Wireless disco: learning to work with Time Capsule. How to Backup your iPhone using TimeCapsule Copying time capsule from iPhone

Apple sometimes makes very strange devices that allow users to use them not only for their intended purpose, but also as they please. Moreover, when there is such a powerful community in which there are many inventors. For example, a set-top box for the Apple TV, it would seem, well, what can you do with it, after all, it can do a lot! But no, there were enthusiasts who turned the device into a kind of video recorder that supports many common video formats. There were good people who revealed to the world the secret of replacement hard drive without much harm. And, of course, this is not all that enthusiasts have done with this accessory. Today I want to tell you about another similar device called Apple Time Capsule. The name is closely related to one of the functions of Mac OS, Time Machine, - backup system data for subsequent restoration both on your own and on a new laptop or computer.

Appearance

The device is delivered in a small box, opening it, we find the Time Capsule itself, a power cable, disks with software for Mac OS and Windows. Since this accessory is not yet officially supplied to Russia due to problems with certification of the IEEE 802.11n standard (as far as I understand, precisely because of this), the power cable needs an adapter for our sockets. You can connect the Time Capsule without fear of burning it, it supports voltage from 140 to 240 V. The device itself is a relatively small box, branded milky-white plastic, a light indicator on the front panel and not a single button. Except that there’s a hole with a hidden Reset button, it’s located on the back, and at first I thought with a grin that I wouldn’t have to use it. As it turned out, I was mistaken. On the back there are ports scattered:

• One port Gigabit Ethernet WAN for connecting an ADSL or cable modem
• Three Gigabit ports Ethernet LAN to connect computers or network devices
• USB port to connect USB printer or external USB hard drive

The dimensions of the device are 197x197x36.6 mm, Time Capsule weighs from one and a half kilograms, depending on the modification. At the moment, devices with a hard drive capacity of one or two terabytes are relevant; the latter option was tested. In an article about the company’s recent announcement, I pointed out one fact that was not particularly pleasant for me personally - the “capsules” were also updated and became more productive. It so happened that I bought the copy I took for testing a few hours later, because it was necessary to update it “on time.” On the other hand, it's still a good thing.

Two words about hard drive: As written on the Apple website, a server-grade Serial ATA, 7200 rpm hard drive is used.

Settings

Perhaps I’ll talk about how I set up Time Capsule for my own use, and below we’ll talk a little about other possibilities. So, the reason for changing the access point is simple for me personally. I've been using the Zyxel P-330 for two years now. Or rather, it wasn’t even that he used it, but rather fought. The family has a lot of devices with Wi-Fi, and when I sat down to play PS3 in the evening, the console simply gave a connection error. Of course, if there is also my wife’s laptop, my laptop, iPhone, and some other device on the network that has been forgotten. But connected. What did Zyxel do? Required a reboot. And so every day. I believe that with one or two devices this thing can work quite well. But as soon as something else appeared, 330, waving his pen, politely sent this “something” to distant lands. Thoughts about a replacement arose a long time ago, but never got around to it. And when I took the Time Capsule for testing, I didn’t think about buying it - it’s a very expensive router, no matter what you say and no matter what arguments you come up with. Even despite the very large hard drive, even despite all the other goodies. I thought like this: I’ll test it, if I like it, I’ll look at AirPort Express. Well, or to a regular AirPort.

Everything turned out wrong. To begin, I inserted the Ethernet cable into the device, into the WAN port. I’ve been using Akado for many years now, it’s a shame that it can’t get to my house digital television. But everything is fine with the Internet. I had all the settings written down, so all that remained was to install small program from the disk included in the kit, it is called “AirPort Utility”. It’s interesting that you didn’t even have to choose the installation and program language; everything was in Russian right away. Yes, for setup I used MBP 17 with installed system Snow Leopard. So, all the pieces of the puzzle are put together, the indicator on the Time Capsule blinks yellow, the program detects this device and offers to configure it. Okay, let's do it! The process is not complicated; if you have at least once configured the access point via the web interface, then there will be no problems here either. But not in my case. The problem appeared after completing the settings. All this time, the indicator on the device regularly blinked yellow, showing that the settings were being recorded. But at the final stage, when the Time Capsule was supposed to reboot, nothing happened. Moreover, it was not detected by any computer. I had to take a pen and use the Reset button. Hmm, that didn't help. After reading the instructions, I found out interesting fact: If simply pressing and holding the button for a few seconds does not help, you need to unplug the cable from the outlet, press and hold the Reset button, and connect the Time Capsule to the network again. This method helped. I entered the settings again, very carefully, and again the same problem. At the final stage, the device did not reboot.

I won’t torture you, I spent an hour trying to find out the reason, and it turned out to be banal. I set up the Time Capsule using what's called the "quick" setting, when I should have chosen the setting manually. When I entered all the data in this window, the Time Capsule rebooted properly and began distributing the Internet to the entire area.

I don’t want to blame the creators of the software for Time Capsule in any way, since for some reason the problem that arose was typical only for me; no one on the forums had encountered this.

What can you do in the settings? You can configure AirPort, everything is traditional here. In the “Wireless” section you can select a radio mode: 802.11 a/n - 802.11 b/g or 802.11 a - 802.11 b/g. The “Guest Network” section is designed to create a kind of special little world for visitors to your home or office - they will be able to connect to the network, but they will not “see” the private network and Time Capsule. And, accordingly, they will not receive access to her disk. The Internet settings are standard, this is where you had to enter the provider data. Some official information:

• Time Capsule is certified for Wi-Fi draft 802.11n specification version 2.0 (firmware version 7.3.1)
• Interoperability with Mac, Windows PC and more Wi-Fi devices, certified for Wi-Fi standards 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g and the draft 802.11n specification version 2.0.
• NAT, DHCP, PPPoE, VPN passthrough (IPSec, PPTP and L2TP), DNS Proxy, SNMP, IPv6 (6-in-4 and manual setting tunnels).

There are also separate sections for setting up printers, disks (connected via USB), in the Advanced section you can view statistics, configure port forwarding, specify your MobileMe data for the “Access to my” function. Mac computer", configure IPv6.

So, after all the settings, another device appears in the Finder, the Time Capsule. On the vastness of your hard drive, you can save many necessary and useful files and access them at any time. For example, the first thing I decided to do was save a mighty bunch of different videos in the Time Capsule memory - watched TV series, good films that had already been watched a hundred times, recordings of concerts, and so on. Simply put, something that you would hate to delete, but you also don’t want it to take up space on your laptop’s disk. To begin with, I chose four films, standard “avishkas”, the average size is 1.5 GB. A VIDEO folder was created in the Time Capsule and the files were fed to the “capsule”. Well, the speed is not bad, four videos in twenty minutes is not bad.

Separately, it must be said about the Internet, about stable and smooth operation with all home devices. For me, this is a kind of psychological “turning point” when you have breakfast in the morning, turn on Wi-Fi on your phone and don’t know whether it will connect to the network or not... Sometimes this makes me very angry. This is not the case with the Time Capsule; it has been at home for a couple of weeks now, during which time there have been no reboots or connection problems. I personally am satisfied with the operating range; in a three-room apartment the signal is reliable everywhere, both on the loggia and in the kitchen.

Time Machine

In theory, the main purpose of the Time Capsule is to use the hard drive for backup. Everything is simple here: select Time Machine, enable this function, specify the hard drive - respectively, Time Capsule. After this, the backup occurs automatically. This process does not greatly affect the speed of the network, but it can take a fair amount of time. And, frankly speaking, it’s a pity for space on such a good network drive, I think if I “move” to another laptop, I’ll connect external hard disk via USB and I’ll get a copy much faster. True, in my case, when using Time Capsule, the process is very slow.

What else?

Well, now let's talk about what you can do with the Time Capsule. The scheme of working with the device that I described is very simple; in fact, for me it is just an access point and a network drive for storing and playing various files. Yes, yes, right from the Time Capsule you can watch videos perfectly, without problems, without delays or “brakes”. But if you have other types on your Time Capsule and want more, then you need to come here, to the Ru_mac community. We look for the tag and find a real treasure trove of knowledge. Here, for example:

“Hello! The following problem has arisen: I have a netbook with Windows 7. The Internet through the Capsule works with a bang, but the capsule screw refuses to be seen... network environment There is also no capsule, although the Workgroup group is everywhere. If you connect a network drive in Windows, it thinks for a very long time, then it falls off like check the network address... It works fine with a MacBook with a capsule screw, and Windows 7 sees the shared folders of a MacBook normally, but it simply refuses to see the capsule... Maybe someone has encountered this with this problem? or maybe if you have any guesses what can be done other than throwing out the netbook with Windows 7"

The solution turned out to be simple: “The whole trick is that in Windows 7, by default in the sharing settings, you should only work with devices that support 128-bit encryption... if you disable this garbage, then everything works with a bang.”

I won’t occupy your attention, if you are interested in Time Capsule and non-standard scenarios for its use, then follow the link in the Ru_mac community. There are also topics about connecting to Time Capsule additional devices, and about use with different providers, and about backup features, and a lot of general information. Including comparisons with competitors, advice on purchasing and repairs.

Conclusions

I’ll do without any “buts” this device It costs quite a bit, but if you buy it in the USA, you will need to prepare it for about five hundred dollars. In Russia, this figure turns into twenty thousand rubles or even more. The Time Capsule, like some other Apple gadgets, is not covered by a worldwide warranty; if it breaks, you'll have to find an enthusiast willing to help with the repair. So it’s expensive and not very relevant for Russia yet. Moreover, you can buy another router for less money.

For myself, I made a choice for a simple reason: for a MacOS user, working with network drive- a real pleasure, plus I like the Time Capsule as an access point. It operates almost silently, although it does heat up during data transfer. Therefore, the “capsule” has taken root and found its place at home; I don’t want to scour around in search of a substitute now. Perhaps later I will connect a printer and one of the external hard drives, We'll see. In any case, Apple has come up with a rather interesting thing, albeit an expensive one.

Yesterday there were several questions in the discussion about how to make the Time Capsule, that useful gadget from Apple, even more useful. Time Capsule, let me remind you, is a combined device that contains WiFi router and a network accessible hard drive for Macs. Accordingly, the device has two main purposes - to store backup copies created by Time Machine, and to distribute a WiFi signal for computers and other devices.
With WiFi it’s easiest - Time Capsule can receive Internet from the provider (with Ethernet or PPPoE, raising a VPN connection like Beeline is not supported), and distribute it according to all kinds of 802.11abgn standards. Moreover, the modern version of the Time Capsule (like the Airport Extreme) has two antennas built in to support the old (slow) and new (fast) standards. This is convenient if there are devices at home that do not support the new standards, then because of them there is no need to “lower” the connection type for all other devices. It so happens that I have three WiFi networks at home, one distributed by NetGear (g there), and two - 802.11n and 802.11n 5GHz - Airport Extreme. Very convenient 🙂 The backup part is a little more interesting.

If you plan to use the Time Capsule solely for storing unencrypted Time Machine backups or as a simple file dump, then you don’t need to do anything else; the device will work just fine in the form in which it is available out of the box. I had two goals in mind when planning to use the Time Capsule.
1. Security
You can never be too careful, especially in our world, where there are enough assholes of all kinds. Therefore, I always encrypt the disk on my computer using FileVault, and, if possible, I try to protect other data, so backups should also be protected. By default, even though the data is copied from the encrypted drive, it is already unprotected on the Time Capsule, and this bothered me. By the way, if you make a Time Machine backup to a locally connected one via USB/Firewire/Thunderbolt, then on OS X 10.7 you can also encrypt it using FileVault and not worry about your data.
2. Storage of other data
When the computer only has 256GB disk space, you begin to be very careful about what is stored on your computer. In this regard, 70GB of not the largest music collection looks like a kind of burden that significantly interferes with the economical mode of storing data on the computer. There will always be some other content - photos, videos - that takes up a lot of space, and at the same time you want it to be quickly accessible. Leaving it on the Time Capsule disk, where Time Machine is backed up, is somehow scary, since there is always a risk of losing this data.
Based on these two considerations, I wanted to find a solution that would allow the use of Time Capsule, and at the same time satisfy everyone necessary conditions on data storage. And such a solution was found, albeit non-trivial, but it works. I didn’t come up with it, the link above is the original, but on the blog there is a simplified version in a language that many understand.
1. Find out the computer name. This can be done in System settings, in the Sharing section:


My MacBook Air called Beauty because it is very beautiful, yes :) It is important that the computer name does NOT contain spaces.
2. Find out the MAC address of your network card. The instructions stated that you need the MAC address of the main Ethernet card, but since the MacBook Air does not have Ethernet, you need a MAC address WiFi adapter. I don’t know what to do in the case of, say, an iMac, where Ethernet is still present, but I would still start with the MAC address of the Ethernet adapter. You can find the MAC address by going to the same System Preferences, Network section, then select WiFi in the left column, click the Advanced button...


...after which a window will open, where the MAC address of your WiFi card will be written below:


Write it down for yourself, you will need it later.
3. Next, we assume that the disk from the Time Capsule is mounted on your Mac, because we will need to create an empty encrypted disk image and save it to the disk with the Time Capsule. To do this, you need to open the Disk Utility application, and select the command to create a new disk image. You will see this default dialog:


4. Next you will need to take the following steps:
a) enter a name for the name of this disk image, which should contain ComputerName_MAC address. (MAC address is indicated without colons).
b) in the Name field enter the computer name
c) Specify the size of the disk image. Depends on the disk space of your computer and the disk space of the Time Capsule. For the average home user, 300-500GB is enough
d) Disk image format - Mac OS X Extended (Journaled)
e) Encryption - 128bit AES. It is quite secure and still provides acceptable performance.
e) Partition - do not change, leave Single Partition, Apple Partition Map
g) Image Format - specify “sparse bundle disk image”.


The sparse bundle disk image format means that the disk image will initially not take up much space, but will grow as it fills up until it reaches the maximum value you specify. After this, Time Machine will understand that the “disk is full” and will offer you to delete the oldest backups according to its algorithm. If desired, using command line, the size of the disk image can be increased.
When saving this image Disk The Utility will ask you to provide a password for it - you usually need to enter this when mounting a disk image. Save your password in Keychain. Don't forget to save this disk image to your Time Capsule disk!
5. Open the Keychain Access app - this is the app that stores your passwords. You will need to find in the list of passwords the one you specified to mount the disk image. It is located in your user keychain, which is most likely called login (mine is called login_renamed_1, historically, don’t pay attention). The important thing is that you need to transfer this object from your custom login in a bunch of keys system- simply grab and drag this object onto the system and release the mouse button.


6. Now all that’s left is nonsense - specify in the Time Machine settings the disk from the Time Capsule as the disk for saving Time Machine backups.


Please note that the disk from the Time Capsule appears as the backup disk in the settings. However, street magic comes into play - the system itself mounts the disk image, uploads a backup to it (the first time the process takes quite a long time, although everything, of course, depends on how much data you have on your computer), and upon completion, unmounts the disk . However, the data is stored on an encrypted disk image, so even if someone gains physical access to the hard drive from the Time Capsule, they will have to try very hard to see your files. At the same time, you get a guarantee that Time Machine, while backing up, will not get carried away and destroy your data, remaining within the space allocated to it on the disk image.
There is one additional tip that I also used. By default, Time Machine backs up your data every hour. This is, of course, useful, but I don’t need such a frequency of saving backups. Therefore, you can use the TimeMachineEditor utility, which allows you to configure the interval for creating Time Machine backups the way you like. For me personally, it’s enough to do this once a day. I hope these tips help you too.

Good day! In one breath I continue with the manuals on how to work with Apple devices. Now I want to talk about connecting to a Time Capsule drive with mobile devices. As you understand, we will talk about iOS devices and Android devices. I’ll say right away that on Android it’s easier to work with Time Capsule and there are more synchronization functions, which is very strange, like Apple, but it doesn’t work fully, and then only with an iPad (many thanks to those who found a way to connect on the iPhone). So let's begin.

1. A little theory and what we need.

Let's start with the theory, or why is it so easy to connect? It's very simple: Time Capsule works using the SMB protocol, which is supported by some programs. Having finished with the theory, let's move on to the list of programs:
For iPad: Oplayer HD(
3. Click +, then “Windows Server (Samba)” and see the window:

Where:
Host - IP address of the Time Capsule on the network (10.0.1.1 or 192.168.1.1 - it all depends on the settings, default is 10.0.1.1)
Port - do not touch
Login - Time Capsule disk username
Password - Time Capsule user password
Name - any name of the server (Kolya, Lesha, Time Capsule Home, etc.)
4. Click “Save” and voila, the server has been added:

Now you can watch movies directly from Time Capsule
BUGS: when paused, the sound/picture becomes out of sync.

"Let's make Android friends with Time Capsule"

Here you will have to tinker a little, but the result is worth it: movies, music and files - all this can be downloaded directly to the device! So let's begin:
1. Open ES Explorer (RUS ES Explorer):

2. Swipe left or right, click “Network” (upper left corner):

3. Select LAN:

4. Click "Create"
5. Select "Server":

6. A window will open:

Where:
Domain - do not touch;
Address - IP address of the Time Capsule on the network (10.0.1.1 or 192.168.1.1 - it all depends on the settings, default is 10.0.1.1);
Login - username of the Time Capsule disk;
Password - Time Capsule user password;
Name - any name of the server (Kolya, Lesha, Time Capsule Home, etc.).
7. Woo-ala, the server has appeared in the program.
8. You ask why we installed Rock-Player, I will answer: to watch video from the capsule! The video plays quite comfortably, the player supports many file formats, in general, I recommend it! The same program can play video from the device.

Below are installation instructions TimeCapsule and creating an iPhone backup.
TimeCapsule – third party application For iPhone And iPod Touch , capable of saving almost anything: databases, settings, presets. All this can be restored at any time.

TimeCapsule supports backup/restore of the following applications: address book contacts, call history, calendar, Installer sources (problems with setting rights may occur during restoration), Maps bookmarks and history, notes, Safari history and bookmarks, SMS, VoiceMail settings, Weather, WorldClock, smartRSS , PuzzleManiak, YouTube bookmarks, etc.

To install the program TimeCapsule you need to take several steps:

Step one
Launch Installer


Step two
Go to the Sources tab in the lower right corner of the screen

Step three
Click on the Edit button on the right top corner screen.

Step four
Click on the Add button in the upper left corner of the screen.

Step five
Enter the following link http://repo.databinge.com into the window that appears and click OK

Step six
Click on the Done button in the upper right corner of the screen.

Step seven
Go to the Install tab at the bottom of the screen

Step eight
From the list of categories, select Utilities

Step nine
From the list of packages, select TimeCapsule

Step ten
Click on the Install button in the upper right corner of the screen

Step eleven
Now click on the big red Install button

Step twelve
After installing the program, you will be thrown into the category selection list. Click on Home button to exit to the main menu. You can notice the new TimeCapsule icon here

How to use the program TIMECAPSULE
Step one
Launch TimeCapsule by clicking on the corresponding icon in SpringBoard.

Step two
When TimeCapsule opens, you will be presented with a list of what TimeCapsule can back up.

Select the element you need for backup. For example, I'll choose Calendar.

Step three
A calendar has been added for transactions. Click on the backup button in the upper right corner of the screen

Step four
You will be given a message stating that you can only make a single backup. Or you can go to a given website and pay for the full functionality of the application. And we'll click OK.

Step five
Note that one restore point was created. Click on it to see what features are available for it.

Step six
A small menu will appear asking you further action. You can restore (Restore), rename (Rename), delete (Delete) and send by mail (Email) the recovery point. In this example, we will restore our calendar by clicking on the Restore button.

Any owner of a MacBook or other model sooner or later has a problem: where to dump the information accumulated on the hard drive, because it is not “rubber”. One of the solutions this issue may be the use of Time Capsule.

For example, you have a MacBook Air with an SSD capacity of only 64 GB and every megabyte is worth its weight in gold. Of course, in this case a portable one will do. external drive, but its possibilities are not unlimited, and carrying a “suitcase with batteries” with you everywhere is not very convenient. What if you have more than one computer, or several people want to exchange files with you at the same time?

Anticipating this situation, three years ago engineers from Cupertino developed a universal device called Time Capsule. The name itself hints at one of the important features of Mac OS X - the use of Time Machine to backup data. Now this device is fighting for the “living space” on your Mac. And not only.

What is a Time Capsule? It's essentially an Apple Airport Extreme hotspot with support for Wi-Fi technology(according to modern standards, in particular, 802.11n 2.0) and at the same time wireless data storage with built-in hard drive from 0.5 to 2 Terabytes.

In addition to regular Macs, Time Capsule allows you to connect to iPhone, iPod, Apple TV and other computers and devices equipped with Wi-Fi in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands. The price of a “time capsule” (in the USA) ranges from $300 to $500 depending on the size of the hard drive.

And it's worth the money. With the help of this device, dozens of users (including Windows users), without being “tied” to wires and moving freely within the coverage area of ​​the Wi-Fi network (while their system files), can simultaneously exchange data, print documents via printers connected to the Time Capsule, watch movies, listen to music and even play online games.

It's decided. We buy

We take out from the packaging a small elegant box made of milky-white plastic weighing about one and a half kilograms with the treasured apple on the lid. The rubber tray is striking, allowing the new Time Capsule 2TB to be extremely quiet, avoiding vibrations. The rear panel of the device has a wide selection of ports: Gigabit Ethernet WAN, three Gigabit Ethernet LAN and one USB. This configuration allows you to configure the Time Capsule in router mode and connect various printers or external drives to it.

The station is reliably protected by encryption protocols - Wi-Fi access Protected Access™ (WPA/WPA2), wireless access(WEP) with the ability to configure 40-bit and 128-bit encryption against outside interference and allows, among other things, to “bind” access to the MAC addresses of each machine and with a time limit for each communication session. On board Time Capsule: NAT, DHCP, PPPoE, VPN passthrough (IPSec, PPTP and L2TP), DNS Proxy, SNMP, IPv6 support.

We connect the power cable through the Euro adapter. It's simple. A yellow light flashed on the front panel of the indicator - the station was preparing to launch, then green. This means the Time Capsule is ready for use. All that remains is to enter the user access settings wireless network. After this, the blue eye may light up for some time (standby mode). And again green. Now the Time Capsule was running at full capacity.

Setting up a Wi-Fi base station

By Apple recommendations assign the Time Capsule as a wireless base station. Since this device has the capabilities of AirPort Extreme with access to Wi-Fi, it can be immediately set up as the main base station, not the network client. This allows you to achieve high performance and avoid sudden speed surges during the creation process backup copies. Using an Ethernet cable, we connect the cable/ADSL modem (broadband) to the WAN port. We search for and launch from the section /Programs/Utilities/AirPort-Utility.

Select the device name, for example, “Time Capsule c3d536” and click “Continue”. Then check the box “Create a new wireless network” and “Continue” again. Follow the instructions that appear and wait for the Time Capsule to reboot. Now all settings will take effect.

Debugging PPPoE and VPN

Having launched the AirPort utility, select the Time Capsule name and say “Manual setup”. Go to the “Internet” tab. If the connection is made via the PPPoE protocol, then select “connect via PPPoE”. Now you just need to enter the username and password provided by the provider.

For a VPN connection, also open the AirPort (wireless network) tab. As in the first case, we create it following the recommendations. Here you can assign a name to your network and assign a password to it using the “Wireless Network Security” menu. Now this password can be used by owners of other devices on your network, for example, iPad or iPhone.

Other connections

Additional AirPort sections assign access to printers. (For Mac OS X version 10.5, go to System Preferences/Print and Fax and add the desired printer). In the Advanced section, you can view statistics or perform port forwarding by providing your MobileMe information to use Back to My Mac remotely.

Setting up shared access to the Time Capsule disk

In the AirPort-Utility/Time Capsule menu, set the station name and password, and then on the “Disks” tab, set the access rights to Time Capsule disk files.

Click “Update” and wait for the device to reboot. ( Windows users when setting up a connection, you need to disable 128-bit encryption). Now the Time Capsule image will appear on users’ monitors in Finder and you can safely get rid of the excess of accumulated files by sending them to a new “mini-server”.

Launch Time Machine

We turn on Time Machine in the “Settings Panel”, and it automatically detects the Time Capsule on the network. By spending a few hours on the first copy, you will protect yourself and your colleagues or friends from all sorts of “crashes” and rush jobs associated with data loss. Then Time Capsule will automatically, in a matter of minutes, copy only the changed data.

Time Capsule has many possibilities. Let's give a few examples.

Watching movies online on iPad

Many people use Time Capsule as a home media library and stream videos directly to big screen, and on the iPad? It turns out that he can also pick up files from Time Capsule using the program. IN App Store it costs only $3.

Before you can see the files on remote disk Time Capsule, you will need to make a few adjustments. First, you must have Wi-Fi turned on. When you first launch FileBrowser, you need to click on the “plus” icon that appears. In the connection settings window that appears, you need to enter any disk name, for example “TC”, its IP address, user name and password. Perhaps you will need additional settings/Advanced Settings, for example? Your iPad's MAC address. Read the tips (unfortunately, only in English).

If everything went well, you should see a directory on the Time Capsule with your favorite movies in formats “readable” by the iPad itself, for example, .mp4 with the H.264 codec. Now just “click” on your favorite name.
You can also listen to music, say .mp3.

We limit session time for guests

By using MAC address binding, you can limit the time for guest access, for example, a client of your company who only needs to “drop” a couple of logos from his laptop onto the Time Capsule. By default, network access is limited to a 24-hour session. But by adjusting the settings in AirPort Utility, you can reduce the access time to your network storage, for example, by twenty minutes.

“Healing” the disk of the Time Capsule itself

According to Apple, some problems may occur with AirPort Extreme (pre-2009), AirPort Extreme (Base Station/802.11n), AirPort Extreme (Simultaneous Dual-Band II), Time Capsule (pre-2009 models).

To avoid possible errors, it is necessary to periodically update the versions of AirPort Utility and the firmware of Time Capsule devices via “Software Update”. However, it is strictly forbidden to use disk utility Mac OS X to clean, check, or fix your Time Capsule drive. 
 After updating the programs and firmware, restart the device.

While loading Time Capsule into automatic mode will check the structure itself file system internal disk and will fix the problems. If there is something wrong with the disk, LED indicator Time Capsule device will blink yellow. Then, using the same AirPort Utility, you can check the S.M.A.R.T. status of the disk.

But fortunately, our new model Time Capsule 2TB MC344 does not have these problems, and no one is stopping you from having the necessary settings and having a real wireless “disco” right now.