My time capsule is not backing up my macbook. Password issue. My other mac mini connected wirelessly works fine and backsup correctly.

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My time capsule is not backing up my macbook. Password issue. My other mac mini connected wirelessly works fine and backsup correctly.

My Time capsule is is backing up my Mac Mini just fine, however, my Macbook keeps asking me for the password and it does not like any of the passwords I use. I have since used a pen to reset my Time Capsule and it reset all the network passwords for all 11 devices I had linked to it, however, it did not resolve the issue of my backup issue. Ironically, the macbook still connects wirelessly with my macbook so I can surf the web with it, however, it does not backup on that same device because it must have a different password... Not sure what to do since my Mac Mini is backing up successfully. I must have chosen a different password and it saved to that device, is there a way to display the Time Capsule password on my mac mini so I can attemp to use that on my macbook?

Time Capsule-OTHER, Time Capsule Password reset issue

Posted on Sep 11, 2013 10:39 PM

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Sep 12, 2013 1:12 AM in response to bobgiles

What is the current setting of the TC disk access? It has three main levels, device password, disk password and user names and passwords. If you have it set to the last you will need to create a new username and password for the MacBook or recover what you were using.

Have you ever done a backup to the TC via the MacBook?

What OS does it run?

The default password if you did not set anything is public.

Try manually mounting the TC disk on the MacBook and see if that allows TM to find it.

There is a lot of useful setup and troubleshooting info here.

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

I would install the widget.. A1 and do a full reset of TM in the laptop, A4. As well as verify if you have already done a backup.. A5.

Basic setup of TC for TM is explained here.

http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html

Recovery of passwords is possible but should not be necessary.

See info here.

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3372

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