Questions & Answers for Time Capsule - 3TB
1252 Questions from the Community
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Can the timecapsule be use to store photo, and music to be shared by other conputers on the network
- Asked by Ardell D from Overland Park
- Feb 27, 2010
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I have an AirPort Express based wi-fi network and would like to buy a Time Capsule for backups with Time Machine...
...can I add Time Capsule to this wi-fi network and be able to extend and strengthen the signal of my AirPort Express based wi-fi network with Time Capsule? (also 2 Macs, Apple TV)
- Asked by Victor M V from Austin
- Aug 9, 2011
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Best Answeryes...you will need to set up the Time Capsule as your primary wireless base and then set up the AirPort Express at another point in your home as an extender. read through your manuals or call apple support...should be easy.
- Answered by Katie W B from Vestavia
- Sep 7, 2011
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Does the time capsule have a built in airport extreme? I don't need one of each?
- Asked by Don T from Stevenson Ranch
- Nov 14, 2009
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Best Answer"Does the time capsule have a built in airport extreme?"
If you mean WI-FI router, than yes.
"I don't need one of each?"
If you mean Time Capsule and Airport Extreme together? No.
The Time Capsule comes with all the great features. It's gonna be your backup drive and your wireless router in one. Plus you have the option to attach additional external hard-drive(s) and/or printer to it via the USB port included on the back. Trust me, you gonna love it.- Answered by Szilard S from Destin
- Nov 15, 2009
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Time Capsule for Macbook Air as External Harddrive
So i was wondering if i got an Time capsule for my Macbook air if it would work as an external hard drive? Would it work wirelessly as well? I also own an iMac, ipad, would these devices be able to access files on the Time Capsule?
Thank you very much for any help.- Asked by Steffen S from Canmore
- Jan 27, 2011
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Best AnswerThe hard drive on Time Capsule can act as an external hard drive (over both the wired and wireless networks) for any Mac OS X devices on your network. iOS devices (ie iPad/iPhone) don't have that capability.
- Answered by Kenneth D from Ottawa
- Jan 28, 2011
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Any difference in performance between the 2TB and 3TB models?
Besides the price and storage size, is there any difference in performance, reading/writing speeds between the two models?
- Asked by Jason L from Hoboken
- Apr 22, 2012
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Can you link two time capsules together thought the USB on the back. Expanding your storage?
- Asked by Jason C from Lake Elsinore
- Jan 27, 2013
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Can TimeCapsule be put into bridge mode? Can I avoid a double NAT? My router or PIX will NAT the clients; Can I bridge the connection?
I have a DSL modem which can of course attach to this. Is it only capable of acting as a router or can it be put into bridge mode so I can put my Cisco PIX behind the DSL modem. In this way currently the PIX assigns a DHCP address to attached clients. Nothing is mentioned about this device having firewall capabilities and I require them.
- Asked by David S from College Park
- Dec 14, 2009
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Best AnswerYes, very easily. Just go into the manual setup and you will see bridge mode. You can also turn off NAT and the DHCP server so that all the router in the Time Capsule transparently passes everything through. At the same time you can use the wireless capabilities. I have an older model of TC which provides only one wireless network so I have my DSL router do the 802.11g network for devices like the iPhone, and the TC does the 5GHz 802.11n network for my MacBook Air and iMac.
- Answered by Phillip D
- Dec 16, 2009
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I have a year old Airport Extreme and just got Apple TV- 40 ft from apple TV. Takes 1-2 hrs to download movie. Will new TC speed downloads
What is range of Time capsule and how quickly does signal drop? home construction is wooden-one story. • Current Airport Extreme Model number- A1143. Have high speed Internet, but not sure what that speed is?
- Asked by Owen F from Sydney
- Jan 2, 2010
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AnswerAirport Extreme and Time Capsule have the same internet speeds. Only Time Capsule can be used for backups though. Don't waste money on a Time Capsule, your problem with your internet is not with the Extreme, it could be something else like obstruction.
- Answered by Irma A. S from East Chicago
- May 5, 2011
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Our office have PCs anf Macs, can the time capsule use to backup for both different OS and also have user access protection for PC user?
Our office have PCs anf Macs, can the time capsule use to backup for both different OS and also have user access protection for PC user to access Mac backup?
- Asked by Jack W from Singapore
- Oct 22, 2009
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Best AnswerBoth Macs and PC's can access the time capsule's storage (either over AFP or SMB). However, Time Machine backups are a Mac only feature. You'll need to configure extra software on the PC (windows backup for example) to make PC backups to the Time Capsule. User access protection works for both.
- Answered by Daan K from Niel
- Nov 28, 2009
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I am planing to buy a time capsule and i was wondering if it will store movies for my apple tv
i have tons of movies, and i also have a apple tv but the hardrive is not big enough so i was planning to buy a 2tb Time capsule but im not sure if i will be able to veiw the movies on my apple tv
- Asked by Jordan V from Pawtucket
- May 5, 2010
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Best AnswerI actually have all my movies set up to run from there, it streams well with no lag. And I can tap into them with any other computer.
- Answered by Miguel M from Pacifica
- May 22, 2010
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If i delete something on my computer, will it delete on the time capsule?
So if I have a file in my computer and then time machine syncs this file as a backup, so if I delete this file on my computer will it be deleted on time capsule??
- Asked by Antonio S from Bogotá
- Jan 5, 2011
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Best AnswerTime Capsule, assuming it is configured to back up your Mac, will keep any deleted files/folders until it runs out of space, at which time it will delete the oldest backup first. So your deleted file/folder will remain on Time Capsule until that backup becomes the oldest and Time Capsule needs to free up space.
- Answered by Kenneth D from Ottawa
- Jan 21, 2011
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Is there a way to back up the HD connected to the Time Capsule as well as my computer's hard drive?
I have a new 2TB Time Capsule with attached 500GB LaCie external hard drive (this contains my music, video and photos, which no longer fit on my computer's hard drive). My computer's hard drive backs up to the Time Capsule using Time Machine - no problem. Is there a way to set this up so that the LaCie, which is connected to the Time Capsule, also backs up automatically to the Time Capsule? Or will I need to periodically (manually) copy and paste the files on the LaCie to the Time Capsule? For safety's sake, I want two copies of the files on the LaCie - one on the LaCie and a second copy on the Time capsule. Thanks for any advice!
- Asked by Jeffrey H from New York
- Apr 21, 2010
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Best AnswerIf your computer is using the Time Capsule for the Time Machine back-ups, then the LaCie's contents aren't changing unless you explicitly access it. Time Machine is meant to be used to back-up the computer's drive, other drives will need to be backed up manually.
- Answered by James L from Lubbock
- Apr 23, 2010
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I use an external hard drive for storage. Could Time Capsule back up the external HD as well as my MacBook Pro?
- Asked by Emmanuelle F from London
- Aug 14, 2010
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Best AnswerYes, external hard drives that are USB-connected to your MacBook Pro.
- Answered by Andrew H from Carmel
- Aug 30, 2010
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We are using a modem provided by cable company with Airport Extreme & operating macs & pcs in our home. Do I need Time Capsule to use Time Machine?
- Asked by Martha L from Memphis
- Feb 24, 2010
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Best AnswerTime Machine can be used through any external hard drive, not just Time Capsule.
- Answered by Matthew L from Evansville
- Feb 24, 2010
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Can I connect my usb superdrive to my time capsule?
- Asked by Andrew C from Ashmont
- Oct 22, 2009
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is HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless compatible with airport extreme
- Asked by Andy H from Duncansville
- Oct 17, 2012
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- Asked about: AirPort Extreme Base Station
Best AnswerYes, I have been using Airport Extreme with a HP Officejet Pro8500 Wireless for over a year and it works perfectly. We have 2 iMacs that use it wirelessly on a constant basis.
- Answered by Marvin H from Saint Petersburg
- Oct 24, 2012
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is there a way to remotely access time machine to either backup or restore?
- Asked by Gary B from Seattle
- Apr 3, 2010
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Time Capsule as an External Hard Drive + Ethernet Cable question
In reading up on the Time Capsule, it can be used as a router and for storage purposes.
Some questions:
1) can the Time Capsule be used just as an external hard drive, not for back up purposes at all? Is there a setting that needs to be checked to make sure that it doesnt back up anything at all.
2) can I move files from a macbook or pc to the time capsule via an ethernet cable for faster speeds? Do I need a special ethernet cable?
3) can I also move files from a macbook or pc to the time capsule via wifi if I want, just wondering if it is possible?- Asked by Seth S from New York
- Mar 21, 2011
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Best AnswerTime capsule works fine as an external hard drive, no problems. When your Mac asks if you would like to use time capsule for time machine select "no".
If you connect via a cable, things are faster and you can transfer data to the Time capsule no problem.
If you switch your Mac to WIFI you can connect to a Time Capsule and move files to the TC hard drive just like normal.- Answered by Joe E from Kalamazoo
- Jun 19, 2011
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Can I place a external hard drive On time capsule when i fill it up??? Also will it continue to save as time machine??
- Asked by Jesse K from Woolamai
- Jul 21, 2011
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Best AnswerYou can not use multiple disks to enlarge the size of even a single designated Time Machine backup. (The thing about Time Machine is that it will eventually fill up any disk you choose as the backup disk, no matter how large a disk you choose - as the amount of space that will be used is simply a function of time.)
You can, however, add an even larger USB external hard drive to your Time Capsule and switch your entire designated Time Machine backup disk to it instead of continuing to use the smaller disk that you've been using. Once the switch is completed, you could re-purpose the original (smaller) disk to a new task, such as backing up another (hopefully smaller) Mac.
Or, if you've been backing up multiple Macs to a single Time Capsule disk, you can limit the number of Macs that are being backed up to each particular designated destination backup disk, so that each disk that is designated as a backup destination is always the proper 2.5 to 3 times as large as the total size of the Mac disks being backed up to it.
Remember, you can add multiple external USB hard drives by connecting a self-powered USB hub to a Time Capsule. This can give you the ability to backup multiple Macs by designating one specific backup destination of sufficient size for each Mac being backed up.- Answered by Andrew H from Carmel
- Jul 22, 2011
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Data Transfer Speed Rates?
Right now i am running a AE dual band and have a 2TB external hooked up to it. As it stands my data transfer rates (as recorded with menu meters) across the wireless are on as follows
Download 4.0-8.4 MB/S
Upload 3.0-5.6 MB/S
What are the expected and average actual data transfer rates for the TC? I would imagine a partial increase due to the fact that all data no longer has to be transferred through a USB 2.0 cable first.- Asked by Kyle M from Leduc
- Aug 21, 2010
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Best AnswerIf you use the TC as the base station that creates the network, you get 15-20MB/sec transfer rate to disk. (That assumes good signal strength.)
If you use the TC as client to join an existing wireless network, you get only 0.5-1MB/sec. According to Apple support, "A TC is not meant to be used as a client that joins an existing network."- Answered by Michael H from Holland Park
- Dec 10, 2011
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