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Can Time Machine backup two HDDs to Time Capsule?
I have two physical harddrives in my Mac. One is an SSD with the OS and apps. The other is a 1TB HDD for media. Can I setup time machine to backup both drives to time capsule?
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Time Machine/Capsule: Restoration Questions
I have had the most difficult time figuring out whether my time capsule fd will be able to restore from a linux-partitioned hdd or not. As a high school graduation gift, I received a macbook pro (13", ...
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Make backup of Time Machine volume on Time Capsule
I have two laptops that back up via Time Machine to a Time Capsule. The shared volume on the Time Capsule contains two .sparsebundle files.
Can I copy those .sparsebundle files to an external hard ...
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1st gen Time Capsule won't connect
I've just upgraded the hard drive in my first generation time capsule. It worked fine before, now the Airport Utility cannot find it (Mountain Lion). I've tried setting it up with an older macbook ...
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Are Time Machine backups to an external disk attached to a Time Capsule supported?
My 1 TB Time Capsule drive is full with Time Machine backups. I'd rather spend $130 on a 3 TB drive than $500 on a new 3 TB Time Capsule.
Is an external drive attached to a Time Capsule supported ...
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Any ideas why my Airport Extreme identifies itself as a Time Capsule in Time Machine?
I recently noticed that Time Machine on both my Macs (Mountain Lion, 10.8.3) seem to think that my Airport Extreme base station (AEBS) + USB hard drive is actually a Time Capsule. Screenshots below. ...
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Time machine backup only on home network
I've set up my Ubuntu server at home to act as a Time capsule using this guide:
http://alisnic.net/blog/use-a-ubuntu-as-a-timemachine-server/
It works very well, and I have two macbooks backing up ...
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scripting keychain - disk image - timecapsule
If I click though the gui configuration of time capsule in 10.8 and choose encrypt back ups, 3 things are installed in my keychain.
I have scripted the creation of these 3 keys but am having ...
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TimeCapsule crashes OS X in every backup in PowerNap
From connection of TimeCapsule / TimeMachine setup my MacBook crashes every night when it tries to do the backup on PowerNap. I find it restarted in the morning not sleeping in state I left it.
When ...
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Time Capsule doesn't show all time machine backups
My Mountain Lion iMac was affected by the Seagate disk recall. I backed up to my trusty Time Capsule (as per norm) before the disk replacement, planning to restore from said Time Capsule. However, ...
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I am sharing an external drive with two partitions through my Time Capsule. I am sharing them over WAN but can only see one partition?
I recently purchased the 1TB LaCie Rugged external drive. I created a 120GB HSF+ partition titled "HSF" and a 790GB MS-DOS partition titled "Drive".
I am currently sharing the disk over WAN but I ...
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How can I set up my Time Capsule to talk with my laptop over the LAN?
I have a Time Capsule that I'm having trouble getting to register with my MacBook Pro off of the LAN. The LAN is a DHCP network that should be assigning addresses dynamically.
Time Machine ...
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Reparing a corrupt Time Machine backup on a Time Capsule won't work
I tried to follow these instructions:
http://www.garth.org/archives/2011,08,27,169,fix-time-machine-sparsebundle-nas-based-backup-errors.html
But after typing in the hdiutil command I only get one ...
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How to create hand-made Time Capsule
I've got a WiFi router (Asus) and an external HDD, connected to it by USB.
The router gives access to the HDD by FTP and SMB protocol.
It's working good as external storage for my MacBook Pro, but I ...
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Backups using Mac Mini Server & Time Machine
I'm currently trying to set up a fool-proof plan to secure backups of all of our files all the time.
What I'm generally thinking is using our Mac Mini Server I can backup our files (3 - 6 iMac's ...
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Time Machine stopped backing up my iPhoto library a year ago, lost all photos
I recently got my iMac's HDD replaced and when I restored my computer, every single Time Machine backup stretching back to last October contained the same size iPhoto library (+/- 100MB), which was ...
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Enable Time Machine to backup an SD Card?
Time Machine does not allow the inclusion of an SD Card in a backup. It is automatically listed in the exclusion list and cannot be removed.
Is there any way to force Time Machine to 'see' the SD ...
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Time Machine: The identity of the backup disk has changed
I have a stock 2GB Time Capsule that I use to backup two macs using Time Machine.
Both machines have been backing up quite happily until the other day, one of the machines gave the following error
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Offsite backup of Time Capsule
I use the CrashPlan software to run backups of my NAS to an offsite machine. I'd also like to use it for backing up a Time Capsule to the remote machine.
How do I do this so I don't impede Time ...
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Correct way to backup via Time Machine to a remote Time Capsule
If I have a MacBook through which I will like to access a Remote Time Capsule via Back to My Mac in order to perform updates to my Time Machine backup on said Time Capsule, which should be the correct ...
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Time Machine — ‘Sparsebundle already in use’ error
A few days ago, Time Machine on my Mac reported an error: ‘Sparsebundle already in use’. Manual unmount of the Time Capsule didn't help, nor a reboot of my machine. Removing and re-selecting my Time ...
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Time Capsule: “There was a problem connecting to the server”
I have a dream: The dream of using my MBP inside and outside my office, and having it backup to my 2TB Time Capsule when on its wireless network, or postpone backups when not on the Time Capsule's ...
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Slow file transfer between Macbook AIr and Time Capsule
The Problem:
I want to copy files from my MacBook Air to my Time Capsule but it is taking a long time. I calculated the rate to be 1.5 Mbps which is very slow. In other forums they say the rate is ...
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Is it easy to mount my Time Capsule after a clean install (without any restore) so that I can copy individual files from it?
People say it is possible but I am suspicious. I want to clean install and start fresh with nothing. Then I can access my Time Capsule that has my backup and copy any files I want. How easy or ...
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Time machine: network hard drive vs Time Capsule
I read that is possible to set up a Network Hard Disk in order to connect it to the router and perform wireless Time Machine backups on the Hard Disk.
What are the pros and cons of using a Network ...
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Browse another encrypted time machine backup that's on a NAS
I have a Time Machine backup of my MacBook Pro pro that's encrypted and saved on a Synology DS212j NAS (OS X detected my NAS as a possible location to save my backup). Right now I'm on my MacBook Air. ...
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What setup is needed to stay backed up and online after retiring the TimeCapsule?
My friend has the following kit in the house (although not all at the same time):
His MacBook Pro 15" with 500gb HD
Her MacBook Air 13" with 256gb SSD
Daughter's MacBook white with 500gb HD
His and ...
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What external HD can I use to my Airport Extreme Base Station for use of wireless Time Machine?
The title pretty much says it all. I currently have an Airport Extreme Base Station and I want to be able to use the USB port on it to hook up an external hard drive and use it as a wireless means of ...
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Time Machine - List of Files that were backed up
I'd like to know to see which files are getting backed up by my time machine? I often see a large amount of data being transfered and I'm not sure sure what it is.
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How can I copy Time Capsule backups to a remote location?
Time Machine backups are great, but the disk they are on is located at home and therefore vulnerable to being stolen, lost in fire, etc... Additionally the backups are on a NAS drive where I use one ...
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Why is Mountain Lion saying it can't do time machine backups to my time capsule hard drive?
I've got a MacBook Air that has been successfully backing up via Time Machine to my Time Capsule hardrive. Since I updated to Mountain Lion I'm getting the following error:
the backup disk is not in ...
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Time Machine/Time Capsule: What is the difference between “Waiting for index to be ready (100)” and “Waiting for index to be ready (101)”?
What's the difference between these (100) and (101) indexing processes?
Having finally created a successful backup to Time Capsule using Time Machine under Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63), I'm still ...
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Cannot access backups in Time capsule
I have a Time Capsule which I originally used with a MacBook Air running Snow Leopard.
Now I purchased a new MacBook Air with Lion and am trying to transfer my old backups on the Time Capsule and I ...
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Encrypt existing unencrypted Time Capsule backup
Since Mountain Lion Time Capsule can now backup to encrypted sparsebundles. This is great and easy to setup for new backup locations, just select 'encrypt backups'. However, I have backups for around ...
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Building a reliable and secure home wi-fi network with Time Capsule
I recently bought a 3Tb TimeCapsule, attached to my modem/router on which I disabled the wi-fi, created a wi-fi network that rely entirely on TimeCapsule.
However I am looking for some advice or ...
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Why won't Time Machine work with a drive connected to an Airport Extreme?
Is there any technical limitation or engineering reason that could possibly be behind the inability to RELIABLY use a connected USB drive with Airport Extreme for Time Machine?
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How to allow users to reset passwords in Time Capsule accounts?
I have a Time Capsule that I share with others in the office. I control the base station and create accounts for others to backup their machines with Time Machine i.e., using
Airport Utility > ...
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How to migrate several usb Time Machine backups to a Time Capsule?
I have several Mac each with its own USB hard drive, holding a Time Machine Backup.
I am wondering if I can move all of them to a Time Capsule. I have seen tutorial about single time machine backup, ...
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Time Machine error - backup disk image could not be created
I get this error and was wondering if anyone knew what the issue might be.
It is supposed to be backing up to Time Capsule but not sure if it's ever worked. It's actually not mine but if there was ...
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How to use my own sparse bundle image on Time Capsule for backups?
I'm trying to create my own sparse bundle image on Time Capsule and set it up for Time Machine. My main requirement is to limit the disk space allowed for backups but I would also like to encrypt ...
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Time Machine on Time Capsule backup verification never seems to complete
I have a MacPro running Mac OS X 10.7.4 with a Time Capsule connected by Ethernet. When Time Machine runs a verify of the backups it seems to stall at 72%, and if I let it run a LONG time I think I ...
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Time Machine tries to connect when I'm away from home
Recently when I'm away from home, my MacBook Pro keeps displaying the following message "There was a problem connecting to the server" and the name of my AirPort Extreme with a hard drive connected.
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Can I use my Time Capsule with other OSes?
I have two Macs at home which use Time Machine to back up to a shared Time Capsule. Does anybody know of any tools or methods for other operating systems to perhaps make use of that back-up facility? ...
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Clean Lion install, keeping Time Machine history?
I have a 2011 unibody MacBook Pro, and have been gathering kludge on it for some time, and on previous machines (2007 MacBook Pro, 2004 Powerbook) whose data I've migrated over using the Migration ...
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macbook aluminum started backing up to time capsule without asking
I normally back up my mb to an external drive at home with time machine (it's been about 3 weeks since my last full backup). Recently a co worker sent me a file by placing it on a time capsule we ...
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Time Capsule and multiple Macs
Does the Time Capule support Time Machine backups from multiple macs out of the box?
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Disable Time Machine hourly backups
Can the hourly backups by Time Machine be stopped? I'm on Lion and if it matters, each hour it tries to backup about 30GB (I don't know where this 30GB comes from, as today I've only modified a few ...
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Cloud Backup Options for HD Attached to Time Capsule
I connected an external HD to my Time Capsule and I've relocated my iPhoto and iTunes libraries to this HD. Time Machine is only backing up my computer's HD and I'd like an offsite backup of the ...
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Two Time Capsules in one network, Macbook connects to the slower one when backing up
I have two time capsules. They are connected via an ethernet cable and are part of the same wifi network. My devices connect to the one which has the better signal.
The problem is that my Macbook Pro ...
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How can I manually delete old backups to free space for Time Machine?
I use a Time Capsule for backup and now I want the drive to back up data from an extra Mac. But the drive is filled up with old backups from Mac 1. There simply is not enough space available for the ...
