Apple Time Capsule MB277LL/A 802.11n 1 TB Network Backup Hard Drive

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Apple Time Capsule MB277LL/A 802.11n 1 TB Network Backup Hard Drive

A revolutionary backup device that works wirelessly with Time Machine in Mac OS X Leopard
Time Capsule can back up and store files for each Leopard-based Mac on your wireless network
1TB hard drive designed to work with Time Machine in Mac OS X Leopard.
More than just a wireless hard drive, Time Capsule is also a full-featured AirPort Extreme Base Station with 802.11n technology
Works with Mac and PC

List Price: $499.99
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Product Description:

Introducing Time Capsule. Automatic wireless backup for your Mac. Time Capsule is a revolutionary backup device that works wirelessly with Time Machine in Mac OS X Leopard. It automatically backs up everything, so you no longer have to worry about losing your digital life. Time Capsule is also a full-featured 802.11n Wi-Fi base station. Every computer in your house can work off a wireless network at blazing speeds. And they can back up wirelessly to the same Time Capsule.

Customer Reviews:

Rating:
Date: 2008-07-02
Awesome product
I does what it needs to do... and yes, the first backup takes forever. I took me almost 5 days in a row to complete the first backup of 297GB (that's why is 4 stars) After that you don't even need to look at it... I also have it as a router and it works fine. I have a USB hub since it only has 1 port (also 4 stars for that) and there I connect my other external disks which are now share within my network (and you have the option of prompting for a password to open the disk) I only wish my stupid printer Lexmark X1270 was compatible with Mac.

Rating:
Date: 2008-07-01
A cop out for prior Airport Extreme with external Drives
What a cop out to not support Time Machine backups to Airport Extremes with external drives.

I for instance have the newer Airport Extreme (draft-n) with a 1 TB drive on it that I can send files to and stream from.

But I cannot use it for backups.

Apple's solution: junk it and buy the Time Capsule with "internal" 1 TB hard drive.

Rating:
Date: 2008-06-24
just like a pretty woman . . . hot, makes you wait & looks > function
have been using the 1T version for awhile with the firmware update with both Leopard & Vista, here is my impression:

(+) cool design. no power brick. run silent.
(+) works well with Time Machine, wireless data streaming with "n", network printer.
(+) works very well with VISTA.

(-) can run very hot, especially if copying files & running continuously. gets hotter the longer it runs.
(-) TM back up is slow both wire & wireless. first back-up of 30G took literally more than one day. took it to Genius bar --> nothing wrong . . . . incremental back-ups are faster.
(-) TM back-up utility is questionable because: (1) slower than normal copying, (2) takes up more space, (3) who needs hourly back-up, (4) no catastrophic corruption with Leopard (or Vista for that matter).
(-) throttles internet speed.

*** because of the (-) and my network-enabled printer, i now mainly use it as a wireless back-up hard drive and for streaming video/music and only turn it on when need to.
i used Winclone & SuperDuper to back-up my newly installed Leopard & Vista partitions, transferred them to TC, then use TC as my wireless data back-up hard drive.
i know i haven't used TC's full potential. but Apple needs to maximize TC's full potential with either firmware or software upgrades.

Rating:
Date: 2008-05-09
A life-saver
Last week I thought I was deleting tracks from several playlists in iTunes; turns out I wasnt paying attention & actually deleted from the library hundreds of songs, about 1 gig worth ( & emptied the Trash before I realized what Id done.) It couldnt have been easier to enter TC & restore everything in less than ten minutes tops. Hourly backups can drag the system a little, but I'll never complain again!

Rating:
Date: 2008-04-13
Sounded great - failed after less than a month
I purchased the 1TB version of the Time Capsule. I already owned an Airport Extreme and was replacing it with the Time Capsule. A nice setup feature allowed the Time Capsule to see the Older Airport Extreme and import all of the settings. This made setting up the Time Capsule extremely easy - by using the same settings, all of my Macs worked with Time Capsule right away.

Unfortunately, after 4 weeks, my Macs all reported that they could not see the Time Capsule Hard drive. When I looked closely at the Time Capsule - it was making a loud/repetitive clicking noise - hard drive failure. I have 5 macs running in my home. None of them have ever had a hard drive failure - but you never know (which is why I bought the Time Capsule). It's disconcerting to have the very device - that I purchased to ensure my data was backed up - fail.

I took it to the Apple store and the exchanged it - no questions asked. But - it took me a long time to back up all of my Macs (the first backup using Time Machine/Time Capsule takes a very long time for each Mac). Additionally, unlike my initial setup, I could not simply copy the settings from my existing Time Capsule - I had to set it all up from scratch. Also - the Time Capsule that I retuned to the Apple store had all of my personal information on it. Even though it was a failed hard drive - I'm not happy that all of my financial data, keychains, etc were on that hard drive.