Apple Announces Time Capsule

[TPALTony]

Subtle point in the Keynote...

...Steve commented on TWO issues with laptops and Time Machine.

1) Having to plug the wire in to get a backup done. This has been discussed at length.

2) You're out and about and don't have the drive with you but need to restore something.

This second one is something I am very keen to understand in more detail, in terms of Time Capsule spec.

Specifically. Will it use Back to My Mac, or wide area bonjour or similar, so make it possible for me to attach to my backup volume when away from home, over an internet connection, to restore a file?

THAT would be the most useful for me. I already backup wirelessly, to another mac that's sharing it's USB drive, and it works flawlessly, so the first "benefit" is marginal for me. THe second one though, that would sell me on it. Granted I could set up tunnelled AFP mounts to do the same thing, but it's a big hassle and never entirely automatic if done that way. I'd love for it to "just work" in the great mac tradition.

Any thoughts?

be well

t

 

[mrkraemer]

Apple online store will not allow neg. comments!

Amazing... I posted my comments for time capsule on the store (as apple states... tell us why you like or dislike product). I submitted this on the 15th and 8 days later, my comments won't appear... anyone have an email for Apple where one could convey their discontent to them?

 

[ntrigue]

Amazing... I posted my comments for time capsule on the store (as apple states... tell us why you like or dislike product). I submitted this on the 15th and 8 days later, my comments won't appear... anyone have an email for Apple where one could convey their discontent to them?

It's well known that they remove negative comments...

sjobs@mac.com

 

[samh004]

Amazing... I posted my comments for time capsule on the store (as apple states... tell us why you like or dislike product). I submitted this on the 15th and 8 days later, my comments won't appear... anyone have an email for Apple where one could convey their discontent to them?

The comments are meant to help future buyers, seeing as it's not shipping yet no one should be commenting on it, as no one knows if it works well or not.

 

[pjarvi]

A comment about Time Machine not working with the AEBS should be posted on the product page for the AEBS, not for Time Capsule.

 

[chaird]

A question I asked the apple chat rep he stated that you could not use time capsule as a wireless drive and a back up for time machine at the same time. You had to choose if you want it to perform back ups for time machine thats all it will do and you need to buy another external harddrive to plug in the USB to share files over the wireless network. Or you could use as wireless harddrive and time machine wont back up to time capsule. Is this true??

 

[EmptyPockets]

Is it possible to access the time machine drive from somewhere not connected to the wifi signal?

Say i'm at school and I left a file at home, can i access it from my laptop back to time capsule?

Is this how back to my mac works?

 

[zedsdead]

Is it possible to access the time machine drive from somewhere not connected to the wifi signal?

Say i'm at school and I left a file at home, can i access it from my laptop back to time capsule?

Is this how back to my mac works?

Yes, if Back To My Mac actually worked...currently, there are many issues. Hopefully 10.5.2 addresses something, but so far I do not think any fixes are in the current build.

 

[EmptyPockets]

Also an important detail i left out...

I guess for back to my mac to work you would have to have 2 apple computers, i am trying to access the time capsule remotely as a stand alone unit (connected to modem)

Is this possible?

 

[ascender]

Someone mentioned that Apple had said they'd refund them the cost of their AEBS when buying a Capsule as they'd bought it within 2 weeks of the announcement. Is this an official offer from Apple now or just if you ask for it, as I've not seen much mention of it?

 

[samh004]

A question I asked the apple chat rep he stated that you could not use time capsule as a wireless drive and a back up for time machine at the same time. You had to choose if you want it to perform back ups for time machine thats all it will do and you need to buy another external harddrive to plug in the USB to share files over the wireless network. Or you could use as wireless harddrive and time machine wont back up to time capsule. Is this true??

Time Capsule isn't shipping yet, I don't think the Apple rep you asked has any knowledge of its inner workings and so is just speculating. Wait until it ships to ask these questions.

Is it possible to access the time machine drive from somewhere not connected to the wifi signal?

Say i'm at school and I left a file at home, can i access it from my laptop back to time capsule?

Is this how back to my mac works?

It is not an advertised feature. It could become a feature I suppose, but if it were a Back-to-my-Mac feature then you'd need a .Mac account. In the shipping AEBS there is a very basic wide-area Bonjour setup, so I'd expect further building of this into the Time Capsule, however it requires a lot more than just an internet connection.

Also an important detail i left out...

I guess for back to my mac to work you would have to have 2 apple computers, i am trying to access the time capsule remotely as a stand alone unit (connected to modem)

Is this possible?

If it was setup through .Mac, then I'm sure Apple wouldn't require an additional computer to access it, as it's connected to the net directly, however there is no mention of that feature currently. This is all speculation.

Someone mentioned that Apple had said they'd refund them the cost of their AEBS when buying a Capsule as they'd bought it within 2 weeks of the announcement. Is this an official offer from Apple now or just if you ask for it, as I've not seen much mention of it?

If you buy an Apple product and 2 weeks later a new one comes out, you can take it back and have it replaced for the price of a restocking fee, however by now your well over that 2 week grace period.