So, a factory default reset might help things for a bit.or it might not. The fact that Time Machine has not been all that reliable with backups to a Time Capsule over the last few years will not change though. The reset gets the Time Capsule back to a fresh start, so you can set it up again from scratch. Yes, if you are having issues, or have been changing some settings on the Time Capsule. Is it worth doing a factory default reset if that fails you can do it yet another way. if that does not work first mount the TC disk in Finder. reboot the computer and go to Time Machine Preferences. If Time Machine will not allow you to start a backup. As it will be when Time Machine is actually backing up. And this is only going to happen when the disk image is mounted in Finder. Disk utility can work only with local disks and disk images. It is fully owned and controlled by the TC firmware. it has never been able to show the actual TC disk which is NEVER formatted APFS. Disk utility can show a Time Machine disk image. this is an image not the underlying disk.ĭisk Utility does not show the time capsule at all.?Ĭorrect. Time machine will then be able to create a new backup to the TC disk which is formatted APFS. Time machine shows the 3TB data disk on the Time capsule as "waiting to backup" So you just erased the TC drive from airport utility? Airport utility shows my Time capsule as being available and attached to the internet
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