How do I go about sorting out a LOST password for Tme Capsule/Time Machine?
Is it even possible?
Do I need to take into Apple dealer?
At Present I am "Blacked Out" in terms of pre feb. 7 (Last Backup)
Thanks in advance for any help?
Time Capsule 802.11n (2nd Gen), OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)
easiest way is to do just this right here...
-Open Airport Utility on your MAC
-Find the Time Capsule on the open window
-Reset the Time Capsule (poke the reset button on the back of your Time Capsule)
now your Airport Utility should show that your Time Capsule is "yellow" vs green. this is where you can make changes to the Time Capsule including the password.
-Click on the Time Capsule in the Airport Utility
-Click on the "edit" button (should be a smaller window within Airport Utility)
-Make the changes you need to make on the next screen
-Click UPDATE.
this should help your issues if you forgot your password.
easiest way is to do just this right here...
-Open Airport Utility on your MAC
-Find the Time Capsule on the open window
-Reset the Time Capsule (poke the reset button on the back of your Time Capsule)
now your Airport Utility should show that your Time Capsule is "yellow" vs green. this is where you can make changes to the Time Capsule including the password.
-Click on the Time Capsule in the Airport Utility
-Click on the "edit" button (should be a smaller window within Airport Utility)
-Make the changes you need to make on the next screen
-Click UPDATE.
this should help your issues if you forgot your password.
If you have a Mac you normally use with that Time Capsule you can use the procedure below to retrieve it from that Mac's Keychain.
Otherwise, reset your wireless network password by momentarily depressing the reset button on your AirPort Extreme, Express, or Time Capsule. Press the button for one full second, no more. Then, configure a new password using AirPort Utility.
If you can connect to your wireless network, then simply use AirPort Utility. From the Base Station menu, select Show Passwords...
Your wireless network password is stored in your Mac's Keychain.
You must first have an Administrator account on a Mac that you use with that AirPort Base Station, one that is used to connect to your AirPort network.
On that Mac, open the Utilities folder. Find Keychain Access and launch it.
In the search field at the upper right, type Airport. All the Keychain entries for your base station will appear there, as well as other entries.
Look at the column "Kind". The entry you want to select will be labeled "AirPort network password" (not "AirPort base station password" or anything else).
If you are trying to recover the AirPort Base Station password then the entry you want to select will be labeled "AirPort base station password" not "AirPort network password".
Double-click that, and in the window that appears check the box for "Show password".
You will get the following window:
In the Password field type your Mac's Administrator password - the same one you used to log in to that Mac.
Then, click Allow, and your wireless network password will appear in the "Show password" field:
Make note of it.
Close the window, then quit Keychain Access.
I had the same issue.
I sent my TimeCapsule to a company to recover my data without success. I lost 15 years of data.
There is no way you can recover data encrypted by TimeMachine if you have lost your password.
The best thing is to backup without encryption or to keep the encryption on TimeCapsule and have an extra backup not encrypted on a removable disks.
Much easier to simply retrieve the password(s).
Base Station Menu > Show Passwords
This worked perfectly, thank you. Your explanation was very clear and easy to follow.
Time Capsule Password Lost
