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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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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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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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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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:
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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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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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What's the fastest way to get data off Time Capsule and onto an external drive?
I plugged an external drive into Time Capsule using the USB input on the back.
Then I used Finder to move data from the Time Capsule's drive to the USB drive.
Finder says it'll take over 24 hours to ...
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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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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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AirPort Time Capsule wifi is suddenly very slow: Boom network load
Background
I have a 5th generation AirPort Time Capsule, bought refurbished from Apple about 6 months ago. It is on software version 7.7.3 and has worked without issue until recently.
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Over 25 gb of Space Disappeared
Here's my problem: over the past couple days I did a really good clean out of my computer and managed to free up several gigabytes of data and was hovering around 233+ gb of free space.
Then in the ...
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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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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?
Short Question :
Is it possible to use an Apple Time Capsule just as a network attached backup drive and not a router?
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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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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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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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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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Time Capsule and multiple Macs
Does the Time Capule support Time Machine backups from multiple macs out of the box?
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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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Backup Time Capsule to 'cloud' / online backup provider
I've got a 3 TB Time Capsule that stores a range of files and Time Machine backups. I’d like to be able to backup the whole Time Capsule offsite, ideally using a "cloud" backup provider.
The Time ...
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Can I transfer backups when replacing a Time Capsule?
If I get a new Time Capsule, how can I transfer the backups from the old Time Capsule to the new one. I see an option to Archive the Time Capsule from the Airport Utility, but I don't see any way to ...
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Time Machine backs up a huge quantity of data on every run
I have a MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard and a Time Capsule. In the last few days every backup took over 100GB of data. I don't know if there is some issue with permissions or something similar, but to ...
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Time Machine backup silently fails. Log says "Backup canceled."
Since a few days, most attempts of Time Machine on backing up my Mac are silently cancelled. Here's the situation:
Automatic Time Machine backups are turned on.
The preparation of backups is started ...
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How to diagnose Time Capsule issues
I have a 1st or 2nd generation Time Capsule which acts both as the WiFi Access Point and the Time Machine backup store for our laptops. In the last few weeks we started to experience various problems ...
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How can I back up 2 internal drives to a single Time capsule?
I recently reinstalled Lion on an SSD and have all my media on the original HDD on my MBP. I was hoping Time Machine would recognize my existing backups in Time Capsule but it wants to start a new ...
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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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Airport Extreme + USB Drive vs Time Capsule
The price between an airport extreme and 2TB Time Capsule is quite a lot (£100) and as far as I can see the only different is that the Time Capsule has a hard drive built in.
Is there any problems ...
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Enhance Wifi range on a TimeCapsule
I previously had a DLink modem-router (DSL-2740B). I replaced it with a small ADSL D-Link modem and a TimeCapsule.
While I'm quite happy with it, the main and only criticism I could make is the loss I ...
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Remote connection to Time Capsule
I've found the link below which provides useful info on how to configure Time Capsule for remote connection. I've followed this and am able to connect to remotely manage the TC (via Airport utility) ...
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Should I buy a Hardware Firewall for my Time Capsule 4th Gen Router?
For my home network, I am still using the Time Capsule 4th Generation Router, from 2011.
I realized that I may have overestimated the security of this device, as it apparently does not have a Firewall ...
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Can I inherit a Time Machine backup if I clone my HD?
I have an old Power Mac G5 running OS X 10.5.8 (The newest OS it can run). It is backed up regularly using Time Machine to my Time Capsule.
The main drive is 500 GB but I would like to replace it ...
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Can I direct the audio signal from Apple TV?
I have the following equipment:
I have all my music files stored in iTunes on the pictured iMac. When I play music it follows a path from the iMac through the Time Capsule to the Airport Express. ...
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Can I set up quotas on my Time Capsule?
I have got the mid 2013 AirPort Time Capsule. Is it possible to set it up so that each user has a certain quota on the device? Either that, or even limit the size of the Time Machine data sets, so ...
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How to set up Time Capsule in wireless bridge mode?
I can't find any clear, step-by-step instructions on how to set up a Time Capsule in wireless bridge mode. Eg, how to disable its routing functions and set it up as a switch/repeater connected ...
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Can I connect my Time Capsule wirelessly to my mobile router?
I've just received a router with my new internet access. This router is wireless only and therefore has no ports except for power.
How can I connect my Time Capsule to this router now that I can no ...
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Backing up to an Airport Timecapsule over non-Airport WiFi
I recently upgraded some gear and I am no longer using my Airport as a wireless host. Instead, I now have another device acting as the primary server for DHCP, Router, and WiFi.
The old Airport is ...
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What are the advantages of Time Capsule over Airport Extreme with an external hard drive?
I would like for someone to outline the differences between buying a time capsule vs. just getting an airport extreme and attaching an external harddrive. The latter seems more flexible (easy to ...
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Can I update an early Airport Time Capsule?
I have an Apple Time Capsule model A1254. It has a 1Tb drive. Is it possible to replace the drive with a larger capacity unit? It seems a shame to replace the whole unit. Thanks
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Does Spotlight search work with a Time Capsule?
I would like to use a Time Capsule as a file server for 3-4 Macs in a small network.
I've 600 GB of data, and a lot of small files. My colleagues work a lot with Spotlight to find files. I would like ...
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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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Some files are gone after recovery from Time Machine backup... WHY?
I tried to clean install my mid-2012 MacBook Pro Retina and then recover from my Time Machine backup. At first the backup looked like a success and the OS did boot properly. However, I found that ...
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Time Machine says Time Capsule is full even though all backups are much smaller than HDD
I have several machines backing up via Time Machine to a 1TB Time Capsule.
Lately one of my Macs said he had to delete an old backup in order to create the new backup. I was surprised about this ...