Re: Time Capsule WiFi security setting

[Peter Crisp]

Hi folks, I have resolved the issue with my connection to my home WiFi network. 
The solution laid in the Family Zone box which (was) sitting between my NBN 
modem and my Time Capsule as a traffic filter. It has provided a good service 
but something shifted a couple of weeks ago - I don’t know what it was but all 
of a sudden I was having all sorts of issues connecting to it, yesterday my Mac 
book would not connect to it at all (I was having to use my NBN Modem WiFi 
network for internet access). I could see the TC WiFi network but errors each 
time I tried. Others in the house were not having this problem. My iPhone also 
same thing - could see it but not connect. I think a silently deployed firmware 
update from FZ may have resulted in this shift. Anyway, I decided to remove the 
FZ box as a way of eliminating its effects to tell me if that was the cause. I 
spent half an hour on the phone to FZ yesterday and didn’t get it solved there. 
Problem is now gone (box removed), Kid’s devices which have the device 
installed FZ app on are still in control (as it reaches to wherever the device 
is on the internet) so the FZ box at home doesn’t provide any greater control 
(only fixed devices like Apple TV, Playstation are the added controls that I 
now don’t have). I am seeing Tx rates >300 mbps as well so lightning fast. 

I’m happy with this outcome.

Pete.

> On 4 Oct 2020, at 11:38 am, Ronni Brown  wrote:
> 
> Hi Peter,
> My computers, iPad & iPhone all connect to my WiFi Snowblow 5GHz Network
> No devices are using the 2.4GHz Network 
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Ronni
> 
>  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB 
> 
> 
>> On 4 Oct 2020, at 11:20 am, Peter Crisp  wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks for that Ronni. So I conclude the problem is something my side and 
>> not a broader issue. I have a 5GHz network only selected - I was unaware 
>> that the TC could issue both frequency networks concurrently. Will look into 
>> how I can do that.
>> 
>> Well done the Pies too! I hope for your sake they can progress further. 
>> Their form last night was good, but Port (and Brisbane) were very strong 
>> looking in their final.
>> 
>> Kind Regards
>> 
>> Pete
>> 
>>> On 4 Oct 2020, at 11:08 am, Ronni Brown  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Peter,
>>> 
>>> My NBN WiFi Network settings in Airport Utility are:
>>> Security: WPA/WPA2 Personal
>>> 5GHz channel 149
>>> 2.4GHz channel 11
>>> 
>>> 5GHz Name: Snowblow3 5GHz 
>>> 
>>> I have no trouble connecting via Wi-Fi from computers or iOS devices with 
>>> these settings.
>>> 
>>> Kind Regards,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>>  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB 
>>> 
>>> 
> On 4 Oct 2020, at 10:24 am, Peter Crisp  wrote:
 
 HI folks, a bump to see if anyone else can shed any light on this one. 
 I’ve done some further reading on this and the Enterprise setting may be 
 better from the reading I’ve done. The reading on the Apple discussion 
 forum indicates that Apple hasn’t deployed WPA3 firmware updates for TC’s 
 yet and not even sure if they will. I am up to date with the latest 
 firmware available for my 3rd Gen TC. 
 
 I am puzzled that I am seemingly the only one in this community with this 
 issue as I read all threads coming in and no one else has indicated an 
 issue. This makes me think the issue is unique to me and my network config 
 is something to be tweaked a bit (Radio button and other settings perhaps).
 
 What I did note is the WPA3 security recommendation arises due to iOS13 
 and this issue in my house arose (for all of us in the house) the very day 
 (and I can’t help thinking connected) to the fact I was given an iPhone 8 
 from my niece and I restored my backup from my iPhone iPhone 6 (iOS 
 12.x.x) and in so doing I moved into iOS 13.x.x  where this WPA3 WiFi 
 security recommendation arose. But my sons both have iPhone 11’s (how does 
 that work!!)already on iOS 13.x.x and now iOS 14.x.x.
 
 Regards
 
 
 Pete
 
> On 3 Oct 2020, at 2:59 pm, Peter Crisp  wrote:
> 
> I have a Time Capsule in my house and a 25m ethernet cable to an Airport 
> Express down in my sons room configured as an extender (Ethernet up the 
> wall cavity, down the house then back down cavity in his room). Just 
> recently I have been having issues with some devices in the house 
> connecting to the WiFI network from the TC. This morning I tried on my 
> iPhone 8 again and whilst it connected a small message underneath said 
> “Weak security - WPA/WPA2 (TKIP) is not considered secure. If this is 
> your WiFI network, configure the router to use WPA2 (AES) or WPA3 
> security type”. 
> 
> I checked in Airport Utility and I only have WPA2 (Personal or 
> Enterprise, I’m set on Personal) as an available security setting - not 
> sure what the (AES) bit means but do not have WPA3 either - so I can’t 
> actually make a change to this setting. As a 

Re: Time Capsule WiFi security setting

[Ronni Brown]

Hi Peter,
My computers, iPad & iPhone all connect to my WiFi Snowblow 5GHz Network
No devices are using the 2.4GHz Network 

Kind Regards,
Ronni

 Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB 


> On 4 Oct 2020, at 11:20 am, Peter Crisp  wrote:
> 
> Thanks for that Ronni. So I conclude the problem is something my side and 
> not a broader issue. I have a 5GHz network only selected - I was unaware that 
> the TC could issue both frequency networks concurrently. Will look into how I 
> can do that.
> 
> Well done the Pies too! I hope for your sake they can progress further. Their 
> form last night was good, but Port (and Brisbane) were very strong looking in 
> their final.
> 
> Kind Regards
> 
> Pete
> 
>> On 4 Oct 2020, at 11:08 am, Ronni Brown  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Peter,
>> 
>> My NBN WiFi Network settings in Airport Utility are:
>> Security: WPA/WPA2 Personal
>> 5GHz channel 149
>> 2.4GHz channel 11
>> 
>> 5GHz Name: Snowblow3 5GHz 
>> 
>> I have no trouble connecting via Wi-Fi from computers or iOS devices with 
>> these settings.
>> 
>> Kind Regards,
>> Ronni
>> 
>>  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB 
>> 
>> 
 On 4 Oct 2020, at 10:24 am, Peter Crisp  wrote:
>>> 
>>> HI folks, a bump to see if anyone else can shed any light on this one. 
>>> I’ve done some further reading on this and the Enterprise setting may be 
>>> better from the reading I’ve done. The reading on the Apple discussion 
>>> forum indicates that Apple hasn’t deployed WPA3 firmware updates for TC’s 
>>> yet and not even sure if they will. I am up to date with the latest 
>>> firmware available for my 3rd Gen TC. 
>>> 
>>> I am puzzled that I am seemingly the only one in this community with this 
>>> issue as I read all threads coming in and no one else has indicated an 
>>> issue. This makes me think the issue is unique to me and my network config 
>>> is something to be tweaked a bit (Radio button and other settings perhaps).
>>> 
>>> What I did note is the WPA3 security recommendation arises due to iOS13 and 
>>> this issue in my house arose (for all of us in the house) the very day (and 
>>> I can’t help thinking connected) to the fact I was given an iPhone 8 from 
>>> my niece and I restored my backup from my iPhone iPhone 6 (iOS 12.x.x) and 
>>> in so doing I moved into iOS 13.x.x  where this WPA3 WiFi security 
>>> recommendation arose. But my sons both have iPhone 11’s (how does that 
>>> work!!)already on iOS 13.x.x and now iOS 14.x.x.
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Pete
>>> 
 On 3 Oct 2020, at 2:59 pm, Peter Crisp  wrote:
 
 I have a Time Capsule in my house and a 25m ethernet cable to an Airport 
 Express down in my sons room configured as an extender (Ethernet up the 
 wall cavity, down the house then back down cavity in his room). Just 
 recently I have been having issues with some devices in the house 
 connecting to the WiFI network from the TC. This morning I tried on my 
 iPhone 8 again and whilst it connected a small message underneath said 
 “Weak security - WPA/WPA2 (TKIP) is not considered secure. If this is your 
 WiFI network, configure the router to use WPA2 (AES) or WPA3 security 
 type”. 
 
 I checked in Airport Utility and I only have WPA2 (Personal or Enterprise, 
 I’m set on Personal) as an available security setting - not sure what the 
 (AES) bit means but do not have WPA3 either - so I can’t actually make a 
 change to this setting. As a result of this I have set up the WiFi network 
 for the NBN Modem for an alternate WiFi network in the house for when 
 difficulties arise. No problems with that one. The problem seems to be 
 with iOS devices not OSX devices - so the TM backups are ok as they need 
 to be connected to the TC and not the NBN Modem. 
 
 Anyone else have these issues and any tips on what I can do to resolve 
 this one?
 
 Regards
 
 Pete.
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Re: Time Capsule WiFi security setting

[Ronni Brown]

Hi Peter,

My NBN WiFi Network settings in Airport Utility are:
Security: WPA/WPA2 Personal
5GHz channel 149
2.4GHz channel 11

5GHz Name: Snowblow3 5GHz 

I have no trouble connecting via Wi-Fi from computers or iOS devices with these 
settings.

Kind Regards,
Ronni

 Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB 


> On 4 Oct 2020, at 10:24 am, Peter Crisp  wrote:
> 
> HI folks, a bump to see if anyone else can shed any light on this one. I’ve 
> done some further reading on this and the Enterprise setting may be better 
> from the reading I’ve done. The reading on the Apple discussion forum 
> indicates that Apple hasn’t deployed WPA3 firmware updates for TC’s yet and 
> not even sure if they will. I am up to date with the latest firmware 
> available for my 3rd Gen TC. 
> 
> I am puzzled that I am seemingly the only one in this community with this 
> issue as I read all threads coming in and no one else has indicated an issue. 
> This makes me think the issue is unique to me and my network config is 
> something to be tweaked a bit (Radio button and other settings perhaps).
> 
> What I did note is the WPA3 security recommendation arises due to iOS13 and 
> this issue in my house arose (for all of us in the house) the very day (and I 
> can’t help thinking connected) to the fact I was given an iPhone 8 from my 
> niece and I restored my backup from my iPhone iPhone 6 (iOS 12.x.x) and in so 
> doing I moved into iOS 13.x.x  where this WPA3 WiFi security recommendation 
> arose. But my sons both have iPhone 11’s (how does that work!!)already on iOS 
> 13.x.x and now iOS 14.x.x.
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> Pete
> 
>> On 3 Oct 2020, at 2:59 pm, Peter Crisp  wrote:
>> 
>> I have a Time Capsule in my house and a 25m ethernet cable to an Airport 
>> Express down in my sons room configured as an extender (Ethernet up the wall 
>> cavity, down the house then back down cavity in his room). Just recently I 
>> have been having issues with some devices in the house connecting to the 
>> WiFI network from the TC. This morning I tried on my iPhone 8 again and 
>> whilst it connected a small message underneath said “Weak security - 
>> WPA/WPA2 (TKIP) is not considered secure. If this is your WiFI network, 
>> configure the router to use WPA2 (AES) or WPA3 security type”. 
>> 
>> I checked in Airport Utility and I only have WPA2 (Personal or Enterprise, 
>> I’m set on Personal) as an available security setting - not sure what the 
>> (AES) bit means but do not have WPA3 either - so I can’t actually make a 
>> change to this setting. As a result of this I have set up the WiFi network 
>> for the NBN Modem for an alternate WiFi network in the house for when 
>> difficulties arise. No problems with that one. The problem seems to be with 
>> iOS devices not OSX devices - so the TM backups are ok as they need to be 
>> connected to the TC and not the NBN Modem. 
>> 
>> Anyone else have these issues and any tips on what I can do to resolve this 
>> one?
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Pete.
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Re: Time Capsule WiFi security setting

[Peter Crisp]

Thanks for that Ronni. So I conclude the problem is something my side and not a 
broader issue. I have a 5GHz network only selected - I was unaware that the TC 
could issue both frequency networks concurrently. Will look into how I can do 
that.

Well done the Pies too! I hope for your sake they can progress further. Their 
form last night was good, but Port (and Brisbane) were very strong looking in 
their final.

Kind Regards

Pete

> On 4 Oct 2020, at 11:08 am, Ronni Brown  wrote:
> 
> Hi Peter,
> 
> My NBN WiFi Network settings in Airport Utility are:
> Security: WPA/WPA2 Personal
> 5GHz channel 149
> 2.4GHz channel 11
> 
> 5GHz Name: Snowblow3 5GHz 
> 
> I have no trouble connecting via Wi-Fi from computers or iOS devices with 
> these settings.
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Ronni
> 
>  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB 
> 
> 
>> On 4 Oct 2020, at 10:24 am, Peter Crisp  wrote:
>> 
>> HI folks, a bump to see if anyone else can shed any light on this one. I’ve 
>> done some further reading on this and the Enterprise setting may be better 
>> from the reading I’ve done. The reading on the Apple discussion forum 
>> indicates that Apple hasn’t deployed WPA3 firmware updates for TC’s yet and 
>> not even sure if they will. I am up to date with the latest firmware 
>> available for my 3rd Gen TC. 
>> 
>> I am puzzled that I am seemingly the only one in this community with this 
>> issue as I read all threads coming in and no one else has indicated an 
>> issue. This makes me think the issue is unique to me and my network config 
>> is something to be tweaked a bit (Radio button and other settings perhaps).
>> 
>> What I did note is the WPA3 security recommendation arises due to iOS13 and 
>> this issue in my house arose (for all of us in the house) the very day (and 
>> I can’t help thinking connected) to the fact I was given an iPhone 8 from my 
>> niece and I restored my backup from my iPhone iPhone 6 (iOS 12.x.x) and in 
>> so doing I moved into iOS 13.x.x  where this WPA3 WiFi security 
>> recommendation arose. But my sons both have iPhone 11’s (how does that 
>> work!!)already on iOS 13.x.x and now iOS 14.x.x.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> 
>> Pete
>> 
>>> On 3 Oct 2020, at 2:59 pm, Peter Crisp  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have a Time Capsule in my house and a 25m ethernet cable to an Airport 
>>> Express down in my sons room configured as an extender (Ethernet up the 
>>> wall cavity, down the house then back down cavity in his room). Just 
>>> recently I have been having issues with some devices in the house 
>>> connecting to the WiFI network from the TC. This morning I tried on my 
>>> iPhone 8 again and whilst it connected a small message underneath said 
>>> “Weak security - WPA/WPA2 (TKIP) is not considered secure. If this is your 
>>> WiFI network, configure the router to use WPA2 (AES) or WPA3 security 
>>> type”. 
>>> 
>>> I checked in Airport Utility and I only have WPA2 (Personal or Enterprise, 
>>> I’m set on Personal) as an available security setting - not sure what the 
>>> (AES) bit means but do not have WPA3 either - so I can’t actually make a 
>>> change to this setting. As a result of this I have set up the WiFi network 
>>> for the NBN Modem for an alternate WiFi network in the house for when 
>>> difficulties arise. No problems with that one. The problem seems to be with 
>>> iOS devices not OSX devices - so the TM backups are ok as they need to be 
>>> connected to the TC and not the NBN Modem. 
>>> 
>>> Anyone else have these issues and any tips on what I can do to resolve this 
>>> one?
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> 
>>> Pete.
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Re: Time Capsule WiFi security setting

[Peter Crisp]

HI folks, a bump to see if anyone else can shed any light on this one. I’ve 
done some further reading on this and the Enterprise setting may be better from 
the reading I’ve done. The reading on the Apple discussion forum indicates that 
Apple hasn’t deployed WPA3 firmware updates for TC’s yet and not even sure if 
they will. I am up to date with the latest firmware available for my 3rd Gen 
TC. 

I am puzzled that I am seemingly the only one in this community with this issue 
as I read all threads coming in and no one else has indicated an issue. This 
makes me think the issue is unique to me and my network config is something to 
be tweaked a bit (Radio button and other settings perhaps).

What I did note is the WPA3 security recommendation arises due to iOS13 and 
this issue in my house arose (for all of us in the house) the very day (and I 
can’t help thinking connected) to the fact I was given an iPhone 8 from my 
niece and I restored my backup from my iPhone iPhone 6 (iOS 12.x.x) and in so 
doing I moved into iOS 13.x.x  where this WPA3 WiFi security recommendation 
arose. But my sons both have iPhone 11’s (how does that work!!)already on iOS 
13.x.x and now iOS 14.x.x.

Regards


Pete

> On 3 Oct 2020, at 2:59 pm, Peter Crisp  wrote:
> 
> I have a Time Capsule in my house and a 25m ethernet cable to an Airport 
> Express down in my sons room configured as an extender (Ethernet up the wall 
> cavity, down the house then back down cavity in his room). Just recently I 
> have been having issues with some devices in the house connecting to the WiFI 
> network from the TC. This morning I tried on my iPhone 8 again and whilst it 
> connected a small message underneath said “Weak security - WPA/WPA2 (TKIP) is 
> not considered secure. If this is your WiFI network, configure the router to 
> use WPA2 (AES) or WPA3 security type”. 
> 
> I checked in Airport Utility and I only have WPA2 (Personal or Enterprise, 
> I’m set on Personal) as an available security setting - not sure what the 
> (AES) bit means but do not have WPA3 either - so I can’t actually make a 
> change to this setting. As a result of this I have set up the WiFi network 
> for the NBN Modem for an alternate WiFi network in the house for when 
> difficulties arise. No problems with that one. The problem seems to be with 
> iOS devices not OSX devices - so the TM backups are ok as they need to be 
> connected to the TC and not the NBN Modem. 
> 
> Anyone else have these issues and any tips on what I can do to resolve this 
> one?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Pete.
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Re: Time Capsule green light

[Barry Sexstone]

Julie

Been there done that with no change either in behaviour or quoted version 
number so I assume I am up to date.

Barry
> On 4 Jan 2017, at 4:57 pm, Julie Bedford  wrote:
> 
> Hi Barry
> 
> When my Capsule flashes the orange light, I download the update and then it 
> goes back to green.  Hope that helps
> 
> Cheers
> Jewels
> 
>> On 4 Jan 2017, at 4:24 PM, Barry Sexstone > > wrote:
>> 
>> Peter
>> 
>> I have an Airport Express which has been exhibited a similar problem over 
>> the last couple of months.  The green light changes to a flashing orange but 
>> everything else behaves normally.  Sometimes I get fed up with it flashing 
>> and reset it by turning it off and then on again but it seems unnecessary.  
>> I am on ADSL2 not NBN.
>> I will be interested in other’s comments
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Barry
>> iMac Retina 5K 27"
>> Intel Core i5 3.5 GHz 
>> 8GB RAM
>> 1.0 TB HD
>> OS X 10.12.2
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>>> On 4 Jan 2017, at 3:52 pm, Peter Crisp >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Happy New Year to you all, I have a Time Capsule I have had for ~6 years 
>>> now and it has been bulletproof, even with an up sized 3TB drive. Recently 
>>> I have converted to the "Malcolm Turnbull" NBN and it has been pretty much 
>>> an improved service. I have noticed however, since the change to NBN, my TC 
>>> green light has frequently gone to the orange flashing light. It may be 
>>> coincidence that it seems to coincide with the NBN swap but I see online 
>>> that the most plausible cause is the need for a firmware update. Is this 
>>> something that others have experienced?
>>> 
>>> It behaves 100% as it has normally behaved with all Time machine backups 
>>> working and all streaming and network functions to AppleTV etc behaving as 
>>> normal so there is nothing out of order in operability in the house.
>>> 
>>> Anyone have any occurrence like this themselves and is the firmware update 
>>> a cinch? I also have an apple airport Express functioning as an extender 
>>> which also is behaving as normal but it's indicator light has remained 
>>> green the whole time during pre and post NBN installation.
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Pete
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Re: Time Capsule green light

[Julie Bedford]

Hi Barry

When my Capsule flashes the orange light, I download the update and then it 
goes back to green.  Hope that helps

Cheers
Jewels

> On 4 Jan 2017, at 4:24 PM, Barry Sexstone  wrote:
> 
> Peter
> 
> I have an Airport Express which has been exhibited a similar problem over the 
> last couple of months.  The green light changes to a flashing orange but 
> everything else behaves normally.  Sometimes I get fed up with it flashing 
> and reset it by turning it off and then on again but it seems unnecessary.  I 
> am on ADSL2 not NBN.
> I will be interested in other’s comments
> 
> Regards
> 
> Barry
> iMac Retina 5K 27"
> Intel Core i5 3.5 GHz 
> 8 GB RAM
> 1.0 TB HD
> OS X 10.12.2
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>> On 4 Jan 2017, at 3:52 pm, Peter Crisp > > wrote:
>> 
>> Happy New Year to you all, I have a Time Capsule I have had for ~6 years now 
>> and it has been bulletproof, even with an up sized 3TB drive. Recently I 
>> have converted to the "Malcolm Turnbull" NBN and it has been pretty much an 
>> improved service. I have noticed however, since the change to NBN, my TC 
>> green light has frequently gone to the orange flashing light. It may be 
>> coincidence that it seems to coincide with the NBN swap but I see online 
>> that the most plausible cause is the need for a firmware update. Is this 
>> something that others have experienced?
>> 
>> It behaves 100% as it has normally behaved with all Time machine backups 
>> working and all streaming and network functions to AppleTV etc behaving as 
>> normal so there is nothing out of order in operability in the house.
>> 
>> Anyone have any occurrence like this themselves and is the firmware update a 
>> cinch? I also have an apple airport Express functioning as an extender which 
>> also is behaving as normal but it's indicator light has remained green the 
>> whole time during pre and post NBN installation.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> 
>> Pete
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Re: Time Capsule green light

[Ronni Brown]

Hi Peter,

Are you sure you have the Time Capsule connected correctly to the NBN 
termination Box and setup correctly?

To see if your Time Capsule requires a firmware update:
Open Airport Utility
If AirPort Utility shows a numbered red badge next to the name of a base 
station, click it for details.
If the base station is protected by a device password, you might not see a 
badge until you click the base station and enter the password.
If your base station is already using the latest firmware, no firmware updates 
appear in AirPort Utility.

If a Firmware update appears - Install the Update 

More information here: >

Cheers,
Ronni

> On 4 Jan 2017, at 3:52 pm, Peter Crisp  wrote:
> 
> Happy New Year to you all, I have a Time Capsule I have had for ~6 years now 
> and it has been bulletproof, even with an up sized 3TB drive. Recently I have 
> converted to the "Malcolm Turnbull" NBN and it has been pretty much an 
> improved service. I have noticed however, since the change to NBN, my TC 
> green light has frequently gone to the orange flashing light. It may be 
> coincidence that it seems to coincide with the NBN swap but I see online that 
> the most plausible cause is the need for a firmware update. Is this something 
> that others have experienced?
> 
> It behaves 100% as it has normally behaved with all Time machine backups 
> working and all streaming and network functions to AppleTV etc behaving as 
> normal so there is nothing out of order in operability in the house.
> 
> Anyone have any occurrence like this themselves and is the firmware update a 
> cinch? I also have an apple airport Express functioning as an extender which 
> also is behaving as normal but it's indicator light has remained green the 
> whole time during pre and post NBN installation.
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> Pete
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Re: Time Capsule green light

[Barry Sexstone]

Peter

I have an Airport Express which has been exhibited a similar problem over the 
last couple of months.  The green light changes to a flashing orange but 
everything else behaves normally.  Sometimes I get fed up with it flashing and 
reset it by turning it off and then on again but it seems unnecessary.  I am on 
ADSL2 not NBN.
I will be interested in other’s comments

Regards

Barry
iMac Retina 5K 27"
Intel Core i5 3.5 GHz 
8   GB RAM
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> On 4 Jan 2017, at 3:52 pm, Peter Crisp  wrote:
> 
> Happy New Year to you all, I have a Time Capsule I have had for ~6 years now 
> and it has been bulletproof, even with an up sized 3TB drive. Recently I have 
> converted to the "Malcolm Turnbull" NBN and it has been pretty much an 
> improved service. I have noticed however, since the change to NBN, my TC 
> green light has frequently gone to the orange flashing light. It may be 
> coincidence that it seems to coincide with the NBN swap but I see online that 
> the most plausible cause is the need for a firmware update. Is this something 
> that others have experienced?
> 
> It behaves 100% as it has normally behaved with all Time machine backups 
> working and all streaming and network functions to AppleTV etc behaving as 
> normal so there is nothing out of order in operability in the house.
> 
> Anyone have any occurrence like this themselves and is the firmware update a 
> cinch? I also have an apple airport Express functioning as an extender which 
> also is behaving as normal but it's indicator light has remained green the 
> whole time during pre and post NBN installation.
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> Pete
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Re: Time capsule

[Peter Hinchliffe]

> On 23 Mar 2016, at 9:37 AM, Juliet Kitson  wrote:
> 
> G'day Peter
> Thanks for your advice I have never used keychain mainly because I did not 
> know how but eureka I now know so I am happy another thing learnt.
> Regards Bill
> 
> 

Happy to help   :-)

Keychain access has been covered many times on this forum, but I guess it’s one 
of these things that you don’t think about until you need it. The next best 
thing after knowing how to use it is to make sure you have it set up to sync 
with iCloud, especially if you have multiple Macs. 

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Re: Time capsule

[Juliet Kitson]

G'day Peter
Thanks for your advice I have never used keychain mainly because I did not
know how but eureka I now know so I am happy another thing learnt.
Regards Bill

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 7:48 AM, Peter Hinchliffe  wrote:

>
> > On 21 Mar 2016, at 5:29 PM, Juliet Kitson  wrote:
> >
> > Hello
> > I have been using time capsule for 2 years via wifi today shifted to new
> location tried to use data cable connection but I have forgotten password
> how do I over come this
> > Regards Bill
> >
>
> The password should be stored in your keychain. Launch Keychain Access
> from your /Applications/Utilities folder.
>
> Just type “Time” in the search field at the top of the window and you will
> see all the entries for your Time Capsule.
>
> Double-click on the most recent entry if there are more than one and click
> the check box at the bottom of the resultant window next to “Show
> Password”. It will ask you for your administrator’s password, then display
> your latest Time Capsule password.
>
> If you don’t know your administrator’s password then you’ve got more
> problems than just your Time Capsule...
>
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> 
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Re: Time capsule

[Peter Hinchliffe]

> On 21 Mar 2016, at 5:29 PM, Juliet Kitson  wrote:
> 
> Hello
> I have been using time capsule for 2 years via wifi today shifted to new 
> location tried to use data cable connection but I have forgotten password how 
> do I over come this
> Regards Bill
> 

The password should be stored in your keychain. Launch Keychain Access from 
your /Applications/Utilities folder. 

Just type “Time” in the search field at the top of the window and you will see 
all the entries for your Time Capsule. 

Double-click on the most recent entry if there are more than one and click the 
check box at the bottom of the resultant window next to “Show Password”. It 
will ask you for your administrator’s password, then display your latest Time 
Capsule password. 

If you don’t know your administrator’s password then you’ve got more problems 
than just your Time Capsule...

Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
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Re: Time capsule

[Juliet Kitson]

Hello Ronni
My aim was to remove CS3 which was successful using your instructions, then
I wanted a CS3 free backup so when I get mavericks installed I can then
restore all.
Once again thanks very much "So much to learn and so little time" I am 75
raised on Microsoft wish I had learnt about Apple a long time ago.
My iMac was getting that slow it was like using windows, no more thanks.
Regards Bill

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 5:50 PM, Ronni Brown  wrote:

> On 24 Sep 2014, at 3:23 pm, Juliet Kitson  wrote:
>
> Hello
> I must be going nuts I am trying to erase my time capsule can,t do it.
> Snow leopard
> Imac.Regards Bill
>
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> Are you wanting to Erase everything on the Time Capsule's Internal Disk?
> If so you use Airport Utility - There are two main versions of Airport
> Utility: 5.6.x and 6.x (Lion 10.7.x and later).
> As you are running Snow Leopard you would be using version 5.6
>
> *Airport Utility 5.6.x*
> 1. Open AirPort Utility 5.6.x
> 2. Select the Time Capsule whose disk you want to erase.
> 3. Hit the "Manual Setup" button.
> 4. Click the "Disks" icon button.
> 5. Click the "Disks" tab.
> 6. Select the disk (*not a sub-volume, the disk itself*).
> 7. Click "Erase".
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
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Re: Time capsule

[Ronni Brown]

On 24 Sep 2014, at 3:23 pm, Juliet Kitson  wrote:

> Hello
> I must be going nuts I am trying to erase my time capsule can,t do it.
> Snow leopard 
> Imac.Regards Bill


Hi Bill,

Are you wanting to Erase everything on the Time Capsule's Internal Disk?
If so you use Airport Utility - There are two main versions of Airport Utility: 
5.6.x and 6.x (Lion 10.7.x and later).
As you are running Snow Leopard you would be using version 5.6

Airport Utility 5.6.x
1. Open AirPort Utility 5.6.x
2. Select the Time Capsule whose disk you want to erase.
3. Hit the "Manual Setup" button.
4. Click the "Disks" icon button.
5. Click the "Disks" tab.
6. Select the disk (not a sub-volume, the disk itself).
7. Click "Erase".

Cheers,
Ronni

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Re: Time Capsule

[Peter Crisp]

Further to this, I might implement a combination of attached external drive per 
Ronni's note but also interested to hear if this TC drive upgrade is a logical 
thing to do as well.
 
http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_upgrade_your_time_capsules_hard_drive

I've done HD upgrades before and comfortable with the process, this link 
suggests it's pretty easy in the TC as well. Anyone done this before and 
stories to tell?

Sorry to procrastinate further on this but I like the challenge of exploring 
options.
 

Regards

Pete

> On 5 Feb 2014, at 2:53 pm, Ronni Brown  wrote:
> 
> Hi Peter,
> 
> Make sure it is a large external drive, you need at least double the size of 
> the MBPs you will be backing up to this external drive.
> As I have mentioned to you before I backup ONE MacBook Pro using Time Machine 
> to my 3TB Time Capsule! 
> 
> 'How to Format & Partition your Drive to work with Time Machine':
> 
> 1. Make sure to copy any files on your hard disk to another location because 
> reformatting will erase them.
> 
> 2. Click on your computer Hard Drive’s icon. 
> Select Applications → Utilities → Disk Utility.
> 
> 3. In the left hand column, click on the drive icon for the name of your 
> external drive. 
> Make sure you click on the First icon, not the Second Level ‘Volume’ icon.
> 
> 4. Select the Partition Tab.
> 
> 5. Select the Format Type from the Format drop-down menu.
> Select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) (recommended).
> 
> 6. Click on the Options button.
> 
> 7. Select the type of partition you want to use:
> GUID Partition Table - for bootability on Intel-based Macs
> Apple Partition Map - for bootability on PowerPC-based Macs
> 
> 8. Click OK.
> 
> 9. Click the Apply button.
> 
> Then turn ON Time Machine from the panel in System Preferences on each 
> computer
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
> 
> OS X 10.9.1 Mavericks
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
> 
> On 5 Feb 2014, at 1:31 pm, Peter Crisp  wrote:
> 
> 
>> Hi Ronni, thanks for that, it was just a thought that came to me about using 
>> an external for say 2 of the 5 mbp's to an a drive attached to the TC USB 
>> and the other 3 (smaller) backups directed to the TC. 
>> 
>> I'm clear on not spanning one backup over two drives, obviously with a 
>> single sparsebundle file, it has to be in one place not two.
>> 
>> So just considering my options currently and this seems a good alternative 
>> and easy to implement.
>> 
>> If I use an external drive, does it need formatting in a particular fashion 
>> and dedicated to backup duties?
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Pete
>> 
>>> On 5 Feb 2014, at 12:00 pm, Ronni Brown  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 5 Feb 2014, at 8:43 am, Peter Crisp  wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> Hi, some may recall I’ve been running out of Time Capsule memory with 5 
>>>>> Macbooks now all pointing to the 1TB TC I have. Is there any reason why I 
>>>>> can’t use an externally attached USB hard drive (say 1TB or 2TB) on the 
>>>>> TC as a Backup target to effectively increase capacity? Is it necessary 
>>>>> to keep the USB attached disc dedicated to being a Backup target disc?
>>> 
>>> Hi Peter,
>>> 
>>> Your previous response Re: Time Capsule capacity and OS X limits - on 13 
>>> December 2013 was:
>>>> Thanks Ronni, I'm going shopping for a 3TB TC 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Obviously you have changed your mind ;-)
>>> 
>>> You can attach a USB drive to your Time Capsule. Then you can back up to 
>>> the USB drive instead of the Time Capsule's internal HD (see question #Q2 - 
>>> How do I set up Time Machine to back up to an Air Disk on my Time Capsule). 
>>>  <http://pondini.org/TM/TCQ2.html>
>>> 
>>> If you have multiple Macs, you can back some up to the Time Capsule's 
>>> internal drive, and others to the USB drive. 
>>> 
>>> If you need even more space, you can connect multiple USB drives via a 
>>> powered hub, and back up different Macs to each. 
>>> What you cannot do, however, is have one Mac's backups continue from the 
>>> Time Capsule's internal HD to a USB drive connected to it, or have the 
>>> backups for any one Mac "span" two drives!
>>> 
>>> Time Machine should back up to most Hardware RAID sets (multiple drives in 
>>> an enclosure with a 

Re: Time Capsule

[Peter Crisp]

Ok, all noted thanks Ronnie. Off to see The Boss shortly so unfortunately I 
can't get to this tonight.

As usual your message is very clear. My 1TB TC currently has 34GB free, with 
just 4 mbp's backing up!!!

Regards

Pete

> On 5 Feb 2014, at 2:53 pm, Ronni Brown  wrote:
> 
> Hi Peter,
> 
> Make sure it is a large external drive, you need at least double the size of 
> the MBPs you will be backing up to this external drive.
> As I have mentioned to you before I backup ONE MacBook Pro using Time Machine 
> to my 3TB Time Capsule! 
> 
> 'How to Format & Partition your Drive to work with Time Machine':
> 
> 1. Make sure to copy any files on your hard disk to another location because 
> reformatting will erase them.
> 
> 2. Click on your computer Hard Drive’s icon. 
> Select Applications → Utilities → Disk Utility.
> 
> 3. In the left hand column, click on the drive icon for the name of your 
> external drive. 
> Make sure you click on the First icon, not the Second Level ‘Volume’ icon.
> 
> 4. Select the Partition Tab.
> 
> 5. Select the Format Type from the Format drop-down menu.
> Select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) (recommended).
> 
> 6. Click on the Options button.
> 
> 7. Select the type of partition you want to use:
> GUID Partition Table - for bootability on Intel-based Macs
> Apple Partition Map - for bootability on PowerPC-based Macs
> 
> 8. Click OK.
> 
> 9. Click the Apply button.
> 
> Then turn ON Time Machine from the panel in System Preferences on each 
> computer
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
> 
> OS X 10.9.1 Mavericks
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
> 
> On 5 Feb 2014, at 1:31 pm, Peter Crisp  wrote:
> 
> 
>> Hi Ronni, thanks for that, it was just a thought that came to me about using 
>> an external for say 2 of the 5 mbp's to an a drive attached to the TC USB 
>> and the other 3 (smaller) backups directed to the TC. 
>> 
>> I'm clear on not spanning one backup over two drives, obviously with a 
>> single sparsebundle file, it has to be in one place not two.
>> 
>> So just considering my options currently and this seems a good alternative 
>> and easy to implement.
>> 
>> If I use an external drive, does it need formatting in a particular fashion 
>> and dedicated to backup duties?
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Pete
>> 
>>> On 5 Feb 2014, at 12:00 pm, Ronni Brown  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 5 Feb 2014, at 8:43 am, Peter Crisp  wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> Hi, some may recall I’ve been running out of Time Capsule memory with 5 
>>>>> Macbooks now all pointing to the 1TB TC I have. Is there any reason why I 
>>>>> can’t use an externally attached USB hard drive (say 1TB or 2TB) on the 
>>>>> TC as a Backup target to effectively increase capacity? Is it necessary 
>>>>> to keep the USB attached disc dedicated to being a Backup target disc?
>>> 
>>> Hi Peter,
>>> 
>>> Your previous response Re: Time Capsule capacity and OS X limits - on 13 
>>> December 2013 was:
>>>> Thanks Ronni, I'm going shopping for a 3TB TC 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Obviously you have changed your mind ;-)
>>> 
>>> You can attach a USB drive to your Time Capsule. Then you can back up to 
>>> the USB drive instead of the Time Capsule's internal HD (see question #Q2 - 
>>> How do I set up Time Machine to back up to an Air Disk on my Time Capsule). 
>>>  <http://pondini.org/TM/TCQ2.html>
>>> 
>>> If you have multiple Macs, you can back some up to the Time Capsule's 
>>> internal drive, and others to the USB drive. 
>>> 
>>> If you need even more space, you can connect multiple USB drives via a 
>>> powered hub, and back up different Macs to each. 
>>> What you cannot do, however, is have one Mac's backups continue from the 
>>> Time Capsule's internal HD to a USB drive connected to it, or have the 
>>> backups for any one Mac "span" two drives!
>>> 
>>> Time Machine should back up to most Hardware RAID sets (multiple drives in 
>>> an enclosure with a single connection to your Time Capsule). 
>>> 
>>> But Time Machine will not back up to a Software RAID set (where you combine 
>>> separate drives into a single volume via Disk Utility).
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
>>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
>>> 
>>> OS X 10.9.1 Mavericks
>>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
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Re: Time Capsule

[Ronni Brown]

Hi Peter,

Make sure it is a large external drive, you need at least double the size of 
the MBPs you will be backing up to this external drive.
As I have mentioned to you before I backup ONE MacBook Pro using Time Machine 
to my 3TB Time Capsule! 

'How to Format & Partition your Drive to work with Time Machine':

1. Make sure to copy any files on your hard disk to another location because 
reformatting will erase them.

2. Click on your computer Hard Drive’s icon. 
Select Applications → Utilities → Disk Utility.

3. In the left hand column, click on the drive icon for the name of your 
external drive. 
Make sure you click on the First icon, not the Second Level ‘Volume’ icon.

4. Select the Partition Tab.

5. Select the Format Type from the Format drop-down menu.
Select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) (recommended).

6. Click on the Options button.

7. Select the type of partition you want to use:
GUID Partition Table - for bootability on Intel-based Macs
Apple Partition Map - for bootability on PowerPC-based Macs

8. Click OK.

9. Click the Apply button.

Then turn ON Time Machine from the panel in System Preferences on each computer

Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD

OS X 10.9.1 Mavericks
Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)

On 5 Feb 2014, at 1:31 pm, Peter Crisp  wrote:


> Hi Ronni, thanks for that, it was just a thought that came to me about using 
> an external for say 2 of the 5 mbp's to an a drive attached to the TC USB and 
> the other 3 (smaller) backups directed to the TC. 
> 
> I'm clear on not spanning one backup over two drives, obviously with a single 
> sparsebundle file, it has to be in one place not two.
> 
> So just considering my options currently and this seems a good alternative 
> and easy to implement.
> 
> If I use an external drive, does it need formatting in a particular fashion 
> and dedicated to backup duties?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Pete
> 
> On 5 Feb 2014, at 12:00 pm, Ronni Brown  wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 5 Feb 2014, at 8:43 am, Peter Crisp  wrote:
>> 
>>>> Hi, some may recall I’ve been running out of Time Capsule memory with 5 
>>>> Macbooks now all pointing to the 1TB TC I have. Is there any reason why I 
>>>> can’t use an externally attached USB hard drive (say 1TB or 2TB) on the TC 
>>>> as a Backup target to effectively increase capacity? Is it necessary to 
>>>> keep the USB attached disc dedicated to being a Backup target disc?
>> 
>> Hi Peter,
>> 
>> Your previous response Re: Time Capsule capacity and OS X limits - on 13 
>> December 2013 was:
>>> Thanks Ronni, I'm going shopping for a 3TB TC 
>> 
>> 
>> Obviously you have changed your mind ;-)
>> 
>> You can attach a USB drive to your Time Capsule. Then you can back up to the 
>> USB drive instead of the Time Capsule's internal HD (see question #Q2 - How 
>> do I set up Time Machine to back up to an Air Disk on my Time Capsule).  
>> <http://pondini.org/TM/TCQ2.html>
>> 
>> If you have multiple Macs, you can back some up to the Time Capsule's 
>> internal drive, and others to the USB drive. 
>> 
>> If you need even more space, you can connect multiple USB drives via a 
>> powered hub, and back up different Macs to each. 
>> What you cannot do, however, is have one Mac's backups continue from the 
>> Time Capsule's internal HD to a USB drive connected to it, or have the 
>> backups for any one Mac "span" two drives!
>> 
>> Time Machine should back up to most Hardware RAID sets (multiple drives in 
>> an enclosure with a single connection to your Time Capsule). 
>> 
>> But Time Machine will not back up to a Software RAID set (where you combine 
>> separate drives into a single volume via Disk Utility).
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
>> 
>> OS X 10.9.1 Mavericks
>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)

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Re: Time Capsule

[Peter Crisp]

Hi Ronni, thanks for that, it was just a thought that came to me about using an 
external for say 2 of the 5 mbp's to an a drive attached to the TC USB and the 
other 3 (smaller) backups directed to the TC. 

I'm clear on not spanning one backup over two drives, obviously with a single 
sparsebundle file, it has to be in one place not two.

So just considering my options currently and this seems a good alternative and 
easy to implement.

If I use an external drive, does it need formatting in a particular fashion and 
dedicated to backup duties?

Regards

Pete

> On 5 Feb 2014, at 12:00 pm, Ronni Brown  wrote:
> 
> 
> On 5 Feb 2014, at 8:43 am, Peter Crisp  wrote:
> 
>>> Hi, some may recall I’ve been running out of Time Capsule memory with 5 
>>> Macbooks now all pointing to the 1TB TC I have. Is there any reason why I 
>>> can’t use an externally attached USB hard drive (say 1TB or 2TB) on the TC 
>>> as a Backup target to effectively increase capacity? Is it necessary to 
>>> keep the USB attached disc dedicated to being a Backup target disc?
> 
> Hi Peter,
> 
> Your previous response Re: Time Capsule capacity and OS X limits - on 13 
> December 2013 was:
>> Thanks Ronni, I'm going shopping for a 3TB TC 
> 
> 
> Obviously you have changed your mind ;-)
> 
> You can attach a USB drive to your Time Capsule. Then you can back up to the 
> USB drive instead of the Time Capsule's internal HD (see question #Q2 - How 
> do I set up Time Machine to back up to an Air Disk on my Time Capsule).  
> <http://pondini.org/TM/TCQ2.html>
> 
> If you have multiple Macs, you can back some up to the Time Capsule's 
> internal drive, and others to the USB drive. 
> 
> If you need even more space, you can connect multiple USB drives via a 
> powered hub, and back up different Macs to each. 
> What you cannot do, however, is have one Mac's backups continue from the Time 
> Capsule's internal HD to a USB drive connected to it, or have the backups for 
> any one Mac "span" two drives!
> 
> Time Machine should back up to most Hardware RAID sets (multiple drives in an 
> enclosure with a single connection to your Time Capsule). 
> 
> But Time Machine will not back up to a Software RAID set (where you combine 
> separate drives into a single volume via Disk Utility).
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
> 
> OS X 10.9.1 Mavericks
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Re: Time Capsule

[Ronni Brown]

On 5 Feb 2014, at 8:43 am, Peter Crisp  wrote:

>> Hi, some may recall I’ve been running out of Time Capsule memory with 5 
>> Macbooks now all pointing to the 1TB TC I have. Is there any reason why I 
>> can’t use an externally attached USB hard drive (say 1TB or 2TB) on the TC 
>> as a Backup target to effectively increase capacity? Is it necessary to keep 
>> the USB attached disc dedicated to being a Backup target disc?

Hi Peter,

Your previous response Re: Time Capsule capacity and OS X limits - on 13 
December 2013 was:
> Thanks Ronni, I'm going shopping for a 3TB TC 


Obviously you have changed your mind ;-)

You can attach a USB drive to your Time Capsule. Then you can back up to the 
USB drive instead of the Time Capsule's internal HD (see question #Q2 - How do 
I set up Time Machine to back up to an Air Disk on my Time Capsule).  
<http://pondini.org/TM/TCQ2.html>

If you have multiple Macs, you can back some up to the Time Capsule's internal 
drive, and others to the USB drive. 

If you need even more space, you can connect multiple USB drives via a powered 
hub, and back up different Macs to each. 
What you cannot do, however, is have one Mac's backups continue from the Time 
Capsule's internal HD to a USB drive connected to it, or have the backups for 
any one Mac "span" two drives!

Time Machine should back up to most Hardware RAID sets (multiple drives in an 
enclosure with a single connection to your Time Capsule). 

But Time Machine will not back up to a Software RAID set (where you combine 
separate drives into a single volume via Disk Utility).

Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD

OS X 10.9.1 Mavericks
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Re: Time Capsule capacity and OSX limits

[Peter Crisp]

Thanks Ronni. I'm going shopping- for a 3TB TC.

Regards


Pete

> On 13 Dec 2013, at 7:26 pm, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> 
> Hi Peter,
> 
> 1. I would definitely recommend you purchase a 3TB Time Capsule for Time 
> Machine to backup 5 MacBooks. I use a 3TB Time Capsule 802.11n (4th 
> Generation) to backup ONE (1) MacBook Pro. 
> Time Machine needs a lot of free space to work efficiently. Problems occur 
> when there is not enough free space on the disk.
> 
> 
> 2. Re: your wife's doubling the size of her TM backup "Sparsebundle" would 
> have happened by NOT selecting "Reuse Backup" when setting up for the first 
> backup of new machine.
> I would delete your wife's "sparsebundle" from the Time Capsule Disk.
> I seem to remember sending you details some time back how to delete 
> sparsebundle from Time Capsule.
> 
> 3. Re: Macbook 4.1 model is (13-inch, late 2008) 2.4GHz and 2GB memory 
>  I would suggest you install more memory... It can take 6.0 GB.
> If this is the MB you have (or going to have) its Maximum OS is Mac OS X 
> 10.7.5
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> Sent from Ronni's iPad
> 
> 
>> On 13 Dec 2013, at 4:51 pm, Peter Crisp  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Muggers, I have a 1TB Time Capsule which has the backup Sparsebundle 
>> files of the 4 Macbooks (my Wife's plus 3 kids) currently in my house. I 
>> have bought a MacBook Pro for middle child for school next year and as a 
>> result I can have his hand-me-down (hand-me-up??) Black Macbook (not such a 
>> bad thing as it has a 120GB SSD). Anyway, the TC is nearing it's 1TB 
>> capacity limit as it is, but once I set up the 5th Macbook for me and 
>> associated TC backup, it will exceed the capacity of the TC.
>> 
>> My question is, if I attach an external drive to the TC USB port, can I 
>> select that external drive as the destination of my 'hand-me-down' Macbook 
>> backup OR should I be replacing my TC with a 2TB or 3TB unit? Maybe the 
>> external drive needs to be dedicated to Time Machine Backups instead of 
>> other data as well, which would be fine.
>> 
>> Compounding the above problem, my wife's recent (earlier this year) upgrade 
>> to a 13" MBP resulted somehow in a peculiar doubling of the size of the 
>> sparsebundle file for her MBP - not sure how it happened. In any case, I am 
>> inclined to make a clone of the MBP, then blow away the sparesebundle file, 
>> and set up a new TM backup and so reduce it back to the ~230GB of her 
>> current data instead of the current 533GB sparesebundle file for a 500GB 
>> MBP!! Is this intended action the best way to fix the oversize sparsebundle 
>> issue I have for my wife's MBP? I'm not worried about any "lost" data as the 
>> cloning in it's current state will be good enough given the data content.
>> 
>> I am also interested in knowing what OSX I can get the hand-me-down black 
>> Macbook upgraded to. It is a Macbook 4.1 model, currently using OSX 10.6.8, 
>> 2.4GHz and 2GB memory. If I have to stay with Snow Leopard, thats fine, for 
>> my purposes it will be ok till I get a 13" Retina MBP early next year. Is 
>> Mavericks or ML beyond this machines capability?
>> 
>> Apologies for containing a number of questions in this but for context, 
>> these issues are not able to be completely separated into discrete subjects.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> 
>> Pete
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Re: Time Capsule capacity and OSX limits

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Peter,

1. I would definitely recommend you purchase a 3TB Time Capsule for Time 
Machine to backup 5 MacBooks. I use a 3TB Time Capsule 802.11n (4th Generation) 
to backup ONE (1) MacBook Pro. 
Time Machine needs a lot of free space to work efficiently. Problems occur when 
there is not enough free space on the disk.


2. Re: your wife's doubling the size of her TM backup "Sparsebundle" would have 
happened by NOT selecting "Reuse Backup" when setting up for the first backup 
of new machine.
I would delete your wife's "sparsebundle" from the Time Capsule Disk.
I seem to remember sending you details some time back how to delete 
sparsebundle from Time Capsule.

3. Re: Macbook 4.1 model is (13-inch, late 2008) 2.4GHz and 2GB memory 
 I would suggest you install more memory... It can take 6.0 GB.
If this is the MB you have (or going to have) its Maximum OS is Mac OS X 10.7.5

Cheers,
Ronni
Sent from Ronni's iPad


> On 13 Dec 2013, at 4:51 pm, Peter Crisp  wrote:
> 
> Hi Muggers, I have a 1TB Time Capsule which has the backup Sparsebundle files 
> of the 4 Macbooks (my Wife's plus 3 kids) currently in my house. I have 
> bought a MacBook Pro for middle child for school next year and as a result I 
> can have his hand-me-down (hand-me-up??) Black Macbook (not such a bad thing 
> as it has a 120GB SSD). Anyway, the TC is nearing it's 1TB capacity limit as 
> it is, but once I set up the 5th Macbook for me and associated TC backup, it 
> will exceed the capacity of the TC.
> 
> My question is, if I attach an external drive to the TC USB port, can I 
> select that external drive as the destination of my 'hand-me-down' Macbook 
> backup OR should I be replacing my TC with a 2TB or 3TB unit? Maybe the 
> external drive needs to be dedicated to Time Machine Backups instead of other 
> data as well, which would be fine.
> 
> Compounding the above problem, my wife's recent (earlier this year) upgrade 
> to a 13" MBP resulted somehow in a peculiar doubling of the size of the 
> sparsebundle file for her MBP - not sure how it happened. In any case, I am 
> inclined to make a clone of the MBP, then blow away the sparesebundle file, 
> and set up a new TM backup and so reduce it back to the ~230GB of her current 
> data instead of the current 533GB sparesebundle file for a 500GB MBP!! Is 
> this intended action the best way to fix the oversize sparsebundle issue I 
> have for my wife's MBP? I'm not worried about any "lost" data as the cloning 
> in it's current state will be good enough given the data content.
> 
> I am also interested in knowing what OSX I can get the hand-me-down black 
> Macbook upgraded to. It is a Macbook 4.1 model, currently using OSX 10.6.8, 
> 2.4GHz and 2GB memory. If I have to stay with Snow Leopard, thats fine, for 
> my purposes it will be ok till I get a 13" Retina MBP early next year. Is 
> Mavericks or ML beyond this machines capability?
> 
> Apologies for containing a number of questions in this but for context, these 
> issues are not able to be completely separated into discrete subjects.
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> Pete
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Re: Time capsule

[Juliet Kitson]

Thanks Ronni
Using snow leopard erase succesful.
Regards Bill  "So even in tas. I can still get help"

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 5:22 PM, Ronda Brown  wrote:

> Hi Bill,
>
> You don't mention what OS X you are using, so I 'll give you instructions
> for both Airport Utility 5.6 (Before Lion)
> and Airport Utility 6.x for Lion & Mountain Lion.
>
> Delete Time Machine Backups from Time Capsule Internal HD:
>
> Airport Utility 5.6.x:
>
> 1. Open AirPort Utility 5.6.x
> 2. Select the Time Capsule whose disk you want to erase.
> 3. Hit the "Manual Setup" button.
> 4. Click the "Disks" icon button.
> 5. Click the "Disks" tab.
> 6. Select the disk (not a sub-volume, the disk itself).
> 7. Click "Erase".
>
> You'll get a confirmation prompt, defaulted to Quick Erase, which is fine
> for most purposes
>
> Airport Utility 6.x (Lion 10.7.x and Mountain Lion 10.8):
>
> 1. Open Airport Utility
> 2. Select Time Capsule
> 3. Then 'Edit'
> 4. Then 'Disks'
> 5. Then 'Erase Disk' button
>
> You will get a confirmation prompt, defaulted to "Quick Erase", which is
> fine for most purposes.
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
> On 08/08/2012, at 3:13 PM, Juliet Kitson  wrote:
>
> > Hi Ronni
> > Yes I want to erase the disk and start again it's full and we don't need
> > any data from it .
> > Regards Bill
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Bill,
> >>
> >> Do you mean you wish to "Reset the Time Capsule to Factory settings" and
> >> setup your Network again?
> >>
> >> Or do you mean you wish to Erase the "Time Capsule Disk" on the Time
> >> Capsule (that has your Time Machine Backups)?
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Ronni
> >>
> >> On 08/08/2012, at 2:35 PM, Juliet Kitson  wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello All
> >>> I wish to erase and reformat my time capsule how do I get access to it
> >> via
> >>> disk utility.
> >>> Regards Bill
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Re: Time capsule

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Bill,

You don't mention what OS X you are using, so I 'll give you instructions for 
both Airport Utility 5.6 (Before Lion)
and Airport Utility 6.x for Lion & Mountain Lion.

Delete Time Machine Backups from Time Capsule Internal HD:

Airport Utility 5.6.x:

1. Open AirPort Utility 5.6.x
2. Select the Time Capsule whose disk you want to erase.
3. Hit the "Manual Setup" button.
4. Click the "Disks" icon button.
5. Click the "Disks" tab.
6. Select the disk (not a sub-volume, the disk itself).
7. Click "Erase".

You'll get a confirmation prompt, defaulted to Quick Erase, which is fine for 
most purposes

Airport Utility 6.x (Lion 10.7.x and Mountain Lion 10.8):

1. Open Airport Utility
2. Select Time Capsule
3. Then 'Edit'
4. Then 'Disks'
5. Then 'Erase Disk' button

You will get a confirmation prompt, defaulted to "Quick Erase", which is fine 
for most purposes.

Cheers,
Ronni

On 08/08/2012, at 3:13 PM, Juliet Kitson  wrote:

> Hi Ronni
> Yes I want to erase the disk and start again it's full and we don't need
> any data from it .
> Regards Bill
> 
> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> 
>> Hi Bill,
>> 
>> Do you mean you wish to "Reset the Time Capsule to Factory settings" and
>> setup your Network again?
>> 
>> Or do you mean you wish to Erase the "Time Capsule Disk" on the Time
>> Capsule (that has your Time Machine Backups)?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> On 08/08/2012, at 2:35 PM, Juliet Kitson  wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello All
>>> I wish to erase and reformat my time capsule how do I get access to it
>> via
>>> disk utility.
>>> Regards Bill

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Re: Time capsule

[Juliet Kitson]

Hi Ronni
Yes I want to erase the disk and start again it's full and we don't need
any data from it .
Regards Bill

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Ronda Brown  wrote:

> Hi Bill,
>
> Do you mean you wish to "Reset the Time Capsule to Factory settings" and
> setup your Network again?
>
> Or do you mean you wish to Erase the "Time Capsule Disk" on the Time
> Capsule (that has your Time Machine Backups)?
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
> On 08/08/2012, at 2:35 PM, Juliet Kitson  wrote:
>
> > Hello All
> > I wish to erase and reformat my time capsule how do I get access to it
> via
> > disk utility.
> > Regards Bill
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Re: Time capsule

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Bill,

Do you mean you wish to "Reset the Time Capsule to Factory settings" and setup 
your Network again?

Or do you mean you wish to Erase the "Time Capsule Disk" on the Time Capsule 
(that has your Time Machine Backups)?

Cheers,
Ronni

On 08/08/2012, at 2:35 PM, Juliet Kitson  wrote:

> Hello All
> I wish to erase and reformat my time capsule how do I get access to it via
> disk utility.
> Regards Bill

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Re: Time Capsule backup

[Severin Crisp]

Thanks Ronni.  For now I am happy, if it aint broke don't fix it!  
Severin

On 06/08/2012, at 4:00 PM, Ronda Brown  wrote:

> Hi Severin,
> 
> You have to drag the sparsebundle into the left column under the line in Disk 
> Utility if you need to repair the TC TM sparsebundle.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> Sent from Ronni's iPad
> 
> On 06/08/2012, at 2:16 PM, Severin Crisp  wrote:
> 
>> The trials of my son Peter with his backups of several Macs to a Time 
>> Capsule prompted me to check out my own setup.  Nothing untoward except that 
>> I notice that my Time Capsule drive is not seen by Disk Utility, even when 
>> it is selected and Data disk is mounted on the Desktop.  I suspect this is 
>> to prevent inadvertent meddling; any comments?
>> Severin Crisp  
>> 
>>  Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP
>>  15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia.
>>   Phone  (08) 9842 1950   (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
>>   email  mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au  
>> 
>>> 
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Re: Time Capsule backup

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Severin,

You have to drag the sparsebundle into the left column under the line in Disk 
Utility if you need to repair the TC TM sparsebundle.

Cheers,
Ronni

Sent from Ronni's iPad

On 06/08/2012, at 2:16 PM, Severin Crisp  wrote:

> The trials of my son Peter with his backups of several Macs to a Time Capsule 
> prompted me to check out my own setup.  Nothing untoward except that I notice 
> that my Time Capsule drive is not seen by Disk Utility, even when it is 
> selected and Data disk is mounted on the Desktop.  I suspect this is to 
> prevent inadvertent meddling; any comments?
> Severin Crisp  
> 
>   Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP
>   15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia.
>Phone  (08) 9842 1950   (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
>email  mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au  
> 
> >
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Re: time capsule problem can't backup

[Ronda Brown]

You’re welcome Rosemary,

Don’t go using Terminal, don’t go deleting old backups ...Time Machine will 
handle deleting old backups when it needs to.
Its best to let Time Machine “Do what it is designed to do”, which it does very 
well without user ‘interference’ ;-)
It is ONLY if something goes wrong that we ‘intervene’ a little ;-)

How Time Machine Works:

Time Machine does one big initial backup of the files on your computer to a 
destination you designate—such as Time Capsule or an external hard drive.  
Then, once per hour, the program runs again, updating your backup to include 
whatever files have changed since last time.

With each hourly backup, Time Machine makes a snapshot of your entire system. 
If you look through the folders on your backup disk, you’ll see what appears to 
be a complete copy of all your files for each of numerous backup sessions. 

But to some extent that’s an illusion; Time Machine copies to your backup disk 
only the files and folders that are different from the ones in your previous 
backup. 
Using a bit of Unix magic known as 'hard links’; Time Machine can store just 
one copy of a file or folder but make it appear to be in several places at 
once. 
That way, your disk doesn’t fill up with multiple copies of files that haven’t 
been changed.

Time Machine keeps the last 24 hourly backups, the last 30 daily backups, and 
as many weekly backups as there is space for. 

You can count on it to keep the first backup of any given day for an entire 
month.
Even after a month, it preserves the first backup of each week until your disk 
is nearly full. 
Only at that point does the program begin purging files from your oldest weekly 
backups.

The below link explains messages you might receive and what they mean:
"The backup disk is full" or ". . . almost full"
or "This backup is too large . . ."


So don’t go stressing about Time Machine, just concentrate on a speedy recovery 
from your operation.

Best wishes,
Ronni

On 13/11/2011, at 9:09 AM, Rosemary Spark wrote:

> Ronda,
> Thanks for your time and effort.
> I'll have to feel a bit more confident than I do now to play with Terminal
> (I'm recovering from an operation)
> 
> Rosemary Spark
> PO Box 781
> South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
> Phone: + 61 8 94336609
> Mobile: 0414268043
> arkaysp...@gmail.com
> 
> 
> 
> On 12 November 2011 18:26, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> 
>> Hi Rosemary,
>> 
 It's obviously getting full
 
 Can I erase more old backups? I know it's supposed to do it
>> automatically
 but doesn't seem like it.
>> 
>> Time Machine should delete backups when TM is needing more space.
>> Actually, a TM backup drive needs to be at least twice the capacity of the
>> drive it backs up.
>> 
>> Should I delete backups?   If so, how?
>> 
>> Under normal circumstances, you shouldn't have to delete anything.
>> Time Machine automatically "thins" (deletes) backups every time it does a
>> new backup, on the following schedule:
>> 
>> "Hourly" backups after 24 hours (except the first of the day, which is a
>> "Daily" backup).
>> 
>> "Daily" backups after a month (except the first of each week, which is a
>> "Weekly" backup.)
>> 
>> "Weekly" backups are kept until Time Machine needs the space for new
>> backups; then one or more of the oldest weeklies will be deleted.
>> 
>> However, Time Machine will never delete the backup copy of anything that
>> was on the disk being backed-up at the time of any remaining backup.
>> So all that's actually deleted are copies of items whose originals were
>> changed or deleted before the next remaining backup.
>> 
>> But if you want or need to, you can delete either all backups of a
>> particular file or folder, or an entire backup (sort of).
>> Do not attempt this via the Finder (technically, it's supported on Lion
>> only, but isn't foolproof.)
>> 
>> Be sure you have the "action" or "gear" icon in your Finder's toolbar
>> (Finder > View > Customize Toolbar).
>> If there's no toolbar, click View > Show Toolbar.
>> If the "gear" (Action) icon isn’t in the toolbar, select View > Customize
>> Toolbar from the menubar.
>> 
>> Then use the Time Machine "Star Wars" display:  Enter Time Machine by
>> clicking the Time Machine icon in your Dock or select the TM icon in your
>> Menubar.
>> 
>> Locate the backup you want to delete (your oldest) via the Timeline or
>> "cascade" of Finder windows.
>> Click the "gear" icon in the toolbar) and select Delete Backup (the entire
>> backup)
>> 
>> You'll see a confirmation prompt, then one for your Administrator's
>> password. This may take a while, especially over a network.
>> So, connect via Ethernet if possible.
>> 
>> If you delete an entire backup, it will disappear from the Timeline and
>> the "cascade" of Finder windows, but it will not actually delete the backup
>> copy of any item that was present at the time of any remaining backup. Thus
>> you may not gain much space. This is usually fairly 

Re: time capsule problem can't backup

[Rosemary Spark]

Ronda,
Thanks for your time and effort.
I'll have to feel a bit more confident than I do now to play with Terminal
(I'm recovering from an operation)

Rosemary Spark
PO Box 781
South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
Phone: + 61 8 94336609
Mobile: 0414268043
arkaysp...@gmail.com



On 12 November 2011 18:26, Ronda Brown  wrote:

> Hi Rosemary,
>
> >> It's obviously getting full
> >>
> >> Can I erase more old backups? I know it's supposed to do it
> automatically
> >> but doesn't seem like it.
>
> Time Machine should delete backups when TM is needing more space.
> Actually, a TM backup drive needs to be at least twice the capacity of the
> drive it backs up.
>
> Should I delete backups?   If so, how?
>
> Under normal circumstances, you shouldn't have to delete anything.
> Time Machine automatically "thins" (deletes) backups every time it does a
> new backup, on the following schedule:
>
> "Hourly" backups after 24 hours (except the first of the day, which is a
> "Daily" backup).
>
> "Daily" backups after a month (except the first of each week, which is a
> "Weekly" backup.)
>
> "Weekly" backups are kept until Time Machine needs the space for new
> backups; then one or more of the oldest weeklies will be deleted.
>
> However, Time Machine will never delete the backup copy of anything that
> was on the disk being backed-up at the time of any remaining backup.
> So all that's actually deleted are copies of items whose originals were
> changed or deleted before the next remaining backup.
>
> But if you want or need to, you can delete either all backups of a
> particular file or folder, or an entire backup (sort of).
> Do not attempt this via the Finder (technically, it's supported on Lion
> only, but isn't foolproof.)
>
> Be sure you have the "action" or "gear" icon in your Finder's toolbar
> (Finder > View > Customize Toolbar).
> If there's no toolbar, click View > Show Toolbar.
> If the "gear" (Action) icon isn’t in the toolbar, select View > Customize
> Toolbar from the menubar.
>
> Then use the Time Machine "Star Wars" display:  Enter Time Machine by
> clicking the Time Machine icon in your Dock or select the TM icon in your
> Menubar.
>
> Locate the backup you want to delete (your oldest) via the Timeline or
> "cascade" of Finder windows.
> Click the "gear" icon in the toolbar) and select Delete Backup (the entire
> backup)
>
> You'll see a confirmation prompt, then one for your Administrator's
> password. This may take a while, especially over a network.
> So, connect via Ethernet if possible.
>
> If you delete an entire backup, it will disappear from the Timeline and
> the "cascade" of Finder windows, but it will not actually delete the backup
> copy of any item that was present at the time of any remaining backup. Thus
> you may not gain much space. This is usually fairly quick, but sometimes
> quite lengthy (if you exit Time Machine, you may see a progress bar for
> it). Unfortunately, you cannot predict which will be fast and which won't.
>
> If you're backing-up over a network, there's an additional complication:
>  those backups are in a sparse bundle, not a normal folder.   A sparse
> bundle doesn't shrink automatically when things are removed from it, so you
> won't see how much space you've gained.  Time Machine will automatically
> "compact" a sparse bundle when it needs room for new backups, but you can
> do it manually via a command in the Terminal app (in your
> Applications/Utilities folder).
>
> Rosemary, only attempt this if you are comfortable using Terminal:
>
> Connect to a Time Capsule via Ethernet
> Be extremely careful when using Terminal.  It is a direct command-line
> interface into UNIX, the underpinning of OSX.
> Unlike the Finder, there are few protections against making a mistake,
> which can cause untold damage.
>
> In Terminal, the prompt looks like this:   :~ $
> (where  is your short user name).  It's followed by a
> non-blinking block cursor.
> At the prompt, type:  hdiutil compact  followed by a space.
> Then drag the sparse bundle from a Finder window to the Terminal window
> (that will put the formatted "path" to the sparse bundle in the command).
> Press Return.
> If you get a message "compact failed - Resource temporarily unavailable,"
> eject the sparse bundle, copy the command in Terminal via Cmd+C, paste it
> to the current prompt via Cmd+V and try again.
>
> You’ll get a couple of messages when the process starts, then a line of
> dots while it works, then a completion message showing how much space was
> "reclaimed."
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
>
> OS X 10.7.2 Lion
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
>
>
> On 12/11/2011, at 5:03 PM, Rosemary Spark wrote:
>
> > No what was weird
> >
> > In had Shared it has
> > ourtimemachine name
> > under which when opened had
> > 1.mycomputername.sparse bundle
> > 2. hiscomputernme.sparse bundle
> > then under
> >
> > Devices
> >
> > it had 2 instan

Re: time capsule problem can't backup

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Rosemary,

>> It's obviously getting full
>> 
>> Can I erase more old backups? I know it's supposed to do it automatically
>> but doesn't seem like it.

Time Machine should delete backups when TM is needing more space. 
Actually, a TM backup drive needs to be at least twice the capacity of the 
drive it backs up.

Should I delete backups?   If so, how?

Under normal circumstances, you shouldn't have to delete anything. 
Time Machine automatically "thins" (deletes) backups every time it does a new 
backup, on the following schedule:

"Hourly" backups after 24 hours (except the first of the day, which is a 
"Daily" backup).

"Daily" backups after a month (except the first of each week, which is a 
"Weekly" backup.)

"Weekly" backups are kept until Time Machine needs the space for new backups; 
then one or more of the oldest weeklies will be deleted.

However, Time Machine will never delete the backup copy of anything that was on 
the disk being backed-up at the time of any remaining backup. 
So all that's actually deleted are copies of items whose originals were changed 
or deleted before the next remaining backup.

But if you want or need to, you can delete either all backups of a particular 
file or folder, or an entire backup (sort of).  
Do not attempt this via the Finder (technically, it's supported on Lion only, 
but isn't foolproof.) 

Be sure you have the "action" or "gear" icon in your Finder's toolbar (Finder > 
View > Customize Toolbar).  
If there's no toolbar, click View > Show Toolbar.
If the "gear" (Action) icon isn’t in the toolbar, select View > Customize 
Toolbar from the menubar.

Then use the Time Machine "Star Wars" display:  Enter Time Machine by clicking 
the Time Machine icon in your Dock or select the TM icon in your Menubar. 

Locate the backup you want to delete (your oldest) via the Timeline or 
"cascade" of Finder windows.
Click the "gear" icon in the toolbar) and select Delete Backup (the entire 
backup) 

You'll see a confirmation prompt, then one for your Administrator's password. 
This may take a while, especially over a network. 
So, connect via Ethernet if possible.

If you delete an entire backup, it will disappear from the Timeline and the 
"cascade" of Finder windows, but it will not actually delete the backup copy of 
any item that was present at the time of any remaining backup. Thus you may not 
gain much space. This is usually fairly quick, but sometimes quite lengthy (if 
you exit Time Machine, you may see a progress bar for it). Unfortunately, you 
cannot predict which will be fast and which won't.

If you're backing-up over a network, there's an additional complication:  those 
backups are in a sparse bundle, not a normal folder.   A sparse bundle doesn't 
shrink automatically when things are removed from it, so you won't see how much 
space you've gained.  Time Machine will automatically "compact" a sparse bundle 
when it needs room for new backups, but you can do it manually via a command in 
the Terminal app (in your Applications/Utilities folder).

Rosemary, only attempt this if you are comfortable using Terminal:

Connect to a Time Capsule via Ethernet
Be extremely careful when using Terminal.  It is a direct command-line 
interface into UNIX, the underpinning of OSX.  
Unlike the Finder, there are few protections against making a mistake, which 
can cause untold damage.

In Terminal, the prompt looks like this:   :~ $ 
(where  is your short user name).  It's followed by a non-blinking 
block cursor.
At the prompt, type:  hdiutil compact  followed by a space.
Then drag the sparse bundle from a Finder window to the Terminal window (that 
will put the formatted "path" to the sparse bundle in the command).  
Press Return.  
If you get a message "compact failed - Resource temporarily unavailable," eject 
the sparse bundle, copy the command in Terminal via Cmd+C, paste it to the 
current prompt via Cmd+V and try again.

You’ll get a couple of messages when the process starts, then a line of dots 
while it works, then a completion message showing how much space was 
"reclaimed."

Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD

OS X 10.7.2 Lion
Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)


On 12/11/2011, at 5:03 PM, Rosemary Spark wrote:

> No what was weird
> 
> In had Shared it has
> ourtimemachine name
> under which when opened had
> 1.mycomputername.sparse bundle
> 2. hiscomputernme.sparse bundle
> then under
> 
> Devices
> 
> it had 2 instances of TimeMachine which both had mycomputername.sparse
> bundle  when opened!
> 
> For your other request
> 
> Capacity:  929.5 GB
> Available:  96.9 GB
> Used:  832.6 GB
> 
> It's obviously getting full
> 
> Can I erase more old backups? I know it's supposed to do it automatically
> but doesn't seem like it.
> 
> 
> Rosemary Spark
> PO Box 781
> South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
> Phone: + 61 8 94336609
> Mobile: 0414268043
> arkaysp...@gmail.com
> 
> 
> 
> On 12 November 20

Re: time capsule problem can't backup

[Rosemary Spark]

No what was weird

In had Shared it has
ourtimemachine name
under which when opened had
1.mycomputername.sparse bundle
2. hiscomputernme.sparse bundle
then under

Devices

it had 2 instances of TimeMachine which both had mycomputername.sparse
bundle  when opened!

 For your other request

Capacity:  929.5 GB
Available:  96.9 GB
Used:  832.6 GB

It's obviously getting full

Can I erase more old backups? I know it's supposed to do it automatically
but doesn't seem like it.


Rosemary Spark
PO Box 781
South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
Phone: + 61 8 94336609
Mobile: 0414268043
arkaysp...@gmail.com



On 12 November 2011 15:38, Ronda Brown  wrote:

> Hi Rosemary,
>
> Good news, but No Magic ;-) You would have Two Computers
> (*computer.sparsebundles*) will show in Time Capsule/Time Machine backups
> as you are backing up two computers to Time Capsule / Time Machine backups.
> Your computer and your husband’s computer.
>
> That is why I was trying to make sure you were selecting YOUR computer’s
> sparsebundle NOT your husband’s.
>
> You could not repair  the Time Machine backup, or delete the in.Progress
> file if you were not selecting your computer's backups ;-)
>
> After Time Machine has done its hourly backups today and then the ‘Daily’
> backup that it does tomorrow morning.
> Enter Time Machine and check that it is backing up everything.
>
> Just keep an eye on it for a few days, as I am also a bit concerned if you
> are backing up two computers to the 1TB Time Capsule and your backup (you
> mentioned is 614.73GB …. doesn’t leave a lot of room for your Husband’s
> computer.
>
> Check in Airport Utility > Manual Setup (or double click on Time Capsule
> in left column) - select ‘Disks’
> Time Capsule Disk: will show a Capacity: 931.5GB
> Select Data: and please let me know what Capacity:  xxx.x GB
>
>  Available:  xxx.x GB
>
>   Used:  xxx.x GB
> For your Computer and your Husband’s please.
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
> On 12/11/2011, at 3:13 PM, Rosemary Spark wrote:
>
> > Ronda,
> > I'm not sure what magic worked in the end.
> > Since 2 time machines were coming up in disk utility, I ejected one and
> > tried again.
> > It didn't work, so I ejected the other one.
> > Then I could repair the disk
> > Then I could delete the in progress file and Latest
> > Then I tried again to back up
> > it took ages to to prepare, but then started to back up!
> > And now has.
> >
> > Yay! yay!
> > Thank you for your patience.
> > Rosemary
> >
> > On Friday, 11 November 2011, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> >> Hi Rosemary,
> >>
> >> On 11/11/2011, at 5:31 PM, Rosemary Spark wrote:
> >>
>  Before I receive your reply, try to repair your sparse bundle by
> > following
>  the clear instructions at the link below:
> 
>  “Repair the Backup Time Machine Drive"
>  
> 
>  NOTE: Taken from the instructions in the link above:
>   "• To Repair the sparse bundle on a Time Capsule, connect via an
>  Ethernet cable if you can;  it will be much faster.  If the sparse
> > bundle
>  containing your backups isn't shown in the sidebar (like the sample),
> > open
>  a Finder window, double-click the Time Capsule in the sidebar, then
> > click
>  the Data folder and locate the sparsebundle.  Drag it from the Finder
>  window to the lower part of Disk Utility's sidebar.
> 
>   • Select the sparse bundle in the sidebar. "
> 
>  Rosemary, Time Machine won’t be able to do it’s hourly backup until
> you
>  can repair the File System on the drive.
> 
> >>>
> >>> sparsebundle.computer name loads twice!
> >>> Can't do this -- options greyed out on both
> >>
> >> Did you print out the 4 page instructions so you can follow easier?
> >>
> >> 1. Open Disk Utility - click ‘First Aid’ (if it is not already selected)
> >> 2. If your “computername.sparsebundle” is not showing in Disk Utility’s
> > Sidebar
> >> 3. In Finder's Sidebar click once (to Select) your Time Capsule > then
> > ‘Connect’ > then select Data > “ComputerName.sparsebundle” (having Column
> > view makes it easier)
> >> 4. Then Drag “computername.sparsebundle” into the lower part of Disk
> > Utility’s sidebar. It will take some time before the
> > “computername.sparsebundle” appears in the sidebar of Disk Utility
> >> 5. Then Select the computername.sparsebundle in the sidebar (Disk
> Utility)
> >> 6.  Make sure “First Aid” is selected
> >> 7.  Click “Repair Disk”
> >>
> >> As it could take a long time to Repair the sparsebundle, you might be
> > best to start it early in the morning (unless you are prepared to stay up
> > late)
> >> I’ll send you “Offlist” (as WAMUG does not accept attachments) a
> > screenshot of my Time Capsule in Finder Sidebar-computer.sparsebundle in
> > Disk Utility for you to see what I mean.
> >>
> >> Reply back to WAMUG list though as I only give free support to WAMUG,
> > offlist is for my clients.
> >>
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Ronni
> >>
> >> 17" M

Re: time capsule problem can't backup

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Rosemary,

Good news, but No Magic ;-) You would have Two Computers 
(*computer.sparsebundles*) will show in Time Capsule/Time Machine backups as 
you are backing up two computers to Time Capsule / Time Machine backups. Your 
computer and your husband’s computer.
 
That is why I was trying to make sure you were selecting YOUR computer’s 
sparsebundle NOT your husband’s.

You could not repair  the Time Machine backup, or delete the in.Progress file 
if you were not selecting your computer's backups ;-)

After Time Machine has done its hourly backups today and then the ‘Daily’ 
backup that it does tomorrow morning.
Enter Time Machine and check that it is backing up everything.

Just keep an eye on it for a few days, as I am also a bit concerned if you are 
backing up two computers to the 1TB Time Capsule and your backup (you mentioned 
is 614.73GB …. doesn’t leave a lot of room for your Husband’s computer. 

Check in Airport Utility > Manual Setup (or double click on Time Capsule in 
left column) - select ‘Disks’ 
Time Capsule Disk: will show a Capacity: 931.5GB
Select Data: and please let me know what Capacity:  xxx.x GB
  
Available:  xxx.x GB

 Used:  xxx.x GB
For your Computer and your Husband’s please.

Cheers,
Ronni

On 12/11/2011, at 3:13 PM, Rosemary Spark wrote:

> Ronda,
> I'm not sure what magic worked in the end.
> Since 2 time machines were coming up in disk utility, I ejected one and
> tried again.
> It didn't work, so I ejected the other one.
> Then I could repair the disk
> Then I could delete the in progress file and Latest
> Then I tried again to back up
> it took ages to to prepare, but then started to back up!
> And now has.
> 
> Yay! yay!
> Thank you for your patience.
> Rosemary
> 
> On Friday, 11 November 2011, Ronda Brown  wrote:
>> Hi Rosemary,
>> 
>> On 11/11/2011, at 5:31 PM, Rosemary Spark wrote:
>> 
 Before I receive your reply, try to repair your sparse bundle by
> following
 the clear instructions at the link below:
 
 “Repair the Backup Time Machine Drive"
 
 
 NOTE: Taken from the instructions in the link above:
  "• To Repair the sparse bundle on a Time Capsule, connect via an
 Ethernet cable if you can;  it will be much faster.  If the sparse
> bundle
 containing your backups isn't shown in the sidebar (like the sample),
> open
 a Finder window, double-click the Time Capsule in the sidebar, then
> click
 the Data folder and locate the sparsebundle.  Drag it from the Finder
 window to the lower part of Disk Utility's sidebar.
 
  • Select the sparse bundle in the sidebar. "
 
 Rosemary, Time Machine won’t be able to do it’s hourly backup until you
 can repair the File System on the drive.
 
>>> 
>>> sparsebundle.computer name loads twice!
>>> Can't do this -- options greyed out on both
>> 
>> Did you print out the 4 page instructions so you can follow easier?
>> 
>> 1. Open Disk Utility - click ‘First Aid’ (if it is not already selected)
>> 2. If your “computername.sparsebundle” is not showing in Disk Utility’s
> Sidebar
>> 3. In Finder's Sidebar click once (to Select) your Time Capsule > then
> ‘Connect’ > then select Data > “ComputerName.sparsebundle” (having Column
> view makes it easier)
>> 4. Then Drag “computername.sparsebundle” into the lower part of Disk
> Utility’s sidebar. It will take some time before the
> “computername.sparsebundle” appears in the sidebar of Disk Utility
>> 5. Then Select the computername.sparsebundle in the sidebar (Disk Utility)
>> 6.  Make sure “First Aid” is selected
>> 7.  Click “Repair Disk”
>> 
>> As it could take a long time to Repair the sparsebundle, you might be
> best to start it early in the morning (unless you are prepared to stay up
> late)
>> I’ll send you “Offlist” (as WAMUG does not accept attachments) a
> screenshot of my Time Capsule in Finder Sidebar-computer.sparsebundle in
> Disk Utility for you to see what I mean.
>> 
>> Reply back to WAMUG list though as I only give free support to WAMUG,
> offlist is for my clients.
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
>> 
>> OS X 10.7.2 Lion
>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
>> 

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Re: time capsule problem can't backup

[Rosemary Spark]

Ronda,
I'm not sure what magic worked in the end.
Since 2 time machines were coming up in disk utility, I ejected one and
tried again.
It didn't work, so I ejected the other one.
Then I could repair the disk
Then I could delete the in progress file and Latest
Then I tried again to back up
it took ages to to prepare, but then started to back up!
And now has.

Yay! yay!
Thank you for your patience.
Rosemary

On Friday, 11 November 2011, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> Hi Rosemary,
>
> On 11/11/2011, at 5:31 PM, Rosemary Spark wrote:
>
>>> Before I receive your reply, try to repair your sparse bundle by
following
>>> the clear instructions at the link below:
>>>
>>> “Repair the Backup Time Machine Drive"
>>> 
>>>
>>> NOTE: Taken from the instructions in the link above:
>>>   "• To Repair the sparse bundle on a Time Capsule, connect via an
>>> Ethernet cable if you can;  it will be much faster.  If the sparse
bundle
>>> containing your backups isn't shown in the sidebar (like the sample),
open
>>> a Finder window, double-click the Time Capsule in the sidebar, then
click
>>> the Data folder and locate the sparsebundle.  Drag it from the Finder
>>> window to the lower part of Disk Utility's sidebar.
>>>
>>>   • Select the sparse bundle in the sidebar. "
>>>
>>> Rosemary, Time Machine won’t be able to do it’s hourly backup until you
>>> can repair the File System on the drive.
>>>
>>
>> sparsebundle.computer name loads twice!
>> Can't do this -- options greyed out on both
>
> Did you print out the 4 page instructions so you can follow easier?
>
> 1. Open Disk Utility - click ‘First Aid’ (if it is not already selected)
> 2. If your “computername.sparsebundle” is not showing in Disk Utility’s
Sidebar
> 3. In Finder's Sidebar click once (to Select) your Time Capsule > then
‘Connect’ > then select Data > “ComputerName.sparsebundle” (having Column
view makes it easier)
> 4. Then Drag “computername.sparsebundle” into the lower part of Disk
Utility’s sidebar. It will take some time before the
“computername.sparsebundle” appears in the sidebar of Disk Utility
> 5. Then Select the computername.sparsebundle in the sidebar (Disk Utility)
> 6.  Make sure “First Aid” is selected
> 7.  Click “Repair Disk”
>
> As it could take a long time to Repair the sparsebundle, you might be
best to start it early in the morning (unless you are prepared to stay up
late)
> I’ll send you “Offlist” (as WAMUG does not accept attachments) a
screenshot of my Time Capsule in Finder Sidebar-computer.sparsebundle in
Disk Utility for you to see what I mean.
>
> Reply back to WAMUG list though as I only give free support to WAMUG,
offlist is for my clients.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
>
> OS X 10.7.2 Lion
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: time capsule problem can't backup

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Rosemary,

On 11/11/2011, at 5:31 PM, Rosemary Spark wrote:

>> Before I receive your reply, try to repair your sparse bundle by following
>> the clear instructions at the link below:
>> 
>> “Repair the Backup Time Machine Drive"
>> 
>> 
>> NOTE: Taken from the instructions in the link above:
>>   "• To Repair the sparse bundle on a Time Capsule, connect via an
>> Ethernet cable if you can;  it will be much faster.  If the sparse bundle
>> containing your backups isn't shown in the sidebar (like the sample), open
>> a Finder window, double-click the Time Capsule in the sidebar, then click
>> the Data folder and locate the sparsebundle.  Drag it from the Finder
>> window to the lower part of Disk Utility's sidebar.
>> 
>>   • Select the sparse bundle in the sidebar. "
>> 
>> Rosemary, Time Machine won’t be able to do it’s hourly backup until you
>> can repair the File System on the drive.
>> 
> 
> sparsebundle.computer name loads twice!
> Can't do this -- options greyed out on both

Did you print out the 4 page instructions so you can follow easier?

1. Open Disk Utility - click ‘First Aid’ (if it is not already selected)
2. If your “computername.sparsebundle” is not showing in Disk Utility’s Sidebar 
3. In Finder's Sidebar click once (to Select) your Time Capsule > then 
‘Connect’ > then select Data > “ComputerName.sparsebundle” (having Column view 
makes it easier)
4. Then Drag “computername.sparsebundle” into the lower part of Disk Utility’s 
sidebar. It will take some time before the “computername.sparsebundle” appears 
in the sidebar of Disk Utility
5. Then Select the computername.sparsebundle in the sidebar (Disk Utility)
6.  Make sure “First Aid” is selected
7.  Click “Repair Disk”

As it could take a long time to Repair the sparsebundle, you might be best to 
start it early in the morning (unless you are prepared to stay up late)
I’ll send you “Offlist” (as WAMUG does not accept attachments) a screenshot of 
my Time Capsule in Finder Sidebar-computer.sparsebundle in Disk Utility for you 
to see what I mean.

Reply back to WAMUG list though as I only give free support to WAMUG, offlist 
is for my clients.


Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD

OS X 10.7.2 Lion
Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)














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answers below, thanks for your persistence!

Rosemary Spark
PO Box 781
South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
Phone: + 61 8 94336609
Mobile: 0414268043
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On 11 November 2011 09:43, Ronda Brown  wrote:

> Hi Rosemary,
>
> Please confirm, or let me know the answers to these questions:
>
> 1. You are backing up two computers to 1TB Time Capsule wirelessly using
> Time Machine?
>

Yes

>
> 2. It is formatted correctly for TM … i.e. Mac OS Extended (Journaled) &
> GUID Partition Table?
>
>
I think so, I'm sure I set it up as that.


> Turn OFF Time Machine (if you have it on) and check these please:
>
> 3. In Finder,  in Finders sidebar under ‘Shared’ - (in column view)
> Select your Time Capsule & connect  > Data > Computername.sparsebundle


> Do a ‘Get Info’ (File > Get Info) on the sparsebundle
> Do you have “Read & Write” permissions on all three names?
>

In get info it has 3 entries
unknown, unknown and everyone
all read/write

>
> Under General: Size what is the (xxx.xx GB on disk)?
>

614.73 GB

>
> 4. Double click “computername.sparsebundle” > then double click ‘Time
> Machine Backups '(or whatever you have your backups named) then do a ‘Get
> Info’ on “Backups.backupdb”
> What permissions are listed under “Sharing & Permissions” is System “Read
> & Write”?
>

System has read and write

>
> 5. Then click back on Time Capsule click Disconnect button to disconnect
> Time Capsule
>



>
> Before I receive your reply, try to repair your sparse bundle by following
> the clear instructions at the link below:
>
>  “Repair the Backup Time Machine Drive"
> 
>
> NOTE: Taken from the instructions in the link above:
>"• To Repair the sparse bundle on a Time Capsule, connect via an
> Ethernet cable if you can;  it will be much faster.  If the sparse bundle
> containing your backups isn't shown in the sidebar (like the sample), open
> a Finder window, double-click the Time Capsule in the sidebar, then click
> the Data folder and locate the sparsebundle.  Drag it from the Finder
> window to the lower part of Disk Utility's sidebar.
>
>• Select the sparse bundle in the sidebar. "
>
> Rosemary, Time Machine won’t be able to do it’s hourly backup until you
> can repair the File System on the drive.
>

sparsebundle.computer name loads twice!
Can't do this -- options greyed out on both


> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
> On 11/11/2011, at 7:23 AM, Rosemary Spark wrote:
>
> > The time machine is connected by wireless.
> > I don't have fast user switching
> >
> > Rosemary Spark
> > PO Box 781
> > South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
> > Phone: + 61 8 94336609
> > Mobile: 0414268043
> > arkaysp...@gmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9 November 2011 22:47, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> >
> >> Is the external drive connected via FireWire to your computer?
> >>
> >> Do a 'Get Info' and make sure you have 'Read & Write' privileges on the
> >> .inProgress file.
> >>
> >> Also if you have Fast User Switching turned on, you won't be able to
> >> delete the file.
> >>
> >> I have to knock off now as I have a 4AM start tomorrow.
> >> I'll get back to you in the morning.
> >>
> >> Sent from Ronni's iPad
> >>
> >> On 09/11/2011, at 10:13 PM, Rosemary Spark 
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Yes,
> >>> but this is the message I get
> >>> The item “2011-11-05-075754.inProgress” can’t be moved to the Trash
> >> because
> >>> it can’t be deleted.
> >>>
> >>> Rosemary Spark
> >>> PO Box 781
> >>> South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
> >>> Phone: + 61 8 94336609
> >>> Mobile: 0414268043
> >>> arkaysp...@gmail.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 9 November 2011 21:55, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> >>>
>  Did you Click on the ".inProgress." file and drag it into the Trash,
> you
>  will then be asked to type your Admin User Password?
> 
>  Sent from Ronni's iPad
> 
>  On 09/11/2011, at 9:30 PM, Rosemary Spark 
> wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for your suggestion.
> > However, although the in progress and Latest files are there,  when I
> >> try
> > to move them to trash, rather than a request for admin password, I
> get
> >> a
> > message saying they can't be deleted
> >
> > Rosemary Spark
> > PO Box 781
> > South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
> > Phone: + 61 8 94336609
> > Mobile: 0414268043Ronda, Thanks
> > arkaysp...@gmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9 November 2011 17:24, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Rosemary,
> >>
> >> If your Husband’s Time Machine backups are working to the same
> drive,
>  the
> >> drive must have enough free space.
> >> DON’T go deleting any files manually in the Finder, Time Machine
> will
> >> delete files when it runs out of space.
> >>
> >> Connect the external Drive to your computer, click once on it’s hard
>  drive
> >> icon on desktop to Select the drive, Go to File > Get Info and let
> us
>  konw
> >> how much ‘Available': is showing.
> >>
> >> Did you 

Re: time capsule problem can't backup

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Rosemary,

Please confirm, or let me know the answers to these questions:

1. You are backing up two computers to 1TB Time Capsule wirelessly using Time 
Machine?

2. It is formatted correctly for TM … i.e. Mac OS Extended (Journaled) & GUID 
Partition Table?

Turn OFF Time Machine (if you have it on) and check these please:

3. In Finder,  in Finders sidebar under ‘Shared’ - (in column view)
Select your Time Capsule & connect  > Data > Computername.sparsebundle

Do a ‘Get Info’ (File > Get Info) on the sparsebundle 
Do you have “Read & Write” permissions on all three names?

Under General: Size what is the (xxx.xx GB on disk)?

4. Double click “computername.sparsebundle” > then double click ‘Time Machine 
Backups '(or whatever you have your backups named) then do a ‘Get Info’ on 
“Backups.backupdb”
What permissions are listed under “Sharing & Permissions” is System “Read & 
Write”?

5. Then click back on Time Capsule click Disconnect button to disconnect Time 
Capsule

Before I receive your reply, try to repair your sparse bundle by following the 
clear instructions at the link below:

 “Repair the Backup Time Machine Drive"


NOTE: Taken from the instructions in the link above:
"• To Repair the sparse bundle on a Time Capsule, connect via an 
Ethernet cable if you can;  it will be much faster.  If the sparse bundle 
containing your backups isn't shown in the sidebar (like the sample), open a 
Finder window, double-click the Time Capsule in the sidebar, then click the 
Data folder and locate the sparsebundle.  Drag it from the Finder window to the 
lower part of Disk Utility's sidebar.  
 
• Select the sparse bundle in the sidebar. "

Rosemary, Time Machine won’t be able to do it’s hourly backup until you can 
repair the File System on the drive.

Cheers,
Ronni

On 11/11/2011, at 7:23 AM, Rosemary Spark wrote:

> The time machine is connected by wireless.
> I don't have fast user switching
> 
> Rosemary Spark
> PO Box 781
> South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
> Phone: + 61 8 94336609
> Mobile: 0414268043
> arkaysp...@gmail.com
> 
> 
> 
> On 9 November 2011 22:47, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> 
>> Is the external drive connected via FireWire to your computer?
>> 
>> Do a 'Get Info' and make sure you have 'Read & Write' privileges on the
>> .inProgress file.
>> 
>> Also if you have Fast User Switching turned on, you won't be able to
>> delete the file.
>> 
>> I have to knock off now as I have a 4AM start tomorrow.
>> I'll get back to you in the morning.
>> 
>> Sent from Ronni's iPad
>> 
>> On 09/11/2011, at 10:13 PM, Rosemary Spark  wrote:
>> 
>>> Yes,
>>> but this is the message I get
>>> The item “2011-11-05-075754.inProgress” can’t be moved to the Trash
>> because
>>> it can’t be deleted.
>>> 
>>> Rosemary Spark
>>> PO Box 781
>>> South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
>>> Phone: + 61 8 94336609
>>> Mobile: 0414268043
>>> arkaysp...@gmail.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 9 November 2011 21:55, Ronda Brown  wrote:
>>> 
 Did you Click on the ".inProgress." file and drag it into the Trash, you
 will then be asked to type your Admin User Password?
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad
 
 On 09/11/2011, at 9:30 PM, Rosemary Spark  wrote:
 
> Thanks for your suggestion.
> However, although the in progress and Latest files are there,  when I
>> try
> to move them to trash, rather than a request for admin password, I get
>> a
> message saying they can't be deleted
> 
> Rosemary Spark
> PO Box 781
> South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
> Phone: + 61 8 94336609
> Mobile: 0414268043Ronda, Thanks
> arkaysp...@gmail.com
> 
> 
> 
> On 9 November 2011 17:24, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> 
>> Hi Rosemary,
>> 
>> If your Husband’s Time Machine backups are working to the same drive,
 the
>> drive must have enough free space.
>> DON’T go deleting any files manually in the Finder, Time Machine will
>> delete files when it runs out of space.
>> 
>> Connect the external Drive to your computer, click once on it’s hard
 drive
>> icon on desktop to Select the drive, Go to File > Get Info and let us
 konw
>> how much ‘Available': is showing.
>> 
>> Did you check when you got the first problem that Time Machine had
>> done
 a
>> complete Backup?
>> 
>> Do you know if you interrupted a Time Machine backup on your computer,
>> with perhaps closing the lid when TM was doing a backup?
>> Time Machine seems to freak out if it gets interrupted during the
>> backup
>> process. When this happens several files and folders are left on your
>> backup volume that deter any subsequent backups.
>> 
>> If you have an ‘Incomplete Backup’, Time Machine will not be able to
>> do
>> any backups until the problem is fixed.
>> 
>> To get Time Machine going again, you need to remove the errant files
 with
>> the following 

Re: time capsule problem can't backup

[Rosemary Spark]

The time machine is connected by wireless.
I don't have fast user switching

Rosemary Spark
PO Box 781
South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
Phone: + 61 8 94336609
Mobile: 0414268043
arkaysp...@gmail.com



On 9 November 2011 22:47, Ronda Brown  wrote:

> Is the external drive connected via FireWire to your computer?
>
> Do a 'Get Info' and make sure you have 'Read & Write' privileges on the
> .inProgress file.
>
> Also if you have Fast User Switching turned on, you won't be able to
> delete the file.
>
> I have to knock off now as I have a 4AM start tomorrow.
> I'll get back to you in the morning.
>
> Sent from Ronni's iPad
>
> On 09/11/2011, at 10:13 PM, Rosemary Spark  wrote:
>
> > Yes,
> > but this is the message I get
> > The item “2011-11-05-075754.inProgress” can’t be moved to the Trash
> because
> > it can’t be deleted.
> >
> > Rosemary Spark
> > PO Box 781
> > South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
> > Phone: + 61 8 94336609
> > Mobile: 0414268043
> > arkaysp...@gmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9 November 2011 21:55, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> >
> >> Did you Click on the ".inProgress." file and drag it into the Trash, you
> >> will then be asked to type your Admin User Password?
> >>
> >> Sent from Ronni's iPad
> >>
> >> On 09/11/2011, at 9:30 PM, Rosemary Spark  wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thanks for your suggestion.
> >>> However, although the in progress and Latest files are there,  when I
> try
> >>> to move them to trash, rather than a request for admin password, I get
> a
> >>> message saying they can't be deleted
> >>>
> >>> Rosemary Spark
> >>> PO Box 781
> >>> South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
> >>> Phone: + 61 8 94336609
> >>> Mobile: 0414268043Ronda, Thanks
> >>> arkaysp...@gmail.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 9 November 2011 17:24, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> >>>
>  Hi Rosemary,
> 
>  If your Husband’s Time Machine backups are working to the same drive,
> >> the
>  drive must have enough free space.
>  DON’T go deleting any files manually in the Finder, Time Machine will
>  delete files when it runs out of space.
> 
>  Connect the external Drive to your computer, click once on it’s hard
> >> drive
>  icon on desktop to Select the drive, Go to File > Get Info and let us
> >> konw
>  how much ‘Available': is showing.
> 
>  Did you check when you got the first problem that Time Machine had
> done
> >> a
>  complete Backup?
> 
>  Do you know if you interrupted a Time Machine backup on your computer,
>  with perhaps closing the lid when TM was doing a backup?
>  Time Machine seems to freak out if it gets interrupted during the
> backup
>  process. When this happens several files and folders are left on your
>  backup volume that deter any subsequent backups.
> 
>  If you have an ‘Incomplete Backup’, Time Machine will not be able to
> do
>  any backups until the problem is fixed.
> 
>  To get Time Machine going again, you need to remove the errant files
> >> with
>  the following steps:
> 
>   1.  Ensure your backup device is turned on and connected to
>  your computer (wirelessly or wired, it doesn't matter)
> 
>   2.  Turn off Time Machine using the big button in Time
> Machine
>  preferences.
> 
>   3.  Make sure the backup volume (which is just part of the
>  backup drive) is mounted to your desktop/Finder.
>  You may have to initiate (and subsequently cancel) a Time Machine
> backup
>  process in order to see the drive on the desktop or in Finder.
> 
>   4.  Access your backup volume in Finder (it should be named
>  "Backup of your-computer-name..." or something similar) and
> double-click
>  into the "Backups.backupdb" folder.
> 
>   5.  Next, click into the "your-computer-name" folder. You
>  should see a bunch of folders with dates. These are all the dates
>  corresponding to days you ran a successful backup.
> 
>   6.  At the bottom of the folder listing will be one or two
>  things you need to move to the trash. You may see only one or both of
>  these, but delete the file that starts with a date (it should be the
> >> date
>  the backup failure started) and ends in ".inProgress." Also delete a
> >> file
>  named "Latest" if it exists.
>  NOTE: You will be asked to enter your Administrator Password to move
> >> these
>  files to the Trash.
> 
>   7.  Return to Time Machine preferences and turn Time Machine
> >> on.
> 
>   8.  Initiate a backup using the Time Machine drop-down in the
>  menu bar or wait until the next scheduled backup run.
> 
>   9.  A final but important step, be patient. Time Machine may
>  sit in "preparing" mode for a while.
>  It's important to at least let it run for an hour or so to see if the
>  process will continue actually writing files to your backup volume.
> 
>  R

Re: time capsule problem can't backup

[Ronda Brown]

Is the external drive connected via FireWire to your computer?

Do a 'Get Info' and make sure you have 'Read & Write' privileges on the 
.inProgress file.

Also if you have Fast User Switching turned on, you won't be able to delete the 
file.

I have to knock off now as I have a 4AM start tomorrow.
I'll get back to you in the morning.

Sent from Ronni's iPad

On 09/11/2011, at 10:13 PM, Rosemary Spark  wrote:

> Yes,
> but this is the message I get
> The item “2011-11-05-075754.inProgress” can’t be moved to the Trash because
> it can’t be deleted.
> 
> Rosemary Spark
> PO Box 781
> South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
> Phone: + 61 8 94336609
> Mobile: 0414268043
> arkaysp...@gmail.com
> 
> 
> 
> On 9 November 2011 21:55, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> 
>> Did you Click on the ".inProgress." file and drag it into the Trash, you
>> will then be asked to type your Admin User Password?
>> 
>> Sent from Ronni's iPad
>> 
>> On 09/11/2011, at 9:30 PM, Rosemary Spark  wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks for your suggestion.
>>> However, although the in progress and Latest files are there,  when I try
>>> to move them to trash, rather than a request for admin password, I get a
>>> message saying they can't be deleted
>>> 
>>> Rosemary Spark
>>> PO Box 781
>>> South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
>>> Phone: + 61 8 94336609
>>> Mobile: 0414268043Ronda, Thanks
>>> arkaysp...@gmail.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 9 November 2011 17:24, Ronda Brown  wrote:
>>> 
 Hi Rosemary,
 
 If your Husband’s Time Machine backups are working to the same drive,
>> the
 drive must have enough free space.
 DON’T go deleting any files manually in the Finder, Time Machine will
 delete files when it runs out of space.
 
 Connect the external Drive to your computer, click once on it’s hard
>> drive
 icon on desktop to Select the drive, Go to File > Get Info and let us
>> konw
 how much ‘Available': is showing.
 
 Did you check when you got the first problem that Time Machine had done
>> a
 complete Backup?
 
 Do you know if you interrupted a Time Machine backup on your computer,
 with perhaps closing the lid when TM was doing a backup?
 Time Machine seems to freak out if it gets interrupted during the backup
 process. When this happens several files and folders are left on your
 backup volume that deter any subsequent backups.
 
 If you have an ‘Incomplete Backup’, Time Machine will not be able to do
 any backups until the problem is fixed.
 
 To get Time Machine going again, you need to remove the errant files
>> with
 the following steps:
 
  1.  Ensure your backup device is turned on and connected to
 your computer (wirelessly or wired, it doesn't matter)
 
  2.  Turn off Time Machine using the big button in Time Machine
 preferences.
 
  3.  Make sure the backup volume (which is just part of the
 backup drive) is mounted to your desktop/Finder.
 You may have to initiate (and subsequently cancel) a Time Machine backup
 process in order to see the drive on the desktop or in Finder.
 
  4.  Access your backup volume in Finder (it should be named
 "Backup of your-computer-name..." or something similar) and double-click
 into the "Backups.backupdb" folder.
 
  5.  Next, click into the "your-computer-name" folder. You
 should see a bunch of folders with dates. These are all the dates
 corresponding to days you ran a successful backup.
 
  6.  At the bottom of the folder listing will be one or two
 things you need to move to the trash. You may see only one or both of
 these, but delete the file that starts with a date (it should be the
>> date
 the backup failure started) and ends in ".inProgress." Also delete a
>> file
 named "Latest" if it exists.
 NOTE: You will be asked to enter your Administrator Password to move
>> these
 files to the Trash.
 
  7.  Return to Time Machine preferences and turn Time Machine
>> on.
 
  8.  Initiate a backup using the Time Machine drop-down in the
 menu bar or wait until the next scheduled backup run.
 
  9.  A final but important step, be patient. Time Machine may
 sit in "preparing" mode for a while.
 It's important to at least let it run for an hour or so to see if the
 process will continue actually writing files to your backup volume.
 
 Rosemary, if you don’t have the above “.inProgress” file, post back with
 anymore information you might be able to supply us with so we can try
 something else to sort your Time Machine backup problem.
 
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
 
 OS X 10.7.2 Lion
 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
 
 
 
 On 09/11/2011, at 3:56 PM, Rosemary Spark wrot

Re: time capsule problem can't backup

[Rosemary Spark]

Yes,
but this is the message I get
The item “2011-11-05-075754.inProgress” can’t be moved to the Trash because
it can’t be deleted.

Rosemary Spark
PO Box 781
South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
Phone: + 61 8 94336609
Mobile: 0414268043
arkaysp...@gmail.com



On 9 November 2011 21:55, Ronda Brown  wrote:

> Did you Click on the ".inProgress." file and drag it into the Trash, you
> will then be asked to type your Admin User Password?
>
> Sent from Ronni's iPad
>
> On 09/11/2011, at 9:30 PM, Rosemary Spark  wrote:
>
> > Thanks for your suggestion.
> > However, although the in progress and Latest files are there,  when I try
> > to move them to trash, rather than a request for admin password, I get a
> > message saying they can't be deleted
> >
> > Rosemary Spark
> > PO Box 781
> > South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
> > Phone: + 61 8 94336609
> > Mobile: 0414268043Ronda, Thanks
> > arkaysp...@gmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9 November 2011 17:24, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Rosemary,
> >>
> >> If your Husband’s Time Machine backups are working to the same drive,
> the
> >> drive must have enough free space.
> >> DON’T go deleting any files manually in the Finder, Time Machine will
> >> delete files when it runs out of space.
> >>
> >> Connect the external Drive to your computer, click once on it’s hard
> drive
> >> icon on desktop to Select the drive, Go to File > Get Info and let us
> konw
> >> how much ‘Available': is showing.
> >>
> >> Did you check when you got the first problem that Time Machine had done
> a
> >> complete Backup?
> >>
> >> Do you know if you interrupted a Time Machine backup on your computer,
> >> with perhaps closing the lid when TM was doing a backup?
> >> Time Machine seems to freak out if it gets interrupted during the backup
> >> process. When this happens several files and folders are left on your
> >> backup volume that deter any subsequent backups.
> >>
> >> If you have an ‘Incomplete Backup’, Time Machine will not be able to do
> >> any backups until the problem is fixed.
> >>
> >> To get Time Machine going again, you need to remove the errant files
> with
> >> the following steps:
> >>
> >>   1.  Ensure your backup device is turned on and connected to
> >> your computer (wirelessly or wired, it doesn't matter)
> >>
> >>   2.  Turn off Time Machine using the big button in Time Machine
> >> preferences.
> >>
> >>   3.  Make sure the backup volume (which is just part of the
> >> backup drive) is mounted to your desktop/Finder.
> >> You may have to initiate (and subsequently cancel) a Time Machine backup
> >> process in order to see the drive on the desktop or in Finder.
> >>
> >>   4.  Access your backup volume in Finder (it should be named
> >> "Backup of your-computer-name..." or something similar) and double-click
> >> into the "Backups.backupdb" folder.
> >>
> >>   5.  Next, click into the "your-computer-name" folder. You
> >> should see a bunch of folders with dates. These are all the dates
> >> corresponding to days you ran a successful backup.
> >>
> >>   6.  At the bottom of the folder listing will be one or two
> >> things you need to move to the trash. You may see only one or both of
> >> these, but delete the file that starts with a date (it should be the
> date
> >> the backup failure started) and ends in ".inProgress." Also delete a
> file
> >> named "Latest" if it exists.
> >> NOTE: You will be asked to enter your Administrator Password to move
> these
> >> files to the Trash.
> >>
> >>   7.  Return to Time Machine preferences and turn Time Machine
> on.
> >>
> >>   8.  Initiate a backup using the Time Machine drop-down in the
> >> menu bar or wait until the next scheduled backup run.
> >>
> >>   9.  A final but important step, be patient. Time Machine may
> >> sit in "preparing" mode for a while.
> >> It's important to at least let it run for an hour or so to see if the
> >> process will continue actually writing files to your backup volume.
> >>
> >> Rosemary, if you don’t have the above “.inProgress” file, post back with
> >> anymore information you might be able to supply us with so we can try
> >> something else to sort your Time Machine backup problem.
> >>
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Ronni
> >>
> >> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
> >> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
> >>
> >> OS X 10.7.2 Lion
> >> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 09/11/2011, at 3:56 PM, Rosemary Spark wrote:
> >>
> >>> For some reason my time machine backup had decided not to work. Nothing
> >> has
> >>> changed in setup etc
> >>> It did this about a month ago then decided to work again.
> >>>
> >>> I get various messages :
> >>>
> >>> *The backup disk is not available.*
> >>>
> >>> or
> >>> *The backup disk image “/Volumes/Data/mycomputername.sparsebundle”
> could
> >>> not be accessed (error -1).*
> >>>
> >>> When I try to enter the time machine I now get
> >>>
> >>> *An unexpec

Re: time capsule problem can't backup

[Ronda Brown]

Did you Click on the ".inProgress." file and drag it into the Trash, you will 
then be asked to type your Admin User Password?

Sent from Ronni's iPad

On 09/11/2011, at 9:30 PM, Rosemary Spark  wrote:

> Thanks for your suggestion.
> However, although the in progress and Latest files are there,  when I try
> to move them to trash, rather than a request for admin password, I get a
> message saying they can't be deleted
> 
> Rosemary Spark
> PO Box 781
> South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
> Phone: + 61 8 94336609
> Mobile: 0414268043Ronda, Thanks
> arkaysp...@gmail.com
> 
> 
> 
> On 9 November 2011 17:24, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> 
>> Hi Rosemary,
>> 
>> If your Husband’s Time Machine backups are working to the same drive, the
>> drive must have enough free space.
>> DON’T go deleting any files manually in the Finder, Time Machine will
>> delete files when it runs out of space.
>> 
>> Connect the external Drive to your computer, click once on it’s hard drive
>> icon on desktop to Select the drive, Go to File > Get Info and let us konw
>> how much ‘Available': is showing.
>> 
>> Did you check when you got the first problem that Time Machine had done a
>> complete Backup?
>> 
>> Do you know if you interrupted a Time Machine backup on your computer,
>> with perhaps closing the lid when TM was doing a backup?
>> Time Machine seems to freak out if it gets interrupted during the backup
>> process. When this happens several files and folders are left on your
>> backup volume that deter any subsequent backups.
>> 
>> If you have an ‘Incomplete Backup’, Time Machine will not be able to do
>> any backups until the problem is fixed.
>> 
>> To get Time Machine going again, you need to remove the errant files with
>> the following steps:
>> 
>>   1.  Ensure your backup device is turned on and connected to
>> your computer (wirelessly or wired, it doesn't matter)
>> 
>>   2.  Turn off Time Machine using the big button in Time Machine
>> preferences.
>> 
>>   3.  Make sure the backup volume (which is just part of the
>> backup drive) is mounted to your desktop/Finder.
>> You may have to initiate (and subsequently cancel) a Time Machine backup
>> process in order to see the drive on the desktop or in Finder.
>> 
>>   4.  Access your backup volume in Finder (it should be named
>> "Backup of your-computer-name..." or something similar) and double-click
>> into the "Backups.backupdb" folder.
>> 
>>   5.  Next, click into the "your-computer-name" folder. You
>> should see a bunch of folders with dates. These are all the dates
>> corresponding to days you ran a successful backup.
>> 
>>   6.  At the bottom of the folder listing will be one or two
>> things you need to move to the trash. You may see only one or both of
>> these, but delete the file that starts with a date (it should be the date
>> the backup failure started) and ends in ".inProgress." Also delete a file
>> named "Latest" if it exists.
>> NOTE: You will be asked to enter your Administrator Password to move these
>> files to the Trash.
>> 
>>   7.  Return to Time Machine preferences and turn Time Machine on.
>> 
>>   8.  Initiate a backup using the Time Machine drop-down in the
>> menu bar or wait until the next scheduled backup run.
>> 
>>   9.  A final but important step, be patient. Time Machine may
>> sit in "preparing" mode for a while.
>> It's important to at least let it run for an hour or so to see if the
>> process will continue actually writing files to your backup volume.
>> 
>> Rosemary, if you don’t have the above “.inProgress” file, post back with
>> anymore information you might be able to supply us with so we can try
>> something else to sort your Time Machine backup problem.
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
>> 
>> OS X 10.7.2 Lion
>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 09/11/2011, at 3:56 PM, Rosemary Spark wrote:
>> 
>>> For some reason my time machine backup had decided not to work. Nothing
>> has
>>> changed in setup etc
>>> It did this about a month ago then decided to work again.
>>> 
>>> I get various messages :
>>> 
>>> *The backup disk is not available.*
>>> 
>>> or
>>> *The backup disk image “/Volumes/Data/mycomputername.sparsebundle” could
>>> not be accessed (error -1).*
>>> 
>>> When I try to enter the time machine I now get
>>> 
>>> *An unexpected error occurred (error code -6584).*
>>> 
>>> I went to  Time Machine Preferences and re-selected my tm
>>> 
>>> I thought the disc might to overloaded and not deleting files but I can't
>>> seem to do that manually
>>> 
>>> My husband's connection to the same time machine seems to be fine
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> MacBookPro5,5
>>> 
>>> Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
>>> 
>>> Processor Speed: 2.53 GHz
>>> 
>>> Number of Processors: 1
>>> 
>>> Total Number of Cores: 2
>>> 
>>> L2 Cache: 3 MB
>>> 
>>> Memory: 4 GB
>>> 
>>> Bu

Re: time capsule problem can't backup

[Rosemary Spark]

Thanks for your suggestion.
However, although the in progress and Latest files are there,  when I try
to move them to trash, rather than a request for admin password, I get a
message saying they can't be deleted

Rosemary Spark
PO Box 781
South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
Phone: + 61 8 94336609
Mobile: 0414268043Ronda, Thanks
arkaysp...@gmail.com



On 9 November 2011 17:24, Ronda Brown  wrote:

> Hi Rosemary,
>
> If your Husband’s Time Machine backups are working to the same drive, the
> drive must have enough free space.
> DON’T go deleting any files manually in the Finder, Time Machine will
> delete files when it runs out of space.
>
> Connect the external Drive to your computer, click once on it’s hard drive
> icon on desktop to Select the drive, Go to File > Get Info and let us konw
> how much ‘Available': is showing.
>
> Did you check when you got the first problem that Time Machine had done a
> complete Backup?
>
> Do you know if you interrupted a Time Machine backup on your computer,
> with perhaps closing the lid when TM was doing a backup?
> Time Machine seems to freak out if it gets interrupted during the backup
> process. When this happens several files and folders are left on your
> backup volume that deter any subsequent backups.
>
> If you have an ‘Incomplete Backup’, Time Machine will not be able to do
> any backups until the problem is fixed.
>
> To get Time Machine going again, you need to remove the errant files with
> the following steps:
>
>1.  Ensure your backup device is turned on and connected to
> your computer (wirelessly or wired, it doesn't matter)
>
>2.  Turn off Time Machine using the big button in Time Machine
> preferences.
>
>3.  Make sure the backup volume (which is just part of the
> backup drive) is mounted to your desktop/Finder.
> You may have to initiate (and subsequently cancel) a Time Machine backup
> process in order to see the drive on the desktop or in Finder.
>
>4.  Access your backup volume in Finder (it should be named
> "Backup of your-computer-name..." or something similar) and double-click
> into the "Backups.backupdb" folder.
>
>5.  Next, click into the "your-computer-name" folder. You
> should see a bunch of folders with dates. These are all the dates
> corresponding to days you ran a successful backup.
>
>6.  At the bottom of the folder listing will be one or two
> things you need to move to the trash. You may see only one or both of
> these, but delete the file that starts with a date (it should be the date
> the backup failure started) and ends in ".inProgress." Also delete a file
> named "Latest" if it exists.
> NOTE: You will be asked to enter your Administrator Password to move these
> files to the Trash.
>
>7.  Return to Time Machine preferences and turn Time Machine on.
>
>8.  Initiate a backup using the Time Machine drop-down in the
> menu bar or wait until the next scheduled backup run.
>
>9.  A final but important step, be patient. Time Machine may
> sit in "preparing" mode for a while.
> It's important to at least let it run for an hour or so to see if the
> process will continue actually writing files to your backup volume.
>
> Rosemary, if you don’t have the above “.inProgress” file, post back with
> anymore information you might be able to supply us with so we can try
> something else to sort your Time Machine backup problem.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
>
> OS X 10.7.2 Lion
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
>
>
>
> On 09/11/2011, at 3:56 PM, Rosemary Spark wrote:
>
> > For some reason my time machine backup had decided not to work. Nothing
> has
> > changed in setup etc
> > It did this about a month ago then decided to work again.
> >
> > I get various messages :
> >
> > *The backup disk is not available.*
> >
> > or
> > *The backup disk image “/Volumes/Data/mycomputername.sparsebundle” could
> > not be accessed (error -1).*
> >
> > When I try to enter the time machine I now get
> >
> > *An unexpected error occurred (error code -6584).*
> >
> > I went to  Time Machine Preferences and re-selected my tm
> >
> > I thought the disc might to overloaded and not deleting files but I can't
> > seem to do that manually
> >
> > My husband's connection to the same time machine seems to be fine
> >
> >
> >
> > MacBookPro5,5
> >
> >  Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
> >
> >  Processor Speed: 2.53 GHz
> >
> >  Number of Processors: 1
> >
> >  Total Number of Cores: 2
> >
> >  L2 Cache: 3 MB
> >
> >  Memory: 4 GB
> >
> >  Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
> >
> >  System Version: Mac OS X 10.7.2 (11C74)
> >
> >  Kernel Version: Darwin 11.2.0
> >
> >
> >
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> > PO Box 781
> > South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
> > Phone: + 61 8 94336609
> > Mobile: 0414268043
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Re: time capsule problem can't backup

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Rosemary,

If your Husband’s Time Machine backups are working to the same drive, the drive 
must have enough free space.
DON’T go deleting any files manually in the Finder, Time Machine will delete 
files when it runs out of space.

Connect the external Drive to your computer, click once on it’s hard drive icon 
on desktop to Select the drive, Go to File > Get Info and let us konw how much 
‘Available': is showing.

Did you check when you got the first problem that Time Machine had done a 
complete Backup?

Do you know if you interrupted a Time Machine backup on your computer, with 
perhaps closing the lid when TM was doing a backup?
Time Machine seems to freak out if it gets interrupted during the backup 
process. When this happens several files and folders are left on your backup 
volume that deter any subsequent backups.

If you have an ‘Incomplete Backup’, Time Machine will not be able to do any 
backups until the problem is fixed.

To get Time Machine going again, you need to remove the errant files with the 
following steps:

1.  Ensure your backup device is turned on and connected to your 
computer (wirelessly or wired, it doesn't matter)

2.  Turn off Time Machine using the big button in Time Machine 
preferences. 

3.  Make sure the backup volume (which is just part of the backup 
drive) is mounted to your desktop/Finder. 
You may have to initiate (and subsequently cancel) a Time Machine backup 
process in order to see the drive on the desktop or in Finder.

4.  Access your backup volume in Finder (it should be named "Backup 
of your-computer-name..." or something similar) and double-click into the 
"Backups.backupdb" folder.

5.  Next, click into the "your-computer-name" folder. You should 
see a bunch of folders with dates. These are all the dates corresponding to 
days you ran a successful backup.

6.  At the bottom of the folder listing will be one or two things 
you need to move to the trash. You may see only one or both of these, but 
delete the file that starts with a date (it should be the date the backup 
failure started) and ends in ".inProgress." Also delete a file named "Latest" 
if it exists.
NOTE: You will be asked to enter your Administrator Password to move these 
files to the Trash.

7.  Return to Time Machine preferences and turn Time Machine on.

8.  Initiate a backup using the Time Machine drop-down in the menu 
bar or wait until the next scheduled backup run.

9.  A final but important step, be patient. Time Machine may sit in 
"preparing" mode for a while. 
It's important to at least let it run for an hour or so to see if the process 
will continue actually writing files to your backup volume.

Rosemary, if you don’t have the above “.inProgress” file, post back with 
anymore information you might be able to supply us with so we can try something 
else to sort your Time Machine backup problem.


Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD

OS X 10.7.2 Lion
Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)



On 09/11/2011, at 3:56 PM, Rosemary Spark wrote:

> For some reason my time machine backup had decided not to work. Nothing has
> changed in setup etc
> It did this about a month ago then decided to work again.
> 
> I get various messages :
> 
> *The backup disk is not available.*
> 
> or
> *The backup disk image “/Volumes/Data/mycomputername.sparsebundle” could
> not be accessed (error -1).*
> 
> When I try to enter the time machine I now get
> 
> *An unexpected error occurred (error code -6584).*
> 
> I went to  Time Machine Preferences and re-selected my tm
> 
> I thought the disc might to overloaded and not deleting files but I can't
> seem to do that manually
> 
> My husband's connection to the same time machine seems to be fine
> 
> 
> 
> MacBookPro5,5
> 
>  Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
> 
>  Processor Speed: 2.53 GHz
> 
>  Number of Processors: 1
> 
>  Total Number of Cores: 2
> 
>  L2 Cache: 3 MB
> 
>  Memory: 4 GB
> 
>  Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
> 
>  System Version: Mac OS X 10.7.2 (11C74)
> 
>  Kernel Version: Darwin 11.2.0
> 
> 
> 
> Rosemary Spark
> PO Box 781
> South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
> Phone: + 61 8 94336609
> Mobile: 0414268043
> arkaysp...@gmail.com















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Re: Time Capsule dilemma

[stephanie dowden]

Wow,

A wealth of information. THANK YOU so much.

The TC 2TB is looking good...

Stephanie

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> Hello Stephanie and welcome to WAMUG,
>
> Being a new member of WAMUG you have probably not read all our discussions on 
> having a ‘Good Backup System' in place.
> Never rely on just Time Machine, or any one form of backup. Have a Backup 
> Strategy which involves ‘three parts’, Archives, ‘bootable’ backups, and 
> keeping  ‘off Site’ backups.
> If you wish at any time to have a copy of ‘My Backup Strategy’, I can email 
> it to you ‘offlist’.
>
> Now, onto your dilemma: I’m sorry that your TC has died, but eventually they 
> do, and the first model sooner than later models.
> But I would certainly recommend purchasing one of the latest 2TB or 3TB TC.
> My current Time Capsule is the Model before the current, a 1TB Dual-Band 
> Gigabit Ethernet, Dec.2009 still going excellently well, ( but, I am 
> ’thinking’ of purchasing a new 2 or 3TB TC in the near future).
>
> A)
>> Can I retrieve our data from the TC?
>
> “If” the Internal Drive is OK, yes you can retrieve your data from TC.
>
> 1) First you need to crack it open - Cracking Open the Time Capsule | 
> Applefritter - this is a decent guide.
>
> 2) Get some sort of SATA drive docking solution. One with the firewire 
> interface
> NewerTech® - Voyager Q “Quad Interface” FireWire® 800/400/USB 
> 2.0/eSATA - SATA I/II Hard Drive Docking Solution
>
> 3) Mount your drive in the drive dock and you'll notice that you still can't 
> access your data due to lack of privileges.
>
> 4) Enable root user access on your Mac. The process is different between 
> Leopard and Snow Leopard.
>
> In Leopard, all you need to do is go into Directory Utility which is located 
> in the Utilities Folder.
>
> In Snow Leopard, you have to enable it via, System Preferences/Accounts/Login 
> Options/Network Account Server:Join then you can Open Directory Utility.
> Make sure you unlock Directory Utility and click Edit to Enable Root User.
>
> 5) Log out and log back in as root (with whatever password you nominated).
> You should now have access to your Time Capsule's data.
>
> 6) It's probably not a bad idea to disable your root user access once all 
> this is done too.
>
> B)
>> Is the TC repairable?
>
> Possibly, but would the cost be worth it? If it was me, I would get my data 
> off the TC (if possible) and purchase a new 3TB or 2TB TC)
> There is a guy in Sydney that has repaired TCs. I did have an address 
> somewhere, but unable to locate it at the moment ... (ok Daniel, we all know 
> my filing system on my MBP is not good … my Backup Strategy is though ;-)!
>
> 
>
> 
>
> C)
>> Would I be insane to consider buying another TC?
>> Is the current generation of TC sorted, or is the previous fault an
>> inherent design issue?
>
> I think I’ve already answered this query. The current generation of Time 
> Capsule are improved. They do have more ‘room to breath’.
> The Time Capsules also include a Gigabit Ethernet WAN port and three Gigabit 
> Ethernet LAN ports, as well as a USB port for connecting a printer or 
> external drive.
> The Time Capsules are MUCH more than just a  Time Machine backup drive …
>
> The new Time Capsules still use the 802.11n Wi-Fi networking standard, with 
> dual-band operation available for 802.11b/g devices like the iPhone and iPod 
> touch. My iPad connects to 5GHz.
> 
>
> Contact Daniel Kerr of MacWizardry for a price on a new TC … I will be soon 
> ;-)
>
> D)
>> Am I better off to buy a different external hard-drive system?
>
> You do need to put in place a much better "Backup Plan", a good Backup 
> Strategy, that will not let you get into this position again.
> At least cut down the chances of loosing all your Data.
>
> Best of luck.
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
>
> OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
> OS X 10.7 Lion
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
>
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Re: Time Capsule dilemma

[Ronda Brown]

Ah g, the new Mailing List now doesn’t accept Rich Text, so my Links in my 
previous email did not work ;-(

‘Cracking Open the Time Capsule’ is found here:  

The SATA Drive Docking Station link is found here:   


And we try again :-)

Cheers,
Ronni

On 19/09/2011, at 8:38 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> Hello Stephanie and welcome to WAMUG,
> 
> Being a new member of WAMUG you have probably not read all our discussions on 
> having a ‘Good Backup System' in place.
> Never rely on just Time Machine, or any one form of backup. Have a Backup 
> Strategy which involves ‘three parts’, Archives, ‘bootable’ backups, and 
> keeping  ‘off Site’ backups. 
> If you wish at any time to have a copy of ‘My Backup Strategy’, I can email 
> it to you ‘offlist’.
> 
> Now, onto your dilemma: I’m sorry that your TC has died, but eventually they 
> do, and the first model sooner than later models.
> But I would certainly recommend purchasing one of the latest 2TB or 3TB TC.
> My current Time Capsule is the Model before the current, a 1TB Dual-Band 
> Gigabit Ethernet, Dec.2009 still going excellently well, ( but, I am 
> ’thinking’ of purchasing a new 2 or 3TB TC in the near future).
> 
> A)
>> Can I retrieve our data from the TC?
> 
> “If” the Internal Drive is OK, yes you can retrieve your data from TC. 
> 
> 1) First you need to crack it open - Cracking Open the Time Capsule | 
> Applefritter - this is a decent guide.
> 
> 2) Get some sort of SATA drive docking solution. One with the firewire 
> interface
> NewerTech® - Voyager Q “Quad Interface” FireWire® 800/400/USB 
> 2.0/eSATA - SATA I/II Hard Drive Docking Solution
> 
> 3) Mount your drive in the drive dock and you'll notice that you still can't 
> access your data due to lack of privileges.
> 
> 4) Enable root user access on your Mac. The process is different between 
> Leopard and Snow Leopard. 
> 
> In Leopard, all you need to do is go into Directory Utility which is located 
> in the Utilities Folder.
> 
> In Snow Leopard, you have to enable it via, System Preferences/Accounts/Login 
> Options/Network Account Server:Join then you can Open Directory Utility.
> Make sure you unlock Directory Utility and click Edit to Enable Root User.
> 
> 5) Log out and log back in as root (with whatever password you nominated). 
> You should now have access to your Time Capsule's data.
> 
> 6) It's probably not a bad idea to disable your root user access once all 
> this is done too.
> 
> B)
>> Is the TC repairable?
> 
> Possibly, but would the cost be worth it? If it was me, I would get my data 
> off the TC (if possible) and purchase a new 3TB or 2TB TC)
> There is a guy in Sydney that has repaired TCs. I did have an address 
> somewhere, but unable to locate it at the moment ... (ok Daniel, we all know 
> my filing system on my MBP is not good … my Backup Strategy is though ;-)!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> C)
>> Would I be insane to consider buying another TC?
>> Is the current generation of TC sorted, or is the previous fault an
>> inherent design issue?
> 
> I think I’ve already answered this query. The current generation of Time 
> Capsule are improved. They do have more ‘room to breath’.
> The Time Capsules also include a Gigabit Ethernet WAN port and three Gigabit 
> Ethernet LAN ports, as well as a USB port for connecting a printer or 
> external drive.
> The Time Capsules are MUCH more than just a  Time Machine backup drive …
> 
> The new Time Capsules still use the 802.11n Wi-Fi networking standard, with 
> dual-band operation available for 802.11b/g devices like the iPhone and iPod 
> touch. My iPad connects to 5GHz.
> 
> 
> Contact Daniel Kerr of MacWizardry for a price on a new TC … I will be soon 
> ;-)
> 
> D)
>> Am I better off to buy a different external hard-drive system?
> 
> You do need to put in place a much better "Backup Plan", a good Backup 
> Strategy, that will not let you get into this position again.
> At least cut down the chances of loosing all your Data.
> 
> Best of luck.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
> 
> OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard 
> OS X 10.7 Lion
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
> 
> 
> 
> On 18/09/2011, at 12:03 PM, stephanie dowden wrote:
> 
>> OK... my dilemma is as follows - I Spoke to Apple directly. Apparently
>> i am 'outside' warranty/replacement period for the TC by a few
>> weeks... they have offered a small discount for purchasing a new
>> product, but nothing else. The apple-shop I purchased it from was even
>> less helpful... (but i only spoke to a low level sale assistant as the
>> manager was not in)
>> 
>

Re: Time Capsule dilemma

[Ronda Brown]

Hello Stephanie and welcome to WAMUG,

Being a new member of WAMUG you have probably not read all our discussions on 
having a ‘Good Backup System' in place.
Never rely on just Time Machine, or any one form of backup. Have a Backup 
Strategy which involves ‘three parts’, Archives, ‘bootable’ backups, and 
keeping  ‘off Site’ backups. 
If you wish at any time to have a copy of ‘My Backup Strategy’, I can email it 
to you ‘offlist’.

Now, onto your dilemma: I’m sorry that your TC has died, but eventually they 
do, and the first model sooner than later models.
But I would certainly recommend purchasing one of the latest 2TB or 3TB TC.
My current Time Capsule is the Model before the current, a 1TB Dual-Band 
Gigabit Ethernet, Dec.2009 still going excellently well, ( but, I am ’thinking’ 
of purchasing a new 2 or 3TB TC in the near future).

A)
> Can I retrieve our data from the TC?

“If” the Internal Drive is OK, yes you can retrieve your data from TC. 

1) First you need to crack it open - Cracking Open the Time Capsule | 
Applefritter - this is a decent guide.

2) Get some sort of SATA drive docking solution. One with the firewire interface
NewerTech® - Voyager Q “Quad Interface” FireWire® 800/400/USB 
2.0/eSATA - SATA I/II Hard Drive Docking Solution

3) Mount your drive in the drive dock and you'll notice that you still can't 
access your data due to lack of privileges.

4) Enable root user access on your Mac. The process is different between 
Leopard and Snow Leopard. 

In Leopard, all you need to do is go into Directory Utility which is located in 
the Utilities Folder.
 
In Snow Leopard, you have to enable it via, System Preferences/Accounts/Login 
Options/Network Account Server:Join then you can Open Directory Utility.
Make sure you unlock Directory Utility and click Edit to Enable Root User.

5) Log out and log back in as root (with whatever password you nominated). 
You should now have access to your Time Capsule's data.

6) It's probably not a bad idea to disable your root user access once all this 
is done too.

B)
> Is the TC repairable?

Possibly, but would the cost be worth it? If it was me, I would get my data off 
the TC (if possible) and purchase a new 3TB or 2TB TC)
There is a guy in Sydney that has repaired TCs. I did have an address 
somewhere, but unable to locate it at the moment ... (ok Daniel, we all know my 
filing system on my MBP is not good … my Backup Strategy is though ;-)!





C)
> Would I be insane to consider buying another TC?
> Is the current generation of TC sorted, or is the previous fault an
> inherent design issue?

I think I’ve already answered this query. The current generation of Time 
Capsule are improved. They do have more ‘room to breath’.
The Time Capsules also include a Gigabit Ethernet WAN port and three Gigabit 
Ethernet LAN ports, as well as a USB port for connecting a printer or external 
drive.
The Time Capsules are MUCH more than just a  Time Machine backup drive …

The new Time Capsules still use the 802.11n Wi-Fi networking standard, with 
dual-band operation available for 802.11b/g devices like the iPhone and iPod 
touch. My iPad connects to 5GHz.


Contact Daniel Kerr of MacWizardry for a price on a new TC … I will be soon ;-)

D)
> Am I better off to buy a different external hard-drive system?

You do need to put in place a much better "Backup Plan", a good Backup 
Strategy, that will not let you get into this position again.
At least cut down the chances of loosing all your Data.

Best of luck.

Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD

OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard 
OS X 10.7 Lion
Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)



On 18/09/2011, at 12:03 PM, stephanie dowden wrote:

> OK... my dilemma is as follows - I Spoke to Apple directly. Apparently
> i am 'outside' warranty/replacement period for the TC by a few
> weeks... they have offered a small discount for purchasing a new
> product, but nothing else. The apple-shop I purchased it from was even
> less helpful... (but i only spoke to a low level sale assistant as the
> manager was not in)
> 
> While the TC worked it was amazing - it 'rescued' data on a number of
> occasions, we networked and backed up from all our home laptops/PCs
> and it was simple, easy to use and very reassuring...
> 
> What I am not clear about now is:
> Can I retrieve our data from the TC?
> Is the TC repairable?
> Would I be insane to consider buying another TC?
> Is the current generation of TC sorted, or is the previous fault an
> inherent design issue?
> Am I better off to buy a different external hard-drive system?
> 
> Help!
> 
> Stephanie
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Stephen Wonfor  wrote:
>

Re: Time Capsule failure

[Stephen Wonfor]

Apple direct via phone...

Stephen

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On Sep 15, 2011, at 4:26 PM, stephanie dowden wrote:

> So. did you liaise with the place you purchased it from or another apple 
> dealer?
> 
> 
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:15 PM, Stephen Wonfor  wrote:
>> Stephanie
>> 
>> Mine failed a year or so ago.  But it's serial fell within the "we'll 
>> replace it range".  More here...http://timecapsuledead.org/
>> 
>> Stephen
>> 
>> ---
>> 
>> "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in 
>> practice, there is." --- Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut
>> 
>> On Sep 15, 2011, at 7:17 AM, stephanie dowden wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> My Time Capsule (purchased Aug 2008) has suddenly stopped working
>>> tonight after 3 years of trouble free use. I've tried resetting etc
>>> per instructions with no luck. After hunting on the web I am depressed
>>> to find out that this may be an inherant fault with the TM.
>>> 
>>> So... is there anything else I can do to determine if it's
>>> recoverable? Is it repairable? Does anyone know what Apple is doing
>>> with this problem? Lots of conflicting info on the web...
>>> (I purchased the TM in Canberra at ANU Mac shop, so obviously need to
>>> speak to a local mac person rather than back to the seller or should I
>>> try the ANU people?)
>>> 
>>> Idea, advice, suggestions welcomed,
>>> 
>>> Stephanie
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[stephanie dowden]

So. did you liaise with the place you purchased it from or another apple dealer?


On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:15 PM, Stephen Wonfor  wrote:
> Stephanie
>
> Mine failed a year or so ago.  But it's serial fell within the "we'll replace 
> it range".  More here...http://timecapsuledead.org/
>
> Stephen
>
> ---
>
> "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in 
> practice, there is." --- Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut
>
> On Sep 15, 2011, at 7:17 AM, stephanie dowden wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> My Time Capsule (purchased Aug 2008) has suddenly stopped working
>> tonight after 3 years of trouble free use. I've tried resetting etc
>> per instructions with no luck. After hunting on the web I am depressed
>> to find out that this may be an inherant fault with the TM.
>>
>> So... is there anything else I can do to determine if it's
>> recoverable? Is it repairable? Does anyone know what Apple is doing
>> with this problem? Lots of conflicting info on the web...
>> (I purchased the TM in Canberra at ANU Mac shop, so obviously need to
>> speak to a local mac person rather than back to the seller or should I
>> try the ANU people?)
>>
>> Idea, advice, suggestions welcomed,
>>
>> Stephanie
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[Stephen Wonfor]

Stephanie

Mine failed a year or so ago.  But it's serial fell within the "we'll replace 
it range".  More here...http://timecapsuledead.org/

Stephen

---

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practice, there is." --- Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut

On Sep 15, 2011, at 7:17 AM, stephanie dowden wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> My Time Capsule (purchased Aug 2008) has suddenly stopped working
> tonight after 3 years of trouble free use. I've tried resetting etc
> per instructions with no luck. After hunting on the web I am depressed
> to find out that this may be an inherant fault with the TM.
> 
> So... is there anything else I can do to determine if it's
> recoverable? Is it repairable? Does anyone know what Apple is doing
> with this problem? Lots of conflicting info on the web...
> (I purchased the TM in Canberra at ANU Mac shop, so obviously need to
> speak to a local mac person rather than back to the seller or should I
> try the ANU people?)
> 
> Idea, advice, suggestions welcomed,
> 
> Stephanie
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Re: Time Capsule backup backup

[Ronda Brown]

You’re welcome David,

Don’t trust Time Machine as your only backup! 
My Data is very important to me, so I’ve tried to setup a backup system that 
‘hopefully’ prevents any loss of my Data.
My Backup Strategy consists of ‘Archives’ & 'Bootable Backups’.

My Backups:
1. Time Machine backs up my entire system (Hard Drive) to 1TB Time Capsule 
(hourly) 
2. Déjà Vu backs up my Home folder to a Drobo which holds 4 - 1TB SATA drives 
(every night …) 
3. Déjà Vu backs up my Home folder to a 500GB SATA portable drive that lives in 
my car (every night …) 
For security this drive is password protected.
4. Déjà Vu does a Bootable Clone of my Startup Volume - [HD] to a 1TB External 
Firewire Drive (weekly …)

5. I have an extra off-site backup (Bootable Cloned HD by SuperDuper) on a 1TB 
External Firewire Drive at a relative's. 
This is updated every 1-2 mths

Important:
A. Check your Daily Backup to be sure everything has been backed up. 
B. Test your Bootable Backup Clone to be sure it will boot your computer in the 
case of an emergency.
If your Mac's Hard Drive dies, you can startup from the Bootable Backup Clone 
and be back up and running in a very short time.

Cheers,
Ronni

On 15/05/2011, at 11:39 AM, David de la Hunty wrote:

> Ronni, thanks so much. Maybe it's something I'll do once every few weeks - 
> but it means everybody's individual TC backup images will also backup so 
> worth the time spent I think.
> Regards,
> DD
> 
> On 15/05/2011, at 10:51, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 15/05/2011, at 10:09 AM, David de la Hunty wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> A reprise of a post I did last month, 
>>> 
>>> After having had a 1TB time capsule die and nearly take my entire backup 
>>> with it I have rigged up a second, external, USB hard drive to back up the 
>>> TC HDD to this one.
>>> 
>>> It's not a RAID and I don't really want to set up a RAID because to do that 
>>> I think I would have to transfer all of the HDD info off the time capsule 
>>> to a third HDD, then configure the RAID, then transfer the data back in...
>>> 
>>> So today I decided I'd just back up the entire 560 gig of data directly 
>>> from one disc to the other. Simple.
>>> 
>>> Only it told me it was going to take 55 hours. I think that is because it 
>>> is sucking the data through my laptop via 802.11n and then sending it back 
>>> over the same wireless channel. Not good.
>>> 
>>> So the question: is there a way of telling a time capsule to take the data 
>>> from the disc inside it, and push it directly out the USB to the external 
>>> HDD, ie back itself up?
>>> 
>>> Further to that is there a way of scheduling that function independently of 
>>> any connected computers on the network? Or does it all have to go through a 
>>> computer.
>>> 
>>> My idea was that I might be able to use Time Machine to take the contents 
>>> of the Time Capsule, make a Time Machine backup of that onto the USB HDD, 
>>> and maybe use a desktop computer to continue the TM backup process - which 
>>> would be much quicker subsequently. But how to do it across the network is 
>>> the issue.
>>> 
>>> Appreciate any tips. Regards, 
>>> dd
>> 
>> Hi David,
>> 
>> There is a procedure that will let you "archive" the Time Capsule's internal 
>> disk to a USB drive connected to it.
>> 
>> But it's not quick; all users will be disconnected from both the internal HD 
>> and the connected USB disk while it's running (but the network will remain 
>> usable); and it's "all or nothing" -- you can only use this procedure to 
>> copy the entire contents.
>> 
>> Attach a USB drive with at least as much free space as the total amount of 
>> data on the Time Capsule's internal HD
>> (Formatting Instructions found here: 
>> 
>> 
>> Turn Time Machine "Off" via Time Machine Preferences. Stop all processes 
>> that may be accessing the Time Capsule's disk.
>> Then follow this Apple procedure: Using AirPort Utility 5.3.1 or later to 
>> make a copy of the Time Capsule disk.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
>> 
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Re: Time Capsule backup backup

[David de la Hunty]

Ronni, thanks so much. Maybe it's something I'll do once every few weeks - but 
it means everybody's individual TC backup images will also backup so worth the 
time spent I think.
Regards,
DD

On 15/05/2011, at 10:51, Ronda Brown wrote:

> 
> On 15/05/2011, at 10:09 AM, David de la Hunty wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> A reprise of a post I did last month, 
>> 
>> After having had a 1TB time capsule die and nearly take my entire backup 
>> with it I have rigged up a second, external, USB hard drive to back up the 
>> TC HDD to this one.
>> 
>> It's not a RAID and I don't really want to set up a RAID because to do that 
>> I think I would have to transfer all of the HDD info off the time capsule to 
>> a third HDD, then configure the RAID, then transfer the data back in...
>> 
>> So today I decided I'd just back up the entire 560 gig of data directly from 
>> one disc to the other. Simple.
>> 
>> Only it told me it was going to take 55 hours. I think that is because it is 
>> sucking the data through my laptop via 802.11n and then sending it back over 
>> the same wireless channel. Not good.
>> 
>> So the question: is there a way of telling a time capsule to take the data 
>> from the disc inside it, and push it directly out the USB to the external 
>> HDD, ie back itself up?
>> 
>> Further to that is there a way of scheduling that function independently of 
>> any connected computers on the network? Or does it all have to go through a 
>> computer.
>> 
>> My idea was that I might be able to use Time Machine to take the contents of 
>> the Time Capsule, make a Time Machine backup of that onto the USB HDD, and 
>> maybe use a desktop computer to continue the TM backup process - which would 
>> be much quicker subsequently. But how to do it across the network is the 
>> issue.
>> 
>> Appreciate any tips. Regards, 
>> dd
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> There is a procedure that will let you "archive" the Time Capsule's internal 
> disk to a USB drive connected to it.
> 
> But it's not quick; all users will be disconnected from both the internal HD 
> and the connected USB disk while it's running (but the network will remain 
> usable); and it's "all or nothing" -- you can only use this procedure to copy 
> the entire contents.
> 
> Attach a USB drive with at least as much free space as the total amount of 
> data on the Time Capsule's internal HD
> (Formatting Instructions found here: 
> 
> 
> Turn Time Machine "Off" via Time Machine Preferences. Stop all processes that 
> may be accessing the Time Capsule's disk.
> Then follow this Apple procedure: Using AirPort Utility 5.3.1 or later to 
> make a copy of the Time Capsule disk.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
> 
> OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
> 
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> 
> 
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On 15/05/2011, at 10:09 AM, David de la Hunty wrote:

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> A reprise of a post I did last month, 
> 
> After having had a 1TB time capsule die and nearly take my entire backup with 
> it I have rigged up a second, external, USB hard drive to back up the TC HDD 
> to this one.
> 
> It's not a RAID and I don't really want to set up a RAID because to do that I 
> think I would have to transfer all of the HDD info off the time capsule to a 
> third HDD, then configure the RAID, then transfer the data back in...
> 
> So today I decided I'd just back up the entire 560 gig of data directly from 
> one disc to the other. Simple.
> 
> Only it told me it was going to take 55 hours. I think that is because it is 
> sucking the data through my laptop via 802.11n and then sending it back over 
> the same wireless channel. Not good.
> 
> So the question: is there a way of telling a time capsule to take the data 
> from the disc inside it, and push it directly out the USB to the external 
> HDD, ie back itself up?
> 
> Further to that is there a way of scheduling that function independently of 
> any connected computers on the network? Or does it all have to go through a 
> computer.
> 
> My idea was that I might be able to use Time Machine to take the contents of 
> the Time Capsule, make a Time Machine backup of that onto the USB HDD, and 
> maybe use a desktop computer to continue the TM backup process - which would 
> be much quicker subsequently. But how to do it across the network is the 
> issue.
> 
> Appreciate any tips. Regards, 
> dd

Hi David,

There is a procedure that will let you "archive" the Time Capsule's internal 
disk to a USB drive connected to it.

But it's not quick; all users will be disconnected from both the internal HD 
and the connected USB disk while it's running (but the network will remain 
usable); and it's "all or nothing" -- you can only use this procedure to copy 
the entire contents.

Attach a USB drive with at least as much free space as the total amount of data 
on the Time Capsule's internal HD
(Formatting Instructions found here: 


Turn Time Machine "Off" via Time Machine Preferences. Stop all processes that 
may be accessing the Time Capsule's disk.
Then follow this Apple procedure: Using AirPort Utility 5.3.1 or later to make 
a copy of the Time Capsule disk.

Cheers,
Ronni

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[David de la Hunty]

well to put it another way they said I was more than welcome to the HDD and the 
data but if I opened up the box they would not replace my TC. I mean it's easy 
enough to swap out HDDs from a bay, I have done it many times before, but 
"rules is rules"

just too inflexible on policy, not in touch with the real world.

d

On 09/05/2011, at 16:32, James / Hans Kunz wrote:

> that's weird,
> bear in mind you are owner of the hard disk & data on it, you should have a 
> legal right to get the hd drive back, in future bring it to Peter, Daniel, me 
> or another mac supporter to take the box apart & make the drive accessible 
> (put it in another empty usb or firewire box
> normally: if the power supply dies, the drive survives
> James
> 
> James
> SAD Technic
> U3 6 Chalkley Pl
> Bayswater WA
> Australia
> +618 9370 5307
> mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132)
> sad...@iinet.net.au
> http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/
> 
> Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties 
> disappear and obstacles vanish.
> 
> On 09/05/2011, at 4:05 PM, David de la Hunty wrote:
> 
>> 
>> my tale of woe was that my time capsule power supply died. This was a Known 
>> Bug with the earlier ones. 
>> 
>> Applecare warranty on the imac so all good it was replaceable.
>> 
>> but.
>> 
>> They would not let me have my data back.
>> 
>> I asked them whether I could buy back the HDD which had nothing wrong with 
>> it. Happy to pay their reasonable costs etc. Happy to absolve you of all 
>> responsibility for the data. No dice sir we will not do that. May I take the 
>> HDD out of the box to get the data off myself. Nope that would void the 
>> warranty. You would have to buy a whole new unit.
>> 
>> Give me a break! Apple Australia must be run by loonies.
>> 
>> d
>> 
>> On 07/05/2011, at 10:30, Daniel Kerr wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Arr well, just one of life mysteries,..lol ;)
>>> Was just curious really. It's always interesting because it makes you wonder
>>> why one person's item will get replaced yet someone else with the exact same
>>> model doesn't. If it's consistent then it's easy to follow. It's where it
>>> isn't that makes it more interesting,...lol :)
>>> 
>>> Still, you got a good outcome out of it and that's always the main thing eh.
>>> 
>>> Kind regards
>>> Daniel
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> ---
>>> Daniel Kerr
>>> MacWizardry
>>> 
>>> Phone: 0414 795 960
>>> Email: 
>>> Web:   
>>> 
>>> 
>>> **For everything Macintosh**
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 7/5/11 10:09 AM, "cm"  wrote:
>>> 
 
 No. AppleCare was definitely expired. The MacBook was purchased in 2006 an 
 the
 Time Capsule replacement was earlier this year. One possibility is that 
 they
 confused it with the Time Capsule that I bought more recently but I did
 clearly tell the Genius Bar guy that I had purchase the Time Capsule some
 years ago in Canada.
 
 Cheers,
 Carlo
 
 On 2011-05-07, at 09:56, Daniel Kerr wrote:
 
> 
> Interesting. 
> You might have gotten lucky or if the laptop for your daughter was in your
> name with AppleCare (and was still running) then that may have covered the
> Tine Capsule. (if all within the same time period).
> I have a feeling I read that Airports etc are actually covered under the
> computers AppleCare extended warranty if it was purchased.
> Which is quite handy really.
> 
> But it/you must have been flagged for something as you say they verified 
> you
> as the owner. One wonders what would have happened if you'd said no :) 
> lol.
> :)
> 
> But yes, always nice when you get a good outcome when you don't expect it.
> 
> 
> Kind regards
> Daniel 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> ---
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> 
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> 
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> 
> On 07/05/2011, at 6:55 AM, cm  wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi Daniel,
>> 
>> That was the surprising part. I was seeking to pay for the repair and the
>> the Time Capsule was for quite some time not covered by any warranty, yet
>> the replacement and the data transfer was done for free. I do not have
>> AppleCare on any of my current products though I bought my daughter a
>> polycarbonate MacBook with AppleCare some years ago.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Carlo
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On 06/05/2011, at 21:10, Daniel Kerr  wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi Carlo
>>> 
>>> Was curious on this part, and meant to ask. Did you have Applecare with 
>>> any
>>> (or one of) your computers?
>>> 
>>> Kind regards
>>> Daniel
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 5/5/11 5:43 PM, "cm"  wrote:
>>> 
 Hi Stephen,
 
 I too would recommend a Time 

Re: Time Capsule ?

[James / Hans Kunz]

that's weird,
bear in mind you are owner of the hard disk & data on it, you should have a 
legal right to get the hd drive back, in future bring it to Peter, Daniel, me 
or another mac supporter to take the box apart & make the drive accessible (put 
it in another empty usb or firewire box
normally: if the power supply dies, the drive survives
James

James
SAD Technic
U3 6 Chalkley Pl
Bayswater WA
Australia
+618 9370 5307
mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132)
sad...@iinet.net.au
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disappear and obstacles vanish.

On 09/05/2011, at 4:05 PM, David de la Hunty wrote:

> 
> my tale of woe was that my time capsule power supply died. This was a Known 
> Bug with the earlier ones. 
> 
> Applecare warranty on the imac so all good it was replaceable.
> 
> but.
> 
> They would not let me have my data back.
> 
> I asked them whether I could buy back the HDD which had nothing wrong with 
> it. Happy to pay their reasonable costs etc. Happy to absolve you of all 
> responsibility for the data. No dice sir we will not do that. May I take the 
> HDD out of the box to get the data off myself. Nope that would void the 
> warranty. You would have to buy a whole new unit.
> 
> Give me a break! Apple Australia must be run by loonies.
> 
> d
> 
> On 07/05/2011, at 10:30, Daniel Kerr wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Arr well, just one of life mysteries,..lol ;)
>> Was just curious really. It's always interesting because it makes you wonder
>> why one person's item will get replaced yet someone else with the exact same
>> model doesn't. If it's consistent then it's easy to follow. It's where it
>> isn't that makes it more interesting,...lol :)
>> 
>> Still, you got a good outcome out of it and that's always the main thing eh.
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> Daniel
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> ---
>> Daniel Kerr
>> MacWizardry
>> 
>> Phone: 0414 795 960
>> Email: 
>> Web:   
>> 
>> 
>> **For everything Macintosh**
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 7/5/11 10:09 AM, "cm"  wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> No. AppleCare was definitely expired. The MacBook was purchased in 2006 an 
>>> the
>>> Time Capsule replacement was earlier this year. One possibility is that they
>>> confused it with the Time Capsule that I bought more recently but I did
>>> clearly tell the Genius Bar guy that I had purchase the Time Capsule some
>>> years ago in Canada.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Carlo
>>> 
>>> On 2011-05-07, at 09:56, Daniel Kerr wrote:
>>> 
 
 Interesting. 
 You might have gotten lucky or if the laptop for your daughter was in your
 name with AppleCare (and was still running) then that may have covered the
 Tine Capsule. (if all within the same time period).
 I have a feeling I read that Airports etc are actually covered under the
 computers AppleCare extended warranty if it was purchased.
 Which is quite handy really.
 
 But it/you must have been flagged for something as you say they verified 
 you
 as the owner. One wonders what would have happened if you'd said no :) lol.
 :)
 
 But yes, always nice when you get a good outcome when you don't expect it.
 
 
 Kind regards
 Daniel 
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
 ---
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 MacWizardry
 
 Phone: 0414 795 960
 Email:  dan...@macwizardry.com.au
 Web:
 
 
 **For Everything Macintosh**
 
 On 07/05/2011, at 6:55 AM, cm  wrote:
 
> 
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> That was the surprising part. I was seeking to pay for the repair and the
> the Time Capsule was for quite some time not covered by any warranty, yet
> the replacement and the data transfer was done for free. I do not have
> AppleCare on any of my current products though I bought my daughter a
> polycarbonate MacBook with AppleCare some years ago.
> 
> Cheers,
> Carlo
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On 06/05/2011, at 21:10, Daniel Kerr  wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi Carlo
>> 
>> Was curious on this part, and meant to ask. Did you have Applecare with 
>> any
>> (or one of) your computers?
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> Daniel
>> 
>> 
>> On 5/5/11 5:43 PM, "cm"  wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Stephen,
>>> 
>>> I too would recommend a Time Capsule, and have in fact done so to at 
>>> least
>>> four satisfied friends. I, personally, have a 1TB model that I purchased
>>> while
>>> still in Canada in 2008 and a 2TB model that I purchase about 2 years 
>>> ago.
>>> Interestingly enough I did have a problem with the 1TB model about a 
>>> year
>>> ago.
>>> The power supply (not the drive) failed. I returned it to the Apple 
>>> Store
>>> in
>>> Hay Street expecting to pay for the repair, but they looked the item up 
>>> on
>>> their computer, 

Re: Time Capsule ?

[David de la Hunty]

my tale of woe was that my time capsule power supply died. This was a Known Bug 
with the earlier ones. 

Applecare warranty on the imac so all good it was replaceable.

but.

They would not let me have my data back.

I asked them whether I could buy back the HDD which had nothing wrong with it. 
Happy to pay their reasonable costs etc. Happy to absolve you of all 
responsibility for the data. No dice sir we will not do that. May I take the 
HDD out of the box to get the data off myself. Nope that would void the 
warranty. You would have to buy a whole new unit.

Give me a break! Apple Australia must be run by loonies.

d

On 07/05/2011, at 10:30, Daniel Kerr wrote:

> 
> Arr well, just one of life mysteries,..lol ;)
> Was just curious really. It's always interesting because it makes you wonder
> why one person's item will get replaced yet someone else with the exact same
> model doesn't. If it's consistent then it's easy to follow. It's where it
> isn't that makes it more interesting,...lol :)
> 
> Still, you got a good outcome out of it and that's always the main thing eh.
> 
> Kind regards
> Daniel
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> ---
> Daniel Kerr
> MacWizardry
> 
> Phone: 0414 795 960
> Email: 
> Web:   
> 
> 
> **For everything Macintosh**
> 
> 
> 
> On 7/5/11 10:09 AM, "cm"  wrote:
> 
>> 
>> No. AppleCare was definitely expired. The MacBook was purchased in 2006 an 
>> the
>> Time Capsule replacement was earlier this year. One possibility is that they
>> confused it with the Time Capsule that I bought more recently but I did
>> clearly tell the Genius Bar guy that I had purchase the Time Capsule some
>> years ago in Canada.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Carlo
>> 
>> On 2011-05-07, at 09:56, Daniel Kerr wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Interesting. 
>>> You might have gotten lucky or if the laptop for your daughter was in your
>>> name with AppleCare (and was still running) then that may have covered the
>>> Tine Capsule. (if all within the same time period).
>>> I have a feeling I read that Airports etc are actually covered under the
>>> computers AppleCare extended warranty if it was purchased.
>>> Which is quite handy really.
>>> 
>>> But it/you must have been flagged for something as you say they verified you
>>> as the owner. One wonders what would have happened if you'd said no :) lol.
>>> :)
>>> 
>>> But yes, always nice when you get a good outcome when you don't expect it.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Kind regards
>>> Daniel 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> ---
>>> Daniel Kerr
>>> MacWizardry
>>> 
>>> Phone: 0414 795 960
>>> Email:  dan...@macwizardry.com.au
>>> Web:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> **For Everything Macintosh**
>>> 
>>> On 07/05/2011, at 6:55 AM, cm  wrote:
>>> 
 
 Hi Daniel,
 
 That was the surprising part. I was seeking to pay for the repair and the
 the Time Capsule was for quite some time not covered by any warranty, yet
 the replacement and the data transfer was done for free. I do not have
 AppleCare on any of my current products though I bought my daughter a
 polycarbonate MacBook with AppleCare some years ago.
 
 Cheers,
 Carlo
 
 Sent from my iPad
 
 On 06/05/2011, at 21:10, Daniel Kerr  wrote:
 
> 
> Hi Carlo
> 
> Was curious on this part, and meant to ask. Did you have Applecare with 
> any
> (or one of) your computers?
> 
> Kind regards
> Daniel
> 
> 
> On 5/5/11 5:43 PM, "cm"  wrote:
> 
>> Hi Stephen,
>> 
>> I too would recommend a Time Capsule, and have in fact done so to at 
>> least
>> four satisfied friends. I, personally, have a 1TB model that I purchased
>> while
>> still in Canada in 2008 and a 2TB model that I purchase about 2 years 
>> ago.
>> Interestingly enough I did have a problem with the 1TB model about a year
>> ago.
>> The power supply (not the drive) failed. I returned it to the Apple Store
>> in
>> Hay Street expecting to pay for the repair, but they looked the item up 
>> on
>> their computer, verified me as the owner and replaced the Time Capsule 
>> for
>> free. Also at no charge, they transferred all the data from the broken
>> unit to
>> the new one! I did not need to present so much as a receipt (although I
>> could
>> have).
>> 
>> The free repair could suggest a secret warranty for some defect in the
>> power
>> supply, but I would like to point out how far Apple goes above and beyond
>> to
>> maintain goodwill. I have had many good experiences at the Apple Store.
>> 
>> All of the persons to whom I recommended the Time Capsule are happily
>> benefitting from the automatic backups that occur once an hour when they
>> are
>> within WiFi range of their Time Capsule. One friend from Canada contacted
>> me
>> and thanked me profusely for having set up the automatic backups, becuase

RE: time capsule

[Hugh Griffiths]

Thanks for all your help, Im stymied because my US credit card has expired and 
the Us store wont take my Australian card. Maybe I need to set up a new itunes 
account.

Best Regards
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The new Time Capsules use a standard "clover leaf" plug so can get at places 
like Dick Smith etc. Won't be white but will do the job :)

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On 09/05/2011, at 11:56 AM, cm mailto:cm200...@gmail.com>> 
wrote:
Hi Hugh,

The power supply will happily accommodate Australian voltage and frequency. The 
only difference is in the plug at the wall socket end. You will need what here 
is called a reverse travel adapter for the US, or what in the US would be 
called a travel adapter for Australia. Alternatively if back here you can find 
a cord for an Australian Time Capsule it will have the correct wall plug and 
will plug in to the US Time Capsule. I am not sure if these cords are sold as a 
spare part.

Cheers,
Carlo

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On 09/05/2011, at 11:28, Hugh Griffiths 
mailto:hgriffi...@lgc.com>> wrote:
Hi, I notice that the apple store US has refurbished 2TB time capsules for 299, 
wheras the Australia store is selling them at 500+. Given I will be in the Us 
next week and there is free delivery this seems like a good deal.

Is there any problems with power supply, ie is it like most other apple 
products and takes 110-240v 50-60Hz quite happily or does it have a country 
specific power converter?

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Re: time capsule

[Daniel Kerr]

The new Time Capsules use a standard "clover leaf" plug so can get at places 
like Dick Smith etc. Won't be white but will do the job :)

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On 09/05/2011, at 11:56 AM, cm  wrote:

> Hi Hugh,
> 
> The power supply will happily accommodate Australian voltage and frequency. 
> The only difference is in the plug at the wall socket end. You will need what 
> here is called a reverse travel adapter for the US, or what in the US would 
> be called a travel adapter for Australia. Alternatively if back here you can 
> find a cord for an Australian Time Capsule it will have the correct wall plug 
> and will plug in to the US Time Capsule. I am not sure if these cords are 
> sold as a spare part. 
> 
> Cheers,
> Carlo
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On 09/05/2011, at 11:28, Hugh Griffiths  wrote:
> 
>> Hi, I notice that the apple store US has refurbished 2TB time capsules for 
>> 299, wheras the Australia store is selling them at 500+. Given I will be in 
>> the Us next week and there is free delivery this seems like a good deal.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Is there any problems with power supply, ie is it like most other apple 
>> products and takes 110-240v 50-60Hz quite happily or does it have a country 
>> specific power converter?
>> 
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>> Best Regards
>> 
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Re: time capsule

[James / Hans Kunz]

why not just opening the time capsule box replace the drive with a 2t one, 
format to hfs journaled & the capsule has more capacity..
i'm using a second hand drive from an old security cam recorder (500gig win 
format) formatted it for mac & ...works as time capsule
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On 09/05/2011, at 11:46 AM, Ashley Mulder wrote:

> From previous experience pulling apart an iMac for the Aus market, the power 
> supplies are a switching power supply suitable for 100-240v @ 50-60hz
> I would imagine time capsules would be the same, cheaper for Apple to have 
> one universal power supply
> 
> 
> On 09/05/2011, at 11:28 AM, Hugh Griffiths wrote:
> 
>> Hi, I notice that the apple store US has refurbished 2TB time capsules for 
>> 299, wheras the Australia store is selling them at 500+. Given I will be in 
>> the Us next week and there is free delivery this seems like a good deal.
>>  
>> Is there any problems with power supply, ie is it like most other apple 
>> products and takes 110-240v 50-60Hz quite happily or does it have a country 
>> specific power converter?
>>  
>> Best Regards
>> Hugh Griffiths
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Re: time capsule

[cm]

Hi Hugh,

The power supply will happily accommodate Australian voltage and frequency. The 
only difference is in the plug at the wall socket end. You will need what here 
is called a reverse travel adapter for the US, or what in the US would be 
called a travel adapter for Australia. Alternatively if back here you can find 
a cord for an Australian Time Capsule it will have the correct wall plug and 
will plug in to the US Time Capsule. I am not sure if these cords are sold as a 
spare part. 

Cheers,
Carlo

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On 09/05/2011, at 11:28, Hugh Griffiths  wrote:

> Hi, I notice that the apple store US has refurbished 2TB time capsules for 
> 299, wheras the Australia store is selling them at 500+. Given I will be in 
> the Us next week and there is free delivery this seems like a good deal.
> 
>  
> 
> Is there any problems with power supply, ie is it like most other apple 
> products and takes 110-240v 50-60Hz quite happily or does it have a country 
> specific power converter?
> 
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> Best Regards
> 
> Hugh Griffiths
> 
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[Ashley Mulder]

From previous experience pulling apart an iMac for the Aus market, the power 
supplies are a switching power supply suitable for 100-240v @ 50-60hz
I would imagine time capsules would be the same, cheaper for Apple to have one 
universal power supply


On 09/05/2011, at 11:28 AM, Hugh Griffiths wrote:

> Hi, I notice that the apple store US has refurbished 2TB time capsules for 
> 299, wheras the Australia store is selling them at 500+. Given I will be in 
> the Us next week and there is free delivery this seems like a good deal.
>  
> Is there any problems with power supply, ie is it like most other apple 
> products and takes 110-240v 50-60Hz quite happily or does it have a country 
> specific power converter?
>  
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> Hugh Griffiths
>  
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Re: Time Capsule ?

[Daniel Kerr]

Arr well, just one of life mysteries,..lol ;)
Was just curious really. It's always interesting because it makes you wonder
why one person's item will get replaced yet someone else with the exact same
model doesn't. If it's consistent then it's easy to follow. It's where it
isn't that makes it more interesting,...lol :)

Still, you got a good outcome out of it and that's always the main thing eh.

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On 7/5/11 10:09 AM, "cm"  wrote:

> 
> No. AppleCare was definitely expired. The MacBook was purchased in 2006 an the
> Time Capsule replacement was earlier this year. One possibility is that they
> confused it with the Time Capsule that I bought more recently but I did
> clearly tell the Genius Bar guy that I had purchase the Time Capsule some
> years ago in Canada.
> 
> Cheers,
> Carlo
> 
> On 2011-05-07, at 09:56, Daniel Kerr wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Interesting. 
>> You might have gotten lucky or if the laptop for your daughter was in your
>> name with AppleCare (and was still running) then that may have covered the
>> Tine Capsule. (if all within the same time period).
>> I have a feeling I read that Airports etc are actually covered under the
>> computers AppleCare extended warranty if it was purchased.
>> Which is quite handy really.
>> 
>> But it/you must have been flagged for something as you say they verified you
>> as the owner. One wonders what would have happened if you'd said no :) lol.
>> :)
>> 
>> But yes, always nice when you get a good outcome when you don't expect it.
>> 
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> Daniel 
>> 
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>> On 07/05/2011, at 6:55 AM, cm  wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi Daniel,
>>> 
>>> That was the surprising part. I was seeking to pay for the repair and the
>>> the Time Capsule was for quite some time not covered by any warranty, yet
>>> the replacement and the data transfer was done for free. I do not have
>>> AppleCare on any of my current products though I bought my daughter a
>>> polycarbonate MacBook with AppleCare some years ago.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Carlo
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>> 
>>> On 06/05/2011, at 21:10, Daniel Kerr  wrote:
>>> 
 
 Hi Carlo
 
 Was curious on this part, and meant to ask. Did you have Applecare with any
 (or one of) your computers?
 
 Kind regards
 Daniel
 
 
 On 5/5/11 5:43 PM, "cm"  wrote:
 
> Hi Stephen,
> 
> I too would recommend a Time Capsule, and have in fact done so to at least
> four satisfied friends. I, personally, have a 1TB model that I purchased
> while
> still in Canada in 2008 and a 2TB model that I purchase about 2 years ago.
> Interestingly enough I did have a problem with the 1TB model about a year
> ago.
> The power supply (not the drive) failed. I returned it to the Apple Store
> in
> Hay Street expecting to pay for the repair, but they looked the item up on
> their computer, verified me as the owner and replaced the Time Capsule for
> free. Also at no charge, they transferred all the data from the broken
> unit to
> the new one! I did not need to present so much as a receipt (although I
> could
> have).
> 
> The free repair could suggest a secret warranty for some defect in the
> power
> supply, but I would like to point out how far Apple goes above and beyond
> to
> maintain goodwill. I have had many good experiences at the Apple Store.
> 
> All of the persons to whom I recommended the Time Capsule are happily
> benefitting from the automatic backups that occur once an hour when they
> are
> within WiFi range of their Time Capsule. One friend from Canada contacted
> me
> and thanked me profusely for having set up the automatic backups, becuase
> her
> disk failed and she was, within the day, able to continue work from the
> very
> sentence where she had left off.
> 
> Cheers,
> Carlo
 
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Re: Time Capsule ?

[cm]

No. AppleCare was definitely expired. The MacBook was purchased in 2006 an the 
Time Capsule replacement was earlier this year. One possibility is that they 
confused it with the Time Capsule that I bought more recently but I did clearly 
tell the Genius Bar guy that I had purchase the Time Capsule some years ago in 
Canada.

Cheers,
Carlo

On 2011-05-07, at 09:56, Daniel Kerr wrote:

> 
> Interesting. 
> You might have gotten lucky or if the laptop for your daughter was in your 
> name with AppleCare (and was still running) then that may have covered the 
> Tine Capsule. (if all within the same time period). 
> I have a feeling I read that Airports etc are actually covered under the 
> computers AppleCare extended warranty if it was purchased. 
> Which is quite handy really. 
> 
> But it/you must have been flagged for something as you say they verified you 
> as the owner. One wonders what would have happened if you'd said no :) lol. :)
> 
> But yes, always nice when you get a good outcome when you don't expect it. 
> 
> 
> Kind regards
> Daniel 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On 07/05/2011, at 6:55 AM, cm  wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi Daniel,
>> 
>> That was the surprising part. I was seeking to pay for the repair and the 
>> the Time Capsule was for quite some time not covered by any warranty, yet 
>> the replacement and the data transfer was done for free. I do not have 
>> AppleCare on any of my current products though I bought my daughter a 
>> polycarbonate MacBook with AppleCare some years ago. 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Carlo
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On 06/05/2011, at 21:10, Daniel Kerr  wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi Carlo
>>> 
>>> Was curious on this part, and meant to ask. Did you have Applecare with any
>>> (or one of) your computers?
>>> 
>>> Kind regards
>>> Daniel
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 5/5/11 5:43 PM, "cm"  wrote:
>>> 
 Hi Stephen,
 
 I too would recommend a Time Capsule, and have in fact done so to at least
 four satisfied friends. I, personally, have a 1TB model that I purchased 
 while
 still in Canada in 2008 and a 2TB model that I purchase about 2 years ago.
 Interestingly enough I did have a problem with the 1TB model about a year 
 ago.
 The power supply (not the drive) failed. I returned it to the Apple Store 
 in
 Hay Street expecting to pay for the repair, but they looked the item up on
 their computer, verified me as the owner and replaced the Time Capsule for
 free. Also at no charge, they transferred all the data from the broken 
 unit to
 the new one! I did not need to present so much as a receipt (although I 
 could
 have).
 
 The free repair could suggest a secret warranty for some defect in the 
 power
 supply, but I would like to point out how far Apple goes above and beyond 
 to
 maintain goodwill. I have had many good experiences at the Apple Store.
 
 All of the persons to whom I recommended the Time Capsule are happily
 benefitting from the automatic backups that occur once an hour when they 
 are
 within WiFi range of their Time Capsule. One friend from Canada contacted 
 me
 and thanked me profusely for having set up the automatic backups, becuase 
 her
 disk failed and she was, within the day, able to continue work from the 
 very
 sentence where she had left off.
 
 Cheers,
 Carlo
>>> 
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[Daniel Kerr]

Interesting. 
You might have gotten lucky or if the laptop for your daughter was in your name 
with AppleCare (and was still running) then that may have covered the Tine 
Capsule. (if all within the same time period). 
I have a feeling I read that Airports etc are actually covered under the 
computers AppleCare extended warranty if it was purchased. 
Which is quite handy really. 

But it/you must have been flagged for something as you say they verified you as 
the owner. One wonders what would have happened if you'd said no :) lol. :)

But yes, always nice when you get a good outcome when you don't expect it. 


Kind regards
Daniel 

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On 07/05/2011, at 6:55 AM, cm  wrote:

> 
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> That was the surprising part. I was seeking to pay for the repair and the the 
> Time Capsule was for quite some time not covered by any warranty, yet the 
> replacement and the data transfer was done for free. I do not have AppleCare 
> on any of my current products though I bought my daughter a polycarbonate 
> MacBook with AppleCare some years ago. 
> 
> Cheers,
> Carlo
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On 06/05/2011, at 21:10, Daniel Kerr  wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi Carlo
>> 
>> Was curious on this part, and meant to ask. Did you have Applecare with any
>> (or one of) your computers?
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> Daniel
>> 
>> 
>> On 5/5/11 5:43 PM, "cm"  wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Stephen,
>>> 
>>> I too would recommend a Time Capsule, and have in fact done so to at least
>>> four satisfied friends. I, personally, have a 1TB model that I purchased 
>>> while
>>> still in Canada in 2008 and a 2TB model that I purchase about 2 years ago.
>>> Interestingly enough I did have a problem with the 1TB model about a year 
>>> ago.
>>> The power supply (not the drive) failed. I returned it to the Apple Store in
>>> Hay Street expecting to pay for the repair, but they looked the item up on
>>> their computer, verified me as the owner and replaced the Time Capsule for
>>> free. Also at no charge, they transferred all the data from the broken unit 
>>> to
>>> the new one! I did not need to present so much as a receipt (although I 
>>> could
>>> have).
>>> 
>>> The free repair could suggest a secret warranty for some defect in the power
>>> supply, but I would like to point out how far Apple goes above and beyond to
>>> maintain goodwill. I have had many good experiences at the Apple Store.
>>> 
>>> All of the persons to whom I recommended the Time Capsule are happily
>>> benefitting from the automatic backups that occur once an hour when they are
>>> within WiFi range of their Time Capsule. One friend from Canada contacted me
>>> and thanked me profusely for having set up the automatic backups, becuase 
>>> her
>>> disk failed and she was, within the day, able to continue work from the very
>>> sentence where she had left off.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Carlo
>> 
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Hi Daniel,

That was the surprising part. I was seeking to pay for the repair and the the 
Time Capsule was for quite some time not covered by any warranty, yet the 
replacement and the data transfer was done for free. I do not have AppleCare on 
any of my current products though I bought my daughter a polycarbonate MacBook 
with AppleCare some years ago. 

Cheers,
Carlo

Sent from my iPad

On 06/05/2011, at 21:10, Daniel Kerr  wrote:

> 
> Hi Carlo
> 
> Was curious on this part, and meant to ask. Did you have Applecare with any
> (or one of) your computers?
> 
> Kind regards
> Daniel
> 
> 
> On 5/5/11 5:43 PM, "cm"  wrote:
> 
>> Hi Stephen,
>> 
>> I too would recommend a Time Capsule, and have in fact done so to at least
>> four satisfied friends. I, personally, have a 1TB model that I purchased 
>> while
>> still in Canada in 2008 and a 2TB model that I purchase about 2 years ago.
>> Interestingly enough I did have a problem with the 1TB model about a year 
>> ago.
>> The power supply (not the drive) failed. I returned it to the Apple Store in
>> Hay Street expecting to pay for the repair, but they looked the item up on
>> their computer, verified me as the owner and replaced the Time Capsule for
>> free. Also at no charge, they transferred all the data from the broken unit 
>> to
>> the new one! I did not need to present so much as a receipt (although I could
>> have).
>> 
>> The free repair could suggest a secret warranty for some defect in the power
>> supply, but I would like to point out how far Apple goes above and beyond to
>> maintain goodwill. I have had many good experiences at the Apple Store.
>> 
>> All of the persons to whom I recommended the Time Capsule are happily
>> benefitting from the automatic backups that occur once an hour when they are
>> within WiFi range of their Time Capsule. One friend from Canada contacted me
>> and thanked me profusely for having set up the automatic backups, becuase her
>> disk failed and she was, within the day, able to continue work from the very
>> sentence where she had left off.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Carlo
> 
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On 6 May 2011, at 21:10, Daniel Kerr wrote:

> 
> Hi Carlo
> 
> Was curious on this part, and meant to ask. Did you have Applecare with any
> (or one of) your computers?
> 
> Kind regards
> Daniel
> 
> 
> On 5/5/11 5:43 PM, "cm"  wrote:
> 
>> Hi Stephen,
>> 
>> I too would recommend a Time Capsule, and have in fact done so to at least
>> four satisfied friends. I, personally, have a 1TB model that I purchased 
>> while
>> still in Canada in 2008 and a 2TB model that I purchase about 2 years ago.
>> Interestingly enough I did have a problem with the 1TB model about a year 
>> ago.
>> The power supply (not the drive) failed. I returned it to the Apple Store in
>> Hay Street expecting to pay for the repair, but they looked the item up on
>> their computer, verified me as the owner and replaced the Time Capsule for
>> free. Also at no charge, they transferred all the data from the broken unit 
>> to
>> the new one! I did not need to present so much as a receipt (although I could
>> have).
>> 
>> The free repair could suggest a secret warranty for some defect in the power
>> supply, but I would like to point out how far Apple goes above and beyond to
>> maintain goodwill. I have had many good experiences at the Apple Store.
>> 
>> All of the persons to whom I recommended the Time Capsule are happily
>> benefitting from the automatic backups that occur once an hour when they are
>> within WiFi range of their Time Capsule. One friend from Canada contacted me
>> and thanked me profusely for having set up the automatic backups, becuase her
>> disk failed and she was, within the day, able to continue work from the very
>> sentence where she had left off.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Carlo
> 
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Hi Carlo

Was curious on this part, and meant to ask. Did you have Applecare with any
(or one of) your computers?

Kind regards
Daniel


On 5/5/11 5:43 PM, "cm"  wrote:

> Hi Stephen,
> 
> I too would recommend a Time Capsule, and have in fact done so to at least
> four satisfied friends. I, personally, have a 1TB model that I purchased while
> still in Canada in 2008 and a 2TB model that I purchase about 2 years ago.
> Interestingly enough I did have a problem with the 1TB model about a year ago.
> The power supply (not the drive) failed. I returned it to the Apple Store in
> Hay Street expecting to pay for the repair, but they looked the item up on
> their computer, verified me as the owner and replaced the Time Capsule for
> free. Also at no charge, they transferred all the data from the broken unit to
> the new one! I did not need to present so much as a receipt (although I could
> have).
> 
> The free repair could suggest a secret warranty for some defect in the power
> supply, but I would like to point out how far Apple goes above and beyond to
> maintain goodwill. I have had many good experiences at the Apple Store.
> 
> All of the persons to whom I recommended the Time Capsule are happily
> benefitting from the automatic backups that occur once an hour when they are
> within WiFi range of their Time Capsule. One friend from Canada contacted me
> and thanked me profusely for having set up the automatic backups, becuase her
> disk failed and she was, within the day, able to continue work from the very
> sentence where she had left off.
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Hi Stephen,

I too would recommend a Time Capsule, and have in fact done so to at least four 
satisfied friends. I, personally, have a 1TB model that I purchased while still 
in Canada in 2008 and a 2TB model that I purchase about 2 years ago. 
Interestingly enough I did have a problem with the 1TB model about a year ago. 
The power supply (not the drive) failed. I returned it to the Apple Store in 
Hay Street expecting to pay for the repair, but they looked the item up on 
their computer, verified me as the owner and replaced the Time Capsule for 
free. Also at no charge, they transferred all the data from the broken unit to 
the new one! I did not need to present so much as a receipt (although I could 
have).

The free repair could suggest a secret warranty for some defect in the power 
supply, but I would like to point out how far Apple goes above and beyond to 
maintain goodwill. I have had many good experiences at the Apple Store.

All of the persons to whom I recommended the Time Capsule are happily 
benefitting from the automatic backups that occur once an hour when they are 
within WiFi range of their Time Capsule. One friend from Canada contacted me 
and thanked me profusely for having set up the automatic backups, becuase her 
disk failed and she was, within the day, able to continue work from the very 
sentence where she had left off.

Cheers,
Carlo

PS: I am still looking forward to the replacement of all mechanical disks by 
solid state ones as the rate of failure of the computers most vulnerable part 
should then be lower.


On 2011-05-05, at 14:43, Ronda Brown wrote:

> 
> Hi Stephen,
> 
> I’ve changed your Subject to ’Time Capsule ?’.
> 
> I am assuming  that the TC you are thinking of purchasing is the Dual-Band 
> model which will allow you to configure your network for BOTH your newer Macs 
> (n) 5GHz  and your older hardware and iPhones (b/g) 2.4GHz
> 
> My Experience with my  1TB Time Capsule (Dual-Band Model) is all good news.
> 
> I’ve never had a problem with my 1TB Time Capsule, since purchasing it in 
> 2009.
> Has worked perfectly since day one.
> 
> I setup a ’Simultaneous Dual-Band Wireless Network’ and often have MBPs, 
> iMacs, PowerBook, & MacMini,  iPads, iPhones, (plus the ODD Windows machine) 
> all connected to my Airport Network with never any problems.
> 
> Time Machine backs up wirelessly every hour to the Time Capsule.
> 
> I find the best setup is as follows:
> 
> 1. Modem/Router (wireless or not) > connected to > Time capsule via ethernet
> 2. Existing wireless AP/SSID disabled on modem/router
> 3. Create new Dual-Band Wireless Network using TC (9/10 times it provides a 
> better range than your ISP supplied router)
> 4. Connect via wireless to your Mac
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
> 
> OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 05/05/2011, at 2:04 PM, Stephen Chape wrote:
> 
>> 
>> YES ... sorry folks ... I meant Time Capsule !
>> 
>> On 05/05/2011, at 2:00 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hello Stephen,
>>> 
>>> Do you mean 1TB Time Capsule? 
>>> 
>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad
>>> 
>>> On 05/05/2011, at 1:55 PM, Stephen Chape  wrote:
>>> 
 
 Hello folks,
 
 What are peoples thoughts on Apple Time Machine ?
 I am able to get the 1TB from Bankwest using my accrued Reward Points.
 
 However some stories on the web suggest they do not have a very long life 
 span !
 
 Regards,
 Stephen Chape
 
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Hi Stephen,

I’ve changed your Subject to ’Time Capsule ?’.

I am assuming  that the TC you are thinking of purchasing is the Dual-Band 
model which will allow you to configure your network for BOTH your newer Macs 
(n) 5GHz  and your older hardware and iPhones (b/g) 2.4GHz

My Experience with my  1TB Time Capsule (Dual-Band Model) is all good news.

I’ve never had a problem with my 1TB Time Capsule, since purchasing it in 2009.
Has worked perfectly since day one.

I setup a ’Simultaneous Dual-Band Wireless Network’ and often have MBPs, iMacs, 
PowerBook, & MacMini,  iPads, iPhones, (plus the ODD Windows machine) all 
connected to my Airport Network with never any problems.

Time Machine backs up wirelessly every hour to the Time Capsule.

I find the best setup is as follows:

1. Modem/Router (wireless or not) > connected to > Time capsule via ethernet
2. Existing wireless AP/SSID disabled on modem/router
3. Create new Dual-Band Wireless Network using TC (9/10 times it provides a 
better range than your ISP supplied router)
4. Connect via wireless to your Mac

Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD

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On 05/05/2011, at 2:04 PM, Stephen Chape wrote:

> 
> YES ... sorry folks ... I meant Time Capsule !
> 
> On 05/05/2011, at 2:00 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hello Stephen,
>> 
>> Do you mean 1TB Time Capsule? 
>> 
>> Sent from Ronni's iPad
>> 
>> On 05/05/2011, at 1:55 PM, Stephen Chape  wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hello folks,
>>> 
>>> What are peoples thoughts on Apple Time Machine ?
>>> I am able to get the 1TB from Bankwest using my accrued Reward Points.
>>> 
>>> However some stories on the web suggest they do not have a very long life 
>>> span !
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Stephen Chape
>>> 














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Re: Time Capsule back ups slowed to a crawl

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Steven,

How To Repair the Time Machine  File System on a disk, partition, or sparse 
bundle disc image(not the physical hardware).



Sent from Ronni's iPad

On 22/02/2011, at 5:25 AM, Steven Knowles  wrote:

> Thanks Ronni.
> 
> Yes, 1TB, spot on. I'm a decade behind the times.
> 
> Sadly none of the A through D suggestions were applicable in my case, however 
> TC did eventually reach the end of a back up it seems, though still behaving 
> badly, as in slow. Right now I'm trying to see if Disk Utility can make an 
> assessment. Currently "checking catalog file" with just 1 day and 4 hours 
> estimated time remaining! Maybe my TC has reached the end of its useful life 
> - nearly 3 years old now. We'll see.
> 
> Cheers, Steven
> 
> 
> On 21/02/2011, at 8:24 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> Hi Steven,
>> 
>> On 21/02/2011, at 4:01 PM, Steven Knowles wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> I have a MacBook Pro running 10.6.6 backing up to a 1GB TC (running 
>>> software version 7.5.2).
>> 
>> I guess you mean a 1TB Time Capsule ;-)
>>> 
>>> Suddenly the backing up process has slowed to an absolute crawl, even when 
>>> connected via ethernet. I've rebooted the TC a few times, no improvement.
>> 
>> A) Did you have a ‘failed backup’ just prior to this slowing down?
>> 
>> The first backup after one that failed or was cancelled may appear to be 
>> running very slowly, while Time Machine "recovers" the partial "in.Progress" 
>> file from the previous one.  
>> Give it a long time before deciding there's a problem.
>> 
>> B) The first backup after removing certain exclusions, especially System 
>> Folders and/or Applications, can appear to be extremely slow, as they 
>> involve tens of thousands of mostly very small files.  
>> It may also seem to report that it’s reached the amount to be backed-up, but 
>> then the amount will increase (often very slowly).
>> 
>> C) Did you notice if Spotlight was indexing when the slowdowns started?
>> Exclude it from Spotlight, via System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy.
>> Spotlight might decide to start indexing the backup volume while the backup 
>> is in progress, causing a huge slowdown in backup speed (doubling or even 
>> quadrupling the required time, not to mention sucking up CPU time).
>> 
>> The solution? Exclude all backup volumes, and remember that after erasing a 
>> drive, you’ll have to re-exclude it; Spotlight has the temerity to forget 
>> about the excluded volume once it’s erased, even if the name remains the 
>> same.
>> 
>> D) If you’re using the Directory Protection feature of Tech Tool Pro, 
>> exclude your Time Machine volume from it. 
>> It can slow your backups down significantly, and it won’t help fix a problem 
>> there, anyway. 
>> In addition, you probably want to exclude its files from Time Machine 
>> backups, as they may cause large backups.
>> 
>>> 
>>> The TC has 270GB of space available, so I don't see that as an issue.
>>> 
>>> Any suggestions as to what the cause of slowness might be? Trying to avoid 
>>> a full reformat of the TC if I can.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> 17" MacBook Pro  Intel Core i7
>> 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm
>> 
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[Steven Knowles]

Thanks Ronni.

Yes, 1TB, spot on. I'm a decade behind the times.

Sadly none of the A through D suggestions were applicable in my case, however 
TC did eventually reach the end of a back up it seems, though still behaving 
badly, as in slow. Right now I'm trying to see if Disk Utility can make an 
assessment. Currently "checking catalog file" with just 1 day and 4 hours 
estimated time remaining! Maybe my TC has reached the end of its useful life - 
nearly 3 years old now. We'll see.

Cheers, Steven


On 21/02/2011, at 8:24 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> Hi Steven,
> 
> On 21/02/2011, at 4:01 PM, Steven Knowles wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I have a MacBook Pro running 10.6.6 backing up to a 1GB TC (running software 
>> version 7.5.2).
> 
> I guess you mean a 1TB Time Capsule ;-)
>> 
>> Suddenly the backing up process has slowed to an absolute crawl, even when 
>> connected via ethernet. I've rebooted the TC a few times, no improvement.
> 
> A) Did you have a ‘failed backup’ just prior to this slowing down?
> 
> The first backup after one that failed or was cancelled may appear to be 
> running very slowly, while Time Machine "recovers" the partial "in.Progress" 
> file from the previous one.  
> Give it a long time before deciding there's a problem.
> 
> B) The first backup after removing certain exclusions, especially System 
> Folders and/or Applications, can appear to be extremely slow, as they involve 
> tens of thousands of mostly very small files.  
> It may also seem to report that it’s reached the amount to be backed-up, but 
> then the amount will increase (often very slowly).
> 
> C) Did you notice if Spotlight was indexing when the slowdowns started?
> Exclude it from Spotlight, via System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy.
> Spotlight might decide to start indexing the backup volume while the backup 
> is in progress, causing a huge slowdown in backup speed (doubling or even 
> quadrupling the required time, not to mention sucking up CPU time).
> 
> The solution? Exclude all backup volumes, and remember that after erasing a 
> drive, you’ll have to re-exclude it; Spotlight has the temerity to forget 
> about the excluded volume once it’s erased, even if the name remains the same.
> 
> D) If you’re using the Directory Protection feature of Tech Tool Pro, exclude 
> your Time Machine volume from it. 
> It can slow your backups down significantly, and it won’t help fix a problem 
> there, anyway. 
> In addition, you probably want to exclude its files from Time Machine 
> backups, as they may cause large backups.
> 
>> 
>> The TC has 270GB of space available, so I don't see that as an issue.
>> 
>> Any suggestions as to what the cause of slowness might be? Trying to avoid a 
>> full reformat of the TC if I can.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 17" MacBook Pro  Intel Core i7
> 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm
> 
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Hi Steven,

On 21/02/2011, at 4:01 PM, Steven Knowles wrote:

> 
> I have a MacBook Pro running 10.6.6 backing up to a 1GB TC (running software 
> version 7.5.2).

I guess you mean a 1TB Time Capsule ;-)
> 
> Suddenly the backing up process has slowed to an absolute crawl, even when 
> connected via ethernet. I've rebooted the TC a few times, no improvement.

A) Did you have a ‘failed backup’ just prior to this slowing down?

The first backup after one that failed or was cancelled may appear to be 
running very slowly, while Time Machine "recovers" the partial "in.Progress" 
file from the previous one.  
Give it a long time before deciding there's a problem.

B) The first backup after removing certain exclusions, especially System 
Folders and/or Applications, can appear to be extremely slow, as they involve 
tens of thousands of mostly very small files.  
It may also seem to report that it’s reached the amount to be backed-up, but 
then the amount will increase (often very slowly).

C) Did you notice if Spotlight was indexing when the slowdowns started?
Exclude it from Spotlight, via System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy.
Spotlight might decide to start indexing the backup volume while the backup is 
in progress, causing a huge slowdown in backup speed (doubling or even 
quadrupling the required time, not to mention sucking up CPU time).

The solution? Exclude all backup volumes, and remember that after erasing a 
drive, you’ll have to re-exclude it; Spotlight has the temerity to forget about 
the excluded volume once it’s erased, even if the name remains the same.

D) If you’re using the Directory Protection feature of Tech Tool Pro, exclude 
your Time Machine volume from it. 
It can slow your backups down significantly, and it won’t help fix a problem 
there, anyway. 
In addition, you probably want to exclude its files from Time Machine backups, 
as they may cause large backups.

> 
> The TC has 270GB of space available, so I don't see that as an issue.
> 
> Any suggestions as to what the cause of slowness might be? Trying to avoid a 
> full reformat of the TC if I can.

Cheers,
Ronni

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RE: Time Capsule and BoB

[Crisp, Peter]

Ok, thanks for that Ronni, I had reached that same conclusion myself
though not with quite such technical understanding as your answer
conveys. BoB is not for me. 

 

Thanks again.

 

Regards

 

Peter...



From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
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Sent: Friday, 26 November 2010 2:46 PM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: Time Capsule and BoB

 

Hi Peter,

 

I was clearing our my Drafts Mailbox, and found I had started a reply to
your query back in October :-(
You have probably found all the answer by now, but I'll post what I was
going to reply anyway.


I don't think I would not recommend using BoB with a Time Capsule, I'll
explain my reasons below.

 

On 14/10/2010, at 9:28 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote:





My ISP has a promotion on for their thing called BoB. I'm not quite sure
what it is (VOIP I think) but I wondered if I ever went to one of these
BoB things (and hence no longer a land line), whether the Time Capsule I
have will port into this and all Mac wireless access will still be in
through the Time Capsule.

 

I'll first answer your query "What is BoB"? BoB's an 802.11n router with
an in-built ADSL2+ modem. To be specific, it's a Belkin modem/router,
with shared branding between iiNet and Belkin. Wireless support is in
the 2.4GHz range only, and it's a dual-radio router. Not a dual-band
router. Instead of getting a 2.4GHz and 5GHz radio, you instead get two
2.4GHz radios, one of which is disabled by default.

 

BoB's also VoIP capable with PSTN passthrough, and up to two accounts
can be configured, although only via one provider. Not surprisingly,
iiNet would prefer that you choose it as the provider. 

 

BoB is only a 10/100 (100Mbps) LAN Ethernet  NOT 1Gbps that Time
Capsule has.
BoB only uses 2.4GHz NOT 5GHz

 

1TB Time Capsule has a One Gigabit Ethernet WAN port for connecting a
DSL or cable modem
Three Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports for connecting computers or network
devices
USB port for connecting a USB printer or USB external hard drive
802.11n wireless





 

Does anyone have this configuration and experiences please?

 

I don't know of anyone using BoB with a Time Capsule. The only way I can
see to get this working.

Is to disable WiFi on BoB, and use the WiFi on the Time Capsule.


Connect BoB to the Time Capsule's Ethernet WAN port (set the TC to
Bridge Mode so as not to get double NAT). 

And Use the Time Capsule Dual Band for all your wireless needs (turn the
BoB wireless off). 

 

VOIP will / should still work when BoB wifi is turned off, VOIP does not
run over wifi per se.

 

 

Cheers,

Ronni

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Re: Time Capsule and BoB

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Peter,

I was clearing our my Drafts Mailbox, and found I had started a reply to your 
query back in October :-(
You have probably found all the answer by now, but I'll post what I was going 
to reply anyway.

I don't think I would not recommend using BoB with a Time Capsule, I'll explain 
my reasons below.

On 14/10/2010, at 9:28 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote:

> My ISP has a promotion on for their thing called BoB. I’m not quite sure what 
> it is (VOIP I think) but I wondered if I ever went to one of these BoB things 
> (and hence no longer a land line), whether the Time Capsule I have will port 
> into this and all Mac wireless access will still be in through the Time 
> Capsule.

I'll first answer your query "What is BoB"? BoB’s an 802.11n router with an 
in-built ADSL2+ modem. To be specific, it’s a Belkin modem/router, with shared 
branding between iiNet and Belkin. Wireless support is in the 2.4GHz range 
only, and it’s a dual-radio router. Not a dual-band router. Instead of getting 
a 2.4GHz and 5GHz radio, you instead get two 2.4GHz radios, one of which is 
disabled by default.

BoB’s also VoIP capable with PSTN passthrough, and up to two accounts can be 
configured, although only via one provider. Not surprisingly, iiNet would 
prefer that you choose it as the provider. 

BoB is only a 10/100 (100Mbps) LAN Ethernet …. NOT 1Gbps that Time Capsule has.
BoB only uses 2.4GHz NOT 5GHz

1TB Time Capsule has a One Gigabit Ethernet WAN port for connecting a DSL or 
cable modem
Three Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports for connecting computers or network devices
USB port for connecting a USB printer or USB external hard drive
802.11n wireless

>  
> Does anyone have this configuration and experiences please?

I don't know of anyone using BoB with a Time Capsule. The only way I can see to 
get this working.
Is to disable WiFi on BoB, and use the WiFi on the Time Capsule.

Connect BoB to the Time Capsule’s Ethernet WAN port (set the TC to Bridge Mode 
so as not to get double NAT). 
And Use the Time Capsule Dual Band for all your wireless needs (turn the BoB 
wireless off). 

VOIP will / should still work when BoB wifi is turned off, VOIP does not run 
over wifi per se.


Cheers,
Ronni

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Re: ?&*%$$# Time Capsule

[Jim D]

Whoopzie - Capsule...

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2129872&tstart=0

Jim

On 20 October 2010 11:42, "F.W. Hänel"  wrote:

>
> Jim,
>
> Are you talking about time machine or TIME CAPSULE ???
>
> Cheers,
>
> Walter
> On 20/10/2010, at 10:46 , Jim D wrote:
>
> > When I bought my Mac, I perused the Mac website about TM, shock and
> horror!  The comments on the Time machine, by the hundred condemned it
> without reservation.  It would appear to have a most dodgy power supply,
> that when it dies (18-24 months) also fries the bloody disk.
> >
> > Needless to say, I got the WD book thingy solution.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > On 19 October 2010 12:44, Steven Knowles  wrote:
> > I'm about to watch time fly and throw TC out the nearest window.
> >
> > I got over all of my previously whinged about error messages by one of
> two solutions, I don't know which one ultimately provided the fix, but
> erased data entirely, and disconnected all users (Airport Utility > Manual
> Setup > Disks > Disconnect All Users). The backed up everything from
> scratch, the major downside being loss of all historical backups.
> >
> > The backups from scratch seemed to work. However now,  not every time but
> intermittently, I get ...
> >
> > "Time Machine could not complete the backup.
> >
> > This backup is too large for the backup disk. The backup requires
> 169.72GB but only 122.2MB are available.
> >
> > Time machine needs work space ... blah blah blah"
> >
> > TM waits for me to click OK. Then, if I 'Backup now' TM proceeds with a
> backup in the usual manner, and keeps going until next time I get the
> 'backup too large' message.
> >
> >
> > According to the TM Preferences window, there is about 500GB of available
> space, which is about right after taking into account the two Macs I've
> backed up.
> >
> > I've been putting up with the inaccurate 'backup too large' message,
> however just now I had a need to go into TM and recover a previous version
> of a file I've stuffed up. Disappointingly, I find that TM hasn't been
> retaining old backup data. I have 'Now' backup, and that's it. No historical
> backups to wade through. I assume this has something to do with the 'backup
> too large' problem.
> >
> >
> > The problem I'm having is with my MBP. I've checked TM on the other
> machine, an iMac, backing up to this TC. No problem. Retention of historical
> backups appear to be taking place for the iMac. All machines running latest
> OSX.
> >
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> >
> > Cheers, Steven
> >
> >
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Jim,

Are you talking about time machine or TIME CAPSULE ???

Cheers,

Walter
On 20/10/2010, at 10:46 , Jim D wrote:

> When I bought my Mac, I perused the Mac website about TM, shock and horror!  
> The comments on the Time machine, by the hundred condemned it without 
> reservation.  It would appear to have a most dodgy power supply, that when it 
> dies (18-24 months) also fries the bloody disk.
> 
> Needless to say, I got the WD book thingy solution.
> 
> Jim
> 
> On 19 October 2010 12:44, Steven Knowles  wrote:
> I'm about to watch time fly and throw TC out the nearest window.
> 
> I got over all of my previously whinged about error messages by one of two 
> solutions, I don't know which one ultimately provided the fix, but erased 
> data entirely, and disconnected all users (Airport Utility > Manual Setup > 
> Disks > Disconnect All Users). The backed up everything from scratch, the 
> major downside being loss of all historical backups.
> 
> The backups from scratch seemed to work. However now,  not every time but 
> intermittently, I get ...
> 
> "Time Machine could not complete the backup.
> 
> This backup is too large for the backup disk. The backup requires 169.72GB 
> but only 122.2MB are available. 
> 
> Time machine needs work space ... blah blah blah"
> 
> TM waits for me to click OK. Then, if I 'Backup now' TM proceeds with a 
> backup in the usual manner, and keeps going until next time I get the 'backup 
> too large' message.
> 
> 
> According to the TM Preferences window, there is about 500GB of available 
> space, which is about right after taking into account the two Macs I've 
> backed up.
> 
> I've been putting up with the inaccurate 'backup too large' message, however 
> just now I had a need to go into TM and recover a previous version of a file 
> I've stuffed up. Disappointingly, I find that TM hasn't been retaining old 
> backup data. I have 'Now' backup, and that's it. No historical backups to 
> wade through. I assume this has something to do with the 'backup too large' 
> problem.
> 
> 
> The problem I'm having is with my MBP. I've checked TM on the other machine, 
> an iMac, backing up to this TC. No problem. Retention of historical backups 
> appear to be taking place for the iMac. All machines running latest OSX.
> 
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> Cheers, Steven
> 
> 
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> the prime responsibility of the commander: conservation of his force and 
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> 275
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Re: ?&*%$$# Time Capsule

[Jim D]

When I bought my Mac, I perused the Mac website about TM, shock and horror!
The comments on the Time machine, by the hundred condemned it without
reservation.  It would appear to have a most dodgy power supply, that when
it dies (18-24 months) also fries the bloody disk.

Needless to say, I got the WD book thingy solution.

Jim

On 19 October 2010 12:44, Steven Knowles  wrote:

> I'm about to watch time fly and throw TC out the nearest window.
>
> I got over all of my previously whinged about error messages by one of two
> solutions, I don't know which one ultimately provided the fix, but erased
> data entirely, and disconnected all users (Airport Utility > Manual Setup >
> Disks > Disconnect All Users). The backed up everything from scratch, the
> major downside being loss of all historical backups.
>
> The backups from scratch seemed to work. However now,  not every time but
> intermittently, I get ...
>
> *"Time Machine could not complete the backup.
>
> This backup is too large for the backup disk. The backup requires 169.72GB
> but only 122.2MB are available.
>
> Time machine needs work space ... blah blah blah"*
>
> TM waits for me to click OK. Then, if I 'Backup now' TM proceeds with a
> backup in the usual manner, and keeps going until next time I get the
> 'backup too large' message.
>
>
> According to the TM Preferences window, there is about 500GB of available
> space, which is about right after taking into account the two Macs I've
> backed up.
>
> I've been putting up with the inaccurate 'backup too large' message,
> however just now I had a need to go into TM and recover a previous version
> of a file I've stuffed up. Disappointingly, I find that TM hasn't been
> retaining old backup data. I have 'Now' backup, and that's it. No historical
> backups to wade through. I assume this has something to do with the 'backup
> too large' problem.
>
>
> The problem I'm having is with my MBP. I've checked TM on the other
> machine, an iMac, backing up to this TC. No problem. Retention of historical
> backups appear to be taking place for the iMac. All machines running latest
> OSX.
>
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
> Cheers, Steven
>
>
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the prime responsibility of the commander: conservation of his force and
concern for the psychological and physical welfare of his troops."
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Re: ?&*%$$# Time Capsule

[Steven Knowles]

An extra clue on this. I've just noticed that when I do a backup from the MBP, 
apart from my TC disk image showing, another disk image comes up named Boot 
OSX. I don't think I've seen that before. On closer inspection of the Data 
folder on the TC, I see that there are three sparsebundle files for my MBP. 
Does that help??


On 19/10/2010, at 2:44 PM, Steven Knowles wrote:

> I'm about to watch time fly and throw TC out the nearest window.
> 
> I got over all of my previously whinged about error messages by one of two 
> solutions, I don't know which one ultimately provided the fix, but erased 
> data entirely, and disconnected all users (Airport Utility > Manual Setup > 
> Disks > Disconnect All Users). The backed up everything from scratch, the 
> major downside being loss of all historical backups.
> 
> The backups from scratch seemed to work. However now,  not every time but 
> intermittently, I get ...
> 
> "Time Machine could not complete the backup.
> 
> This backup is too large for the backup disk. The backup requires 169.72GB 
> but only 122.2MB are available. 
> 
> Time machine needs work space ... blah blah blah"
> 
> TM waits for me to click OK. Then, if I 'Backup now' TM proceeds with a 
> backup in the usual manner, and keeps going until next time I get the 'backup 
> too large' message.
> 
> 
> According to the TM Preferences window, there is about 500GB of available 
> space, which is about right after taking into account the two Macs I've 
> backed up.
> 
> I've been putting up with the inaccurate 'backup too large' message, however 
> just now I had a need to go into TM and recover a previous version of a file 
> I've stuffed up. Disappointingly, I find that TM hasn't been retaining old 
> backup data. I have 'Now' backup, and that's it. No historical backups to 
> wade through. I assume this has something to do with the 'backup too large' 
> problem.
> 
> 
> The problem I'm having is with my MBP. I've checked TM on the other machine, 
> an iMac, backing up to this TC. No problem. Retention of historical backups 
> appear to be taking place for the iMac. All machines running latest OSX.
> 
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> Cheers, Steven




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Re: Question re Time Capsule 'path to volume'

[Steven Knowles]

Thanks Ronni. Ahead of your email I ended up connecting my MBP directly to the 
TC (via ethernet) and continued to get partial backups followed by varying 
error messages. I connected an iMac directly to the TC as well, same problem. 
Even took the TC to a service shop, because a search of the internet indicated 
the problem could be the software not communicating with the hard disk, but the 
service shop couldn't see a problem. The TC was reset, tried backing up, more 
error messages.

My latest move has been to erase the TC hard disk completely, and as I type 
it's 50% through a full back up, which is the most it's got to. A shame because 
I've lost all historical backups, but I was out of options. The web is full of 
reports about unresolved TC problems, TCs working fine then suddenly not, 
seemingly since the introduction of 10.5.

Cheers, Steven

On 16/10/2010, at 10:57 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> Hello Steven,
> 
> I'm having an enforced Medical Break from WAMUG, but have given you a 
> suggestion below.
> On 13/10/2010, at 8:44 PM, Steven Knowles wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for your help on this Ronni. I followed your suggestions through, and 
>> after a few attempts the back up seemed to get through things and all was 
>> good.
>> 
>> Throwing things back to the group once again, I have a new TC related 
>> problem. Following relocation, I'm now on an Optus cable connection. I have 
>> an Optus-supplied NETGEAR CVG824G wireless cable modem to connect to the 
>> internet. All Macs talk wirelessly to the CVG824G just fine.
>> 
>> I've connected the TC to the CVG824G via ethernet cable and the WAN port on 
>> the TC. As far as I know, the Macs should be able to back up to it that way. 
>> I can see the TC via Airport Utility, a delightful green dot appears next to 
>> the TC image. I had an orange dot initially, however I changed 'Connection 
>> Sharing' to 'Share a public IP address' from 'Distribute a range of IP 
>> addresses' (an overhang from trying to get round a single computer 
>> connection in a hotel), and now all seems fine. But …
> 
> In Airport Utility under 'Internet' - Internet Connection - Connect Using: 
> Ethernet & Connection Sharing: OFF (Bridge Mode).
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
>> 
>> When I 'Back Up Now' the message my Mac throws up after a couple of minutes 
>> is ...
>> 
>> "Time Machine could not complete the backup. The backup disk is not 
>> available".
>> 
>> Time Machine Buddy says ...
>> 
>> ---
>> Starting standard backup
>> Attempting to mount network destination using URL: 
>> afp://myfirstname%mylastn...@time-capsule.local/Data
>> NetAuthConnectToServerSync failed with error: 64 for url: 
>> afp://myfirstname%20mylastn...@time-capsule.local/Data
>> Backup failed with error: 19
>> ---
>> 
>> Any clues?
>> 
>> Many thanks, Steven
>>  
>> On 30/09/2010, at 2:08 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Steven,
>>> 
>>> Thanks for getting back with more information. From what I can gather from 
>>> the widget error messages, they indicate that what's on your internal HD 
>>> may not match the hidden "File System Event Database" that OSX keeps on 
>>> each disk, and TM normally uses to see what's been changed since the last 
>>> backup and needs to be copied. 
>>> Since it is "untrustable," TM must examine every directory (folder) on your 
>>> system, and compare it to your backups, instead. This is, of course, a 
>>> lengthy procedure. 
>>> 
>>> This is usually caused by an improper shutdown, but can be the result of 
>>> other things, too. And once it occurs, the whole process must be repeated 
>>> for each unsuccessful backup attempt until one completes normally.
>>> If you have had a force power-off, you'll get the UUID problem and TM will 
>>> do a deep traversal. There's no way around that: it's the only way TM can 
>>> be sure that all the changes made since your last backup will be saved this 
>>> time. So, if at all possible, let it run.
>>> 
>>> But Firstly:
>>> 1.  Exclude the Time Machine Partition from spotlight, via System 
>>> Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy.
>>> 
>>> 2. In System Preferences > Energy Saver make sure you don't have selected 
>>> "Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible".
>>>Probably best to also put Computer Sleep to "Never" as well.
>>> 
>>> Then try a Time Machine Backup and if possible try not to use the computer 
>>> too much while this backup is occurring.
>>> Don't interrupt the backup, it will take quite a long time to finish.
>>> 
>>> If that doesn't help, note the time one of these backups starts, then use 
>>> the Console app (in your Applications/Utilities folder) to see if there are 
>>> other messages indicating a conflict with your backups.
>>> 
>>> When it starts, click Show Log List in the toolbar, then navigate in the 
>>> sidebar that opens up to your system.log and select it. Navigate to the 
>>> Starting standard backup message, then see what follows that might indicate 
>>> so

Re: Question re Time Capsule 'path to volume'

[Ronda Brown]

Hello Steven,

I'm having an enforced Medical Break from WAMUG, but have given you a 
suggestion below.
On 13/10/2010, at 8:44 PM, Steven Knowles wrote:

> Thanks for your help on this Ronni. I followed your suggestions through, and 
> after a few attempts the back up seemed to get through things and all was 
> good.
> 
> Throwing things back to the group once again, I have a new TC related 
> problem. Following relocation, I'm now on an Optus cable connection. I have 
> an Optus-supplied NETGEAR CVG824G wireless cable modem to connect to the 
> internet. All Macs talk wirelessly to the CVG824G just fine.
> 
> I've connected the TC to the CVG824G via ethernet cable and the WAN port on 
> the TC. As far as I know, the Macs should be able to back up to it that way. 
> I can see the TC via Airport Utility, a delightful green dot appears next to 
> the TC image. I had an orange dot initially, however I changed 'Connection 
> Sharing' to 'Share a public IP address' from 'Distribute a range of IP 
> addresses' (an overhang from trying to get round a single computer connection 
> in a hotel), and now all seems fine. But …

In Airport Utility under 'Internet' - Internet Connection - Connect Using: 
Ethernet & Connection Sharing: OFF (Bridge Mode).

Cheers,
Ronni

> 
> When I 'Back Up Now' the message my Mac throws up after a couple of minutes 
> is ...
> 
> "Time Machine could not complete the backup. The backup disk is not 
> available".
> 
> Time Machine Buddy says ...
> 
> ---
> Starting standard backup
> Attempting to mount network destination using URL: 
> afp://myfirstname%mylastn...@time-capsule.local/Data
> NetAuthConnectToServerSync failed with error: 64 for url: 
> afp://myfirstname%20mylastn...@time-capsule.local/Data
> Backup failed with error: 19
> ---
> 
> Any clues?
> 
> Many thanks, Steven
>  
> On 30/09/2010, at 2:08 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> Hi Steven,
>> 
>> Thanks for getting back with more information. From what I can gather from 
>> the widget error messages, they indicate that what's on your internal HD may 
>> not match the hidden "File System Event Database" that OSX keeps on each 
>> disk, and TM normally uses to see what's been changed since the last backup 
>> and needs to be copied. 
>> Since it is "untrustable," TM must examine every directory (folder) on your 
>> system, and compare it to your backups, instead. This is, of course, a 
>> lengthy procedure. 
>> 
>> This is usually caused by an improper shutdown, but can be the result of 
>> other things, too. And once it occurs, the whole process must be repeated 
>> for each unsuccessful backup attempt until one completes normally.
>> If you have had a force power-off, you'll get the UUID problem and TM will 
>> do a deep traversal. There's no way around that: it's the only way TM can be 
>> sure that all the changes made since your last backup will be saved this 
>> time. So, if at all possible, let it run.
>> 
>> But Firstly:
>> 1.  Exclude the Time Machine Partition from spotlight, via System 
>> Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy.
>> 
>> 2. In System Preferences > Energy Saver make sure you don't have selected 
>> "Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible".
>>Probably best to also put Computer Sleep to "Never" as well.
>> 
>> Then try a Time Machine Backup and if possible try not to use the computer 
>> too much while this backup is occurring.
>> Don't interrupt the backup, it will take quite a long time to finish.
>> 
>> If that doesn't help, note the time one of these backups starts, then use 
>> the Console app (in your Applications/Utilities folder) to see if there are 
>> other messages indicating a conflict with your backups.
>> 
>> When it starts, click Show Log List in the toolbar, then navigate in the 
>> sidebar that opens up to your system.log and select it. Navigate to the 
>> Starting standard backup message, then see what follows that might indicate 
>> some sort of error, failure, termination, exit, etc.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  
>> On 30/09/2010, at 10:19 AM, Steven Knowles wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks all for the suggestions. A litte more detail...
>>> 
>>> Backups of my Macbook Pro (running 10.6.4) have begun failing part way 
>>> through the back up process. I have a little Time Capsule backup widget 
>>> which I have on Dashboard (can't recall name of the widget, but it gives a 
>>> little extra narrative on what's happening during the back up process). A 
>>> few days ago, when I noticed the back up process not completing, the widget 
>>> gave the error as something to do with Spotlight. I no longer have the 
>>> exact error message, but looking the error message up on the web led me to 
>>> this page ...
>>> 
>>> http://discussions.info.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7059555
>>> 
>>> ... which seemed to be about the problem I was having.
>>> 
>>> The back up error message seemed to tie in with the fact that not long 
>>> before that th

Re: Question re Time Capsule 'path to volume'

[Steven Knowles]

Thanks for your help on this Ronni. I followed your suggestions through, and 
after a few attempts the back up seemed to get through things and all was good.

Throwing things back to the group once again, I have a new TC related problem. 
Following relocation, I'm now on an Optus cable connection. I have an 
Optus-supplied NETGEAR CVG824G wireless cable modem to connect to the internet. 
All Macs talk wirelessly to the CVG824G just fine.

I've connected the TC to the CVG824G via ethernet cable and the WAN port on the 
TC. As far as I know, the Macs should be able to back up to it that way. I can 
see the TC via Airport Utility, a delightful green dot appears next to the TC 
image. I had an orange dot initially, however I changed 'Connection Sharing' to 
'Share a public IP address' from 'Distribute a range of IP addresses' (an 
overhang from trying to get round a single computer connection in a hotel), and 
now all seems fine. But ...

When I 'Back Up Now' the message my Mac throws up after a couple of minutes is 
...

"Time Machine could not complete the backup. The backup disk is not available".

Time Machine Buddy says ...

---
Starting standard backup
Attempting to mount network destination using URL: 
afp://myfirstname%mylastn...@time-capsule.local/Data
NetAuthConnectToServerSync failed with error: 64 for url: 
afp://myfirstname%20mylastn...@time-capsule.local/Data
Backup failed with error: 19
---

Any clues?

Many thanks, Steven
 
On 30/09/2010, at 2:08 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> Hi Steven,
> 
> Thanks for getting back with more information. From what I can gather from 
> the widget error messages, they indicate that what's on your internal HD may 
> not match the hidden "File System Event Database" that OSX keeps on each 
> disk, and TM normally uses to see what's been changed since the last backup 
> and needs to be copied. 
> Since it is "untrustable," TM must examine every directory (folder) on your 
> system, and compare it to your backups, instead. This is, of course, a 
> lengthy procedure. 
> 
> This is usually caused by an improper shutdown, but can be the result of 
> other things, too. And once it occurs, the whole process must be repeated for 
> each unsuccessful backup attempt until one completes normally.
> If you have had a force power-off, you'll get the UUID problem and TM will do 
> a deep traversal. There's no way around that: it's the only way TM can be 
> sure that all the changes made since your last backup will be saved this 
> time. So, if at all possible, let it run.
> 
> But Firstly:
> 1.  Exclude the Time Machine Partition from spotlight, via System Preferences 
> > Spotlight > Privacy.
> 
> 2. In System Preferences > Energy Saver make sure you don't have selected 
> "Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible".
>Probably best to also put Computer Sleep to "Never" as well.
> 
> Then try a Time Machine Backup and if possible try not to use the computer 
> too much while this backup is occurring.
> Don't interrupt the backup, it will take quite a long time to finish.
> 
> If that doesn't help, note the time one of these backups starts, then use the 
> Console app (in your Applications/Utilities folder) to see if there are other 
> messages indicating a conflict with your backups.
> 
> When it starts, click Show Log List in the toolbar, then navigate in the 
> sidebar that opens up to your system.log and select it. Navigate to the 
> Starting standard backup message, then see what follows that might indicate 
> some sort of error, failure, termination, exit, etc.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 
> 
>  
> On 30/09/2010, at 10:19 AM, Steven Knowles wrote:
> 
>> Thanks all for the suggestions. A litte more detail...
>> 
>> Backups of my Macbook Pro (running 10.6.4) have begun failing part way 
>> through the back up process. I have a little Time Capsule backup widget 
>> which I have on Dashboard (can't recall name of the widget, but it gives a 
>> little extra narrative on what's happening during the back up process). A 
>> few days ago, when I noticed the back up process not completing, the widget 
>> gave the error as something to do with Spotlight. I no longer have the exact 
>> error message, but looking the error message up on the web led me to this 
>> page ...
>> 
>> http://discussions.info.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7059555
>> 
>> ... which seemed to be about the problem I was having.
>> 
>> The back up error message seemed to tie in with the fact that not long 
>> before that there was a Spotlight indexing process underway at a time I had 
>> to shutdown my machine, so interrupting the indexing process may not have 
>> been helpful. The suggestion of deleting the spotlight directory seems to 
>> make sense, and a better option than erasing the Time Capsule (which may end 
>> up being necessary if I can't get Time Capsule to index Spotlight again).
>> 
>> Regards your questions Ronni ...
>> 
>>> Have you been abl

Re: Question re Time Capsule 'path to volume'

[Steven Knowles]

Yep, that's the one I have. Doesn't seem to show it's name.

On 30/09/2010, at 9:23 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> Hi Peter,
> 
> As I mentioned below in my reply to Steven, Applications > Utilities > 
> Console App - System logs.
> But if you want a Widget to show the system logs:
> 
> Time Machine Buddy:
> <http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/status/timemachinebuddy.html>
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> On 30/09/2010, at 12:30 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote:
> 
>> Ok, I am interested in this thread and watching with interest. Is the Widget 
>> noted below something I could use to monitor my TM backups? There isn’t any 
>> indication of the exact part of the process that’s going on unless opening 
>> TM preferences and watching the progress bar – but still not much info about 
>> what is really going on.
>>  
>> How do I get this Widget? Is it something users recommend I DON’T use?
>>  
>> Regards
>>  
>> Peter.
>> From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf 
>> Of Ronda Brown
>> Sent: Thursday, 30 September 2010 12:08 PM
>> To: WAMUG Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: Question re Time Capsule 'path to volume'
>>  
>> Hi Steven,
>>  
>> Thanks for getting back with more information. From what I can gather from 
>> the widget error messages, they indicate that what's on your internal HD may 
>> not match the hidden "File System Event Database" that OSX keeps on each 
>> disk, and TM normally uses to see what's been changed since the last backup 
>> and needs to be copied. 
>> Since it is "untrustable," TM must examine every directory (folder) on your 
>> system, and compare it to your backups, instead. This is, of course, a 
>> lengthy procedure. 
>> 
>> This is usually caused by an improper shutdown, but can be the result of 
>> other things, too. And once it occurs, the whole process must be repeated 
>> for each unsuccessful backup attempt until one completes normally.
>> If you have had a force power-off, you'll get the UUID problem and TM will 
>> do a deep traversal. There's no way around that: it's the only way TM can be 
>> sure that all the changes made since your last backup will be saved this 
>> time. So, if at all possible, let it run.
>> 
>> But Firstly:
>> 1.  Exclude the Time Machine Partition from spotlight, via System 
>> Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy.
>>  
>> 2. In System Preferences > Energy Saver make sure you don't have selected 
>> "Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible".
>>Probably best to also put Computer Sleep to "Never" as well.
>>  
>> Then try a Time Machine Backup and if possible try not to use the computer 
>> too much while this backup is occurring.
>> Don't interrupt the backup, it will take quite a long time to finish.
>>  
>> If that doesn't help, note the time one of these backups starts, then use 
>> the Console app (in your Applications/Utilities folder) to see if there are 
>> other messages indicating a conflict with your backups.
>> 
>> When it starts, click Show Log List in the toolbar, then navigate in the 
>> sidebar that opens up to your system.log and select it. Navigate to the 
>> Starting standard backup message, then see what follows that might indicate 
>> some sort of error, failure, termination, exit, etc.
>>  
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>>  
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> On 30/09/2010, at 10:19 AM, Steven Knowles wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks all for the suggestions. A litte more detail...
>>  
>> Backups of my Macbook Pro (running 10.6.4) have begun failing part way 
>> through the back up process. I have a little Time Capsule backup widget 
>> which I have on Dashboard (can't recall name of the widget, but it gives a 
>> little extra narrative on what's happening during the back up process). A 
>> few days ago, when I noticed the back up process not completing, the widget 
>> gave the error as something to do with Spotlight. I no longer have the exact 
>> error message, but looking the error message up on the web led me to this 
>> page ...
>>  
>> http://discussions.info.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7059555
>>  
>> ... which seemed to be about the problem I was having.
>>  
>> The back up error message seemed to tie in with the fact that not long 
>> before that there was a Spotlight indexing process underway at a time I had 
>> to shutdown my machine, so interrup

Re: Question re Time Capsule 'path to volume'

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Peter,

As I mentioned below in my reply to Steven, Applications > Utilities > Console 
App - System logs.
But if you want a Widget to show the system logs:

Time Machine Buddy:
<http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/status/timemachinebuddy.html>

Cheers,
Ronni

On 30/09/2010, at 12:30 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote:

> Ok, I am interested in this thread and watching with interest. Is the Widget 
> noted below something I could use to monitor my TM backups? There isn’t any 
> indication of the exact part of the process that’s going on unless opening TM 
> preferences and watching the progress bar – but still not much info about 
> what is really going on.
>  
> How do I get this Widget? Is it something users recommend I DON’T use?
>  
> Regards
>  
> Peter.
> From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of 
> Ronda Brown
> Sent: Thursday, 30 September 2010 12:08 PM
> To: WAMUG Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Question re Time Capsule 'path to volume'
>  
> Hi Steven,
>  
> Thanks for getting back with more information. From what I can gather from 
> the widget error messages, they indicate that what's on your internal HD may 
> not match the hidden "File System Event Database" that OSX keeps on each 
> disk, and TM normally uses to see what's been changed since the last backup 
> and needs to be copied. 
> Since it is "untrustable," TM must examine every directory (folder) on your 
> system, and compare it to your backups, instead. This is, of course, a 
> lengthy procedure. 
> 
> This is usually caused by an improper shutdown, but can be the result of 
> other things, too. And once it occurs, the whole process must be repeated for 
> each unsuccessful backup attempt until one completes normally.
> If you have had a force power-off, you'll get the UUID problem and TM will do 
> a deep traversal. There's no way around that: it's the only way TM can be 
> sure that all the changes made since your last backup will be saved this 
> time. So, if at all possible, let it run.
> 
> But Firstly:
> 1.  Exclude the Time Machine Partition from spotlight, via System Preferences 
> > Spotlight > Privacy.
>  
> 2. In System Preferences > Energy Saver make sure you don't have selected 
> "Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible".
>Probably best to also put Computer Sleep to "Never" as well.
>  
> Then try a Time Machine Backup and if possible try not to use the computer 
> too much while this backup is occurring.
> Don't interrupt the backup, it will take quite a long time to finish.
>  
> If that doesn't help, note the time one of these backups starts, then use the 
> Console app (in your Applications/Utilities folder) to see if there are other 
> messages indicating a conflict with your backups.
> 
> When it starts, click Show Log List in the toolbar, then navigate in the 
> sidebar that opens up to your system.log and select it. Navigate to the 
> Starting standard backup message, then see what follows that might indicate 
> some sort of error, failure, termination, exit, etc.
>  
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>  
>  
>  
>  
> On 30/09/2010, at 10:19 AM, Steven Knowles wrote:
> 
> 
> Thanks all for the suggestions. A litte more detail...
>  
> Backups of my Macbook Pro (running 10.6.4) have begun failing part way 
> through the back up process. I have a little Time Capsule backup widget which 
> I have on Dashboard (can't recall name of the widget, but it gives a little 
> extra narrative on what's happening during the back up process). A few days 
> ago, when I noticed the back up process not completing, the widget gave the 
> error as something to do with Spotlight. I no longer have the exact error 
> message, but looking the error message up on the web led me to this page ...
>  
> http://discussions.info.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7059555
>  
> ... which seemed to be about the problem I was having.
>  
> The back up error message seemed to tie in with the fact that not long before 
> that there was a Spotlight indexing process underway at a time I had to 
> shutdown my machine, so interrupting the indexing process may not have been 
> helpful. The suggestion of deleting the spotlight directory seems to make 
> sense, and a better option than erasing the Time Capsule (which may end up 
> being necessary if I can't get Time Capsule to index Spotlight again).
>  
> Regards your questions Ronni ...
>  
>> Have you been able to backup to Time Capsule initially? 
>  
> Yes.
> 
> 
> Does Time Capsule appear in Disk Utility or in Finder?
>  
> Yes.
> 
> 
> Have you been able

RE: Question re Time Capsule 'path to volume'

[Crisp, Peter]

Ok, I am interested in this thread and watching with interest. Is the
Widget noted below something I could use to monitor my TM backups? There
isn't any indication of the exact part of the process that's going on
unless opening TM preferences and watching the progress bar - but still
not much info about what is really going on. 

 

How do I get this Widget? Is it something users recommend I DON'T use?

 

Regards

 

Peter.



From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Ronda Brown
Sent: Thursday, 30 September 2010 12:08 PM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: Question re Time Capsule 'path to volume'

 

Hi Steven,

 

Thanks for getting back with more information. From what I can gather
from the widget error messages, they indicate that what's on your
internal HD may not match the hidden "File System Event Database" that
OSX keeps on each disk, and TM normally uses to see what's been changed
since the last backup and needs to be copied. 

Since it is "untrustable," TM must examine every directory (folder) on
your system, and compare it to your backups, instead. This is, of
course, a lengthy procedure. 


This is usually caused by an improper shutdown, but can be the result of
other things, too. And once it occurs, the whole process must be
repeated for each unsuccessful backup attempt until one completes
normally.

If you have had a force power-off, you'll get the UUID problem and TM
will do a deep traversal. There's no way around that: it's the only way
TM can be sure that all the changes made since your last backup will be
saved this time. So, if at all possible, let it run.

But Firstly:

1.  Exclude the Time Machine Partition from spotlight, via System
Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy.

 

2. In System Preferences > Energy Saver make sure you don't have
selected "Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible".

   Probably best to also put Computer Sleep to "Never" as well.

 

Then try a Time Machine Backup and if possible try not to use the
computer too much while this backup is occurring.

Don't interrupt the backup, it will take quite a long time to finish.

 

If that doesn't help, note the time one of these backups starts, then
use the Console app (in your Applications/Utilities folder) to see if
there are other messages indicating a conflict with your backups.

When it starts, click Show Log List in the toolbar, then navigate in the
sidebar that opens up to your system.log and select it. Navigate to the
Starting standard backup message, then see what follows that might
indicate some sort of error, failure, termination, exit, etc.

 

Cheers,

Ronni

 

 

 

 
On 30/09/2010, at 10:19 AM, Steven Knowles wrote:





Thanks all for the suggestions. A litte more detail...

 

Backups of my Macbook Pro (running 10.6.4) have begun failing part way
through the back up process. I have a little Time Capsule backup widget
which I have on Dashboard (can't recall name of the widget, but it gives
a little extra narrative on what's happening during the back up
process). A few days ago, when I noticed the back up process not
completing, the widget gave the error as something to do with Spotlight.
I no longer have the exact error message, but looking the error message
up on the web led me to this page ...

 

http://discussions.info.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7059555

 

... which seemed to be about the problem I was having.

 

The back up error message seemed to tie in with the fact that not long
before that there was a Spotlight indexing process underway at a time I
had to shutdown my machine, so interrupting the indexing process may not
have been helpful. The suggestion of deleting the spotlight directory
seems to make sense, and a better option than erasing the Time Capsule
(which may end up being necessary if I can't get Time Capsule to index
Spotlight again).

 

Regards your questions Ronni ...

 

Have you been able to backup to Time Capsule initially? 

 

Yes.





Does Time Capsule appear in Disk Utility or in Finder?

 

Yes.





Have you been able to 'select disk' in System Preferences > Time
Machine?

 

Yes.





Do Attempts to back up get "backup disk is not available" message?

 

More detail in a second.





Or is your problem "Time Capsule gets stuck at "Preparing Backup..." ?

 

No.





Are you using Airport Utility v5.5.1?

 

Yes.

 

 

As I type, a back up is 20GB through a 104GB back up. I have a 250GB
hard disk with 100GB available. I don't know why the back up is so
large. The widget I spoke of gave recent error details as ...

 

---

Starting standard backup

Attempting to mount network destination using URL:
afp://steven%20know...@time-capsule.local/Data

Mounted network destination using URL:
afp://steven%20know

Re: Question re Time Capsule 'path to volume'

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Steven,

Thanks for getting back with more information. From what I can gather from the 
widget error messages, they indicate that what's on your internal HD may not 
match the hidden "File System Event Database" that OSX keeps on each disk, and 
TM normally uses to see what's been changed since the last backup and needs to 
be copied. 
Since it is "untrustable," TM must examine every directory (folder) on your 
system, and compare it to your backups, instead. This is, of course, a lengthy 
procedure. 

This is usually caused by an improper shutdown, but can be the result of other 
things, too. And once it occurs, the whole process must be repeated for each 
unsuccessful backup attempt until one completes normally.
If you have had a force power-off, you'll get the UUID problem and TM will do a 
deep traversal. There's no way around that: it's the only way TM can be sure 
that all the changes made since your last backup will be saved this time. So, 
if at all possible, let it run.

But Firstly:
1.  Exclude the Time Machine Partition from spotlight, via System Preferences > 
Spotlight > Privacy.

2. In System Preferences > Energy Saver make sure you don't have selected "Put 
the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible".
   Probably best to also put Computer Sleep to "Never" as well.

Then try a Time Machine Backup and if possible try not to use the computer too 
much while this backup is occurring.
Don't interrupt the backup, it will take quite a long time to finish.

If that doesn't help, note the time one of these backups starts, then use the 
Console app (in your Applications/Utilities folder) to see if there are other 
messages indicating a conflict with your backups.

When it starts, click Show Log List in the toolbar, then navigate in the 
sidebar that opens up to your system.log and select it. Navigate to the 
Starting standard backup message, then see what follows that might indicate 
some sort of error, failure, termination, exit, etc.

Cheers,
Ronni



 
On 30/09/2010, at 10:19 AM, Steven Knowles wrote:

> Thanks all for the suggestions. A litte more detail...
> 
> Backups of my Macbook Pro (running 10.6.4) have begun failing part way 
> through the back up process. I have a little Time Capsule backup widget which 
> I have on Dashboard (can't recall name of the widget, but it gives a little 
> extra narrative on what's happening during the back up process). A few days 
> ago, when I noticed the back up process not completing, the widget gave the 
> error as something to do with Spotlight. I no longer have the exact error 
> message, but looking the error message up on the web led me to this page ...
> 
> http://discussions.info.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7059555
> 
> ... which seemed to be about the problem I was having.
> 
> The back up error message seemed to tie in with the fact that not long before 
> that there was a Spotlight indexing process underway at a time I had to 
> shutdown my machine, so interrupting the indexing process may not have been 
> helpful. The suggestion of deleting the spotlight directory seems to make 
> sense, and a better option than erasing the Time Capsule (which may end up 
> being necessary if I can't get Time Capsule to index Spotlight again).
> 
> Regards your questions Ronni ...
> 
>> Have you been able to backup to Time Capsule initially? 
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> Does Time Capsule appear in Disk Utility or in Finder?
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> Have you been able to 'select disk' in System Preferences > Time Machine?
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> Do Attempts to back up get "backup disk is not available" message?
> 
> More detail in a second.
> 
>> Or is your problem "Time Capsule gets stuck at "Preparing Backup…" ?
> 
> No.
> 
>> Are you using Airport Utility v5.5.1?
> 
> 
> Yes.
> 
> 
> As I type, a back up is 20GB through a 104GB back up. I have a 250GB hard 
> disk with 100GB available. I don't know why the back up is so large. The 
> widget I spoke of gave recent error details as ...
> 
> ---
> Starting standard backup
> Attempting to mount network destination using URL: 
> afp://steven%20know...@time-capsule.local/Data
> Mounted network destination using URL: 
> afp://steven%20know...@time-capsule.local/Data
> QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM CLEAN
> Disk image /Volumes/Data-1/MacBook Pro.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time 
> Machine Backups
> Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
> Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
> Node requires deep traversal:/ reason:must scan subdirs|new event db|
> No pre-backup thinning needed: 118.85 GB requested (including padding), 
> 133.81 GB available
> Copied 19.6 GB of 96.5 GB, 73391 of 183430 items
> Stopping backup.
> Error: (-43) SrcErr:NO Copying 
> /users/steven/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/NML2NDeviceObserver_2010-09-29-193147_MacBook-Pro-2.crash
>  to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/MacBook Pro 
> (2)/2010-09-28-085307.inProgress/***----/Macintosh
>

Re: Question re Time Capsule 'path to volume'

[Steven Knowles]

Thanks all for the suggestions. A litte more detail...

Backups of my Macbook Pro (running 10.6.4) have begun failing part way through 
the back up process. I have a little Time Capsule backup widget which I have on 
Dashboard (can't recall name of the widget, but it gives a little extra 
narrative on what's happening during the back up process). A few days ago, when 
I noticed the back up process not completing, the widget gave the error as 
something to do with Spotlight. I no longer have the exact error message, but 
looking the error message up on the web led me to this page ...

http://discussions.info.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7059555

... which seemed to be about the problem I was having.

The back up error message seemed to tie in with the fact that not long before 
that there was a Spotlight indexing process underway at a time I had to 
shutdown my machine, so interrupting the indexing process may not have been 
helpful. The suggestion of deleting the spotlight directory seems to make 
sense, and a better option than erasing the Time Capsule (which may end up 
being necessary if I can't get Time Capsule to index Spotlight again).

Regards your questions Ronni ...

> Have you been able to backup to Time Capsule initially? 

Yes.

> Does Time Capsule appear in Disk Utility or in Finder?

Yes.

> Have you been able to 'select disk' in System Preferences > Time Machine?

Yes.

> Do Attempts to back up get "backup disk is not available" message?

More detail in a second.

> Or is your problem "Time Capsule gets stuck at "Preparing Backup…" ?

No.

> Are you using Airport Utility v5.5.1?


Yes.


As I type, a back up is 20GB through a 104GB back up. I have a 250GB hard disk 
with 100GB available. I don't know why the back up is so large. The widget I 
spoke of gave recent error details as ...

---
Starting standard backup
Attempting to mount network destination using URL: 
afp://steven%20know...@time-capsule.local/Data
Mounted network destination using URL: 
afp://steven%20know...@time-capsule.local/Data
QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM CLEAN
Disk image /Volumes/Data-1/MacBook Pro.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time 
Machine Backups
Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
Node requires deep traversal:/ reason:must scan subdirs|new event db|
No pre-backup thinning needed: 118.85 GB requested (including padding), 133.81 
GB available
Copied 19.6 GB of 96.5 GB, 73391 of 183430 items
Stopping backup.
Error: (-43) SrcErr:NO Copying 
/users/steven/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/NML2NDeviceObserver_2010-09-29-193147_MacBook-Pro-2.crash
 to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/MacBook Pro 
(2)/2010-09-28-085307.inProgress/***----/Macintosh 
HD/Users/steven/Library/Logs/CrashReporter
Copied 88263 files (19.9 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Copy stage failed with error:11
Backup failed with error: 11
Ejected Time Machine disk image.
Ejected Time Machine network volume.
---

Those asterisks I've manually included, overtyping a code I thought may be 
private.

That backup underway has just failed, with error message in widget showing 

---
Starting standard backup
Network destination already mounted at: /Volumes/Data-1
QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM CLEAN
Disk image /Volumes/Data-1/MacBook Pro.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time 
Machine Backups
Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
Node requires deep traversal:/ reason:must scan subdirs|new event db|
---

I've tried the suggestions re identifying the path, still no success on that 
note. Happy to hear other suggestions for a fix, but ultimately I guess I may 
have to wipe Time Capsule.

Cheers, Steven


On 30/09/2010, at 5:21 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> 
> On 30/09/2010, at 8:19 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 30/09/2010, at 1:08 AM, Steven Knowles wrote:
>> 
>>> My Macbook Pro isn't backing up to Time Capsule. 
>>> 
>>> From this page 
>>> 
>>> http://discussions.info.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7059555
>>> 
>>> ... Glenn Carter refers to the following string for Terminal ...
>>> 
>>> sudo rm -ri /path_to_volume/.Spotlight-V100
>>> 
>>> where /path_to_volume is the path of the volume in question.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> To replace 'path_to_volume' I've tried 
>>> 
>>> Volumes/Time Machine Backups
>>> Volumes/Data
>>> Volumes/Data/afp://Time Capsule._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Data/MacBook 
>>> Pro.sparsebundle
>>> 
>>> ...but all give me "No such file or directory".
>>> 
>>> Can anyone please suggest what I should be using as the Terminal command?
>>> 
>>> Cheers, Steven
>> 
>> This is extremely difficult to answer without having direct access to your 
>> system. One way of sorting out the "/path_to_volume" is to open a Terminal 
>> window, then type "cd " at the prompt (note: include the space character 
>> after cd)

Re: Question re Time Capsule 'path to volume'

[Ronda Brown]

On 30/09/2010, at 8:19 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:

> 
> On 30/09/2010, at 1:08 AM, Steven Knowles wrote:
> 
>> My Macbook Pro isn't backing up to Time Capsule. 
>> 
>> From this page 
>> 
>> http://discussions.info.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7059555
>> 
>> ... Glenn Carter refers to the following string for Terminal ...
>> 
>> sudo rm -ri /path_to_volume/.Spotlight-V100
>> 
>> where /path_to_volume is the path of the volume in question.
>> 
>> 
>> To replace 'path_to_volume' I've tried 
>> 
>> Volumes/Time Machine Backups
>> Volumes/Data
>> Volumes/Data/afp://Time Capsule._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Data/MacBook 
>> Pro.sparsebundle
>> 
>> ...but all give me "No such file or directory".
>> 
>> Can anyone please suggest what I should be using as the Terminal command?
>> 
>> Cheers, Steven
> 
> This is extremely difficult to answer without having direct access to your 
> system. One way of sorting out the "/path_to_volume" is to open a Terminal 
> window, then type "cd " at the prompt (note: include the space character 
> after cd) then drag the icon of your Time Capsule disk onto the Terminal 
> Window, and press return. If you then type "pwd" you will see the correct 
> path to the Time Capsule device.
> 
> The command you supply is puzzling. It literally says "recursively remove all 
> files with the name '.Spotlight-V100' from the volume in question, and ask me 
> each time before deleting". I'm not sure how this will help.  

Hi Steven,

I agree with Peter, I fail to see this command helping.  We need some more 
information to be able to give any constructive assistance.

Have you been able to backup to Time Capsule initially? 
Does Time Capsule appear in Disk Utility or in Finder?
Have you been able to 'select disk' in System Preferences > Time Machine?
Do Attempts to back up get "backup disk is not available" message?
Or is your problem "Time Capsule gets stuck at "Preparing Backup…" ?
Are you using Airport Utility v5.5.1?


Cheers,
Ronni

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2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm

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Re: Question re Time Capsule 'path to volume'

[Andrew McColl]

Hi Steven

One of the cool things you can do with Terminal is drop files into the  
Terminal window and it will give you the unix path.


If you're able to mount your Time Capsule volume using the GUI you  
might be able to determine the path to it by simply dragging and  
dropping the icon for it on to the terminal window.


Hope this helps.

Andrew

Quoting "Steven Knowles" :


My Macbook Pro isn't backing up to Time Capsule.

From this page 

http://discussions.info.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7059555

... Glenn Carter refers to the following string for Terminal ...

sudo rm -ri /path_to_volume/.Spotlight-V100

where /path_to_volume is the path of the volume in question.


To replace 'path_to_volume' I've tried 

Volumes/Time Machine Backups
Volumes/Data
Volumes/Data/afp://Time Capsule._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Data/MacBook  
Pro.sparsebundle


...but all give me "No such file or directory".

Can anyone please suggest what I should be using as the Terminal command?

Cheers, Steven


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Re: Question re Time Capsule 'path to volume'

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 30/09/2010, at 1:08 AM, Steven Knowles wrote:

> My Macbook Pro isn't backing up to Time Capsule. 
> 
> From this page 
> 
> http://discussions.info.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7059555
> 
> ... Glenn Carter refers to the following string for Terminal ...
> 
> sudo rm -ri /path_to_volume/.Spotlight-V100
> 
> where /path_to_volume is the path of the volume in question.
> 
> 
> To replace 'path_to_volume' I've tried 
> 
> Volumes/Time Machine Backups
> Volumes/Data
> Volumes/Data/afp://Time Capsule._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Data/MacBook 
> Pro.sparsebundle
> 
> ...but all give me "No such file or directory".
> 
> Can anyone please suggest what I should be using as the Terminal command?
> 
> Cheers, Steven

This is extremely difficult to answer without having direct access to your 
system. One way of sorting out the "/path_to_volume" is to open a Terminal 
window, then type "cd " at the prompt (note: include the space character after 
cd) then drag the icon of your Time Capsule disk onto the Terminal Window, and 
press return. If you then type "pwd" you will see the correct path to the Time 
Capsule device.

The command you supply is puzzling. It literally says "recursively remove all 
files with the name '.Spotlight-V100' from the volume in question, and ask me 
each time before deleting". I'm not sure how this will help.  

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Question re Time Capsule 'path to volume'

[Steven Knowles]

My Macbook Pro isn't backing up to Time Capsule. 

From this page 

http://discussions.info.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7059555

... Glenn Carter refers to the following string for Terminal ...

sudo rm -ri /path_to_volume/.Spotlight-V100

where /path_to_volume is the path of the volume in question.


To replace 'path_to_volume' I've tried 

Volumes/Time Machine Backups
Volumes/Data
Volumes/Data/afp://Time Capsule._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Data/MacBook 
Pro.sparsebundle

...but all give me "No such file or directory".

Can anyone please suggest what I should be using as the Terminal command?

Cheers, Steven


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Re: Time Capsule disc access problem

[Ronda Brown]

Hi David,

On 07/08/2010, at 10:25 PM, David de la Hunty wrote:

> 
> Hi all,
> Hoping someone might have come across this problem.
> 1TB Time Capsule ver 7.4.2 software.
> Updated the fleet to Snow Leopard and now the disc does not want to be 
> accessed through Finder.
> Click on the disc name and it comes up not with the directory but a folder 
> icon which says the disc's name and Kind:Sharepoint.
> Share... what?
> I have to unmount the disc and log in again then it usually shows the root 
> directory etc.
> Some computers on the network just cannot access it.
> BUT it still functions normally for Time Machine backups.
> Firmware seems to be up to date at 7.4.2

Have you run Software Update on all your fleet?

The Update Firmware Version  7.5.1 was released in March 31, 2010.



> Any tricks anyone knows, or is anything else jumping out?
> Trying to check the disc integrity using disk utility but it won't list it 
> and I can't get DU to find the disc. Thanks in advance folks.
> DD

Cheers,
Ronni

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2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm

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Re: Time Capsule Warrenty extended

[Rob Phillips]

I'm on my third one, all with power supply problems, so maybe it's not
just the older models

Rob

On 13/07/10 12:11 PM, Alexander Hartner wrote:

  The warranty on one
time capsules purchases during February 2008 and June 2008 may
be eligible for an extension to its warranty.
  
  
  Read more here :
  http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3351
  
  
  and here:
  http://www.reghardware.com/2010/07/12/apple_time_capsule_warranty/
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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Re: Time Capsule

[Jane Griffiths]

Hi Jim

I've been using a 500GB Time Capsule since it was first released in early 2008.
It replaced my DLink router/modem and I use it to back up an iMac and a MacBook 
Pro.

My criticism is that it is not a combined router and modem, so you have to have 
a stand-alone modem as well as the Time Capsule router and it also only has 3 
ethernet ports.

It has performed flawlessly and I've used it to recover a few "lost" documents.
I also have a Canon printer/scanner connected to the USB port on the Time 
Capsule thereby making it available over the wireless network.

All in all, i'm very happy with my Time Capsule.

Cheers
Jane




On 24/06/2010, at 12:13 PM, Jim D wrote:

> Does anyone have have any experience or advice on the Timecapsule.
> 
> http://www.apple.com/au/timecapsule/
> 
> It appears to be the cat's pyjamas, yet on browsing the reviews/comments 
> (http://store.apple.com/au/reviews/MC343X/A?mco=MTcwNTU4MzQ) on the thing it 
> would appear to have a very dodgy power supply that dies after 12 months!
> 
> I was close to purchase, and then read, wow, is this product really Apple?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jim
> 
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Re: Time Capsule - one mac can't see it, three can.

[Daniel Kerr]

Trying installing the airpot software that comes with the time  
capsule. It will
Update the software to version to a newer one which should help  
resolve some problems.

Kind regards
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On 17/03/2010, at 4:44 PM, Mike Murray  wrote:



Thanks Ronni

That's my dilemma...what's different? On the 4th mac, I've got  
airport utility 5.5 and it has the message "Airport Utility was  
unable to find any Airport wireless devices...etc." Rescanning  
doesn't reveal anything


And of course it works fine on the others.

Just looking at the airport hardware on the macbook (which works)  
and the imac (which doesn't), I see there's a variance in the  
airport extreme card types and firmware...


macbook - (TC working)
Card type: Airport extreme (0x168C, 0x87)
firmware version:  Atheros 5416: 2.0.19.8

iMac (TC not working)
card type: Airport extreme (0x14E4, 0x8C)
Firmware: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.91.26)

Everything else looks the same.

Not sure if there's any relevance here.

Cheers
Mike

On 17/03/2010, at 4:25 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:




On 17/03/2010, at 3:58 PM, Mike Murray wrote:



Hi experts (again)

I've recently bought and installed a 2 TB time capsule. I managed  
to create a new network and (after a few teething issues) now all  
four Macs in the house are happily working off the new network.


2 Macs are on Snow Leopard, 2 are on Leopard.

Three of the four macs are using time machine and they are seeing  
the time capsule and backing themselves up as they should.


The fourth mac, my main production work horse (24" iMac, 2.8 GHz  
Intel Core 2 Duo, OS 10.6.2) is connected to the network as are  
the others, but time machine on this mac doesn't 'see' the time  
capsule, no matter how many times I rescan the world.


The time capsule is in a separate room - I'd rather not take it  
upstairs and try it with the internet cable if I can avoid it.


Could it be a range issue? I figured that if the network's working  
then the disk must be within range anyway.The laptop beside me is  
backing up as we speak...


It can't be the way TC is set up if three out of four are working  
well. Can it?



Hi Mike,

If 3 out of 4 Macs are seeing Time Capsule and backing up using  
Time Machine, you have the Network setup correctly & Time Machine  
setup correctly on these 3 Macs.

So what is different on the 4th Mac?

Can the 4th Mac see Time Capsule in Airport Utility version 5.5? Is  
it just not seeing Time Capsule in System Preferences > Time  
Machine - Name: Data xxx-xxx-?


Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)





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Re: Time Capsule - one mac can't see it, three can.

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Mike,

I wouldn't think the different Airport Extreme card would be the problem here 
as the iMac is reaching the Time Capsule fine and connecting to the Network.

In System Preferences > Time Machine, have you tried clicking on "Select Disk" 
& does Data on Time Capsule show?
You might need to select it again to use for backup? I know I had to do this 
after restoring my MBP on Monday.

Can you get Time Machine to "Mount" on your desktop by clicking on Time Machine 
icon in the dock, then see in system Preferences > Time Machine  - Name: Data, 
if the Time Capsule is listed then?

You have plenty of free space left on the 1TB Time Capsule? 
You can attach a USB drive to your Time Capsule. Then you can back up to the 
USB drive instead of the Time Capsule's internal HD. 
If you have multiple Macs, you can back some up to the TC's internal drive, and 
others to the USB drive. 

If you need even more space, you can connect multiple USB drives via a hub (a 
powered one is usually best), and back up different Macs to each. What you 
cannot do, however, is have one Mac's backups continue from the Time Capsule's 
internal HD to a USB drive connected to it, or have the backups for any one Mac 
"span" two drives.

Once I couldn't see my Time Capsule, I think I just restarted my MBP or 
restarted Time Capsule.
Hmm, I'll give it more thought & if I come up with anything I'll get back to 
you.

Cheers,
Ronni 

On 17/03/2010, at 4:44 PM, Mike Murray wrote:

> 
> Thanks Ronni
> 
> That's my dilemma...what's different? On the 4th mac, I've got airport 
> utility 5.5 and it has the message "Airport Utility was unable to find any 
> Airport wireless devices...etc." Rescanning doesn't reveal anything
> 
> And of course it works fine on the others.
> 
> Just looking at the airport hardware on the macbook (which works) and the 
> imac (which doesn't), I see there's a variance in the airport extreme card 
> types and firmware...
> 
> macbook - (TC working)
> Card type: Airport extreme (0x168C, 0x87)
> firmware version:  Atheros 5416: 2.0.19.8
> 
> iMac (TC not working)
> card type: Airport extreme (0x14E4, 0x8C)
> Firmware: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.91.26)
> 
> Everything else looks the same.
> 
> Not sure if there's any relevance here.
> 
> Cheers
> Mike
> 
> On 17/03/2010, at 4:25 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 17/03/2010, at 3:58 PM, Mike Murray wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi experts (again)
>>> 
>>> I've recently bought and installed a 2 TB time capsule. I managed to create 
>>> a new network and (after a few teething issues) now all four Macs in the 
>>> house are happily working off the new network. 
>>> 
>>> 2 Macs are on Snow Leopard, 2 are on Leopard.
>>> 
>>> Three of the four macs are using time machine and they are seeing the time 
>>> capsule and backing themselves up as they should.
>>> 
>>> The fourth mac, my main production work horse (24" iMac, 2.8 GHz Intel Core 
>>> 2 Duo, OS 10.6.2) is connected to the network as are the others, but time 
>>> machine on this mac doesn't 'see' the time capsule, no matter how many 
>>> times I rescan the world. 
>>> 
>>> The time capsule is in a separate room - I'd rather not take it upstairs 
>>> and try it with the internet cable if I can avoid it.
>>> 
>>> Could it be a range issue? I figured that if the network's working then the 
>>> disk must be within range anyway.The laptop beside me is backing up as we 
>>> speak...
>>> 
>>> It can't be the way TC is set up if three out of four are working well. Can 
>>> it?
>> 
>> 
>> Hi Mike,
>> 
>> If 3 out of 4 Macs are seeing Time Capsule and backing up using Time 
>> Machine, you have the Network setup correctly & Time Machine setup correctly 
>> on these 3 Macs.
>> So what is different on the 4th Mac?
>> 
>> Can the 4th Mac see Time Capsule in Airport Utility version 5.5? Is it just 
>> not seeing Time Capsule in System Preferences > Time Machine - Name: Data 
>> xxx-xxx-?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
>> 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
>> OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: Time Capsule - one mac can't see it, three can.

[Mike Murray]

Thanks Ronni

That's my dilemma...what's different? On the 4th mac, I've got airport utility 
5.5 and it has the message "Airport Utility was unable to find any Airport 
wireless devices...etc." Rescanning doesn't reveal anything

And of course it works fine on the others.

Just looking at the airport hardware on the macbook (which works) and the imac 
(which doesn't), I see there's a variance in the airport extreme card types and 
firmware...

macbook - (TC working)
Card type: Airport extreme (0x168C, 0x87)
firmware version:  Atheros 5416: 2.0.19.8

iMac (TC not working)
card type: Airport extreme (0x14E4, 0x8C)
Firmware: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.91.26)

Everything else looks the same.

Not sure if there's any relevance here.

Cheers
Mike

On 17/03/2010, at 4:25 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> 
> 
> On 17/03/2010, at 3:58 PM, Mike Murray wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi experts (again)
>> 
>> I've recently bought and installed a 2 TB time capsule. I managed to create 
>> a new network and (after a few teething issues) now all four Macs in the 
>> house are happily working off the new network. 
>> 
>> 2 Macs are on Snow Leopard, 2 are on Leopard.
>> 
>> Three of the four macs are using time machine and they are seeing the time 
>> capsule and backing themselves up as they should.
>> 
>> The fourth mac, my main production work horse (24" iMac, 2.8 GHz Intel Core 
>> 2 Duo, OS 10.6.2) is connected to the network as are the others, but time 
>> machine on this mac doesn't 'see' the time capsule, no matter how many times 
>> I rescan the world. 
>> 
>> The time capsule is in a separate room - I'd rather not take it upstairs and 
>> try it with the internet cable if I can avoid it.
>> 
>> Could it be a range issue? I figured that if the network's working then the 
>> disk must be within range anyway.The laptop beside me is backing up as we 
>> speak...
>> 
>> It can't be the way TC is set up if three out of four are working well. Can 
>> it?
> 
> 
> Hi Mike,
> 
> If 3 out of 4 Macs are seeing Time Capsule and backing up using Time Machine, 
> you have the Network setup correctly & Time Machine setup correctly on these 
> 3 Macs.
> So what is different on the 4th Mac?
> 
> Can the 4th Mac see Time Capsule in Airport Utility version 5.5? Is it just 
> not seeing Time Capsule in System Preferences > Time Machine - Name: Data 
> xxx-xxx-?
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
> 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
> OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: Time Capsule - one mac can't see it, three can.

[Ronda Brown]

On 17/03/2010, at 3:58 PM, Mike Murray wrote:

> 
> Hi experts (again)
> 
> I've recently bought and installed a 2 TB time capsule. I managed to create a 
> new network and (after a few teething issues) now all four Macs in the house 
> are happily working off the new network. 
> 
> 2 Macs are on Snow Leopard, 2 are on Leopard.
> 
> Three of the four macs are using time machine and they are seeing the time 
> capsule and backing themselves up as they should.
> 
> The fourth mac, my main production work horse (24" iMac, 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 
> Duo, OS 10.6.2) is connected to the network as are the others, but time 
> machine on this mac doesn't 'see' the time capsule, no matter how many times 
> I rescan the world. 
> 
> The time capsule is in a separate room - I'd rather not take it upstairs and 
> try it with the internet cable if I can avoid it.
> 
> Could it be a range issue? I figured that if the network's working then the 
> disk must be within range anyway.The laptop beside me is backing up as we 
> speak...
> 
> It can't be the way TC is set up if three out of four are working well. Can 
> it?


Hi Mike,

If 3 out of 4 Macs are seeing Time Capsule and backing up using Time Machine, 
you have the Network setup correctly & Time Machine setup correctly on these 3 
Macs.
So what is different on the 4th Mac?

Can the 4th Mac see Time Capsule in Airport Utility version 5.5? Is it just not 
seeing Time Capsule in System Preferences > Time Machine - Name: Data xxx-xxx-?

Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)





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RE: Time Capsule backups

[Crisp, Peter]

Ok, understood now.

 

Cheers

Peter...



From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Ronda Brown
Sent: Thursday, 11 March 2010 12:34 PM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: Time Capsule backups

 

Hi Peter,

 

NO, Time Capsule does not have any Firewire Ports. It has 3 Ethernet
Ports, 1 Internet WAN Port, 1 USB Port.

 

What I meant by backing up your Movie folder (or iMovie Folders) using
another backup procedure (not Time Machine to your Time Capsule) ...  I
suggest backing them up to an External Firewire Hard Drive that you
would connect to the MacBook's Firewire Port.

 

Cheers,

Ronni

 

 

 

On 11/03/2010, at 12:02 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote:





Cheers Ronni, thanks for the comprehensive details here. I did wonder
about how to free up the space that got gobbled up by the aborted
back-ups. This answers it for me. Does the Time Capsule have a firewire
port? Or are you suggesting a backup of the Movies folder direct from
the Macbook Firewire port? 

 



From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Ronda Brown
Sent: Thursday, 11 March 2010 11:12 AM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: Time Capsule backups

 

Hi Peter,

 

As you have now decided to exclude iMovie Events and iMovie Projects (or
the whole Movie folder), from the Time Machine Backup, and backup these
files using another backup procedure. (I would suggest to a Firewire
External Drive, NOT USB).

 

It is probably a good idea to delete the iMovie files that Time Machine
has already backed up, this will also save some space.

 

You have two choices: A) Delete a single entire snapshot (that is, all
the files from a particular hourly run of Time Machine) 

or 

B) Delete all instances of a single file from a certain location,
regardless of how many times that file was backed up.

 

Since you tried to backup the iMovie files more times than one hourly
backup, I would suggest you do the "Delete All Instances of a Single
File".

 

Delete an Entire Snapshot


To delete all the files Time Machine backed up during a particular
hourly run, follow these steps:


1. Click the Time Machine Dock icon or choose Enter Time Machine from
the Time Machine menu to show the "time warp" display.


2. Using the arrow buttons or the timeline control on the side of the
screen, navigate to the snapshot you want to delete. 

Note that if it occurred within the last day, you'll delete just that
hourly run; if it occurred earlier, you will delete the only remaining
backup for a particular day or week. 

You can verify which backup you'll be deleting by looking at the large
bar at the bottom of the window.


3. From the pop-up Action menu, choose Delete Backup. (It doesn't matter
whether you have any file or folder selected.)

Delete All Instances of a Single File


To delete every backed up copy of a given file from your Time Machine
backup, follow these steps:


1. In the Finder, navigate to the folder that contains (or once
contained) any version of the file you want to delete.


2. Click the Time Machine Dock icon or choose Enter Time Machine from
the Time Machine menu to show the "time warp" display.


3. Using the arrow buttons or the timeline control on the side of the
screen, navigate to any previous version of the folder that contains the
file you want to delete. Click once to select it.


4. From the pop-up Action menu, choose Delete All Backups
of "File Name". (In Snow Leopard, you can also Control-click or
right-click on the item and choose Delete All Backups of "File Name"
from the contextual menu.)


Time Machine removes from its backup every copy of that file, in that
location, that it ever backed up.
 (For some files, you may be prompted to enter an administrator password
first.)

Cheers,

Ronni

 

On 09/03/2010, at 12:32 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote:







Ok, thanks for the tip on excluding movies from backup. It seems
sensible to exclude and I can see how editing numerous files would
quickly expand the backup to be a huge thing. 

Regards

Peter..
-Original Message-
From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Alan Smith
Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 11:08 AM
To: 'WAMUG Mailing List'
Subject: RE: Time Capsule backups


Hi Peter

James's suggestion to localise the potential trouble is good.  But I
recommend that you totally exclude movies from Time Machine backup.
Make a
manual backup of movies some other way. TM will backup entire files each
time.  If you are editing a movie clip, then each resultant edited clip
is a
new file.  By the end of a days work you can have 100 Gigs of just a few
small clips.

Alan 

-Original Message-
From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf
Of James Devenish
Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 10:43 AM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
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Re: Time Capsule backups

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Peter,

NO, Time Capsule does not have any Firewire Ports. It has 3 Ethernet Ports, 1 
Internet WAN Port, 1 USB Port.

What I meant by backing up your Movie folder (or iMovie Folders) using another 
backup procedure (not Time Machine to your Time Capsule) ...  I suggest backing 
them up to an External Firewire Hard Drive that you would connect to the 
MacBook's Firewire Port.

Cheers,
Ronni


 
On 11/03/2010, at 12:02 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote:

> Cheers Ronni, thanks for the comprehensive details here. I did wonder about 
> how to free up the space that got gobbled up by the aborted back-ups. This 
> answers it for me. Does the Time Capsule have a firewire port? Or are you 
> suggesting a backup of the Movies folder direct from the Macbook Firewire 
> port?
>  
> From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of 
> Ronda Brown
> Sent: Thursday, 11 March 2010 11:12 AM
> To: WAMUG Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Time Capsule backups
>  
> Hi Peter,
>  
> As you have now decided to exclude iMovie Events and iMovie Projects (or the 
> whole Movie folder), from the Time Machine Backup, and backup these files 
> using another backup procedure. (I would suggest to a Firewire External 
> Drive, NOT USB).
>  
> It is probably a good idea to delete the iMovie files that Time Machine has 
> already backed up, this will also save some space.
>  
> You have two choices: A) Delete a single entire snapshot (that is, all the 
> files from a particular hourly run of Time Machine) 
> or 
> B) Delete all instances of a single file from a certain location, regardless 
> of how many times that file was backed up.
>  
> Since you tried to backup the iMovie files more times than one hourly backup, 
> I would suggest you do the "Delete All Instances of a Single File".
>  
> Delete an Entire Snapshot
> 
> To delete all the files Time Machine backed up during a particular hourly 
> run, follow these steps:
> 
> 1. Click the Time Machine Dock icon or choose Enter Time Machine from the 
> Time Machine menu to show the “time warp” display.
> 
> 2. Using the arrow buttons or the timeline control on the side of the screen, 
> navigate to the snapshot you want to delete. 
> Note that if it occurred within the last day, you’ll delete just that hourly 
> run; if it occurred earlier, you will delete the only remaining backup for a 
> particular day or week. 
> You can verify which backup you’ll be deleting by looking at the large bar at 
> the bottom of the window.
> 
> 3. From the pop-up Action menu, choose Delete Backup. (It doesn’t matter 
> whether you have any file or folder selected.)
> 
> Delete All Instances of a Single File
> 
> To delete every backed up copy of a given file from your Time Machine backup, 
> follow these steps:
> 
> 1. In the Finder, navigate to the folder that contains (or once contained) 
> any version of the file you want to delete.
> 
> 2. Click the Time Machine Dock icon or choose Enter Time Machine from the 
> Time Machine menu to show the “time warp” display.
> 
> 3. Using the arrow buttons or the timeline control on the side of the screen, 
> navigate to any previous version of the folder that contains the file you 
> want to delete. Click once to select it.
> 
> 4. From the pop-up Action menu, choose Delete All Backups of 
> “File Name”. (In Snow Leopard, you can also Control-click or right-click on 
> the item and choose Delete All Backups of “File Name” from the contextual 
> menu.)
> 
> Time Machine removes from its backup every copy of that file, in that 
> location, that it ever backed up.
>  (For some files, you may be prompted to enter an administrator password 
> first.)
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>  
> On 09/03/2010, at 12:32 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Ok, thanks for the tip on excluding movies from backup. It seems
> sensible to exclude and I can see how editing numerous files would
> quickly expand the backup to be a huge thing. 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Peter..
> -Original Message-
> From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
> Behalf Of Alan Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 11:08 AM
> To: 'WAMUG Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: Time Capsule backups
> 
> 
> Hi Peter
> 
> James's suggestion to localise the potential trouble is good.  But I
> recommend that you totally exclude movies from Time Machine backup.
> Make a
> manual backup of movies some other way. TM will backup entire files each
> time.  If you are editing a movie clip, then each resultant edited clip
> is a
> new file.  By the end of a days work you can have 100 Gigs of just a few
> small clips.
> 
> Alan 
> 
> -Origi

RE: Time Capsule backups

[Crisp, Peter]

Cheers Ronni, thanks for the comprehensive details here. I did wonder
about how to free up the space that got gobbled up by the aborted
back-ups. This answers it for me. Does the Time Capsule have a firewire
port? Or are you suggesting a backup of the Movies folder direct from
the Macbook Firewire port? 

 

 

Kind Regards,

Peter Crisp, 

Project Controls Hub Lead, Perth

Associate, BE Mech
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From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Ronda Brown
Sent: Thursday, 11 March 2010 11:12 AM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: Time Capsule backups

 

Hi Peter,

 

As you have now decided to exclude iMovie Events and iMovie Projects (or
the whole Movie folder), from the Time Machine Backup, and backup these
files using another backup procedure. (I would suggest to a Firewire
External Drive, NOT USB).

 

It is probably a good idea to delete the iMovie files that Time Machine
has already backed up, this will also save some space.

 

You have two choices: A) Delete a single entire snapshot (that is, all
the files from a particular hourly run of Time Machine) 

or 

B) Delete all instances of a single file from a certain location,
regardless of how many times that file was backed up.

 

Since you tried to backup the iMovie files more times than one hourly
backup, I would suggest you do the "Delete All Instances of a Single
File".

 

Delete an Entire Snapshot


To delete all the files Time Machine backed up during a particular
hourly run, follow these steps:


1. Click the Time Machine Dock icon or choose Enter Time Machine from
the Time Machine menu to show the "time warp" display.


2. Using the arrow buttons or the timeline control on the side of the
screen, navigate to the snapshot you want to delete. 

Note that if it occurred within the last day, you'll delete just that
hourly run; if it occurred earlier, you will delete the only remaining
backup for a particular day or week. 

You can verify which backup you'll be deleting by looking at the large
bar at the bottom of the window.


3. From the pop-up Action menu, choose Delete Backup. (It doesn't matter
whether you have any file or folder selected.)

Delete All Instances of a Single File


To delete every backed up copy of a given file from your Time Machine
backup, follow these steps:


1. In the Finder, navigate to the folder that contains (or once
contained) any version of the file you want to delete.


2. Click the Time Machine Dock icon or choose Enter Time Machine from
the Time Machine menu  to show the "time warp" display.


3. Using the arrow buttons or the timeline control on the side of the
screen, navigate to any previous version of the folder that contains the
file you want to delete. Click once to select it.


4. From the pop-up Action menu , choose Delete All Backups of "File
Name". (In Snow Leopard, you can also Control-click or right-click on
the item and choose Delete All Backups of "File Name" from the
contextual menu.)


Time Machine removes from its backup every copy of that file, in that
location, that it ever backed up.
 (For some files, you may be prompted to enter an administrator password
first.)

Cheers,

Ronni

 

On 09/03/2010, at 12:32 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote:






Ok, thanks for the tip on excluding movies from backup. It seems
sensible to exclude and I can see how editing numerous files would
quickly expand the backup to be a huge thing. 

Regards

Peter..
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From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Alan Smith
Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 11:08 AM
To: 'WAMUG Mailing List'
Subject: RE: Time Capsule backups


Hi Peter

James's suggestion to localise the potential trouble is good.  But I
recommend that you totally exclude movies from Time Machine backup.
Make a
manual backup of movies some other way. TM will backup entire files each
time.  If you are editing a movie clip, then each resultant edited clip
is a
new file.  By the end of a days work you can have 100 Gigs of just a few
small clips.

Alan 

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From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf
Of James Devenish
Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 10:43 AM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: Time Capsule backups


Hi Peter,

Can I suggest that you go into your System Preferences, then Time
Machine, Options... and click on the Plus sign to select your movies
folder to exclude it from backups (you can also check the size of the
movies folder in the Finder). Then, ask your machine to "Back Up Now".
Check that the required size goes back to a reasonable level (if it
doesn't, there must be something else going on). This backup will at
least ensure that your normal files are saf

Re: Time Capsule backups

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Peter,As you have now decided to exclude iMovie Events and iMovie Projects (or the whole Movie folder), from the Time Machine Backup, and backup these files using another backup procedure. (I would suggest to a Firewire External Drive, NOT USB).It is probably a good idea to delete the iMovie files that Time Machine has already backed up, this will also save some space.You have two choices: A) Delete a single entire snapshot (that is, all the files from a particular hourly run of Time Machine) or B) Delete all instances of a single file from a certain location, regardless of how many times that file was backed up.Since you tried to backup the iMovie files more times than one hourly backup, I would suggest you do the "Delete All Instances of a Single File".Delete an Entire SnapshotTo delete all the files Time Machine backed up during a particular hourly run, follow these steps:1. Click the Time Machine Dock icon or choose Enter Time Machine from the Time Machine menu to show the “time warp” display.2. Using the arrow buttons or the timeline control on the side of the screen, navigate to the snapshot you want to delete. Note that if it occurred within the last day, you’ll delete just that hourly run; if it occurred earlier, you will delete the only remaining backup for a particular day or week. You can verify which backup you’ll be deleting by looking at the large bar at the bottom of the window.3. From the pop-up Action menu, choose Delete Backup. (It doesn’t matter whether you have any file or folder selected.)Delete All Instances of a Single FileTo delete every backed up copy of a given file from your Time Machine backup, follow these steps:1. In the Finder, navigate to the folder that contains (or once contained) any version of the file you want to delete.2. Click the Time Machine Dock icon or choose Enter Time Machine from the Time Machine menu to show the “time warp” display.3. Using the arrow buttons or the timeline control on the side of the screen, navigate to any previous version of the folder that contains the file you want to delete. Click once to select it.4. From the pop-up Action menu, choose Delete All Backups of “File Name”. (In Snow Leopard, you can also Control-click or right-click on the item and choose Delete All Backups of “File Name” from the contextual menu.)Time Machine removes from its backup every copy of that file, in that location, that it ever backed up. (For some files, you may be prompted to enter an administrator password first.)Cheers,RonniOn 09/03/2010, at 12:32 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote:Ok, thanks for the tip on excluding movies from backup. It seemssensible to exclude and I can see how editing numerous files wouldquickly expand the backup to be a huge thing. RegardsPeter..-Original Message-From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] OnBehalf Of Alan SmithSent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 11:08 AMTo: 'WAMUG Mailing List'Subject: RE: Time Capsule backupsHi PeterJames's suggestion to localise the potential trouble is good.  But Irecommend that you totally exclude movies from Time Machine backup.Make amanual backup of movies some other way. TM will backup entire files eachtime.  If you are editing a movie clip, then each resultant edited clipis anew file.  By the end of a days work you can have 100 Gigs of just a fewsmall clips.Alan -Original Message-From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] OnBehalfOf James DevenishSent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 10:43 AMTo: WAMUG Mailing ListSubject: Re: Time Capsule backupsHi Peter,Can I suggest that you go into your System Preferences, then TimeMachine, Options... and click on the Plus sign to select your moviesfolder to exclude it from backups (you can also check the size of themovies folder in the Finder). Then, ask your machine to "Back Up Now".Check that the required size goes back to a reasonable level (if itdoesn't, there must be something else going on). This backup will atleast ensure that your normal files are safe.Once a reasonable backup has occurred and you have some time for anuninterrupted backup, go back into your Time Machine preferences andremove your movies from the exclusion list and "Back Up Now".James-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2729 - Release Date: 03/09/1003:33:00-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>*NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for th

RE: Time Capsule backups

[Crisp, Peter]

Thanks all for your tips on my issue with excessively sized back ups and
Time Machine. I did as James suggested and not surprisingly the Movies
folder was 116GB. I will arrange an alternate Back up process for my
Movies folder and see how that goes.

Regards

Peter...

-Original Message-
From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf Of James Devenish
Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 10:43 AM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: Time Capsule backups


Hi Peter,

Can I suggest that you go into your System Preferences, then Time
Machine, Options... and click on the Plus sign to select your movies
folder to exclude it from backups (you can also check the size of the
movies folder in the Finder). Then, ask your machine to "Back Up Now".
Check that the required size goes back to a reasonable level (if it
doesn't, there must be something else going on). This backup will at
least ensure that your normal files are safe.

Once a reasonable backup has occurred and you have some time for an
uninterrupted backup, go back into your Time Machine preferences and
remove your movies from the exclusion list and "Back Up Now".

James


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