Apple Time Capsule MB277LL/A (AirPort Extreme Plus 1 TB Storage)
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Customer Review: Works well, easy to set up and compact enough to keep anywhere.
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought the Time Capsule after losing all my data by not backing up using Time Machine. It was a necessary purchase, I thought, because losing your data is never a fun time. I've come to be happy about the day that I decided to buy it, because it serves its purpose and more. Let's start with the basics.
* It's a 1 TB hard drive. Not only is it usable as a backup for your time machine enabled Mac, it doubles as a wireless storage device that you can access from anywhere on your network.
* It's a 802.11n wireless and wired router. It pumps out a rather large wireless internet signal that'll probably fill your house with full bars. It's also got ethernet jacks in the back for wired connections.
* It's easy to set up with a Mac. Very easy, in fact. It's nearly plug-and-play. You can back up MULTIPLE macs on it.
Now, here's the catch: I haven't tried backing up on a PC, and when using a PC with it, I couldn't find the drive on the network. I'm not a PC genius, mind you, and there are probably some documents on the apple support site that tell you how to set it up with a PC, but I couldn't figure it out in my 15 minutes of attempting to get it to work. I'm sure I could have had I tried a bit harder, though.
It is to note, though, that if you have a boot-camp enabled Mac, you CAN choose to back up the windows drive from the Mac side. This is very comforting, as I wouldn't want to lose the little PC data that I have as well in the event of a Windows crash (which tend to be more often than Mac crash).
Another downside is that it uses the wireless bandwidth to back up the computer(s), slowing down online performance slightly. This may not be a problem for many, but for avid downloaders and gamers, it might.
The final downside is, of course, the price, but if you can pony up the money, it'll pay for itself after the first crash when all your data is safely on the Time Capsule, ready for transfer.
Customer Review: Need more patch(es) to make this product work
Summary: 1 Stars
I have been using the time capsule for a few days and can never get this thing to work properly. The first back up of 16 GB takes forever (more than 2 days) and it finally crashed the computer. After updating the new firmware, the time capsule cannot restart properly. Since the update nothing works at all even after several resets. I can no long connect to the time capsule.
In replacement unit works fine for storing regular files and only work after updating the new firmware. However, the time machine can never successfully backup mac book air and eventually crash the operating system despite a few attempt of 1GB of backup data. The successful back up on a regular mac book worked properly for a few days and was unable to mount after that. I need to perform many workarounds to get this thing to work again.
pro:
- wireless backup
- straight forward setup user interface
- high speed file transfer
- nice package design
- good customer support
con:
- no easy way to migrate the old time machine backup data to the time capsule
- unreliable when using it with the time machine
- can freeze the entire operating system when trying to backup the data
- slow time machine backup speed
- need to install apple software on the window PC to enable file and printer sharing function over LAN
- fail to remount the backup drive after a few days of usage
- has computer naming issue
- expensive
Wireless backup is a very good idea if Apple can make it works more than 95% of the time. I do not recommend this product to anyone at this point until Apple release a newer stable version. This current time capsule has proven to be unreliable and you will spend more time fixing it than enjoy using it.
Customer Review: THIS THING IS FREAKING COOL!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Alright. I hardly ever write a review but I had to write one for the Time Capsule.
This device is really cool because:
1. Automatically Backs-Up all my Hard Drives without having to think about backing them up. Every Hour. Every Day. Behind the Scenes.
2. What else is really cool... is that I am able to HAVE ALL MY HARD DRIVES WIRELESS. I am able to plug in a USB port and have all my hard drives accessed wirelessly. This is great because I have a laptop and now I no longer have to sit where the hard drives are located in my house.. I can now roam... Store minimal stuff on my laptop HD's and access the files wirelessly. It's a feature that really sold me.
3. Yeah the initial Bkup took a minute, but the daily happens so face u dont even know it.
4. It's great to print wireless too.
5. You dont need to connect it to an Ethernet/DSL line for it to work... it works on it's own without any internet service necessary.
6. Its pretty quiet too
7. It's a huge break through.. imagine all your files now acessed wirelessly... this is a beautiful thing and I no so happy I dont have to be stuck to area of the house when I want to be connect to my music HD's and the rest of my media.
8. Go Get it... atleast the 500GB is definitely worth it... you can always hook up larger HD's to the 500GB one..
I am still yet to experience the full capabilities of this device. I am wondering if it could be accesed from outside the local network for example if I go travelling I am assuming this product may let me access all my files from another location. I am not sure yet.. But I have a feeling it will.
Customer Review: Poor performance and not worth the expense
Summary: 1 Stars
Like most of you I buy Apple products because of the simple reason that they just work. No hassle. No fuss. Just plug and play. I use them in my office, at home, and always recommend Apple products to my friends, family, and clients.
Therefore, I don't take it lightly when I recommend that you DONT purchase Time Capsule. Unlike Apple's other wireless devices, Time Capsule just doesn't work the way it was intended. Yes, it will back up your computer; and yes it will provide wireless coverage in your house. However, when the device is backing up, it makes browsing the web or downloading email nearly impossible. There is "hang time" in which the browser or Mail will time out. I can't begin to tell you how frustrated you will become when in the middle of doing research or need to get to your email that you will be thwarted by that little clock in the menu bar going in reverse.
Life becomes even more complicated if you own a non-apple wireless device, such as the Logitech Squeezebox. The two just don't play well together, and what should be a great music enhancing device gets "sabotaged" by Time Capsule's inability to sync properly.
As much as I love Apple, this is one product I recommend you think twice about (I have never actually wanted to throw something against the wall before I used this device). If you are in need of wireless connectivity, buy the Airport Extreme--it works incredibly well, never cuts out, and supports third party devices.
Hope this helps.
Customer Review: Sounded great - failed after less than a month
Summary: 2 Stars
I purchased the 1TB version of the Time Capsule. I already owned an Airport Extreme and was replacing it with the Time Capsule. A nice setup feature allowed the Time Capsule to see the Older Airport Extreme and import all of the settings. This made setting up the Time Capsule extremely easy - by using the same settings, all of my Macs worked with Time Capsule right away.
Unfortunately, after 4 weeks, my Macs all reported that they could not see the Time Capsule Hard drive. When I looked closely at the Time Capsule - it was making a loud/repetitive clicking noise - hard drive failure. I have 5 macs running in my home. None of them have ever had a hard drive failure - but you never know (which is why I bought the Time Capsule). It's disconcerting to have the very device - that I purchased to ensure my data was backed up - fail.
I took it to the Apple store and the exchanged it - no questions asked. But - it took me a long time to back up all of my Macs (the first backup using Time Machine/Time Capsule takes a very long time for each Mac). Additionally, unlike my initial setup, I could not simply copy the settings from my existing Time Capsule - I had to set it all up from scratch. Also - the Time Capsule that I retuned to the Apple store had all of my personal information on it. Even though it was a failed hard drive - I'm not happy that all of my financial data, keychains, etc were on that hard drive.