Re: [WAMUG} 2012 time capsule - replacement suggestions

2021-12-29 Thread Julie Bedford 
Thought I would add this one to the story.  I purchased my Time Capsule a few 
years back, but didn’t installed it for at least a year, the idea was to add it 
onto my second computer.  When at last I got it installed, it never worked.  I 
took it back to the reseller, who opened it up to find a dead hard drive, but 
the interesting thing was it was covered in dust and the date on the hard drive 
was about 6 years older than the Time Capsule itself.  One can only imagine !!  
Of course, it was out of warranty and had to pay the price.

Jewels


> On 29 Dec 2021, at 9:43 am, Peter Hinchliffe  
> wrote:
> 
> The hard drive on my Time Capsule died about 18 months ago, but the TC is 
> still working fine as a WiFi hub. I was using the hard drive as my Time 
> Machine disk. I have since replaced it with a 5Gb external USB Drive, but the 
> WiFi is working as well as ever.
> 
> The heat over the past few days did have an effect on my iMac though - 
> yesterday morning iStat Menus told me the CPU was running at 95°C, which 
> explained why the mouse had a mind of its own and very few Safari extensions 
> were working properly, and I couldn’t connect to my Bluetooth headphones. 
> Turned it all off overnight  and everything is back to a normal 50-60°C 
> today. Could have cooked bacon with it yesterday.
> 
>> On 28 Dec 2021, at 4:13 pm, Adam Lippiatt > > wrote:
>> 
>> For what it is worth, I just bought a second hand airport extreme on ebay 
>> and I love the ease of setup.  I already have an older time capsule whose 
>> hard disk is still spinning away for all of these years.  
>>> On 28 Dec 2021, at 11:44 am, gary dorn mailto:gd...@me.com>> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> hello WAMUG
>>> 
>>> The heat over the last few days seems to have killed our 2012 Time Capsule, 
>>> which we use to have a home Wifi network to connect all our devices too - 
>>> phones, apple tv, macbook air and a printer. this time capsule was 
>>> connected to a SouthernPhone wifi router for internet access.
>>> 
>>> symptom is  - no light (can hear and feel hardisk spinning)
>>> no home network connections via Wifi
>>> 
>>> is there suggested replacement for this. 
>>> 
>>> We previously just used an Airport base station - which I have now 
>>> reconnected to use in the mean time - but it tends to be a bit flaky and 
>>> slow.
>>> 
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
> Perth, Western Australia
> Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948
> 
> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
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Re: [WAMUG} 2012 time capsule - replacement suggestions

2021-12-28 Thread Philippe Chaperon 
Good afternoon Peter and All, 

My computers are in a room upstairs where it gets very, very hot. During the 
day when our Air Cooler is on downstairs, the room becomes less hot  but I keep 
a smallish table fan pointing at the back of my iMac, making sure the air flow 
runs from the bottom to the top of the machine.  I keep the fan running all 
night, when doing back-ups etc, to keep the machine within acceptable 
temperature range. This seems to work for me keeping the CPU temp to 56º C at 
the moment. 

P.S. I do the same for my Power Shield UPS (Defender 1600) but with a much 
smaller table fan. Works well too.

Best Regards, 

Philippe Chaperon 
Philippe dit la Grenouille ...

On 29 Dec 2021, at 9:43 am, Peter Hinchliffe  wrote:

The hard drive on my Time Capsule died about 18 months ago, but the TC is still 
working fine as a WiFi hub. I was using the hard drive as my Time Machine disk. 
I have since replaced it with a 5Gb external USB Drive, but the WiFi is working 
as well as ever.

The heat over the past few days did have an effect on my iMac though - 
yesterday morning iStat Menus told me the CPU was running at 95°C, which 
explained why the mouse had a mind of its own and very few Safari extensions 
were working properly, and I couldn’t connect to my Bluetooth headphones. 
Turned it all off overnight  and everything is back to a normal 50-60°C today. 
Could have cooked bacon with it yesterday.

> On 28 Dec 2021, at 4:13 pm, Adam Lippiatt  > wrote:
> 
> For what it is worth, I just bought a second hand airport extreme on ebay and 
> I love the ease of setup.  I already have an older time capsule whose hard 
> disk is still spinning away for all of these years.  
>> On 28 Dec 2021, at 11:44 am, gary dorn mailto:gd...@me.com>> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> hello WAMUG
>> 
>> The heat over the last few days seems to have killed our 2012 Time Capsule, 
>> which we use to have a home Wifi network to connect all our devices too - 
>> phones, apple tv, macbook air and a printer. this time capsule was connected 
>> to a SouthernPhone wifi router for internet access.
>> 
>> symptom is  - no light (can hear and feel hardisk spinning)
>>  no home network connections via Wifi
>> 
>> is there suggested replacement for this. 
>> 
>> We previously just used an Airport base station - which I have now 
>> reconnected to use in the mean time - but it tends to be a bit flaky and 
>> slow.
>> 

Kind regards,

Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, Western Australia
Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948

Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.

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Re: [WAMUG} 2012 time capsule - replacement suggestions

2021-12-28 Thread Peter Hinchliffe 
The hard drive on my Time Capsule died about 18 months ago, but the TC is still 
working fine as a WiFi hub. I was using the hard drive as my Time Machine disk. 
I have since replaced it with a 5Gb external USB Drive, but the WiFi is working 
as well as ever.

The heat over the past few days did have an effect on my iMac though - 
yesterday morning iStat Menus told me the CPU was running at 95°C, which 
explained why the mouse had a mind of its own and very few Safari extensions 
were working properly, and I couldn’t connect to my Bluetooth headphones. 
Turned it all off overnight  and everything is back to a normal 50-60°C today. 
Could have cooked bacon with it yesterday.

> On 28 Dec 2021, at 4:13 pm, Adam Lippiatt  wrote:
> 
> For what it is worth, I just bought a second hand airport extreme on ebay and 
> I love the ease of setup.  I already have an older time capsule whose hard 
> disk is still spinning away for all of these years.  
>> On 28 Dec 2021, at 11:44 am, gary dorn mailto:gd...@me.com>> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> hello WAMUG
>> 
>> The heat over the last few days seems to have killed our 2012 Time Capsule, 
>> which we use to have a home Wifi network to connect all our devices too - 
>> phones, apple tv, macbook air and a printer. this time capsule was connected 
>> to a SouthernPhone wifi router for internet access.
>> 
>> symptom is  - no light (can hear and feel hardisk spinning)
>>  no home network connections via Wifi
>> 
>> is there suggested replacement for this. 
>> 
>> We previously just used an Airport base station - which I have now 
>> reconnected to use in the mean time - but it tends to be a bit flaky and 
>> slow.
>> 

Kind regards,

Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, Western Australia
Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948

Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.

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Re: [WAMUG} 2012 time capsule - replacement suggestions

2021-12-28 Thread Stephen Chape 
Might also be worth checking with the guys at Mac4U in Midland.
They are very helpful.

> On 28 Dec 2021, at 5:25 pm, Julie Bedford  wrote:
> 
> Hi Gary
> 
> Last year I had my time capsule replaced with a refurbished one.  Check with 
> the Mac shop in Joondalup.
> If the hard drive is faulty, you can always replace this yourself.
> 
> Cheers
> Jewels
> 
>> On 28 Dec 2021, at 11:44 am, gary dorn mailto:gd...@me.com>> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> hello WAMUG
>> 
>> The heat over the last few days seems to have killed our 2012 Time Capsule, 
>> which we use to have a home Wifi network to connect all our devices too - 
>> phones, apple tv, macbook air and a printer. this time capsule was connected 
>> to a SouthernPhone wifi router for internet access.
>> 
>> symptom is  - no light (can hear and feel hardisk spinning)
>>  no home network connections via Wifi
>> 
>> is there suggested replacement for this. 
>> 
>> We previously just used an Airport base station - which I have now 
>> reconnected to use in the mean time - but it tends to be a bit flaky and 
>> slow.
>> 
>> I saw Apple have home Kit system 
>>  
>> https://www.apple.com/shop/product/HPN22LL/A/linksys-velop-ax4200-wifi-6-mesh-system?fnode=85ccddd4a297e04cea55115e35afbc6a215989f0b9fbf2a317b03a5aae900f07da1ac826355612620b2483e6880af8b30fa6d65b9d180484b02d7811e17eb610b8538a8c308dff082b1f417fadae8f285705e3f4156c9abde468af32b7194cb3
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> but it seems to be incompatible with our old hardware/devices.
>> 
>> thanks
>> Gary Dorn
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Re: [WAMUG} 2012 time capsule - replacement suggestions

2021-12-28 Thread Stephen Chape 
Might also be worth checking with the guys at Macs4U in Midland

> On 28 Dec 2021, at 5:25 pm, Julie Bedford  wrote:
> 
> Hi Gary
> 
> Last year I had my time capsule replaced with a refurbished one.  Check with 
> the Mac shop in Joondalup.
> If the hard drive is faulty, you can always replace this yourself.
> 
> Cheers
> Jewels
> 
>> On 28 Dec 2021, at 11:44 am, gary dorn mailto:gd...@me.com>> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> hello WAMUG
>> 
>> The heat over the last few days seems to have killed our 2012 Time Capsule, 
>> which we use to have a home Wifi network to connect all our devices too - 
>> phones, apple tv, macbook air and a printer. this time capsule was connected 
>> to a SouthernPhone wifi router for internet access.
>> 
>> symptom is  - no light (can hear and feel hardisk spinning)
>>  no home network connections via Wifi
>> 
>> is there suggested replacement for this. 
>> 
>> We previously just used an Airport base station - which I have now 
>> reconnected to use in the mean time - but it tends to be a bit flaky and 
>> slow.
>> 
>> I saw Apple have home Kit system 
>>  
>> https://www.apple.com/shop/product/HPN22LL/A/linksys-velop-ax4200-wifi-6-mesh-system?fnode=85ccddd4a297e04cea55115e35afbc6a215989f0b9fbf2a317b03a5aae900f07da1ac826355612620b2483e6880af8b30fa6d65b9d180484b02d7811e17eb610b8538a8c308dff082b1f417fadae8f285705e3f4156c9abde468af32b7194cb3
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> but it seems to be incompatible with our old hardware/devices.
>> 
>> thanks
>> Gary Dorn
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Re: [WAMUG} 2012 time capsule - replacement suggestions

2021-12-28 Thread Julie Bedford 
Hi Gary

Last year I had my time capsule replaced with a refurbished one.  Check with 
the Mac shop in Joondalup.
If the hard drive is faulty, you can always replace this yourself.

Cheers
Jewels

> On 28 Dec 2021, at 11:44 am, gary dorn  wrote:
> 
> hello WAMUG
> 
> The heat over the last few days seems to have killed our 2012 Time Capsule, 
> which we use to have a home Wifi network to connect all our devices too - 
> phones, apple tv, macbook air and a printer. this time capsule was connected 
> to a SouthernPhone wifi router for internet access.
> 
> symptom is  - no light (can hear and feel hardisk spinning)
>   no home network connections via Wifi
> 
> is there suggested replacement for this. 
> 
> We previously just used an Airport base station - which I have now 
> reconnected to use in the mean time - but it tends to be a bit flaky and slow.
> 
> I saw Apple have home Kit system 
>  
> https://www.apple.com/shop/product/HPN22LL/A/linksys-velop-ax4200-wifi-6-mesh-system?fnode=85ccddd4a297e04cea55115e35afbc6a215989f0b9fbf2a317b03a5aae900f07da1ac826355612620b2483e6880af8b30fa6d65b9d180484b02d7811e17eb610b8538a8c308dff082b1f417fadae8f285705e3f4156c9abde468af32b7194cb3
>  
> 
> 
> but it seems to be incompatible with our old hardware/devices.
> 
> thanks
> Gary Dorn
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