Reviews for Time Capsule - 2TB

My Time Capsule has functioned flawlessly for three years now. I have two Macs backing up via Ethernet and two Macs wirelessly and I have never had a problem, until I ran out of space on the Time Capsule drive, or to be specific, only 2 weeks of time being backed up.

The Time Capsule is a great product. My only recommendations are #1 Use it to back up Macs and don't pollute it with a PC, use it for what it's intended for. #2 If your backing up multiple Macs get the larger Time Capsule so that you don't run out of space for a long time.

One last note. Purchase Applecare to extend your support. It's worth the peace of mind. The Applecare people are the best support in the industry and I'm not associated with Apple, I just use the product, allot!.

I had this up and running in about 10 minutes with all my passwords set up etc. I used to use an old wifi router just for that and I was getting speeds of 2-3 mbps which is comparable to a wireless internet card from a cell phone provider or your phones internet. With this product i have been able to pull 20 mbps with the "n" capabilities thus making my INCREDIBLY HIGH comcast bill worth it just a little more, it makes my apple TV purchase worth it (i regretted it because it was such a bad experience with the slow router when ordering movies or playing Netflix would buffer at certain parts of the movie), my iPad runs so much faster, my iPod runs so much faster, my Macbook Pro runs so much faster, my Samsung Galaxy S 2 runs so much faster...Common theme here! A $300 purchase seemed expensive, but it makes everything around me work better and makes me more productive. Not to mention i can back everything up and not have to worry about losing important information if I want to upgrade my Macbook Pro or if it crashes or anything like that. Definitely worth every penny.

Got this yesterday and have backed up my iMac and Macbook Air by simply turning Time Machine on once connected to the Time Capsule (which itself just takes 2 seconds using Airport Utility). I've also turned off the wireless on my BT Homehub 3 and let this do the work instead - works like a dream. Nice and fast and I love that I can set up guest networks so easily.

I had been advised to go for the cheaper option of plugging an external USB hard-drive in to the Homehub - but it was far too clunky and took a whole evening of messing around with obscure settings in an ugly, browser based user interface which seemed to have been designed by a hacker - without any joy. This worked straight from the box, has a lovely minimal interface (Airport Utility and Time Machine) and has taken all of my concerns about backing up off me.. it really does 'just work'.

It just works. It is amazing how seamless it is and with 2TB of space i will never run out of space ever. Thanks apple.

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.

I just installed my Time Capsule. The initial setup didn't go as smooth as I expected. following the instructions I connected all my ethernet items and the ethernet from the modem then plugged in the power. I elected to use the wireless to complete the setup. I had de-powered the modem as directed and there is no modem battery.

Initially, the router worked but no internet connection. I replaced the cable from the modem (which had worked a few minutes earlier with my Linksys router). I could get internet and wireless connections but no ethernet connections. The setup onscreen prompted me to set up the airport extreme but no the time capsule? I did a soft reset then I could get ethernet internet but no wireless. Just the opposite from the original power up. I finally did a hard reset, started over and got the time machine setup.

Then it went more smoothly. I did notice a check box if I wanted to name the 5GHz connection separate from the 2.4GHz connection. I elected that but there was no supporting documentation about making the selection.

So I have 2 networks available - the 2.4GHz and the 5GHz. There is still a open network for setup that I have not setup. When I choose it, the setup wants to setup Airport Extreme but I don't have Airport Extreme - Only time machine? Anyway, once setup it works well. Doing I get very good speed checks on both my iPhone and Mac Book Pro.

Picked one of these up to protect my data in my old MAC. I was surprised at how heavy the time capsule was,this is a good sign of quality in my opinion. Packaging was simple,but elegant as usual. Set up was as easy as could be. Plug it in, click on the wifi icon next to the clock and there it is. Took me longer to climb under the desk to plug it in than it did to configure. First back up ran over night, and there it was this morning. All my devices connected to the new wifi network without a hitch.

I have used Linksys products for years with decent success, but needing advanced setings and configurations. With all of the peripherals we use (3 ipods, 1 ipad, 1 iphone, 2 wireless N adapters, 2 Xbox 360's, 3 Laptops, 3 wireless Blu Ray PLayers) it has always been a challenge to port map with Linksys routers. With Time Capsule, it was easy, and most port mapping was done automatically, which was very impressive. In addition, the strength of the signal has been seriously better, allowing HD Video to play on peripherals, connections never go out. Just amazing. And using the 2TB internal drive to perform back-ups has been simple on both MAC and Windows based systems. Apple does it again, with a seriously superior product. Thank you Apple!

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.

Call it 3 and 1/2 stars, mainly because set-up was not as easy as it should have been. I received my time capsule yesterday, and spent three frustrating hours trying to get it connected to my computers. A word of advice? Unplug or turn off your cable modem, and plug it back in at the same time you plug in the time capsule. TC doesn't recognize the internet connection unless the cable router is reset.

Now that it's up? It's good; behaves as advertised and is able to share the drive with multiple computers. I also used it to replace a very old AirPort Express access point. I will update my review in a few months after I get to see whether it creates any problems in the longer haul.