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: I liked my 500gig model so well i got the 1TB model as a shared drive
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been using Time Machine since I upgraded to Leopard. While Time Machine is great for backing up my iMac, its a pain to have to hook up my Mac Book Pro and new Mac Book Air to an external hard drive. The Time Capsule is great for that. So long as my laptop is open and running, a backup can happen.
Make sure you remember to do your first backup using ethernet. Otherwise it is going to be slow. Apple does not want to bog down your network with backups, so when you are backing up wirelessly, it will intentionally throttle the connection sped.
This device also functions as a wireless router. I was able to remove my pervious Air Port Extreme from the network. The terabyte model is nice because you are able to share one large drive and backup several smaller computers My iMac and two laptops all backup just fine.
Digital camera Review: It doesn't get much easier or more convenient than this
Summary: 5 Stars
WHAT COMES IN THE BOX
Time Capsule
Plug
Installation Disk
SETUP
If you are using a cable modem, unplug it and wait for the IP address to reset. Then attach the network cable to the Time Capsule and plug the Time Capsule in. Running the installation disk from the Macbook Pro, setup was quite easy. I was up and running in about 10 minutes with 3 wireless devices - My laptop, my daughter's laptop and my wife's laptop. Additionally, I use WIFI at home on my iPhone and the Nintendo DSi.
Installation of the Time Capsule software and configuration was intuitive. Backing up of my Macbook Pro's hard drive takes time (I left mine on overnight) for 279 GB of data.
USE
The device is simple to operate. Just plug in the network cable and plug your device into your surge protector. Setting up the Time Machine's preferences is as simple as accessing the System Preferences folder and choosing Time Machine. If you used another drive in the past, make sure you change the drive on the Preferences or you will get error (-47), initially.
Replacing a prior Belkin, the set up was a fraction of the time. With the ability to create a shared drive, I see limitless options for the operation of the wireless devices in our home. The signal is quite strong and reaches all areas of my 5 Bedroom home without a loss of signal (the most sensitive device for signal loss is my Nintendo DSi on WIFI - I barely get signal in far reaches of the opposite side of my house). Prior to the installation of this product, I had to deal with 2 to 4 bars (out of 5) which varied depending upon how I tilted the iPhone. The same situation was with my Nintendo DSi. Now, I get full strength on the WIFI Signal.
I was able to back up my data by just dragging the folder into the hard drive interface. I did not measure transfer speed but the convenience of a wireless backup is a great concept. I also put all of my songs from iTunes into the hard drive. Instead of storing my songs on my laptop, it is synched with the wireless hard drive which allows more space, if I want to do video editing.
CONSTRUCTION
The drive is a square white box with a multicolor LED indicator light. There are 3 ports for USB devices and a reset button. The top of the unit gets quite hot so I do not recommend placing anything on top of it. The drive is quite quiet and you barely notice that it is on.
OVERALL
I am very happy with the Apple Time Capsule. It serves as both my wireless router, as well as my backup hard drive.
Digital camera Review: Lifesaver
Summary: 5 Stars
After five years of working exclusively on Mac laptops and never once backing up, this product arrived to silently inform me that I was out of excuses for this irresponsible lifestyle!
I bought the 1TB version and did have some issues getting it going (absurdly long "preparing backup" times) and returned it for a much more compliant unit. Finally got a full backup (took 20 hours wirelessly) and several incrementals done----and a week later, my Macbook crashed completely! Received a replacement computer, and was able to restore everything from my TC backups, effortlessly and perfectly (took 3 hours via ethernet). In fact Time Machine recreated my previous work environment so precisely it was almost creepy! If it wasn't for TC my career---and to some degree my life---would be a shambles right now.
Sad truth: Laptops fail, even Apple ones. Happy truth: Time Capsule can save your bacon. As the other reviewers have said, just do it. You're out of excuses not to.
Digital camera Review: Make backup brainless
Summary: 5 Stars
I installed this in our church where we have 6 Macs backing up to it. Very easy to install and use if you have OS X Leopard. Don't bother if you have an older OS, as there are cheaper alternatives.Digital camera Review: NIce,easy and convenient.
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a nice product, too bad its not the newer version which allows you to use both bands and create two networks, but it works quite well.