Reviews for Time Capsule - 3TB

A year or so ago I gave the Time Capsule one star because I had a really hard time setting it up for the first three months I had it. I was on the phone with Apple Care people roughly four times to get it all figured out.

Apple must have changed around the software somewhere because it's way easier to set up now. For about the last year it hasn't given me any troubles, even if the power goes out.

July of 2011 I replaced my original 1TB Time Capsule with this 3TB model as I needed more storage. (I never had issues with the first one by the way.) Contrary to some users mine has not run hot, it's always been slightly warm.

It's connected via ethernet to a U-verse router (of which I've disabled its wireless), and use only the Time Capsule's wireless for managing an iMac, Macbook Air, two iPads, two iPhones, an Apple TV, two Airport Express units for audio, another Airport enabled powered speaker system, and three other TV products. I can honestly say I don't experience any drop outs or connection issues.

It backs up the iMac and Macbook Air perfectly, and I can't say enough about how flawless the backups work in their timeframe slices, that execution is just excellent and easy to use.

If something unfortunate should happen to it I'd replace it in a jiffy without hesitating. It's been a great product for me twice now.

I have not been completely satisfied. I have had to have my Time Capsule "repaired" twice at the Genius Bar when it simply quit working. In both cases 10 days passed before I was alerted that there had been no downloads in so many days. I fear that I must say this product is unreliable. For the price, one expects far more. I would not recommend. There are other products far less expensive that do the job.

Bought a Time Capsule 3TB this winter,
plugged a external USB-Harddrive and did set it up.

And from that point, it only got worse. I almost reset the Time Capsule twice a day, because both my MacBook Pros and my iMac suddenly loose connection.

Strange thing is, the internet still works. Only the Time Machine is can't be found (which is great for a backup system) and the plugged in USB-Harddrive.

I've payed 500 bucks for resetting an Apple-product twice a Day...

This fourth generation time capsule is this best by far. Very simple and easy to used. Not only an external hard drive but also a airport extreme base station. Download 250 GB wirelessly over night with plenty of storage left on it massive 3TB hard drive. Like every apple product, it is very slick, elegant, and pleasing to the eyes. Hope apple will continue to make great products that are above the rest. Please do not let Steve Jobs down.

Converted to all Apple from 0 Apple in summer 2011. Have been very impressed with the Time Capluse. First, it interfaces and makes all the Apple features work on the devices connected to it (pads, phones, TV, Mini, Air's). I love the auto backups via Time Machine from the three machines in the house. I just established a periodic off-site backup protocol and Apple JV helped me configure the Airport Utility to back up the entire Capsule to external Hitichi G drive which I will take to the office in case of disaster @ home. One thing the engineers need to do though is make it possible to encrypt the backup drive for added security of offsite drives.

Extremely disappointed at the reliability of this device. It worked fine for a little over a year and then died. External power supply is not the problem. It is the internal power converter that is dead. The device will not power own, even when I use an external power supply from a known good device.

I'm on my second time capsule (I wanted more storage). It is literally a "set it and forget it machine". This newer generation is much more reliable than the earlier models, although I did not have much trouble with that one either.

Wish I could spring for a 3TB model!

I debated about this purchase for a week after reading many threads on the support page regarding Time Capsule and U-Verse set up. I worried for nothing! My new T3 time capsule arrived today and the set up took less than 5 minutes.

I have it connected to the U-Verse gateway via Ethernet cable, and the Airport set up assistant did the rest. I created a completely new second wireless network (password protected), and I can choose which network I want to connect to with each of my devices. My U-Verse works flawlessly, and I am backing up my Mac Book Pro as I write this.

I did take a tip from a post that suggested putting the TC on 2 chopsticks to elevate off the surface - to disperse some of the heat.
I also changed the settings on my printer to print wirelessly from the TC, and that is working fine too!
So far I am very pleased!

I just got this yesterday. I downloaded the latest update for the unit and i have connected it to a 4G LTE Router. Works great both on my iPad, AppleTV, iPhone and MacBook. Average speed on my WiFi-connection is 25-30 mb/s, which is the same as if i connect to the 4G-routers own WiFi. I have also connected an AirPort Express that i already had to extend the network. Only trouble i first experienced was that my MacBook jumped back on my 3G-router (MiFi) which interrupted the backup process.