Why does my Time Capsule constantly blink yellow?

I've reset it dozens of times, green light comes on, and after a few days it starts blinking yellow again.  We use it as our wireless modem.   I'm running OS 10.6.8.

terrihubble wrote:
Did the update looks good, I appreciate the help...
If you start getting server disconnected messages tomorrow.. every few minutes.. go back to 7.5.2 firmware and change the "check for updates" to never.

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    My Time capsule blinks yellow and has not been backing up for 3 weeks.
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  • The light on my time capsule keeps blinking yellow. ! mark in toolbar time capsule and it says it was unable to finish backup because back up disk couldn't be found but it also says last back up was successful.

    The light on my time capsule keeps blinking yellow. ! mark in toolbar time capsule and it says it was unable to finish backup because back up disk couldn't be found but it also says last back up was successful.

    Hi jon88906,
    If you are seeing a flashing amber light on your Time Capsule, you may find the following articles helpful:
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    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4600
    Wi-Fi base station: Understanding and resolving a blinking amber status light
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1589
    If you are still seeing an alert message about Time Machine being unable to find your backup disk, then this article may be useful as well:
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  • Time Capsule light blinking yellow

    I know what this means if it were a street light. What does it mean on the TC? It seems to be working properly otherwise; at least the airport is. I don't have a clue how to check if it is backing up or not??

    WendellJ, welcome to the discussions!
    If everything appears to be normal and you have a blinking yellow light, it is probably an alert for a firmware update your Time Capsule.
    To verify, Open Hard Drive > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
    Click on Manual Setup at the lower left of the pane when AirPort Utility opens.
    The next page is a Summary of your settings. Click on "Status" and another window will open with a message explaining the reason for the blinking yellow light.

  • Why does my Time Capsule want to do COMPLETE backups every time?

    I'm still new to this Time Capsule, only had it about a week, and i'm still trying to figure it out. I have an old LaCie Hd that i was using for my Time Machine backups before, with 2 partitions, for 2 different computers both running different OS's....1 Snow Leopard, and 1 Lion.
    Now i just got this Time Capsule, and i am under the impression that i don't need to partition anything? I can't anyway, as it is a .sparseimage file. But i should be able to back up all my macs to the same Time Capsule HD. But why is it when i want to back up my Snow Leopard OS and/or Lion OS - that it wants to do a complete backup of all 400+ GB of stuff? I don't change any settings, i just let it do its thing, but when i look at it in the Time Machine/System Preferences it is gathering everything up and taking forever.
    Why does it want to keep backing up my entie computer and not just what's new after the first initial backup? Thanks

    tool wrote:
    Now i just got this Time Capsule, and i am under the impression that i don't need to partition anything? I can't anyway, as it is a .sparseimage file. But i should be able to back up all my macs to the same Time Capsule HD.
    Correct.  Time Machine will make a separate sparse bundle for each Mac.
    Why does it want to keep backing up my entie computer and not just what's new after the first initial backup? 
    The first backup of each Mac to the Time Capsule will be a full one (not just the changes since the last backup to the LaCie).  And that's pretty slow over WIFI, so it's a good idea to do the first one via Ethernet.
    Are you saying that both Macs' initial, full backups to the Time Capsule were completed, but subsequent ones are full backups again?  If so, see #D7 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting.

  • Why does the Time Capsule of my neighbour appears and not mine?

    Why does the The Time Capsule of my neighbour appears and not mine?  I tried everything.
    Can I use the Capsule as merely a back up without making use of Wifi?  By connecting by cable to the computer?

    Why does the The Time Capsule of my neighbour appears and not mine?  I tried everything.
    What generation is your neighbour's and what generation is yours??
    Sometimes the changes in the TC and firmware can make wireless fail.. also location is important.. the location of your neighbours might be better than yours.. his also might interfere with yours.. set a fixed channel and try the various channels.
    Can I use the Capsule as merely a back up without making use of Wifi?  By connecting by cable to the computer?
    Sure, but you need to work out how the network is going to work.. if you are still picking up network from wireless.. then set static ip for the TC in a different IP range.. set no gateway (router ip) or dns and it will work just fine.

  • Why does my time capsule not recognize the password when trying to connect Apple TV, iPhone 4s or Canon printer

    I have tried to set up my wireless as before but the Time Capsule only recognizes my Macbook.  I have used the correct password but nothing is happening except an error message.  This should have been simple so what is the glitch.

    Not sure.. but I strongly recommend you start over.
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    So call the TC .. TCgenx (x I replace with the actual generation of the product).
    Wireless name.. TCwifi
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    Set wireless names for the two bands to different values.. eg.. TC24ghz and TC5ghz
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  • Why does my Time Capsule hard drive keep powering on and off?

    I just noticed that my Time Capsule's hard drive never seems to turn off.
    It used to nicely power down if no Time Machine backups were running...but now, I can hear it click as it tries to power down...only to immediately spin back up again.
    And this happens every 20-30 seconds or so...even if all the computers in the house are off.
    I noticed that the Time Capsule needed a firmware upgrade...I thought that might fix the problem.
    I upgraded to 7.6.1 (the lastest version), but after restarting, the problem persists.
    I've reset the Time Capsule several times, to no avail. I'm afraid it'll burn itself out.
    Any ideas?
    Thanks...

    Thanks LaPastenague, but interestingly, the issue turned out to be rather esoteric.
    We have a headless Mac running as a home theater pc. Apparently, it tried to do an hourly TM backup just as Carbon Copy Cloner (which runs a completely seperate backup) put the computer to sleep after it completed its backup.
    So when the home theater Mac woke up, for some reason it kept having trouble attaching to the Time Capsule disk to do a TM backup...
    ...which is what was making my TC hard drive spin up and down and up and down and up...
    As soon as I fixed the error and the home theater Mac made a successful TM backup, all was well once again.
    (And I've since installed TimeMachineEditor, so these types of backup collisions won't happen anymore.)
    Hope this helps someone else down the line...
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  • Why does my time capsule error code -6584

    time capsule error code -6584

    There are a few causes..
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    https://discussions.apple.com/message/17748380#17748380
    Basically reboot the whole network.. restart in correct order.. modem.. router/TC...Clients.. 2min gap
    Half the time will fix it.
    It can also be the backup is corrupt and needs repair.
    Are you aware of the supplement to 10.7.5 to fix TM??
    This is not related to your problem,, rather it is slow backups.
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  • Why is my time capsule blinking yellow?

    why is my time capsule blinking yellow?

    The Time Capsule is complaining about something.
    Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
    Click on the amber dot and another window will open to explain what the Time Capsule is whining about....along with suggested actions to remedy the situation.

  • My time capsule is flashing yellow. what does that mean

    my time capsule is flashing yellow. what does that mean?

    It needs attention. Determine the reason by using AirPort Utility. It's in your Mac's Utilities folder.

  • Why did my time capsule stopped backing up?

    Why would my time capsule stop backing up, it is set to delet when the drive is full?

    LaPastenague wrote:
    Many people report that TM no longer deletes old backups as it should.
    That does happen sometimes, but for many different reasons.
    TM should never run out of space
    Yes, it can.  First, remember that it deletes entire backups, not the backups of individual files.  Second, it won't ever delete the last remaining backup.  
    So if it needs to do a very large backup, there needs to be room for the last remaining backup, plus the new one, plus some workspace.  That's why we recommend that the TM drive be 3-4 times the size of the data it's backing-up.  If it's much less than that, and there's a need for a large or full backup, there may not be enough room.
    as i understand how it works, it should simply give a warning that the old backups need to be deleted.
    That's how it worked on Leopard, if you had the "Warn when old backups are deleted" option checked -- the backup would fail if there wasn't room.  All you had to do then was remove the check, but many folks didn't understand that. 
    So, effective with Snow Leopard, the option is now "Notify after old backups are deleted," and that's what happens -- old backups are deleted automatically when necessary, and a notice is sent only after the new backup completes.
    It seems that after an upgrade install of the OS.. TM ceases to have the ability to delete old backups.. it simply runs out of space and refuses to backup.
    Normally not.  Some have turned out to be users who actually did a "clean install," erasing their internal HD.  If you do that, and don't use either Setup Assistant or Migration Assistant to put your data back (and transfer Computer Settings), the erased drive is treated as a different one.  In that case, TM will do a full backup, so requires a lot space.
    However, effective with Mountain Lion, TM does add more space for "padding" than before, sometimes quite a bit more, so a drive that was barely large enough on Lion or earlier may be too small now.
    EDIT:  A good way to figure out what's going on is to look at the log messages, either by using Console and filtering for backupd, or via the widget in #A1 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting
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