Just upgrade to Monterey on my 2019 iMac. Now my "Time capsule" is missing from Finder and Time Machine says "could not backup because the "Time capsule is not available."
The WiFi is working OK. the Time capsule is a 2TB version.
Most all else seems to be working, but I have just now started to work with the new OS.
iMac 27″, macOS 10.13
If you have not already done so, the most basic of troubleshooting steps.......which you may have already done....... would be......
Power off the Time Capsule
Wait a few minutes
Restart your Mac
Power the Time Capsule back up
Check to see if the Time Capsule now appears in the Finder
If yes, try to run a backup
We really don't want to waste your time asking you to perform other troubleshooting tasks that you may have already done, so it would help speed the process along if you could please list the actions that you have already tried.
Hello Again Bob. Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. Had to make an out of town trip and forgot to answer before I left. Bob, your assistance is very much appreciated! Thank You. Backups seem to be working fine now.
This solved my problem.
Please the let process continue until it completes, or until you see an error message. This may take a long time. If an error message appears, please post back the exact text that you see.
Thank You Bob. Besides the normal "Restart your iMac", I had done nothing at all. Seems these Time Machine/Capsule problems are frequent with Monterey updates. Anyway I only venture into simple restarts - I'm not well versed in how to fix/troubleshoot these types of events on computers (although I should have someone teach me).
Anyway, I have done what you recommended and the Time Capsule has shown back up in the Finder sidebar. 😄
I will now try to run a backup. for the next step.... Stand-by.
Yes. It ran all day, and now I’m letting run all night. I’m in Japan so my replies are slow/time zone effected.
so far at the top of the screen pull down icon, it says 78% complete.
more info tomorrow. Thanks for sticking with me through this.
Well, Fortunately it seems to have worked 👍. After I came back home today from getting a COVID Booster down Time Machine Icon at the top of my screen said last Backup completed at 3:47pm.
After a couple of more hours (now after 5:00pm), it says the last Time Capsule Backup was at 4:15pm. So it has done a snapshot since the backup completed.
I will watch it tomorrow and see if anything changes. I'll let you know.
So far all seems to be going well.
Hi Bob. Yes. Things seem to be working. We were out all day with sore arms and grungy feeling after getting our COVID Booster Shots. I will check thing out and confirm for you tomorrow! Thanks again for helping work through this problem.
confirmation tomorrow 😊👍
Ok. Sorry Bob. It was just hanging there for over two hours so I stopped it.
I’ll restart it and let it run all day.
That will be for a good 8 hours or so.
ill let you know what happens.
It appears Time Machine is making a new complete backup of your Mac as a result of installing Monterey.
Unfortunately, things have taken much longer than normal because the process was stopped previously. So, it had to start all over again from the beginning.
Sounds like things are now working correctly with Monterey and Time Machine backups.
Time Capsule Stopped working right after installing Monterey on why 2019 iMac
