Reviews for Time Capsule - 2TB

Almost everything works like you would imagine it would... back up's are stored perfectly, and Time Machine makes finding back ups soooo simple! The only 2 negative things i have to say our...

1. If you don't back up in the last 10 days (example, going on a trip, visiting a relatives house, or what ever)... so if you don't back up in 10 days your back up is going to be hard to reconnect with your Mac, for some reason if you don't back up within 10 days, you must verify the entire Back Up, and during this process you might be prompted to start all over (which means you loose all your previous back up, and you have to create a fresh one from your existing mac).

2. You can only back up through your own Time Capsule wifi network. It would be so much better if you could back up over the internet, from anywhere (If you fix this problem, this would solve problem 1). There are work arounds, but that requires you have DNS.... I don't want a complicated work around, I want it so it "just works".

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!

I'm a professional photographer with three Macs in my studio and a pc. Before I purchased the Time Capsule I was using an Airport Extreme dual-band. Since my place is two stories, I was also using an Airport Express to expand my network downstairs, basically because my old Airport Extreme did NOT send signal through both floors. The 4th Gen Time Capsule absolutely covers both floors and I no longer need the Airport Express. That's pretty impressive in itself. I currently have the 4th Gen Time Capsule connected to two quad-core iMacs with Cat6 gigabit cables, and the connection is fast! Super fast. Basically as fast as USB 2, not quite as fast as Firewire 800. The 2TB hard drive inside the Time Capsule allows me to share huge galleries between all the computers in my studio. It's certainly a lot more convenient than moving external hard drives around between computers. With my old Airport Extreme I tried hooking up a 2TB hard drive to the USB port on the back, but the transfer rate was abysmal. The transfer rate from the 4th Gen Time Capsule is soooo much faster and has really solved all our problems.

I want to take a minute to talk about value. First, think about how much a good dual-band wireless router costs. You can get an average router for $50, a decent one for $100, and a super fast router for $150. The range and speed of the 4th Gen Time Capsule are both comparable to the fastest routers sold by Netgear or Linksys, which by themselves would cost you $150. Now think about how much a 2TB external hard drive costs. You can get one on sale for like $70-90 sometimes, but you often see them for $150. So to reproduce what you get with the 4th Gen Time Capsule, you would have to spend anywhere from $200-$300. Now, how much is the Time Capsule - $300. As you can see, the Time Capsule is an incredible value! But it also gives you some advantages that you can't get if you buy alternative products. For example, the Time Capsule is an all-in-one product so it saves space and looks good sitting on your desk out of the way. Even better, the Time Capsule syncs as a Time Machine with ALL the Macs in your house. Last night my MacBook Pro's Time Machine synced wirelessly with Time Capsule in about 90 minutes, sending a little over 50GB. That's pretty quick for wireless. Over a Cat6 gigabit cable Time Machine basically runs as fast as a USB2 hard drive. The final advantage the Time Capsule gives you is a network hard drive available to all the computers in your home/studio. One hard drive to rule them all. And don't forget, because it's an Apple product, the Time Capsule is incredibly easy to setup. So it's an incredible value: a dual-band router, an external hard drive, a Time Machine for all your Macs, network storage for all your Macs, all-in-one form factor, and easy to setup.

Deciding whether or not I wanted to buy the new dual band Time Capsule and as always, I decided to check out the reviews.
I am surprised to read that more than a few have had issues with their Time Capsule so I decided to put in my two-cents worth. First-off, using various brands of routers, I've had my house home-networked wirelessly for 15+ years, all served me well but brought me connectivity issues one-time or another. Since the coming of the iPod, my family has always used Apple products. My kids (now grown and gone) loved them because they were cool but for my wife and I, because of the convenience and seamless home network integration with our music, videos, apps and now most importantly, staying in touch with our kids, friends and workplaces.
Windows Vista and its compatibility issues with nearly every peripheral and software I had, drove me over the edge to purchase my first MAC All-in-One and with it, the Time Capsule Extreme. From the time I turned on my MAC and Time Capsule to the time I had every wireless device in my household seamlessly connected was maybe 20 minutes and my entire music collection wirelessly transferred in about an hour.
Since that time and to extend my network, I purchased the 2 TB Time Capsule and moved my Extreme to middle part of my home to strengthen my network for Apple TV and other Airplay compatible devices. In fact, the process was so simple and seamless that I purchased the Airport Express to extend the network to my “man area” in my back yard.
No connectivity problems, no hardware issues and no backup challenges. I can’t speak for everyone else but my experience with Airport devices have been nothing but positive.

by PM from Colorado Springs

I wanted to get a time capsule for my 2tb iMac. After using it for about a week I can say I am very pleased. The initial back lup wireless of about 300 gb of stuff took about 5-6 hours on a 40 mb dsl connection on apples own 5Ghz wifi connection. One main reason i bought this is I had went through numerous gateway (router/modem) through my internet provider. I had a 40 mb connection but was lucky if i was averaging 20 mb at max even if the gateway was right by the iMac. After numerous tech visits i was advised my best bet would be to use a separate router. After reading numerous reviews about the time capsule improving wifi I thought what the heck if i don't like it or see an improvement I can take it back with in the first 14 days. After testing the time capsules wifi abilities I can say using the 2Ghz wifi connection I'm now averaging about 30-35 mbs, and over the 5Ghz wifi I am averaging between 35 and 38 mbs and thats with my time port downstairs. WIth the speed bump for my wifi alone I am very happy and knowing that all my music, movies and files are backed up is just great peace of mind. My iPad 2 also sees a speed bump when using the 5Ghz. You can also use time capsule to backup multiple apple computers as it just creates a separate backup folder for each one. You can also download the airport utility app for your iPad or iPhone to control your time capsules network. Well worth the money and what a breeze to use.

After weeks of thinking if a good router would fix my problems I decided to buy the Time Capsule because I needed a hard Drive too, so It was my best Choice. It was a lot of money, and Here in Mexico es more expensive. But i bought It and I'm very happy with my TC.

My problem was that my internet was very poor in my bedroom cause I had the modem in the leaving room, and all the employees of the Store told me that the TC wasn´t going to help me with that, well.. They were wrong! now I can watch Plex on my appleTV all day without cuts and I can go to the badroom and surf very good the web on my iPhone haha. And about the space of the hard drive no coments, 2TB is a LOT so I´m downloading a lot of movies and finally can see them without the cables and no interruptions!

Worth It every "peso"!!

(Sorry for my bad english)

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)

Just got this yesterday. I'm not the most computer savvy person but only took me 20 minutes to set everything up. First back up took over night as the book said. Very easy to use. WiFi works great. Still get a signal 50 feet outside my front door. I set up a Guest user and password. No problem.

Ok,

So here goes, I was very hesitant to purchase the time capsule because of the poor reviews from the last year. I spoke with customer support on line and was assured that the bugs had been worked out and the time capsule is working wonderfully. So I took the chance and purchased it. Well nervously I opened it and plugged it in. Well within 1 minute the network was up and running and the wireless is AMAZING! It is faster than anything I have ever used. So now it's time to back up all my files and my music and I am scared to death but SURPRISE! It was too easy to do and wicked fast! So in summary this is worth every single penny!

So now whats next! Thanks Apple