i cannot access my data after i reset my airport with a new name... HELP ME before MY husband comes HOME!

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i cannot access my data after i reset my airport with a new name... HELP ME before MY husband comes HOME!

my airport time capsule was not working.

i reset it and (via instructions on here) and gave it a new name and i have it connecting over wireless, I believe, even though there is an ethernet cable.

it has a new name and my wireless is working through it.

i cannot access the data on it. it literally has my life on it.

what do i do?? help me.

i have attached screen shots of all of it.

please help me.

Posted on Sep 1, 2016 7:47 AM

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Tesserax

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Sep 1, 2016 9:02 AM in response to cincomama

All your Time Capsule's settings seem to be correct. The TC's internal hard drive, by default, is named "Data" as you can see in one of your screen shots.

This should show up in Finder under the Shared category as the base station name of your TC. Clicking on it should reveal the Data "folder."

In the image below, my Time Capsule is named: TC2. Its internal drive is named: TM