How can I make the Time Capsule Icon stay on my desktop?

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How can I make the Time Capsule Icon stay on my desktop?

I just replaced my old Airport Extreme and aging external drive with a new Airport TC. The upgrade coulen't have been easier. Here's my question. I occasionally want to access the TC as in external drive so I would like the TC icon to appear on my desktop all the time rather than appearing only when the Time machine is running. Is there a way to do this? I'm running all the latest software / firmware. Thanks and I know there have been some similar threads but they were pretty old.

Posted on Aug 10, 2013 6:51 AM

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Answer 1

Aug 10, 2013 8:19 AM in response to LaVonne

Open System Preferences (gear icon on the dock)

Open Users & Groups

Click the Login Items tab (next to the Password tab)

Click the + buttton at the bottom of the list

Use the Finder interface to locatet the Time Capsule drive and open it on the desktop

Click Add

Now the Time Capsule drive....named "Data", unless you have renamed it, will mounta and appear on the desktop when your Mac starts up.

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Aug 10, 2013 8:39 AM in response to Bob Timmons

Thanks. This almost worked. I sellected the TC / data folder and I can see I'm connnected to it as me but the ADD button is greyed out. Any thoughts?

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Answer 3

Aug 10, 2013 9:30 AM in response to LaVonne

Double click the Data folder to mount the drive on the desktop, then the Add button should be available.

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LaVonne Author

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Aug 10, 2013 9:41 AM in response to LaVonne

That worked. Thanks for your help.

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Aug 10, 2013 2:18 PM in response to LaVonne

I guess I spoke too sone. The icon has disappeared. Any Ideas?

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Answer 6

Aug 10, 2013 2:28 PM in response to LaVonne

You did restart the Mac, correct?

If yes, I cannot duplicate the "disappearing" disk icon here....and cannot recall having ever "lost" the icon in the past, but I'll keep an eye on things here....and will report on anything that I find.

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LaVonne Author

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Aug 10, 2013 2:37 PM in response to LaVonne

No I didn't restart but now I have so we'll see if it sticks.

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Aug 12, 2013 5:26 AM in response to LaVonne

I did a shut down and restart and the icon was visable for all of yesterday. I left my iMac on over night as I usually do and this morning the icon is gone. I'm at a total loss.

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LaVonne Author

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Aug 13, 2013 4:29 AM in response to LaVonne

Here's another clue. This morning I found this message. "Server connection interupted" with choices to ignore or disconnect.

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Answer 10

Aug 13, 2013 6:48 AM in response to LaVonne

If you are using wireless on your Mac, that is possibly the reason.

I have never seen this error, but I use Ethernet to connect my Mac to the router and the TC is also connected to the router using Ethernet, so everything is "hard wired".

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Aug 13, 2013 7:01 AM in response to LaVonne

I'm using Ethernet as I always do when possible.

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Answer 12

Aug 13, 2013 7:13 AM in response to LaVonne

Then I am stumped. Maybe another user has seen the issue and knows the answer.

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Answer 13

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Aug 22, 2013 7:03 AM in response to LaVonne

It's a real mystery. I can't imagine I'm the only one experiencing this. I just upgraded the firmware on the TC with no change. Obviously this is not a major issue but I hate it when I can't resolve anoying little stuff like this.

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Nov 7, 2013 7:00 AM in response to LaVonne

I never figured out the mystery but upgrading to Maverick fixed the problem.

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