Reviews for Time Capsule - 2 TB

Second time capsule to break down after ~18 months, limited warranty only extends for 1 year. Very frustrating experience. Not doing it again and wouldn't recommend it over cheaper, more reliable alternatives.

It just works!

I was quite impressed on how easy it was to setup and it's working great as my wireless router with more than 5 devices connected to it.

I've got two Mac Book Pro's on Time Machine and it backing up seamlessly. I had to recently use time machine as I had inadvertantly changed some images and it was simple to bring back those images to their previous state. Highly recommended!

And bonus I have an external hard drive now connected to it and I can access it through wifi. No longer do I need to hook it up to my computer anymore. Very Nice!

So right after the warranty is up, the drive quits, won't backup the computer, can't access files anymore, etc. I thought I was the only one, but after reading the reviews below, I think this is one of Apple's mistakes....Now I have a $300 wireless adapter and no workable drive. Don't buy it.

I've owned Apple computers since the old Mac Classic days and have gone through many operating systems. Suffice it to say that I've also experienced a number of crashes requiring reformatting my hard drive and reinstalling everything either from a backup or one-by-one. It's always been a horrible experience. A little more than a month ago I upgraded my iMac to Mountain Lion. Short story there is that the install caused a catastrophic loss of data and, again, I was forced to wipe the drive and begin again. I always found excuses not to use Time Machine and not to purchase a Time Capsule, but after my last upgrade disaster, I decided to take the plunge. A week ago Apple issued a product recall on my iMac because the boot drive suffered a manufacturing defect and was likely to fail, so I was faced with another experience of starting from scratch. Today I picked up my iMac and when I booted it at home I used the Mountain Lion recovery partition to access Time Machine, restoring everything to my computer from my Time Capsule. Four hours later, voila! It was as if nothing had happened. I didn't have to reinstall anything, and everything worked perfectly. It was as if nothing ever happened! It was the easiest and best experience I've had with a critical computer problem. I highly recommend the Time Capsule. Buy it. Use it. Don't be without it. I'm using it to back up my Macbook Pro and my iMac. Now I definitely have peace of mind.

Ok It's been 2 weeks since I bought it and still not able to set it up properly!!!
Having difficulties to setup up my new TC 2TB so called both:
My Internet providor says - "Apple needs to help you set this up"
Apple says - "Your internet provider needs to help you"

I called APPLE and asked for my WAN MAC they said its on BOX. OMG on box is serial number. SERIOUSLY? I am ready to throw it out of my window!!!!

The time capsule is an elegantly designed easy to use device that is poorly engineered. In an attempt to shove 10 lbs of stuff in a 5lb box the device is destined to one day overheat and fail completely. Mine lasted a little over 2 years before having its terminal event. As with most things Apple, you can take it to the local retail store where the Genius will tell you it can't be fixed and offer you a full price replacement. The second time around I opted for an Airport Extreme (less stuff, same case) and am trying the backups on a Western Digital hard drive plugged into the airport via USB. We'll see how that goes! Perhaps someday they will actually design this device properly. Of course, it is pleasant to look at... :(

This is a follow-up of a previous review by me. Still not able to sync with MacBook Pro after initially working for a number of months.

The major flaw is this:
It is not a good idea to combine two devices into one. In this case, the router works, but for some arcane reason, the hard drive does not sync. So, I am stuck with this very hot device, and I expect the heat will cause the router to fail sooner than it would have otherwise. If the router had failed, then I would have had to ship the entire device for repair and lose the use of the router, or buy a separate router.

Better to keep things simple (Apple, remember?):
Keep the two devices separate. Then, if one device fails, it doesn't involve the 2nd device.

My Time Capsule runs very hot all the time! I purchased it in Sep of 2012. I have it in a very well ventilated area and there is not a lot of dust but it still is hot all the time. I use it to back up four different Mac computers and access movies from my Apple TV so it is used all the time and the fan has come on several times. From what different community forums have said about the TC's thermal management system the fan only comes on when the temperature is close to the "melt-down" point! And from what it looks like with the fan and vent design all that fan does is swirl the heat around. I'm worried the power supply is going to fail soon and my backups will be lost!

worst investment, is very slow it took me 34 days with a very fast internet (20 megas) to synk 344 gb!!! dont buy this product mac is getting worst every day.
Before i had all mac now i will think again probably Samsung will be much better.

These are a great concept but poorly executed. My first one failed in year 2, and the second one has become unusable in year 1. The early ones had inadequate cooling, and frequently failed at 18 mos. (out-of-warranty) The replacement one, which I had to purchase (out-of-warranty) has made it's own internal hard drive unavailable on the network, with less than 10 days left on the warranty. My suggestion is to purchase an Airport Extreme, and go find a quality network storage device to attach. Good luck :)