Welcome to TimeCapsuleSMB Discussions!

[jamesyc]

👋 Welcome!

We’re using Discussions as a place to connect with other members of our community. We hope that you:

• Ask questions you’re wondering about.
• Share ideas.
• Engage with other community members.
• Welcome others and are open-minded. Remember that this is a community we
  build together 💪.

To get started, comment below with an introduction of yourself and tell us about what you do with this community.

[phis5533]

It just work ! Awesome ! Many thanks

[jamesyc]

Glad it works for you!

[filipelean]

Fiz o update agora de todos os meus TC, são 2 de 3ª geração e 1 de 4ª. Ambos estão funcionando muito bem, o problema de reiniciar sozinho parou. To tentando criar uma rotina no meu servidor Linux pra verificar e ativar o SMB nos TC antigos caso eles reiniciem por algum motivo.

[filipelean]

TimeCapsuleSMB Diagnostics
Generated: 2026-06-03T17:21:46Z

App

• Version: 2.2.0-beta3
• Build: 20203
• Application Support: /Users/filipeleandro/Library/Application Support/TimeCapsuleSMB
• Helper Override: auto

Settings

• Appearance: system
• Telemetry Enabled: true
• Raw Events Default: true
• Check Updates On Launch: true
• Version Check URL: auto
• Time Machine Warnings: true
• Default NBNS: true
• Default Debug Logging: false
• Default Mount Wait: 30
• Default ATA Idle: 300
• Default ATA Standby: device default

Readiness

• State: Ready
• Version Check: TimeCapsuleSMB is up to date. Source: network
• Helper Version: 2.2.0-beta3 (20203)
• Distribution Root: /private/var/folders/mt/f1ffk5ws5cv03_nk0lbh35c00000gn/T/AppTranslocation/E84768CF-2EFB-4201-A332-709BFCB22F1D/d/TimeCapsuleSMB.app/Contents/Resources/Distribution
• Artifact Manifest SHA256: c4c9db0cc4b214537b95e1c0302ce81c46b75e1597cb350f633b92296880fc0a
• Operations: activate, capabilities, configure, deploy, discover, doctor, flash, fsck, reachability, repair-xattrs, set-telemetry, uninstall, validate-install, version-check
• Validation: Install validation passed.
• Validation Counts: checks=5, fail=0, pass=5
• Check python_modules: PASS - required Python modules import
• Check boot_assets: PASS - boot assets are readable
• Check distribution_root: PASS - distribution root is valid: /private/var/folders/mt/f1ffk5ws5cv03_nk0lbh35c00000gn/T/AppTranslocation/E84768CF-2EFB-4201-A332-709BFCB22F1D/d/TimeCapsuleSMB.app/Contents/Resources/Distribution
• Check artifact_hashes: PASS - all payload artifact hashes match
• Check boot_script_tokens:
• Runtime Issues: none

Updates

• State: TimeCapsuleSMB is up to date.
• Summary: TimeCapsuleSMB is up to date.
• Source: network
• Local Version Code: 20203
• Current Version: 20129
• Minimum Supported Version: 20121
• Latest Tag: v2.1.8
• Download URL: https://github.com/jamesyc/TimeCapsuleSMB/releases/latest

Selected Device

• ID: 9ecc0267-5488-4788-a80f-75c00ed67d3d
• Name: AirPort Time Capsule Trabalho
• Host: AirPort-Time-Capsule-Trabalho.local
• Model: TimeCapsule6,113
• SYAP: 113
• OS: NetBSD 4.0_STABLE
• Arch: evbarm
• Payload Family: netbsd4le_samba4
• Password State:
• Last Checkup: none
• Runtime State: Warning: Permanently added '192.168.15.21' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
  cat: stdout: Input/output error
• Last Deploy: Warning: Permanently added '192.168.15.21' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
  cat: stdout: Input/output error

Operations

• Active: none
• Pending Confirmation: none

Backend Events

• Event: log | deploy | Waiting for the device to go down...
• Event: stage | deploy | wait_for_reboot_down
• Event: log | deploy | Device went down; waiting for it to come back up...
• Event: stage | deploy | wait_for_reboot_up
• Event: log | deploy | Device is back online.
• Event: stage | deploy | probe_runtime
• Event: log | deploy | /etc/rc.d/LOGIN does not invoke /mnt/Flash/rc.local
• Event: stage | deploy | post_reboot_activation
• Event: log | deploy | Activating deployed runtime after reboot.
• Event: stage | deploy | verify_runtime_activation
• Event: log | deploy | Waiting for managed runtime to finish starting...
• Event: log | deploy | ok: managed runtime smbd binary present
• Event: log | deploy | ok: managed runtime smb.conf present
• Event: log | deploy | ok: active smb.conf passdb backend uses RAM smbpasswd
• Event: log | deploy | ok: active smb.conf username map uses RAM username.map
• Event: log | deploy | ok: active smb.conf xattr_tdb:file is persistent
• Event: log | deploy | ok: all managed share volumes are mounted
• Event: log | deploy | ok: manager is running for managed runtime
• Event: log | deploy | ok: managed smbd parent process is running
• Event: log | deploy | ok: smbd bound to required TCP 445 sockets
• Event: log | deploy | ok: mdns-advertiser binary is executable
• Event: log | deploy | ok: mdns-advertiser process is running
• Event: log | deploy | ok: mdns-advertiser socket families active: ipv4
• Event: log | deploy | ok: mdns-advertiser bound to required UDP 5353 listeners
• Event: log | deploy | ok: mdns-advertiser bind address active
• Event: log | deploy | ok: Apple mDNSResponder is stopped
• Event: log | deploy | ok: mdns-advertiser remained healthy after settle delay
• Event: result | deploy | payload={"message":"NetBSD4 activation complete. Run activate after a reboot if the device did not auto-start Samba.","netbsd4":true,"payload_dir":"/Volumes/dk2/.samba4","payload_family":"netbsd4be_samba4","reboot_requested":true,"rebooted":true,"requires_reboot":true,"schema_version":1,"summary":"NetBSD4 activation complete. Run activate after a reboot if the device did not auto-start Samba.","verified":true,"waited":true}
• Event: stage | deploy | load_config
• Event: stage | deploy | resolve_managed_target
• Event: stage | deploy | validate_artifacts
• Event: stage | deploy | check_compatibility
• Event: log | deploy | Using NetBSD 4 little-endian payload.
• Event: error | deploy | confirmation_required | Deploy TimeCapsuleSMB to this Time Capsule, reboot it, then activate Samba after SSH returns? | details={"action_title":"Deploy, reboot, and activate","confirmation_id":"195084258e9997680d6c7a6bb0d82530fccdc508dae1d3f7babd4a1d4daed2eb","context":{"host":"root@192.168.15.21","netbsd4":true,"no_reboot":false,"no_wait":false,"payload_family":"netbsd4le_samba4","requires_reboot":true,"startup_mode":"reboot_then_activate"},"message":"Deploy TimeCapsuleSMB to this Time Capsule, reboot it, then activate Samba after SSH returns?","operation":"deploy","presentation_id":"deploy.netbsd4","presentation_values":{"device_name":"Time Capsule","netbsd4":true,"no_reboot":false,"no_wait":false,"requires_reboot":true,"startup_mode":"reboot_then_activate"},"risk":"reboot","schema_version":1,"summary":"NetBSD4 deployment with reboot and service activation","title":"Confirm NetBSD4 deployment"}
• Event: stage | deploy | load_config
• Event: stage | deploy | resolve_managed_target
• Event: stage | deploy | validate_artifacts
• Event: stage | deploy | check_compatibility
• Event: log | deploy | Using NetBSD 4 little-endian payload.
• Event: stage | deploy | read_mast
• Event: stage | deploy | select_payload_home
• Event: stage | deploy | build_deployment_plan
• Event: stage | deploy | pre_upload_actions
• Event: stage | deploy | prepare_deployment_files
• Event: stage | deploy | upload_smbd
• Event: stage | deploy | upload_mdns_advertiser
• Event: error | deploy | remote_error | Warning: Permanently added '192.168.15.21' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
  cat: stdout: Input/output error
• Event: stage | version-check | resolve_paths
• Event: stage | version-check | check_version
• Event: result | version-check | payload={"checked_url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jamesyc/TimeCapsuleSMB/main/version.json","current_version":20129,"download_url":"https://github.com/jamesyc/TimeCapsuleSMB/releases/latest","latest_tag":"v2.1.8","local_version_code":20203,"message":"This version is no longer supported. Please update before continuing.","min_supported_version":20121,"schema_version":1,"should_block":false,"source":"network","summary":"TimeCapsuleSMB is up to date.","update_available":false}

[jamesyc]

This looks good, everything looks normal

[jamesyc]

Run a doctor/checkup

[filipelean]

não funcionou ele não conclui a instalação. Vou tentar pela 3 vez

[jamesyc]

@filipelean try to reboot the device before deploy if it's timing out.

[asgalon]

Great work! The 2008 model finally reconnects to the Macs. Thanks! 🙏

[charronstudios-com]

Hi,

Installing the software on the Time Capsule (A1470) went without any problems.
tcapsule/doctor shows only PASS and INFO, no errors.
However, when I want to perform a Time Machine backup, it immediately returns with the message: 'Waiting to complete first backup'

Any idea what's going wrong?

Regards, Nico van der Plas

Log data from Time Machine:
2026-05-29 15:14:51.173766+0200 0xc509d Info 0x1d6883 11962 0 TimeMachineSettings: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:DestinationViewModel] User tried to start a backup for CC2F620B-A56D-40BA-BE64-247180F9F274 2026-05-29 15:14:51.174520+0200 0xc5693 Info 0x1d6883 234 0 backupd: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:BackupDispatching] Backup requested to destination with ID CC2F620B-A56D-40BA-BE64-247180F9F274. specifiedOptions: TMBackupOptions(rawValue: 1042) 2026-05-29 15:14:51.175801+0200 0xc5697 Info 0x1d6883 234 0 backupd: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:BackupJob] Attempting backup with mode "manual backup" 2026-05-29 15:14:51.176357+0200 0xc5697 Info 0x1d6883 234 0 backupd: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:FileProtection] MobileKeyBagAssertionBox: Assertion taken <MKBAssertion 0x83ec7b280 [0x1f4d64480]> { AssertionType '(null)' (4), Assertion Retain: (1)} - device locking is prevented 2026-05-29 15:14:51.176381+0200 0xc5697 Info 0x1d6883 234 0 backupd: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:FileProtection] Device locking is prevented. 2026-05-29 15:14:51.176904+0200 0xc5697 Info 0x1d6883 234 0 backupd: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:MountedDestinationManager] Mounting destination CC2F620B-A56D-40BA-BE64-247180F9F274 for backing up 2026-05-29 15:14:51.178045+0200 0xc5697 Info 0x1d6883 234 0 backupd: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:Mounting] Attempting to mount 'smb://Nico%20van%20der%20Plas@Moonbase._smb._tcp.local./Time%20Capsule%20Disk' 2026-05-29 15:14:51.178151+0200 0xc5697 Error 0x1d6883 234 0 backupd: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:Mounting] NAConnectToServerSync failed with error: -6606 (Unknown error: -6606) for url: smb://Nico%20van%20der%20Plas@Moonbase._smb._tcp.local./Time%20Capsule%20Disk 2026-05-29 15:14:51.178271+0200 0xc5697 Info 0x1d6883 234 0 backupd: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:MountedDestinationManager] Error Error Domain=com.apple.backupd.ErrorDomain Code=19 "(null)" UserInfo={NSUnderlyingError=0x83f029110 {Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-6606 "(null)"}} not retryable. 2026-05-29 15:14:51.178397+0200 0xc5697 Info 0x1d6883 234 0 backupd: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:FileProtection] MobileKeyBagAssertionBox: Assertion dropped - device locking is allowed 2026-05-29 15:14:51.178811+0200 0xc5697 Info 0x1d6883 234 0 backupd: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:FileProtection] Device locking is allowed. 2026-05-29 15:14:51.178849+0200 0xc5697 Info 0x1d6883 234 0 backupd: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:Analytics] Sending com.apple.backupd.result analytics. 2026-05-29 15:14:51.179765+0200 0xc5697 Info 0x1d6883 234 0 backupd: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:DestinationChooser] Finished rotating through all destinations 2026-05-29 15:14:51.180954+0200 0xc5693 Error 0x1d6883 234 0 backupd: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:BackupDispatching] Backup failed: BACKUP_FAILED_TARGETVOL_NOT_MOUNTED (19) 2026-05-29 15:14:51.350914+0200 0xc56b9 Error 0x0 12181 0 TMHelperAgent: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:General] com.apple.TMHelperAgent.DeliverNotification: connection invalid 2026-05-29 15:15:23.321761+0200 0xc578a Info 0x0 854 0 SystemUIServer: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:LogLimits] Limiting logging for limit: aFewTimes key: "map auto_home"

[charronstudios-com]

Forgot to mention: I can see the disk in the Finder, and I can write and read files to/from it.

[jamesyc]

This looks like a macOS Time Machine mount-path problem, not a basic TimeCapsuleSMB/Samba failure. Looks like backupd is failing while macOS tries to mount the Bonjour SMB Time Machine destination; doctor does not exercise macOS Time Machine’s root-owned NetworkAuthorization/backupd path.

Most likely:

• macOS has stale Time Machine destination/keychain/server-marker state for the Bonjour URL.
• maybe: a Time Machine-specific edge case around the username with spaces. Finder working makes this less likely, but doctor currently tests with the default admin username, not the exact Nico van der Plas username.

Troubleshooting:

• try deleting all the keychain entries for Time Machine and add it again fresh
• try updating macOS to version 26.5

[charronstudios-com]

I am running macOS 26.6 beta 1 at the moment, and it seems that Time Machine backup to a network share is broken in this release... Hopefully they'll fix it in 26.6.2.
For now, let's not waste our time investigating this. Fingers crossed that Apple will address this issue a.s.a.p.

[jamesyc]

You can try the fixes here and see if it helps: #157 (comment)

[charronstudios-com]

Just bit the bullet and rolled back my Mac to 26.5.
Time Machine is backing up to the Time Capsule now... Will take another 10 hours or so to complete, but so far so good.