Reviews for Time Capsule - 2 TB

Time capsule has been a source of problems in connecting with the internet. I had to bypass the capsule to connect to the modem.
I will not buy another with a new IMac.

time machine may work a bit fast with this time capsule
but using it as shared HDD is not, it transfer 700mb of files for 30mins
thats ridiculous, i feel like i wasted my money
my WD can transfer the same for few seconds
this product is a no no.

The time capsule was so easy to set up and like apple says, it works seamlessly with time machine. I'm very happy knowing all of my data is backed up and I won't ever lose it. All of my photos are on my mac, and if I lost them it would be terrible. The only things I'm concerned about is, as mentioned in other comments, it does heat up quite a bit, and I'm not talking about when it's doing a backup or whatever, just when it's on. The other thing is a lot of comments say it will last a year or two, hope that's not the case or that would change my rating greatly.

My first one didn't work. Ethernet. Wireless. Nothing. No prob. It happens.

So I get this second one and finally get it to "work." It's connected to my wireless router from Time Warner. It works a few minutes then quits. So I switch over to my T-W network directly. I can surf a little bit longer, but then IT quits. This happens over and over again for several days.

So I figured these two were butting heads. No prob. I disconnect the Time Capsule and move it to the other end of the apartment. Connected to it only when I wanted to explicitly back up. No prob. Only my MacBook Pro keeps losing it when I switch back to the Time Capsule network. No prob. I decide to never, ever again surf with my MacBook Pro. Just with my iPad. The MacBook Pro sticks exclusively to the Time Capsule network. The MacBook Pro STILL keeps losing track of the Time Capsule. And STILL has to find it again. And I STILL waking up every freakin' morning to see that stupid "!" symbol in the Time Machine icon at the top of the screen.

No problem. I'll connect the Time Capsule directly to the MacBook Pro via ethernet. Of course I could have spent a lot less money on a stupid firewire hard drive that did the same thing but even better. But No. Freakin'. Problem.

Only it completely shuts down my wireless networking. I'm about to take a sledgehammer to this worthless thing and throw its remnants in the dumpster. Only tomorrow morning I'm going to call up Apple to try and send it on its way.

I have no idea who's writing all these good reviews for this thing. It's awful.

The power supply broke on me after about 12-14 months and now I'm stuck with a $400 brick (and no router!). Apple can't perform any data extraction - they'll only replace the broken gear. This is apparently a more-than-common manufacturing flaw and I would avoid Time Capsule at all costs.

I am new to Macs. I wanted something that was easy to set up and worked with my Time Machine software. Set up was very easy and straightforward. For a newbie this was just what I wanted, and well worth the price. I can sleep well at night knowing that green light on the TC is glowing bright and protecting my files/photos/& music. I would highly recommend Time Capsule as a backup!

Bought my Time Capsule yesterday to replace old Belkin that was dropping internet connection. Set up was simple. Recognized my previous network and asked me if I wanted to join. Done. Wireless printer would not print initially but the problem was a WEP password needed to be inputted into Airport Utility. Backup went smoothly. So Far so Good no dropped internet connections.

I purchased it to replace router & hard drive that not working all the time. So far I like. It was plug and play with time machine on my iMac and Mac book Pro and Wifi was simple to install. The bonus ability to be able to print wireless with my Mac book pro was nice. All I needed was a driver to be installed. It works great and the signal seems to be stronger and faster then my Linksys N wrt150.

My new time Capsule kept saying it was "unable to find hard drive" when attempting to backup with Time Machine over wifi. After restarting the device I could get my MBP to recognize it again, but after this happened too many times I decided to return it. Also on its third day the Time Capsule said there was a "verification" problem and had to backup my entire computer from scratch again, erasing any old backup. Oof. The point of having a backup is feeling safe, and I just don't feel safe with these errors. Too bad, such a great concept. But sometimes the Steve Jobs motto "it just works" just isn't true.

TM provides great wireless coverage throughout my 3,100 square foot house -- on all 3 levels. It's signal is strong enough to stream to Apple TV & wireless printers. Plus, you can back up all your important data. Don't wait, just buy it!!