Reviews for Time Capsule - 2TB

The title says it all

43 of 61 people found this useful

I first purchased a WD Live thinking that this was a great way to wirelessly share iPhoto and iTunes. However, it was to slow and took way too long to transfer files from my computer to the HD. I then purchased a 2TB WD Passport and a router with a usb hub on the back. This worked but was still sluggish. Finally, I purchased a Time Capsule and was able to transfer 400 + GB of data in less than 4 hours. This might have been even faster but I was transferring the data from a 2.0 usb, so this could have slowed it down a bit. So, not I have a 2 TB Time Capsule that I share all my photos, music, and movies across all my computers on my network. I also have a 2 TB WD plugged in to it for backup on Time Machine.

49 of 50 people found this useful

Money well spent...I have had my Time Capsule 500GB since early introduction and I LOVE it. It has worked flawlessly and effortlessly in the background since purchased. I recently purchased a new MacBook Pro Retina and after 2 weeks with the new computer it had some kind of an issue and it dumped all the files I had worked on for the last 2 weeks, including fonts I had installed, emails and some other stored data. I was so simple to retrieve the information I needed from my Time Capsule. I plan to purchase a new, 2TB Time Capsule this week and give my old one to my son. Thanks Apple!

143 of 153 people found this useful

bought first one in 2007 still working perfectly and just ordered 2 tb version as this current one is on duty 5 years now and no problems yet, but not looking for any i also have 2 airport express added to this and i seen issues with one of those a couple times it dropped out and re-finds itself in network no clue why set up is a breeze like advertised all summed up in 2 words (it works)

71 of 76 people found this useful

Used in conjunction with my iMac, iPad. This is the second one I have gone through. The fist one never worked properly had made several calls to support and two repairs until it was replaced. Now the new one as lasted just over 18 months and now the disk is failing taking all the back up with it. More trouble than its worth. Save your money and buy an external back up so you can do it your self, and get the cheeper Air port as thats what the Time Capsule turns into. Now all I get to do is pay to have it fixed, yet again, buy a new one (that won't happen) buy something different (already looking onto it) write a review and make a complaint (that I'm sure will go no where, or anyone will care)

93 of 106 people found this useful

This worked well fro three years until it completely failed, leaving me with a worthless brick filled with my now unreachable back-ups. Repair tech identified it as common overheating problem that fried the power supply. Unit was on shelf all by itself w/ 3+ feet clearance all around.

75 of 80 people found this useful

Product didn't protect me as advertised. Caused massive slowdown in my Macbook pro, forcing me eventually to reinstall entire system. When I wished to recover my files following reinstall, it usually tells me I'm not authorised to reach them. I also wish to use it as a server for iTunes but everytime I log in to iTunes, it has forgotten that the time capsule is the default disk. All in all a waste of money.

79 of 101 people found this useful

Plug and done!

The time capsule is amazingly simple to setup. It seriously is plug and play. All I did was plug it in, give it a name, set it to bridge mode to avoid wireless network issues and now I am up and saving files wirelessly. It is so fast and so simple.

Now, is it possible another hard drive like a seagate could have done it, possibly. My past experience with western digital or seagate hard disks and their software has been iffy at best. The disks do work, but the software never seems to work as simply.

About me:

I used to be a microsoft developer, certified web-dev, now have shifted away to the apple world. Why apple you may ask? Sure microsoft provides all the bells and whistles, non-proprietary soft are that works with any hardware, but do we really need that? All I want is a computer that works and one less headache.

There is a reason why apple's hardware costs a bit more ... IT WORKS and WORKS WELL. After working all-day, the last thing I want to do is have to put on an IT hat at home. The time-capsule is a bit of fresh air.

Thanks apple!

52 of 58 people found this useful

I have held off placing a review until I had about 5 years experience with the Time Capsule - Have recently upgraded from a 500 GB model to the 2 TB model. I dropped my mac some while back and killed the hard drive - no problem recovering all my files and programs (except for a Microsoft partition). I installed the new drive, fed in my Mac OS DVDs and was prompted by the system to restore the drive when it saw a Time Capsule wireless device. It was all too easy after that - it was like the accident never happened. I have passed that Time Capsule device to my daughter and upgraded to the larger drive and we back up three computers on it. No problems at all. Great for wireless printing too. I was worried about reliability, but the two devices I have owned have worked flawlessly. Love it.

93 of 93 people found this useful

Purchased December 27, 2011 after hard drive in my MacbookPro (Early 2011) died earlier in the month. Apple was kind enough to replace with larger drive. I know of no other company that would've done that. Used it as a backup disk and wireless router until late August 2012 with very, very few issues. I really did forget about the backups because they occurred int he background seamlessly until Aug 2012, when I had an issue with MacbookPro that required Apple to reinstall Mountain Lion. Thankfully, I was able to restore from my backups on TIme Machine. Saved my hide. All my backups were there. Genius Bar recommended I keep my backsups, but begin a full new backup. Made sense. Since the, I've had a terrible time with TC. After backup errors persisted, I was advised to erase disk with old backups (not a huge deal, but definitely not my first choice). This worked until Mid-September when I was unable to get TM to backup to TC properly. Consulted support community with no luck. Apple Care rep was able to get things back to working order.

I just feel like since the problems began, it's taken too much time and energy than I would expect. Glad I have TC, but it definitely isn't as intuitive or user friendly as one should expect from Apple. Could definitely use some improvements. Despite problems, I think I'd still go with TC over other drives just because of support form Apple

69 of 73 people found this useful