I wonder if they fixed the 18-month life expectancy?
Can someone tell me what the story is with these 18 month old TCs? I purchased a few months ago (just before the last upgrade). Am I safe putting data on it?
I wonder if they fixed the 18-month life expectancy?
Is there a universal remote out there that includes the AppleTv?
I have three that are four years old. One of them is used day in day out (my iMac is used as a TV).
All use the original batteries.
Apart from that, as a remote they suck. Can we have a decent sized remote with a few extra buttons please Apple?
I wonder what makes the backup so much faster on the time capsules?
Yea I am wondering if it works with the Apple TV also. Although with the remote app on the iPhone, I may not need this, but still it might be cool to have.
I wonder what's coming down the pipe.
Apple wouldn't spend time and resources updating their remote control, unless there's something cool coming down that will take advantage of the new functionality or design. An updated Apple TV, perhaps?
Home media integration is starting to really take off. Anyone with an Xbox or PS3 is able to take advantage of media stored on servers. There's the Apple TV, of course. There's Windows Home Media servers. TVs are even starting to ship with these features built-in (Samsung's internet@TV series, for example). Yamaha's neoHD receivers can handle digital content too.
This all used to be the stuff of geeks (network drive mount points? codecs? whaa?) but is quickly becoming very mainstream.
I hope Apple is going to position itself with an even more competitive offering, and perhaps upgrading the dinky little remote is the first step.
I've never had an Apple Remote go bad.
1. Any word on whether the nav wheel is scrollable iPod style?
2. Any word on whether the new remote is Apple TV compatible? Don't see why it wouldn't be, but they don't mention it in the store.
I bought my 1TB TC just at 45 days ago from BB so I'm within my return window thanks to my silver rewards status.
I love the idea of having wireless backups for my MBP but the reality is that the implementation is painfully slow and when it is backing up, everything else whether on the MBP, the MP or the iPhone all run slow. To top it off, for some reason, even incremental backups from hour to hour are ungodly large...a problem I've been troubleshooting with Apple Tech support almost since day 1. I called my local BB and they confirmed there's no TCs anywhere in the entire district nor the distribution facility. So reportedly in the next 1-2 weeks they should have stock of all the new Apple products that rolled out today.
Anything that brings speed improvements for TC backups is well worth the cost in my book!