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Hi, all
I have recently bought a Time Machine 2 TB. I have backed up my MacBook Air over the Time Machine. I was trying to copy or drag and drop files in the time capsule, but it wont allow me. It Neither does allow me to create any new folders in the Airport Time Machine. If i try to drag and drop files in it, it says, click to Authenticate, however, there is no place or tab to authenticate. I am the administrator.
Please advise.
Thanks
It sounds like you are trying to copy / paste files to the Time Capsule Finder icon, when you should be copying / pasting to the drive on the Time Capsule, which is named "Data" unless you have changed it.
Open any Finder window and look for the Time Capsule icon under the Shared heading on the left side of the window
Click on the Time Capsule, which will display a folder to the right named Data, unless you have changed the name of the drive
Double-cllick on Data to mount the drive on the desktop
You can drag / drop or copy / paste files onto the drive icon, or open the drive and drag files into the open window.
The first time that you do this, you may be asked for the Time Capsule device or disk password.
It sounds like you are trying to copy / paste files to the Time Capsule Finder icon, when you should be copying / pasting to the drive on the Time Capsule, which is named "Data" unless you have changed it.
Open any Finder window and look for the Time Capsule icon under the Shared heading on the left side of the window
Click on the Time Capsule, which will display a folder to the right named Data, unless you have changed the name of the drive
Double-cllick on Data to mount the drive on the desktop
You can drag / drop or copy / paste files onto the drive icon, or open the drive and drag files into the open window.
The first time that you do this, you may be asked for the Time Capsule device or disk password.
Thank you Bob. By the time i posted this question, i started playing with it, i finally started copy/pasting.
Thank you once again.
Apple makes it a bit tricky to access the Time Capsule drive, because they would strongly prefer that you use it only for Time Machine backups.
One of the things that you have to think about if you place other files on the Time Capsule is now to back them up, since Time Machine cannot do this.
Bob,
How do you recommend backing up the files that have been dragged and dropped into the Time Capsule data folder?
Thank you.
Connect a USB drive to the USB port on the Time Capsule and use an application like Carbon Copy Cloner, SuperDuper, or Chronosync to back up the data on the Time Capsule drive automatically at the same time each day.
Thank you, Bob. Will this action back up the whole time capsule or just the folder that I dragged and dropped onto it?
Whatever the size of the folder was that you added to the Time Capsule disk is the space that will be occupied on the Time Capsule disk.
The backup application will only back up the files that you tell it to. So, if you have a folder that is 10 GB, then 10 GB of space will be taken up on the Time Capsule disk when the data is transferred over.
I apologize if I wasn't clear. Will the usb backup option be backing up the whole time capsule, or can I select just a specific folder?
I don't want to backup the whole time capsule. I just want to backup the folder I dragged and dropped to the time capsule.
Thank you for your patience, Bob.
Sam
As I said above, the backup application will only back up the specific files that you tell it to.
I missed that line. Thank you for all the help today, Bob 🙂
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