Mac – Time Capsule Connection Failed after update to Mavericks

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After I updating OS X to Mavericks, Time Machine backup stopped to work on Time Capsule.

  • I am connected on internet through Time Capsule without problems
  • AirPort Utility indicators are green with no errors (as well as Time Capsule LED)
  • Time Capsule name is displayed in Shared in Finder
  • I didn't do any changes except for update to Mavericks

But Time Capsule connection fails:

  • "Connection Failed" is displayed if I select TimeCapsule name in Finder
  • If I click "Connect as…", error dialog says: "There was a problem connecting to the server …"
  • If I click "Backup now" on Time Machine, it says: "Backup Failed: The backup disk … is not available."



Best Answer

In my case a serie of rabid and chaotic experiments with restarts and erasing a plist fixed the issue. Steps I did were:

  • Disabled TM Backup
  • Removed TimeCapsule from TM Backup Disk (this might not be necessary, you will not be able to add it again until it will start to work)
  • Saving a screenshot of Exluded paths in TM Options (just for the case)
  • Renamed /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist to *.bac
  • Restarted Mac
  • Restarted TimeMachine
  • Removed /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist and renamed the old plist back
  • Restarted Mac again
  • Added a TimeCapsule back to TimeMachine Backup Disks

Hopefully it started to work. I don't know which of the steps were necessary and which just desperate.

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