Time Capsule Connection Failed after update to Mavericks
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."
Solution 1:
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.