Can no longer connect to Time Machine as a server

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Can no longer connect to Time Machine as a server

Have been using an external drive connected to the Time Machine to store my iTunes media files. All of a sudden, the computers on my home network can no longer access the drive as they now have problems connecting to the Time Machine server. However, the wireless router works just fine. Is anyone else experiencing this problem and if so, any advice on how to solve the problem? I can no longer access any of the content on the external drive through the Time Machine, although it appears in the Finder as a shared drive.

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Posted on Jan 1, 2013 5:34 PM

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LaPastenague

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Jan 1, 2013 9:18 PM in response to aschi123

I presume you are on Mountain Lion.. it does have some network issues..

Try just rebooting.. and restart everything in the correct order..

Modem.. router/TC.. USB drive.. clients.. 2min gap between each.

If you still have issues do a verify of the drive.

See A5 http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html

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Jan 2, 2013 5:50 AM in response to aschi123

Thank you. You are correct - I am on Mountain Lion. The problem didn't occur right when I switched the OS to Mountain Lion but a couple months after - perhaps when there was a software update? In any case, after I rebooted the TC, everything seemed to work fine again. Interestingly, all I did was go to the Airport Utility and hit the Update button. After a couple minute wait when the TC rebooted itself, my computers had no issues seeing and connecting to the external drive connected to the TC.

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