Reviews for Time Capsule - 2TB

I have had zero issues with my TC. A little research is needed to fully use all of it's capabilities but it along with Apple's Time Machine software is simply wonderful.

TWO ISSUES: While I haven't had any issues yet, it really should have more ventilation. It definitely gets hot and I can see this being an issue. Also, I think it's been around long enough that Apple could have a thunderbolt port available now. This would speed up backups considerably as well as keep the unit from working so hard (thereby keeping the temp at a more appropriate level).

NOTES: While it's a great backup system, I recommend having an external/portable backup system as well. I use time machine on a 2TB external once a month and keep it stored in my firesafe. If someone were to rob you or god forbid your house burns down- the backup system would be pretty useless.

21 of 22 people found this useful

So i bought the TIme caspsule about 9 months ago. when i purchased my first macbook air along with it. it works great teh design is sleeek, and it just works. i have my TC hooked up to my router which is then connected to a desktop PC. i can access the contents of teh TC from that hooked PC and it amkes sharing files between a Mac and PC easier.
Pros:
good design
reliable
automatic back ups
dualband wifi is great

Con:
its a bit tricky setting up the TC on a PC, its not impossible just a few more steps.

15 of 19 people found this useful

I was very skeptical about this product for the past few years. I was really interested but read so many horrible reviews of the hard drive crashing and it being junk. I recently needed a new wifi router so I bought a 900 dual band series from another brand, and it worked just fine I suppose, but i noted that it slowed down to the slowest piece of equipment in my home, notably either the Wii or the iPhones. I still needed a hard drive. I returned the other unit and got this, works great, no issues, backs up automatically. Worth the money, much faster internet on my computer noted as well.

12 of 12 people found this useful

This is the product I've been looking for! In typical Apple style, it is beautifully built and packaged and offers the simplest of interfaces to setup a brand new wireless network, and fully automated backups for all recent Apple products, AND it allows access to the internal drive like a wireless NAS device, for WIndows computers to backup as well.

Love it!

11 of 11 people found this useful

My wife and I are new to Apple products. I used to be big on Windows and have a few Windows servers. Biggest down fall of Windows? Reformatting/restoring files. We got two Retina MBPs and got a Time Capsule with it. We both loved how our iPhones/iPads restore quickly and easily with iCloud and figured this would be the closest thing to an iCloud backup for our Macs. My wife's MBP Retina had some strange issue with it sleeping while it was open and in use. We took it to Apple, they gave her a new one and we came home. She started the first use set up, the Mac found the back up and restored her Mac within an hour.

The speed on this thing is unbelievable. I've moved files at higher speeds wirelessly than my wired network has been able to do. I love the feature of being able to go back and grab deleted files. I do some video editing. I accidentally deleted a video I needed and just figured "Well thats gone, I'm screwed". I forgot about the Time Capsule and was able to go back to the date I made the video and transfer it back to my Mac. All in all I'm very pleased and plan to buy a 3TB external to add some NAS style storage so I can keep as much space available for our back ups.

26 of 27 people found this useful

I have used my Time Capsule for personal and business backups and wireless routing for two years - it has been a terrifically reliable for daily use. Then my laptop was stolen, and when I set up my new one, I was able to use the Time Machine to set up the new Macbook - I can't tell you just how easy the restoration was. I will never go without a Time Machine in my future. Highly recommended.

49 of 54 people found this useful

I have had my time capsule now for almost a year. It does what it is supposed to do. Best of all its one less thing for me to worry about, remember to do, and so on since everything is done automatically. Compared to life before my time capsule, it is DEFINITELY worth every penny.

24 of 25 people found this useful

I guess a lot of people have had bad luck with these, but we had one in my office with 2-5 people using it at anytime, backing up and using it as a network storage device. It was in a very demanding environment and never failed. Now, is it better than a local, attached drive for backing up? No. A local drive will always best this in performance.

As to it's networking performance, there are some misleading reviews here saying it's not a gigabit switch, which it is. It's also a dual-band wireless N device so it's quick. Are there better routers out there? Probably, but as far as convenience and seamless integration with your Mac ecosystem it can't be beat.

If you doubt the technical specs, just look here, look up the time capsule on this website and click tech specs.

17 of 19 people found this useful

This product works ! The only problem with it- it needs enough space around and and it needs to sit in a cool spot. The only problem with the design I see is heat. My drive is going on 3 years. Remember- keep this thing our of draws-desks and any enclosed space. Ventilation is key.

38 of 40 people found this useful