Reviews for Apple Time Capsule Network Hard Drive

By member: jbreslow - May 12, 2008

I love this little thing!

Strengths: Easy set-up, simple networking, saves EVERYTHING!

Weakness: $$ for the amount of space

I took it out of the box, and it was as easy as just plugging it in. The initial back-up was a little timely (I just left my computer on over night), but my OS X Leopard took care of everything pretty much. I was able to plug my printer into it, and now I can print remotely from any of the computer/laptop in my house (both Macs & PCs). As long as you are willing to throw down the cash, the Time Capsule is definitely worth it.

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time capsule

Strengths: easy to work with

Weakness: still buggy

I bought time capsule fairly early after the release. It was easy to set up and to configure.
However after a while I started getting errors and coudn't do more backups. Looking for solutions I found it's not an isolated problem. and many others have experiencing it.
Eventually I deleted the old backups and a lot of other information and started over.
Very unreliable, but it's good thinking on apple's part.

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Time Consuming Time Capsule

Strengths: Works efficiently

Weakness: Took two phone calls to Apple support to setup. Costly

The easy set up that is promised never materialized. After receiving the Time Capsule, I then spent two hours with three different Apple support techs. Eventually, they were able to get me backing up. It was a matter of having to reset my I.P. address and several other settings. This bit of wizardry was not included in the little booklet of instructions. And, quite possible, you will not have to go through the aggravation that I had to endure. For several weeks now, the Time Capsule is running well, performing regular backups. Note: The initial backup could be quite time consuming, as if is a full backup. The apparatus does get a little warm, and I hope that doesn't cause a problem down the road. I'm not completely convinced that $299 was the best deal. My ProCare subscription has definitely been worth the $$, though.

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Apple Time Capsule (500GB)

THE GOOD: Clean design; good deal for Draft-N router and 500GB or 1TB of storage; low maintenance data backup for Mac users; extensibility via USB port. THE BAD: Only average networking performance; few advanced storage features beyond backup capabilities, and those only for Mac users. THE BOTTOM LINE: Apples hybrid 802.11n wireless router/networked hard drive offers some powerful data backup...

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Apple Time Capsule MB276LL/A (AirPort Extreme Plus 500 GB Storage)

The Apple Time Capsule is a dual-band wireless backup server that automatically logs changes made to your system everyday. It utilizes a Mac OS X Leopard or Snow Leopard program called Time Machine to automatically locate the Time Capsule (or any other locally connected HDD) and use it as a backup server. It was originally released in January 2008, but has since undergone several changes, with...

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Apple Time Capsule MB276 / MB277

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