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zumbito

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Jun 25, 2015
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Hi everyone,

Not sure if this is the right section, so apologies if I´m wrong. Thing is I have a Time Capsule, the tall slim one, I use as a network drive. I used to use it as a router too so I could set up my MS surface and my MB pro to access the drive, but that was years ago. I just moved to a new place, no longer have that Surface, and I am using my time capsule as a wifi point, connected to my main router in the other side of the house through an ethernet cable. My macbook has been no issue, automatically detected it and I can access the drive, no mater I´m conected directly to the time capsule or trhough the router, the issue comes with my desktop, it is placed where the router is, and connected via wifi, but I have no idea how to access the time capsule share drive or where to start. Any help?
 

AndyMacAndMic

macrumors 65816
May 25, 2017
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Western Europe
Hi everyone,

Not sure if this is the right section, so apologies if I´m wrong. Thing is I have a Time Capsule, the tall slim one, I use as a network drive. I used to use it as a router too so I could set up my MS surface and my MB pro to access the drive, but that was years ago. I just moved to a new place, no longer have that Surface, and I am using my time capsule as a wifi point, connected to my main router in the other side of the house through an ethernet cable. My macbook has been no issue, automatically detected it and I can access the drive, no mater I´m conected directly to the time capsule or trhough the router, the issue comes with my desktop, it is placed where the router is, and connected via wifi, but I have no idea how to access the time capsule share drive or where to start. Any help?

I have no hands on experience with Time Capsule itself, but it is basically a Network Attached Storage (NAS). You can map the Time Capsule in Windows as a network drive. Basically as you can with any NAS.

Found some points for you to start:

https://techsupport.foreverwarm.com/time-capsule-windows

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8435061

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...drive-on/7d57d427-4b11-4445-86fa-81185b313fc3

https://www.makeuseof.com/answers/access-time-capsule-windows-7-laptop/

https://www.experts-exchange.com/qu...ime-Capsule-map-network-drive-in-Windows.html

Here in general how to map a Network drive in Windows:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4026635/windows-map-a-network-drive
 
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