Time Capsule: forgot your password - So go ahead
Without the password, you can use the Time Capsule not manage. Here is a Software can help Reset
- A Software Reset must be connected to the base-Station to the electricity grid.
- Press the Reset button with a pen or a straightened paper clip for a second. You can find the button on the back of the Time Capsule next to the terminals. After one second, release the Reset button again.
- The base station is in Reset mode. This can be identified by the orange flashing status light.
- In the menu bar in the Wi-Fi status menu, select the network that the Time Capsule has created.
- On your Mac open in the next step, under "applications > utilities" in the AirPort utility.
- Click here on the icon of your base station, and in the pop-up menu to "edit". Now you can change the password, but also the base station re-configure.
- Do not forget to save at the end of your settings with a click on "Update".

Time Capsule: Reset (Quelle:bestcheck.de)
What it may be, if the Time Machine Backup was unable to complete in the next practical tip.
