I have an old time capsule external hard drive that has never been correctly hooked up to my devices. With the work I am doing now, I need the back ups more than ever. Could someone help me figure out how to find it, assign my wifi password and then have my two macbook airs and iPad back up to it instead of iCloud please?
First item......the Time Capsule needs to connect to your router using a permanent wired Ethernet cable connection, so that would be the first requirement if you want to try get the Time Capsule working again.
It would help if you could provide the make and model number of your router, so we will have a better understanding of your network devices.
Would also help to know what model of Time Capsule that you have. If your device looks like a small white pizza box, look on the bottom of the device for the model number, which is usually embedded in the foam pad base. The model number starts with an "A" followed by 4 numbers. Please do not provide a serial number as that is not needed......just the model number.
If you have the more recent "tall" or "tower" shaped model of the Time Capsule, just indicate as such.
Next item.....you will need to perform a Hard Reset on the Time Capsule to get it back to its factory default settings so that it can be set up again to work correctly on your network with your current router.
Post back when you are ready to proceed.
First item......the Time Capsule needs to connect to your router using a permanent wired Ethernet cable connection, so that would be the first requirement if you want to try get the Time Capsule working again.
It would help if you could provide the make and model number of your router, so we will have a better understanding of your network devices.
Would also help to know what model of Time Capsule that you have. If your device looks like a small white pizza box, look on the bottom of the device for the model number, which is usually embedded in the foam pad base. The model number starts with an "A" followed by 4 numbers. Please do not provide a serial number as that is not needed......just the model number.
If you have the more recent "tall" or "tower" shaped model of the Time Capsule, just indicate as such.
Next item.....you will need to perform a Hard Reset on the Time Capsule to get it back to its factory default settings so that it can be set up again to work correctly on your network with your current router.
Post back when you are ready to proceed.
Hi BOb,
I hva the same question - I have an A1355 Time Capsule, have plugged it in the modem.
I can see it appearing in my wifi networks, but not sure how to proceed from there?
Thanks for your help,
Emilie
Thank you Bob, you nailed. I followed the steps you suggested and everything worked as your prescribed.
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