Hi, I have no idea what I did or how it suddenly did this, but I spent several hours going seemingly round in circles with it. Then suddenly, it started a backup and not wanting to crow too soon, I waited and it finished after an hour and a bit. I presume-hope-that all should be well now ... don't know what it was playing at, and I will keep checking the tm menu to see about the last backup. I'll keep your instructions Tim, in case it messes up again ... Thanks. Kirsten.
On 27 May 2012, at 16:52, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > It sounds > like you should reconfigure Time Machine and thus repoint your Mac to that > Time Capsule for performing the Time Machine backups. This process should > only affect the Time Capsule disk and the Time Machine setup and thus should > not affect the other wireless and Internet settings. > > • go into Airport Utility. > • Select your Time Capsule and press the Edit button. > • Select the Disk tab. > • Select the disk on the TC. > • Here you can reformat it if you wish and reset the password. Reformating > is not a bad idea just to clean the entire thing up. Only do this though if > you don't also store other info on it. Reset the password so that it is > something meaningful to you. > • Press the Update button and wait a couple of minutes for it to restart and > re-establish all connectivity. > • Now go up to the Time Machine menu (VO-m-m and arrow to the appropriate > menu). > • Arrow down to the Open Time Machine Preferences item and press return. > • Press the Change Backup Location button. > • Select the disk on your TC and then the Choose button. > • It should ask you for the password. Enter it. > > That should do it. The System Preferences spinning thing should have nothing > to do with this thing other than possibly searching for the Time Machine HD > that it couldn't find but this process should relieve that issue. Let me > know if you still have problems. > > Thanks. > > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2012-05-27, at 5:57 AM, Kirsten Edmondson wrote: > >> Hi, >> I unplugged it and replugged in again as recommended. I still couldn't get >> it to do a backup. I have tried to go into all the settings. I restarted it >> via airport utility. Then it disappeared and I had to go and pull out the >> ether net cables before it could recognise it again. >> Now it appears as a disk and I have made sure it is my default. But now it's >> complaining that it isn't part of the server. >> In time machine menu too it says time machine not configured. >> It's also saying system preferences busy and I can't seem to get it to do >> anything! >> Before I got to this stage, I wondered if I needed to update my airport >> utility. Does the Mac automatically do that as part of the updates process? >> Cos I can't find out how to update Airport Utility. I think this is probably >> an obsolete question now as I think I've gone too far into messing up the >> whole thing! >> This is what happens when you trust your boyfriend to know everything about >> it and then he becomes your ex ... 2 months later things like this happen >> and I am none-the-wiser thanks to my own enforced ignorance! >> HELP! >> On 27 May 2012, at 00:22, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> >>> Hi Kirsten, >>> >>> First thing that I would do is to restart your Time Capsule. You can do it >>> through the Airport Utility or just unplug the power to it, leave it >>> unplugged for about 40 to 45 seconds then plug it back in. Wait a bout a >>> minute for it to restart and re-establish connectivity and see if it will >>> backup. I've had similar issues and the restart has usually resolved them. >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> On 2012-05-26, at 1:49 PM, Kirsten Edmondson wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, I have just discovered that my time machine has not backed up to my >>>> time capsule for a month. When I try to force it it says back up disk >>>> unavailable. When I went to the help it said to go to airport utility >>>> which I did, but I couldn't tell what was wrong. Also in help it said the >>>> password might have changed. How do I access that ... it said to log in >>>> using the original password created but I can't find how to log in. I >>>> assume it's some sort of webpage like when you try to log into your >>>> router. I did have internet problems at some point in April, perhaps a >>>> month ago and had to switch things off, so this might be why. It's clearly >>>> still working as a router, but not to back up. Can anyone direct me to the >>>> appropriate help page, or give me simple instructions to follow to sort >>>> this out asap? 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