Questions tagged [time-capsule]
A combination hard drive and 802.11n wireless base station designed to work out-of-the-box with Time Machine in OS X. It also doubles as a standard wireless access point.
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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 ...
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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 "clean out" my Time Machine backups if Time Machine won't backup because the disk is full?
When Time Machine tries to make a backup, it informs me that it can't because the backup disk is full.
What it's mostly full of (about 700GB of 1TB) is prior backups of the same machine. Time ...
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Upgraded to Lion: Time Machine spends a LOT of time indexing backup
I upgraded my MacBook Pro to Lion and one of the problems I've had is that Time Machine keeps running and running, and the fans go on.
This usually seems to be in the state where it indexes the ...
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Will Time Capsule work on a college dorm's WiFi network?
My daughter is headed off to college. I'd like to send her off with a Time Capsule so she can wirelessly backup her MacBook automatically.
My concern is that Time Capsule will not work properly on ...
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Why is Time Machine backing up to .sparsebundle file?
In the past, I had used only an external hard drive for my backups. It worked great, and it backed up to folders, in a way that I could go to individual files in the backup. I decided that since I was ...
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How can I access my Time Capsule remotely?
Can someone please educate me on exactly how I can access my Time Capsule from any other network aside from my own (over the Internet?)
I don't have a static IP address, so would I need DNS ...
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Is it possible to use an Apple Time Capsule just as a network attached backup drive and not a router?
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Is it possible to use an Apple Time Capsule just as a network attached backup drive and not a router?
Background :
We want to use a separate router to manage a more complex ...
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Can I use a Time Capsule as an all-purpose storage disk?
I have a MacBook Pro and am thinking of buying a Time Capsule. If I do, will I be able to use it as a backup and storage disk, and as a wireless router? I read somewhere that they can be used only as ...
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Is there a way to power down an AirPort Time Capsule gracefully?
There is no obvious way to power down an AirPort Time Capsule in a graceful way. Naturally, you typically won't be powering the thing on and off on a regular basis, but I'm surprised there doesn't ...
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Why won't my Time Capsule extend my wireless network?
I'm trying to get my 2009-era Time Capsule to extend my home wireless network (broadcast by a non-Apple router). I reset the Time Capsule and AirPort Utility can see it on both my iPad mini (iOS 6.1.3)...
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How do I move a USB Time Machine backup to a Time Capsule?
Is there a safe way to move a Time Machine backup on an external USB hard drive to a Time Capsule?
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Time Machine backup .sparsebundle file inaccessible on new computer
I've been at this for a solid 6 hours now, hoping like heck someone here can help me.
I've had a Time Capsule for nearly 2 years, consistently backing up two different laptops in my home using Time ...
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How can I turn off my Time Capsule's wireless router?
I have a useful wireless network, and then my Time Capsule's wireless network, which overpowers the other network when the computer is next to it. I don't know if it's misconfigured, but the Time ...
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Time Machine: first backup keeps growing while backing up, never completes
I'm trying to use Time Machine for backups on an AirPort Time Capsule. The initial backup has been running for weeks (with some interruptions inbetween) but has never completed.
When I stop and ...
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How to fix a Time Capsule disk in "Internal disk needs repair" status?
My Time Capsule disks shows "Internal disk needs repair".
How can I repair the disk (without erasing it)?
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Can I move data from old to new Time Capsule through USB?
The Apple knowledge base note on this question says to hardwire the Time Capsules and a computer together through ethernet, and transfer the data from TC1 to the computer to TC2, all through ethernet.
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Time Machine - move backup from local disk to network volume. Wrong case sensitivity?
I am trying to move a Time Machine backup from a Firewire disk (called disk1) directly connected to a computer to a network share, that is, from a folder in/on /Disk1/Backup.backupdb to a sparsebundle/...
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Limit the size for backups on a Time Capsule
I want to store both backups and shared data on my Time Capsule. Hence, I need to limit the space taken by backups. I see two options:
Partition
Limit the size of the backup sparse bundles.
Which ...
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Time Machine completed a verification of your backups. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you
since upgrading to El Capitan, every time my machine tries to make a backup to my Time Capsule, it prompts me with the aforementioned message.
after researching and finding not much, I decided to ...
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How do I temporarily relocate my Time Machine backup files
I have a 1TB WD My Passport external hard drive that I've been using for Time Machine backups. I recently had an issue with it where I can't save to it anymore because it was corrupted. The way to fix ...
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How to backup Time Machine's backup to a cloud?
I want to make any possibility of losing files on my Mac completely obsolete.
Time Machine is awesome, but saving files to single physical hard drive is, well, not safe at all. So, I guess, what I ...
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How to inherit sparsebundle on macOS Server Time Machine service?
I am using macOS Server's Time Machine service to centralize backups for my mac workstations/laptops. One of the laptops hasn't been backed-up since upgrading to a new MacBook Pro (using Migration ...
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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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How to enable Time Machine to backup the data ON an SD Card? (NOT backup TO 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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Difficulty to inherit Time Machine backups on new MacBook Pro
I'm having difficulties to inherit Time Machine backups on a new MacBook Pro. I've read many Q&A on the same topic, but none was a solution for my case (that's why I don't think this is a ...
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How to really exclude Time Machine Backups from Spotlight-indexing?
I try to exclude my TimeMachine-backup-storage from being indexed by spotlight and got some weird behaviour. The backup storage is a Time Capsule.
To exclude it, i did the following in terminal:
sudo ...
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Why did my Time Capsule disappear, while continuing to work as wireless router?
My Time Capsule cannot be mounted for backups, and the Time Capsule does not appear at all in AirPort Utility. However I can see and connect to its WiFi just fine. The truly odd thing is that I can ...
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Inherit Time Machine backup after changing source hard drives [duplicate]
I am using Time Machine to backup an external HDD (A) (2 TB) linked to my computer to an external 6 TB HDD drive.
I now had to shift the data from HDD (A) to a new 3 TB one (B). Is there a way to ...
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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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MacBook as WiFi extender
With AirDrop it seems that my MacBook Pro can have multiple Wifi Connections, so can I connect my iPhone to my Macbook at the same time as the macbook is connected to a Time Capsule's Wifi network.
I ...
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Backup Disk Not Available - Time Capsule
After working fine for months, my wifi Time Capsule backups fail, returning a "back-up disk not available" message. Time Capsule light is green, Airport Utility reveals no problems. What do I do? ...
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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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Time Capsule and multiple Macs
Does the Time Capule support Time Machine backups from multiple macs out of the box?
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Copying Time Machine backup, destination takes more than original size, are hardlinks being expanded?
I'm copying the backup folder of Time Machine, but it's taking too long, the backup is 90GB and the copy already reports 160GB and there's 60% to go yet, so I suspect it's copying hardlinks as ...
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What is a good Time Capsule substitute?
I am looking for something similar to Time Capsule, but I am really not interested in the wireless router capabilities.
Can you suggest hardware which has the same good qualities (size, silent ...
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If I quit Terminal.app, do processes that it initiated quit with it?
If I use Terminal to initiate a time-consuming process (in this case, deleting a large .sparsebundle file on my Time Capsule, which could take hours) and if I then quit the Terminal app itself before ...
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How does Time Machine deal with moved files
I have a large photo library (a couple of 100GBs of data) on an external hard drive, but I will need to move it to a different drive.
When moving the files, will time machine try to backup up all the ...
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Drobo + Time Capsule
I have a Time Capsule that I use for Time Machine, and am thinking about getting a regular entry level 4 slot Drobo to hang off its USB port as shared, non-Time Machine disk space. The Drobo appeals ...
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Is there a limit on the number of Macs that can use a single 2TB Time Capsule?
I am looking at buying a few of the 2TB Time Capsules for our office, where we have about 20 unibody MacBook Pros with 128GB SSDs.
Is there a limit on the number of Macs that a single 2TB Time ...
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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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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 do I know if a time machine backup is running?
Due to APFS having a mind of its own and filling the hard disk with unwanted snapshots, I made a cron to run tmutil deletelocalsnapshots xxx. Later I found out that running this command while a backup ...
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Is there a way to restrict Time Machine backups to a given size?
I'm using a Time Capsule to do Backups, I've been doing this for a while now. The problem is that the backup begins small and with time it becomes huge. So restricting its size would make Time Machine ...
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Black screen when open Time Machine on Yosemite
I use a 13 Macbook with a thunderbolt display on Yosemite. Since the installation of last osx version, if I try to open Time Machine I can only see a completely black screen on laptop screen. The ...
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Time capsule with Samsung Galaxy Note 8
I just bought a Galaxy note 8 and I am trying to access my files on my apple time capsule. I just got my macbook air last christmas so I am not to familiar with how to use everything just yet. I can ...
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Time Capsule alternatives
Can someone tell me the best alternative to Apple Time capsule? Common question, I know, but couldn't find it in the list.
People who have actually tried out the alternatives only please.
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Using Linux computer as time capsule - possible but any experiences?
have a Linux computer running as a server on which I also installed a time capsule (see for Vortexbox (my setup) but also for Ubuntu).
Before using this as my main backup, has anybody any experiences ...
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Does Apple make a modem?
I just bought a Time Capsule, and the lack of modem is irritating, as this means I have to buy a seperate one which is another box, won't be as easy to set up and I have to choose one.
Does Apple ...
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Can't connect to TimeCapsule Wifi network from Ubuntu
I don't know if this is the right place to ask this question, but I can't find my TimeCapsule Wifi network from a Ubuntu machine I want to share some files with. The name of the connection simply ...