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Time machine has flashing amber light

My time machine has a flashing amber light and will not back up. I unplugged, pushed the reset button on the time machine unit, still flashing.

Any ideas?


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Posted on Aug 9, 2019 9:10 AM

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Posted on Aug 9, 2019 11:01 AM

In Dock : Launchpad : Other, select Airport Utility, and launch it. This will show your Airport TIme Capsule, and clicking on the name of the Time Capsule should provide you with a description of why there is a yellow light flashing. It might be a drive full, or ISP DNS disruption, or even an available firmware update pending.

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Aug 9, 2019 11:01 AM in response to rcac19

In Dock : Launchpad : Other, select Airport Utility, and launch it. This will show your Airport TIme Capsule, and clicking on the name of the Time Capsule should provide you with a description of why there is a yellow light flashing. It might be a drive full, or ISP DNS disruption, or even an available firmware update pending.

Time machine has flashing amber light

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