Hi all,
I wonder if anyone can help as I'm tearing my hair out. I have a new late 2013 iMac which is great. I want to backup the iMac and going with Apple I have purchased a new 2TB Airport Time Capsule (tall edition).
The idea of having the Time Capsule as a backup device is that I want to hide the device away in my house - well away from the iMac - so in a worse case scenario and I get burgled, the Time Capsule is hidden and my data is safe. This means I want the Time Capsule to have NO physical connection with my router or iMac.
This was possible with the older (flat) Time Capsule by joining an existing network. I used to have my iMac downstairs and the Time Capsule hidden in the attic. The new Time capsule will not let me join unless it is attached with an Ethernet cable. Then it wants to constantly set up a new wireless network.
Why do I want my Time Capsule attached to my router where it is on view, ready to be stolen? I have tried to download an older version of Airport Utility (5.6) but it will not run on Mavericks. I have tried to hard reset the Time Capsule but it wont reset.....
Can anyone please help? I can see the Time Capsule going back....
Many thanks for your time
Trev
I wonder if anyone can help as I'm tearing my hair out. I have a new late 2013 iMac which is great. I want to backup the iMac and going with Apple I have purchased a new 2TB Airport Time Capsule (tall edition).
The idea of having the Time Capsule as a backup device is that I want to hide the device away in my house - well away from the iMac - so in a worse case scenario and I get burgled, the Time Capsule is hidden and my data is safe. This means I want the Time Capsule to have NO physical connection with my router or iMac.
This was possible with the older (flat) Time Capsule by joining an existing network. I used to have my iMac downstairs and the Time Capsule hidden in the attic. The new Time capsule will not let me join unless it is attached with an Ethernet cable. Then it wants to constantly set up a new wireless network.
Why do I want my Time Capsule attached to my router where it is on view, ready to be stolen? I have tried to download an older version of Airport Utility (5.6) but it will not run on Mavericks. I have tried to hard reset the Time Capsule but it wont reset.....
Can anyone please help? I can see the Time Capsule going back....
Many thanks for your time
Trev