Wireless backup without time capsule

I want to backup my Mac wirelessly to an external hard drive (a seagate) connected to my linksys router via the USB port. Time Machine does not recognize the drive; it appears as if Apple is forcing it's customers to buy time capsule even though it may be redundant and otherwise unnecessary. Is there a way for me to wirelessly backup my Mac without buying Time Capsule? Thanks.

You can use your hard drive, try using disk utility on it to repair the drive and permissions.  Note: The hard drive your are trying to use must be formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled).  Check this link, http://www.macworld.com/article/132140/2008/02/timemachine2.html

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  • Can i do wireless backup without time capsule

    I have a hard drive on my wireless network, hooked to a PC.  Is there any way to acess this for backup other than a USB connection?

    With Time Machine, no. With third-party software, maybe, but it will be inefficient.

  • Wireless Backup w/ time capsule

    I was thinking about getting time capsule. I do have a question about wireless backup though. I travel a lot and I wondered if I were to leave my time capsule at my house and travel out of town will I still be able to backup things on the time capsule via other methods.
    Is it possible to backup files via the airport feature. Like using the airport on my cpu to connect to the internet to backup files onto my time capsule at home which is also connected to the internet through airport.
    I hope that this makes sense. Any advice is good advice. Thanks again.

    Good question. In theory, this should be possible. In practice - and whether TimeMachine will be designed to support it - we really don't know. A definitive answer will have to wait until Time Capsule ships and we have more information.
    There is one other issue - which is that Time Capsule's public IP address may change from day to day (which is typical of the dynamic IP addresses provided by most ISPs). Unless you keep a computer on your home LAN running 24/7 with an update client for a service like http://www.dyndns.com/ , or you put Time Capsule behind a separate internet router with a built in dyndns update client, you won't know what IP address to reach Time Capsule at while you are on the road.
    In practise, it might be easier and more convenient to backup to something like a .Mac account while you are on the road.

  • Wireless backup to Time Capsule too slow?

    Hi to all,
    I have a working wi-fi network: a 500gb time capsule + 2 airport express (the old b/g model); the capsule is WDS main, each express is a remote wds.
    *normal network file transfers run at acceptable speed*, however time machine has a lot of problems:
    (1) the first backup ~80gb was made via 1Gb ethernet in a few hours -- perfect
    (2) incremental backups take a VEEERY long time to do... basically nothing. here's a log: 40 minutes to transfer 1KB!
    Sep 2 06:13:30 SilverChariot /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[635]: Starting standard backup
    Sep 2 06:13:30 SilverChariot /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[635]: Network volume mounted at: /Volumes/DoubleStar Storage
    Sep 2 06:14:03 SilverChariot /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[635]: Disk image /Volumes/DoubleStar Storage/SilverChariot_001f5bec24ca.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of SilverChariot
    Sep 2 06:14:03 SilverChariot /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[635]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Backup of SilverChariot/Backups.backupdb
    Sep 2 06:28:29 SilverChariot /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[635]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 100.0 MB requested (including padding), 384.11 GB available
    Sep 2 06:28:29 SilverChariot /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[635]: Waiting for index to be ready (905 > 0)
    Sep 2 06:28:59 SilverChariot /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[635]: Waiting for index to be ready (905 > 0)
    Sep 2 06:29:44 SilverChariot /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[635]: Waiting for index to be ready (905 > 0)
    Sep 2 06:30:14 SilverChariot /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[635]: Waiting for index to be ready (905 > 0)
    Sep 2 06:30:44 SilverChariot /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[635]: Waiting for index to be ready (905 > 0)
    Sep 2 06:31:14 SilverChariot /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[635]: Waiting for index to be ready (905 > 0)
    Sep 2 06:31:44 SilverChariot /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[635]: Waiting for index to be ready (905 > 0)
    Sep 2 06:32:14 SilverChariot /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[635]: Waiting for index to be ready (905 > 0)
    Sep 2 06:32:44 SilverChariot /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[635]: Waiting for index to be ready (905 > 0)
    Sep 2 06:33:14 SilverChariot /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[635]: Waiting for index to be ready (905 > 0)
    Sep 2 06:50:14 SilverChariot /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[635]: Bulk setting Spotlight attributes failed.
    Sep 2 06:51:48 SilverChariot /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[635]: Copied 343 files (1 KB) from volume Macintosh HD.
    Sep 2 06:51:52 SilverChariot /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[635]: Starting post-backup thinning
    Sep 2 06:51:52 SilverChariot /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[635]: No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
    Sep 2 06:51:52 SilverChariot /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[635]: Backup completed successfully.
    Sep 2 06:52:11 SilverChariot /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[635]: Ejected Time Machine disk image.
    Sep 2 06:52:14 SilverChariot /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[635]: Ejected Time Machine network volume.
    (3) time machine is indeed very fragile. if I put the computer to sleep while t.m. is running, the next time I read this in console:
    Node requires deep traversal:/ reason:kFSEDBEventFlagMustScanSubDirs|kFSEDBEventFlagReasonEventDBUntrustable|
    and it takes 4 or 5 hours to backup few MB
    in this case, network activity is high: it seems that macbook is downloading a lot from time capsule... anyway it stays a lot of time in "preparing backup", and even when it starts backup, it backs up soooo slowly.
    here's what I tried:
    (1) format time capsule and restart
    (2) erase spotlight index in macbook, reindex everything with time machine off, then reactivate spotlight
    (3) turned off wds remotes and connected directly to time capsule
    any other hint?
    thanks, MH

    Here's a new conjecture: TM via ethernet works smoothly.
    May this be related to wi-fi encryption (I use WPA2)?

  • HT201250 wireless backup using time capsule

    my first back is taking much more time than expected. Notes do say that the first back up wull take some time, which is expected. BUT over the last 48 hours it has only backed up 3.4 GB out of a measured 80 GB. The math says someting is very wrong with the duration. Or is it? Can anyone give some clues. Simply, all I have done is set the backup disk and started the backup and the left the device alone. The wireless connection is strong (signal) but the external HDD sounds like it is constantly in "pain". Always been like it.

    It's much better (2-3 times faster and more reliable) to do the initlal backup via Ethernet.
    If it's only done 3.4 GB in 2 days, something is terribly wrong.  You might want to cancel the backup, connect via Ethernet, and start over.
    See Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #29 for a rough guide to how fast it should run.
    If it's considerably slower, try the things in the green box in #D2 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting.

  • Kernel panic with wifi backup to Time Capsule

    I have had no problem with wireless backup to Time Capsule until recently when I would consistently get a kernel panic during the backup. Is it a corrupt file? How would I isolate it? Or could it be a directory problem that DiskWarrior would fix? I can mount the backup image on my desktop OK.
    I suppose I could erase my backup image on the Time Capsule, but I dont want to lose all that data. And if I did, what is the best way to archive that TIme Capsule backup image?
    Thanks for any help.

    Arthur Simonsen wrote:
    I have had no problem with wireless backup to Time Capsule until recently when I would consistently get a kernel panic during the backup. Is it a corrupt file? How would I isolate it? Or could it be a directory problem that DiskWarrior would fix? I can mount the backup image on my desktop OK.
    First, Repair your backups per #A5 in the Time Machine - Troubleshooting *User Tip,* also at the top of the +Time Machine+ forum.
    If that doesn't help, here's a bunch of kernel panic info:
    Apple Support - About kernel panic messages
    Mac OS X Kernel Panic FAQ
    The X Lab - Resolving Kernel Panics
    Apple Developer - Technical Note TN2063: Understanding and Debugging Kernel Panics
    Tutorial: Avoiding and eliminating Kernel panics
    I suppose I could erase my backup image on the Time Capsule, but I dont want to lose all that data. And if I did, what is the best way to archive that TIme Capsule backup image?
    If your backups are ok, erasing the drive probably won't help. But to "archive" the backups, see this Apple article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1281

  • Can time capsule be used for wireless backup without serving as a router?

    can time capsule be set and used for wireless backup without serving as a router?

    Not if you want it to work.
    If you do want stand alone .. ie a TC sitting all on its lonesome with no internet connection.. then reset to factory and start over..
    The TC has to be in router mode so it can handle dhcp and addressing.
    Ignore all the problems.
    BUT then you can connect your computer to TC for backup
    OR
    you can connect to main wireless router for internet..
    You cannot do both.. at the same time.
    UNLESS you have ethernet connection.. to either main modem or TC.. if you have two networks and two different network clients, then you can do both at once but the setup is tricky.

  • Wirelessly backing up without Time Capsule?

    I read that it's possible to wirelessly back up without Time Capsule as long as the external drive is connected to another Mac. Can anyone  help please?

    1. You can do what you are now doing. You could transfer files via your home network using File Sharing.
    2. Partitioning is done using Disk Utility. See:
    To resize the drive do the following:
    1. Open Disk Utility and select the drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list.
    2. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window. You should see the graphical sizing window showing the existing partitions. A portion may appear as a blue rectangle representing the used space on a partition.
    3. In the lower right corner of the sizing rectangle for each partition is a resizing gadget. Select it with the mouse and move the bottom of the rectangle upwards until you have reduced the existing partition enough to create the desired new volume's size. The space below the resized partition will appear gray. Click on the Apply button and wait until the process has completed.  (Note: You can only make a partition smaller in order to create new free space.)
    4. Click on the [+] button below the sizing window to add a new partition in the gray space you freed up. Give the new volume a name, if you wish, then click on the Apply button. Wait until the process has completed.
    You should now have a new volume on the drive.
    It would be wise to have a backup of your current system as resizing is not necessarily free of risk for data loss.  Your drive must have sufficient contiguous free space for this process to work.
    4. This can be done as you are now doing it. You can share the backup drive from the desktop computer if you have a home network. Select the drive. Press COMMAND-I to open the Get Info window. Check the box labeled "Shared." Now open Sharing preferences and check the box, "File Sharing." If the shared drive is not in the list then use the Add [+] button and add the drive to the list. On the other computer you should see your desktop now listed in the Finder's sidebar under Servers. Click on the desktop name then click on the Connect As link in the upper right. Log in as a registered user using your admin account on the desktop and enter your admin password on the desktop account. You should now see an array of folders you can access including the shared drive. Double-click on it and it will mount on the Desktop. You can now use it like any other drive. For more help with this process select Mac Help from the Finder's Help menu and search for "sharing."
    Now, you can use a lot of different software for doing backups, syncs, etc. Here are a few:
    Backup Software Recommendations
    Carbon Copy Cloner
    Data Backup
    Deja Vu
    Silver Keeper
    Super Flexible File Synchronizer
    Synchronize Pro! X
    Synk Pro
    Synk Standard
    Tri-Backup
    Others may be found at VersionTracker or MacUpdate.
    Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on backup and restore.  Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files.
    All of the above can use a networked drive as a source or destination for backing up or syncing files.

  • Backup to Time Capsule stopped due to network problem

    I have been backing up for a month or so. Now my time capsule stopped backing up. I get the following error message:
    There was a problem connecting to the server "Time-Capsule.local".
    The server may not exist or it is unavailable at this time. Check the server name or IP address, check your network connections, and then try again.
    Here is my setup.
    Internet comes in via an airport extreme. I extended the wireless network of the airport extreme to the Time Capsule. I try to backup my MacBook Pro (Lion 10.7) wirelessly to the Time Capsule. The Time Capsule is visible in the Airport Utility, has an IP address and I can access it without a problem. When I go to the settings for time machine I can see the Time Capsule and even select it. But then I get the above error message.
    I tried checking the network but to me everyhting looks fine. Not sure how to start trouble shooting this. Who can help?

    mikefromswiss wrote:
    I have been backing up for a month or so. Now my time capsule stopped backing up. I get the following error message:
    There was a problem connecting to the server "Time-Capsule.local".
    The server may not exist or it is unavailable at this time.
    It's eventually just a hang.
    Switch off the wireless on all computers.
    Power off the Extreme and the TC
    Wait a minute or two
    Power on the Extreme and wait until the light is steady green
    Power on the TC and wait untill the light is steady green
    Reconnect the computers one after one
    Lupunus

  • Backups without Time Machine?

    I'm wondering what the options are for backups without Time Machine. I'm a tech support guy from a way back who's primarily worked with *nix and Windows machines, and I'm no stranger to setting up networks, NAS devices and filers, etc.
    This is an all-Apple setup - MacBook Pros, iMacs, iPads, iPhones, etc. There were 2 Time Capsules in the mix, but they both began to fail so we replaced them with a single Seagate 4-bay NAS attached to 2 LAN ports. This is a 10/100/100 network with N-wireless and Gigabit switches.
    Both before and after swapping out the Time Capsules for the NAS, we received the "
    Time Machine completed a verification of your backups. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you.
    message on the MacBooks, less often on the iMac. Post-NAS implementation, we are still seeing on the MacBooks. I've tried relaxing the backup settings to every 3-4 hours since all machines were set to backup every hour as default and I believe they were stepping on each other.
    I'm not ruling out the network, or anything at this point, but it seems odd that Time Machine will complete a backup, then at some point in the future find that it's not valid and need to go again from scratch. It's not ideal to use Time Machine if it needs a new full backup every ~2 days or more.
    So I'm simultaneously looking for any advice on how to resolve the Time Machine error, and/or how to perform routine backups to the NAS without Time Machine.
    Thanks in advance.
    MM

    I'm wondering what the options are for backups without Time Machine
    Time machine is NOT a data backup, its a system (/emergency) backup.  (whats the difference? the system is data?!,  Yes, however the difference is huge).
    ....and most pros (nearly all) are absolutely NOT using Time machine as a source,    and never as a single source to archive important data.
    Time machine by definition is absolutely not a data archive, nor a storage nexus for vital data, which is secure by definition.
    here you go:
    Methodology to protect your data. Backups vs. Archives. Long-term data protection
    Data Storage Platforms; their Drawbacks & Advantages
    #1. Time Machine / Time Capsule
    Drawbacks:
    1. Time Machine is not bootable, if your internal drive fails, you cannot access files or boot from TM directly from the dead computer.
    OS X Lion, Mountain Lion, and Mavericks include OS X Recovery. This feature includes all of the tools you need to reinstall OS X, repair your disk, and even restore from a Time Machine
    "you can't boot directly from your Time Machine backups"
    2. Time machine is controlled by complex software, and while you can delve into the TM backup database for specific file(s) extraction, this is not ideal or desirable.
    3. Time machine can and does have the potential for many error codes in which data corruption can occur and your important backup files may not be saved correctly, at all, or even damaged. This extra link of failure in placing software between your data and its recovery is a point of risk and failure. A HD clone is not subject to these errors.
    4. Time machine mirrors your internal HD, in which cases of data corruption, this corruption can immediately spread to the backup as the two are linked. TM is perpetually connected (or often) to your computer, and corruption spread to corruption, without isolation, which TM lacks (usually), migrating errors or corruption is either automatic or extremely easy to unwittingly do.
    5. Time Machine does not keep endless copies of changed or deleted data, and you are often not notified when it deletes them; likewise you may accidently delete files off your computer and this accident is mirrored on TM.
    6. Restoring from TM is quite time intensive.
    7. TM is a backup and not a data archive, and therefore by definition a low-level security of vital/important data.
    8. TM working premise is a “black box” backup of OS, APPS, settings, and vital data that nearly 100% of users never verify until an emergency hits or their computers internal SSD or HD that is corrupt or dead and this is an extremely bad working premise on vital data.
    9. Given that data created and stored is growing exponentially, the fact that TM operates as a “store-it-all” backup nexus makes TM inherently incapable to easily backup massive amounts of data, nor is doing so a good idea.
    10. TM working premise is a backup of a users system and active working data, and NOT massive amounts of static data, yet most users never take this into consideration, making TM a high-risk locus of data “bloat”.
    11. In the case of Time Capsule, wifi data storage is a less than ideal premise given possible wireless data corruption.
    12. TM like all HD-based data is subject to ferromagnetic and mechanical failure.
    13. *Level-1 security of your vital data.
    Advantages:
    1. TM is very easy to use either in automatic mode or in 1-click backups.
    2. TM is a perfect novice level simplex backup single-layer security save against internal HD failure or corruption.
    3. TM can easily provide a seamless no-gap policy of active data that is often not easily capable in HD clones or HD archives (only if the user is lazy is making data saves).
    #2. HD archives
    Drawbacks:
    1. Like all HD-based data is subject to ferromagnetic and mechanical failure.
    2. Unless the user ritually copies working active data to HD external archives, then there is a time-gap of potential missing data; as such users must be proactive in archiving data that is being worked on or recently saved or created.
    Advantages:
    1. Fills the gap left in a week or 2-week-old HD clone, as an example.
    2. Simplex no-software data storage that is isolated and autonomous from the computer (in most cases).
    3. HD archives are the best idealized storage source for storing huge and multi-terabytes of data.
    4. Best-idealized 1st platform redundancy for data protection.
    5. *Perfect primary tier and level-2 security of your vital data.
    #3. HD clones (see below for full advantages / drawbacks)
    Drawbacks:
    1. HD clones can be incrementally updated to hourly or daily, however this is time consuming and HD clones are, often, a week or more old, in which case data between today and the most fresh HD clone can and would be lost (however this gap is filled by use of HD archives listed above or by a TM backup).
    2. Like all HD-based data is subject to ferromagnetic and mechanical failure.
    Advantages:
    1. HD clones are the best, quickest way to get back to 100% full operation in mere seconds.
    2. Once a HD clone is created, the creation software (Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper) is no longer needed whatsoever, and unlike TM, which requires complex software for its operational transference of data, a HD clone is its own bootable entity.
    3. HD clones are unconnected and isolated from recent corruption.
    4. HD clones allow a “portable copy” of your computer that you can likewise connect to another same Mac and have all your APPS and data at hand, which is extremely useful.
    5. Rather than, as many users do, thinking of a HD clone as a “complimentary backup” to the use of TM, a HD clone is superior to TM both in ease of returning to 100% quickly, and its autonomous nature; while each has its place, TM can and does fill the gap in, say, a 2 week old clone. As an analogy, the HD clone itself is the brick wall of protection, whereas TM can be thought of as the mortar, which will fill any cracks in data on a week, 2-week, or 1-month old HD clone.
    6. Best-idealized 2nd platform redundancy for data protection, and 1st level for system restore of your computers internal HD. (Time machine being 2nd level for system restore of the computer’s internal HD).
    7. *Level-2 security of your vital data.
    HD cloning software options:
    1. SuperDuper HD cloning software APP (free)
    2. Carbon Copy Cloner APP (will copy the recovery partition as well)
    3. Disk utility HD bootable clone.
    #4. Online archives
    Drawbacks:
    1. Subject to server failure or due to non-payment of your hosting account, it can be suspended.
    2. Subject, due to lack of security on your part, to being attacked and hacked/erased.
    Advantages:
    1. In case of house fire, etc. your data is safe.
    2. In travels, and propagating files to friends and likewise, a mere link by email is all that is needed and no large media needs to be sent across the net.
    3. Online archives are the perfect and best-idealized 3rd platform redundancy for data protection.
    4. Supremely useful in data isolation from backups and local archives in being online and offsite for long-distance security in isolation.
    5. *Level-1.5 security of your vital data.
    #5. DVD professional archival media
    Drawbacks:
    1. DVD single-layer disks are limited to 4.7Gigabytes of data.
    2. DVD media are, given rough handling, prone to scratches and light-degradation if not stored correctly.
    Advantages:
    1. Archival DVD professional blank media is rated for in excess of 100+ years.
    2. DVD is not subject to mechanical breakdown.
    3. DVD archival media is not subject to ferromagnetic degradation.
    4. DVD archival media correctly sleeved and stored is currently a supreme storage method of archiving vital data.
    5. DVD media is once written and therefore free of data corruption if the write is correct.
    6. DVD media is the perfect ideal for “freezing” and isolating old copies of data for reference in case newer generations of data become corrupted and an older copy is needed to revert to.
    7. Best-idealized 4th platform redundancy for data protection.
    8. *Level-3 (highest) security of your vital data. 
    [*Level-4 data security under development as once-written metallic plates and synthetic sapphire and likewise ultra-long-term data storage]
    #6. Cloud based storage
    Drawbacks:
    1. Cloud storage can only be quasi-possessed.
    2. No genuine true security and privacy of data.
    3. Should never be considered for vital data storage or especially long-term.
    4. *Level-0 security of your vital data. 
    Advantages:
    1. Quick, easy and cheap storage location for simplex files for transfer to keep on hand and yet off the computer.
    2. Easy source for small-file data sharing.
    #7. Network attached storage (NAS) and JBOD storage
    Drawbacks:
    1. Subject to RAID failure and mass data corruption.
    2. Expensive to set up initially.
    3. Can be slower than USB, especially over WiFi.
    4. Mechanically identical to USB HD backup in failure potential, higher failure however due to RAID and proprietary NAS enclosure failure.
    Advantages:
    1. Multiple computer access.
    2. Always on and available.
    3. Often has extensive media and application server functionality.
    4. Massive capacity (also its drawback) with multi-bay NAS, perfect for full system backups on a larger scale.
    5. *Level-2 security of your vital data.
    JBOD (just a bunch of disks / drives) storage
    Identical to NAS in form factor except drives are not networked or in any RAID array, rather best thought of as a single USB feed to multiple independent drives in a single powered large enclosure. Generally meaning a non-RAID architecture.
    Drawbacks:
    1. Subject to HD failure but not RAID failure and mass data corruption.
    Advantages:
    1. Simplex multi-drive independent setup for mass data storage.
    2. Very inexpensive dual purpose HD storage / access point.
    3. *Level-2 security of your vital data.
    Time Machine is a system hub backup, not a data hub backup
    Important data you “don’t dare lose” should not be considered ultimately safe, or ideally stored (at the very least not as sole copy of same) on your Time Machine backup. Hourly and daily fluctuations of your system OS, applications, and software updates is the perfect focus for the simple user to conduct ‘click it and forget it’ backups of the entire system and files on the Macbook HD.
    Bootable clones are the choice of professionals and others in that Time Machine cannot be booted from and requires a working HD to retrieve data from (meaning another computer). Your vital data needs to be and should be ‘frozen’ on some form of media storage, either in a clone, as an archived HD containing important files, or on DVD blank archival media.
    A file that is backed up to Time Machine is unsafe in that if that file is deleted off the computer by accident or lost otherwise, that file will likewise vanish from Time Machine as it reflects changes on the internal computer HD/SSD.

  • Time Machine Backup to Time Capsule Pauses Airtunes

    Hello,
    I have an Airport Express and a MBP which are both wireless clients of a Time Capsule. I use the AX to stream music to my stereo which usually works without any trouble.
    The annoying thing is that practically every time Time Machine starts a backup, the music pauses for about a second as if the connection to the AX is lost.
    Has anyone else come across this issue and, if so, do you have a solution?
    Thanks
    Simon

    Well, I found a fix. I first moved the com.apple.TimeMachine.plist file from the Preference folder to the desktop, just in case I needed in the future (it turns out I didn't). Then I rebooted my computer. Time Machine did not find the .plist file and so I had to select again the disk for backup on Time Capsule. Then I backed up and it finally completed the hourly backup and now it seems back on track with the hourly backups

  • Painfully slow wireless connection with Time Capsule

    I have recently bought and changed over my home wireless to a Time Capsule 2TB, which I wanted for both the backup and the ease in home networking. I have set up the wireless network and since day one it has been painfully slow! I have created two wireless networks, one for 2.4GHz and the other for 5GHz. I have been reading all over the web and boards but to no avail.  Any suggestions? I am about to give up on the time capsule completely! I couldn't even download my podcast tonight.
    Help!

    Firstly plug in directly by ethernet to be sure there isn't a network issue on wan side.
    Are you testing on multiple computers .. Mac and/or PC?? Which ones. and what network cards are being used?
    Try and remove anything that uses G wireless and throw away any B wireless. It will not work together with N even if it is an option.
    Turn off the guest network if you have it on.
    Have you used a wireless analyser like kismac or inssider for pc? Find the free channels and set the wireless to that. Use no security at first to test.. briefly.. and then select wpa2 personal. Is there any difference?
    Do you have another wireless router running?? Were you using a different wireless router for comparison?

  • Time Machine couldn't complete the backup to "Time Capsule. The backup disk image /Volumes/Data/MacBook Pro.sparsebundle could not be created (error 60)"

    We are Mountain Lion using Time Machine to backup to Time Capsule. When the backup tries to run, an error appears after a couple of minutes saying "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer." Then an error shows up saying "Time Machine couldn't complete the backup to "Time Capsule.The backup disk image /Volumes/Data/MacBook Pro.sparsebundle could not be created (error 60)"
    I low level reformatted the Time Capsule and that didn't fix it. I then tried using Time Machine on another computer to back up to that same Time Capsule and it worked- so I'm doubting it's the Time Capsule.
    I've noticed that when Time Machine runs, that a  folder called Data  at /Volumes/ appears while Time Machine is trying to back up. I think it's making the sparsebundle to transfer to the Time Capsule.
    However, after a couple of minutes- it comes back saying that the disk is unreadable.
    I think it's something wrong with either creating the sparsebundle or opening the disk image that seems to be a part of the Time Machine backup process on the local drive. 
    I am able to create a disk image with Disk Utilitiy without any problem on that system. I've repaired the disk and disk permissions with Disk Utility and replaced the directory with Disk Warrior. I've trashed what preference files I could find and restarted. I've completely removed the backup destination from the computer and added it back again.
    Help!
    Thanks,
    Neil

    neillhowell wrote:
    I've noticed that when Time Machine runs, that a  folder called Data  at /Volumes/ appears while Time Machine is trying to back up. I think it's making the sparsebundle to transfer to the Time Capsule.
    Yes, exactly.  It makes one sparse bundle per Mac.
    It's possible the TC's disk is too full for a new sparse bundle, or there may be some other problem.
    Via the Finder, locate the existing sparse bundle (see the pink box in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #17 if you're not sure how to do that).  See how large it is (plus how large anything else that may be there).  If the total is very near the size of the TC, that may be the problem.
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