How do I access Time Capsule Remotely with iCloud?

Before, with MobileMe, I was able to backup and access my Time Capsule anywhere in the world because I had my MobileMe login stored in my Time Capsule, and my MobileMe entered into my mac.


So when I was at home it would backup through the local network and when remote it did it through the internet.


Once upgrading to iCloud this broke (even though I entered my iCloud info into the time capsule).


Apple apparently fixed this with an update:


The latest Airport Base Station Update 7.6.1 "provides support for remote access to an AirPort disk or a Time Capsule hard drive with an iCloud account."



However, I'm still unable to do it. Is there instructions some where on how to do it with the latest Airport Utility / iCloud?


Note, yes I could do it with port forwarding but that would require that I have a static IP and like most all residential users I don't have a static IP and can't afford to pay 180+ for a business account to have one. And yes, you can use something like DynDNS but that only works if you have an extra computer at home and that its always on. I only have one machine and its my laptop that I bring with me. MobileMe acted like a DynDNS on the Airport to make Back2Mac work and supposively iCloud should do the same.


Also in Airport Utility next to my iCloud login it shows a green icon (so it's connected).


Thanks in advance!

MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Feb 14, 2012 3:08 PM

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Feb 15, 2012 8:02 AM in response to LaPastenague

I haven't had any issues ever with Lion networking wise, maybe I have just been lucky. This always worked fine on Lion the issue occured when switching to iCloud. I looked at those docs they mentioned ports on Firewall to open. I just temporarily turned off the firewall which is probably what fixed it. So I'll turn it back on, and just allow the ports it said in that document and go from there.

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