Dunno whether to laugh or cry... ONLY 250GB in a month? Move to Canada... 60GB is about average on a cable modem package.
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Apple Testing New Time Capsules for Caching Software Updates?
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Dunno whether to laugh or cry... ONLY 250GB in a month? Move to Canada... 60GB is about average on a cable modem package.
If it wasn't for iTunes I really wouldn't need my mac mini any more. I sure hope they role out an option to disconnect iOS from the mac.
Pretty sure you are in control of how many apps you have and how often you update them. Pay for your usage and stop blaming your problems on the evil corporations.
The one feature Time Capsules need is an iTunes background process to serve iTunes content to remote devices over homeshare.
I am amazed how people can use that much. I have 3 Macs, 1 PC, 2 iPhones, Apple TV2, iPad and 1 iPod Touch and we don't even hit 100GB a month. We stream Netflix almost every night also, download music from iTunes, updates and other stuff.
If you need more GB to use, pay for it. A friend has Comcast Business class for his personal so he doesn't have a cap every month.
I think light users like us should get a break. As I said before, the people who need more than 250GB a month have an option, they just have to pay more for it.
I would like Apple to take the idea even further and allow iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad to wirelessly sync against Time Capsule.
Bonus points if Time Capsule gains better thermal design to reduce hard disk failure and Thunderbolt port for direct access to the disk.
And please add QoS and bandwidth management.
Bonus points if Time Capsule gains better thermal design to reduce hard disk failure and Thunderbolt port for direct access to the disk.
And please add QoS and bandwidth management.
Yes. TC is not appropriate for the primary storage of anything. But it can be used for backups and caching (which is what this rumor is suggesting).
(well, actually, it isn't perfect for backups either because it is a pain to get to the drive if the TC dies.)
Auto updates via Timecapsule
This is great but the user should have control as to what times it updates. Users that have satellite (Hughes.net) internet service can only download during the night time without hitting their fair access policies.
This is great but the user should have control as to what times it updates. Users that have satellite (Hughes.net) internet service can only download during the night time without hitting their fair access policies.
The only thing I don't like about the Time Capsule/Time Machine, is that when it's backing up, it mounts the drive in the finder & on the desktop.
It's petty, I know, but still!
I know I could hide drives etc on the desktop, but I don't want to do that!
Other than that, I love it.
It's petty, I know, but still!
I know I could hide drives etc on the desktop, but I don't want to do that!
Other than that, I love it.
What about those who don't have a Time Capsule?
What are you waiting for, go get one
I have to offload that much video from my MBP somewhere, and even so I still try to wait until I get at least one backup of the files in my TM Backup before moving it else where.
Macs seem competent enough not to need a dedicated caching device but it would be perfect for content, backups en updates for iOS devices, it would liberate them from the PC.
Because it is probably A4 or A5 powered and they aren't going to write the software for the old Intel AEBS. Just like AppleTV2.
We know the drill. Things that could have been done via software updates usually require you to buy new hardware.
It isn't Intel, the current AEBS processor is a Marvell 88F6281 1.2 GHz "Kirkwood".
Why not have a cloud in the house? You sync your itunes library to the hard drive connected to the airport device. And then AppleTV or any computer on the home network can stream from it.
I hope the features being added to the time capsule will be compatible with an airport extreme that has a hard drive connected.
And also I think it would be great to have multiple usb ports in the time capsule and airport extreme. That way multiple users can have time capsules on separate hard drives. And perhaps time capsules of external drives connected to a computer could be made instead of just the boot disk.
I hope the features being added to the time capsule will be compatible with an airport extreme that has a hard drive connected.
And also I think it would be great to have multiple usb ports in the time capsule and airport extreme. That way multiple users can have time capsules on separate hard drives. And perhaps time capsules of external drives connected to a computer could be made instead of just the boot disk.
Yikes! That's an ARM variant, isn't it? So a change to A4/5 is easier, software-wise?
If it is going to be available for both the Time Capsule and the Express then surely it will be more than a software update. They will probably add separate storage to the device to accommodate the downloads.
Replacing Cable, Dish, Netflix
Netflix predicts what you like, so why not load that into big storage? You want to DVR "The Office" Wednesday night, why not download the content in advance to be opened after a certain time? If you licensed enough content, this could help distribute it for immediate access.
Netflix predicts what you like, so why not load that into big storage? You want to DVR "The Office" Wednesday night, why not download the content in advance to be opened after a certain time? If you licensed enough content, this could help distribute it for immediate access.
