Apple Time Capsule MB277LL/A (AirPort Extreme Plus 1 TB Storage) by Apple Computer
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Digital camera reviews of Apple Time Capsule MB277LL/A (AirPort Extreme Plus 1 TB Storage)
Digital camera Review: A Frustration Exercise
Summary: 1 Stars
Can never get the laptops to backup to TC...yes it will work as a g compatible router, but if the laptops decide to sleep they can no longer find or back up to the time capsule. It is a total waste of money and time...Digital camera Review: A cop out for prior Airport Extreme with external Drives
Summary: 1 Stars
What a cop out to not support Time Machine backups to Airport Extremes with external drives.
I for instance have the newer Airport Extreme (draft-n) with a 1 TB drive on it that I can send files to and stream from.
But I cannot use it for backups.
Apple's solution: junk it and buy the Time Capsule with "internal" 1 TB hard drive.
Digital camera Review: A life-saver
Summary: 5 Stars
Last week I thought I was deleting tracks from several playlists in iTunes; turns out I wasnt paying attention & actually deleted from the library hundreds of songs, about 1 gig worth ( & emptied the Trash before I realized what Id done.) It couldnt have been easier to enter TC & restore everything in less than ten minutes tops. Hourly backups can drag the system a little, but I'll never complain again!Digital camera Review: Amazing
Summary: 5 Stars
I was reading a lot of reviews online before buying this Time Capsule. On the Apple site they have quite a few negative reviews, but I decided to give a try and buy here on Amazon, since you can return with no problem (not like Apple, sometimes gives u a hard time for returning items). Now about the product. I love it, I love it I love it. My Time Machine makes automatic backups couple times a day to the time capsule. It's fast and I do not need to worry about it. Also, I just recently changed the PowerBook to MacBookPro. The Migration Assistant on new Mac helped to move all applications and user account to new MacBookPro (overnight, direct ethernet connection with ethernet cable) from my Time Capsule. It works with no problem. I truly recommend to buy one, especially for those who can not afford loosing data and down time.Digital camera Review: An easy to setup, great product!
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased the 1 TB Time Capsule to replace my Linksys Router and an external Lacie 500 GB HDD. Setup took about 2 minutes - and I was up and running. It was extremely simple - insert the disk into a drive, install version 5.3 of the AirPort Utility, answer a few questions, and you are up and running - easy as pie.
That said, I have a warning for power users who want more security than a disk password - IE; you use user accounts for file sharing, etc. Instead of following the 'easy' path, you will want to use 'manual setup'. If you initially use the 'easy' setup and want to go back and change from a disk password for security to account security, you will lose any data you have transferred to the disk - that is correct, you will lose any data you have transferred to your disk - for me that was a 7 hour, 350 GB transfer - lesson learned.
I backup two computers via time machine on the Time Capsule - a Mac Mini, and a MacBook Air. They both averaged 25 GB on the first time machine backup, which took about 2.5 hours each via Ethernet - which is another point - you will want to use Ethernet instead of WiFi for your first backup - as the Time Capsule will truncate the transfer rate to allow others to keep using the AirPort.
That said, I am using the 802.11n (5Ghz) setting on the time capsule - and when I am surfing or downloading files via the internet on my MacBook Air, I honestly can't tell the difference between that and a direct Ethernet connection - when connected to the internet via cable Modem. It is absolutely incredible. To give you an example of the 802.11n transfer rate - I am sharing a single library stored on the Time Capsule for both my iTunes and iPhoto programs between the two computers - it used to take 45 to 60 seconds for the iPhoto library to come up when accessing via 802.11g (Linksys) on the MacBook Air - accessing the iPhoto library now via the 802.11n connection on the MacBook Air takes 5 seconds or less.
As you can guess from the previous statement, in addition to backup - I am also using the Time Capsule as an External HDD - I have about 350 GB of music and 100 GB of video stored on it. And so far so good!
Overall I am extremely pleased with this product and would recommend it to anyone!