bought a Time Capsule (TC). Very nice design and my 4th Apple product (that in 6 months!). Anyway, before I got a TC I had a Linksys router. This router had a web interface so I could connect to it from outside home (let's say work). Is this possible with a TC too? Maybe for reading files too from the harddrive (kind of like a server (wouldn't that be very cool?))?
Furthermore, I have a Xbox 360. Is it possible to read TC's harddrive from my Xbox so I can store my Music on there? Or is this only possible with an USB connection only?
Last thing, how is the TC's harddrive formatted? HFS or FAT?
That's it for now..

1. Yes, you can enable sharing over WAN and can access the Time Capsule via AirPort Utility over the internet and can access the hard drive using afp://
2. I believe so, but you have to install some special program to do so. I'd suggest looking on the web for Xbox Media Sharing as I saw some forums related to accessing music, videos, etc. on the Xbox from Time Capsule.
3. FAT 32

How can we use Time Capsule as a server to access files from remote locations?

I use Timecapsule to save my data but I would like to use it as a server to access my file when I'm not at home. Is it possible?

Please take a look at Apple's Back to My Mac (BTMM) features here:
Set up and use Back to My Mac - Apple Support
There is another method that you can use, but it would require the following:
1) A static or fixed Internet connection IP address from your Internet Service Provider
2) The Time Capsule, or another Apple router must be the main router for the network

Use Time Capsule as default for photos and files

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