I have the newest one and it runs a bit hot and sometimes I can hear it. Probably not the best idea to have it next to my bed. I do love backing up wirelessly. I also use it to store my tv shows instead of having them on my laptop
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Is the time capsule still s*** ?
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I have the 4th Gen, and the jury's still out.
The previous one failed (TM backup kept failing). New one has an intermittent issue, but I think only since Lion:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1205111/
No noise, but it runs hot.
The previous one failed (TM backup kept failing). New one has an intermittent issue, but I think only since Lion:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1205111/
No noise, but it runs hot.
cooling TC
I have an early 1st gen TC and noticed early that it was hot. I put it up on a few upside-down furniture/carpet protectors that have comb-like legs on one side and a place for the furniture leg on the other. I also plugged in a very cheap USB fan (http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-Mobile-Fan-External-Cooling/dp/B00080G0BK/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top) into the USB port and aimed it at the TC. The fan has adjustable speed and is set to a medium and quiet level. The TC has never made any noise and it runs perfectly. About a year ago I replaced the still-functioning drive with a WD green 1.5TB unit and put it back in its spot. Vacuum off the dust on the USB fan once a year and forget about it. Works perfectly.
A few days ago I bought a current-generation TC (2TB) to take advantage of the improved wifi range and the dual band feature. The fan went on the new one. It was a breeze to set up and works flawlessly. Highly recommended. Oh, and the fan, too.
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I have an early 1st gen TC and noticed early that it was hot. I put it up on a few upside-down furniture/carpet protectors that have comb-like legs on one side and a place for the furniture leg on the other. I also plugged in a very cheap USB fan (http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-Mobile-Fan-External-Cooling/dp/B00080G0BK/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top) into the USB port and aimed it at the TC. The fan has adjustable speed and is set to a medium and quiet level. The TC has never made any noise and it runs perfectly. About a year ago I replaced the still-functioning drive with a WD green 1.5TB unit and put it back in its spot. Vacuum off the dust on the USB fan once a year and forget about it. Works perfectly.
A few days ago I bought a current-generation TC (2TB) to take advantage of the improved wifi range and the dual band feature. The fan went on the new one. It was a breeze to set up and works flawlessly. Highly recommended. Oh, and the fan, too.
Moocher
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Do you see any real-world noticeable WiFi throughput difference between the old TC and the new one?
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This Anandtech review found a big improvement with the new version. I am tempted to replace my gen. 2 with a new one.
Yeah, I saw that article, too. I see the benchmarks, but I was just curious as to whether or not on a routine daily basis if it was as significant as the numbers make it seem.
I'm very tempted to replace my gen 1 single band (for 5GHz 802.11n-only) + gen 1 Airport Extreme (for separate 802.11b/g network) with the new one, too.
Does anyone know the transfer speed of the Time Capsule?
I'm not sure if I should buy it whit my MBP with ssd?
How fast can you right stuff from a MBP with ssd to the TC when sitting close to it?
And how fast can you read it from the TC to your MBP with ssd?
Any speeds?
(without ssd or mbp speed tests are also useful...)
I'm not sure if I should buy it whit my MBP with ssd?
How fast can you right stuff from a MBP with ssd to the TC when sitting close to it?
And how fast can you read it from the TC to your MBP with ssd?
Any speeds?
(without ssd or mbp speed tests are also useful...)
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I bought a TC back in june this year, so that would make it generation 3. It's as close to silent as you can get most of the time - you hear the drive spin up and heads unlatch when it starts the backup procedure, and then there's a click when re-latching the heads again when the drive goes back to sleep.
The fan is completely inaudible even at 28-29C room temp (summertime). The casing gets a bit warm, but according to Google research, harddrives actually prefer above room temperatures (around 35-38C or thereabouts seems ideal, which is roughly what the TC sits around according to the recent Anandtech review of the gen. 4 TC (which is identical to gen. 3 hardware-wise, apart from the wifi radio modules and the model of the HDD.)
I'd be a little wary of that myself. You don't know how much that drive's been spinning or what kind of abuse it may have sustained. Did the previous owner have a very dusty home (pets, carpeted floors and so on?), was he or she a smoker? You've no way of knowing.
Any stuff in the air tend to get inside anything electronic and accumulate there, particulary if there's a fan involved. So you could end up with a TC full of nicotine-infused dust bunnies inside.
My first TC lasted 9 days. The hard drive just "disappeared" from the network. My second TC is 3 days old and I am having the same issues. It's going back tomorrow and I'm going to get a refund. Screw this unreliability!
1st Gen. TC finally quit...
Yup, my 1st Gen. TC has finally given up... sort of*. I feared the day that this would happen, but it's been a good long run.
I used the s*** out of this thing though, or so I think I have.
I've printed through it, used it for Time Machine (for two Macbooks), my Xbox 360 experienced the outside world through it, my PS3 experienced the outside world through it (PSN willing...
), my iPhone 3G was it's BFF for about a year and a half, two iPhone 4's have been it's BFF since 6/24/10, it's range extended well beyond that of our Verizon modem/wireless router... and all the while, I would say it was pretty quiet. Just sat there and did it's thing for 2+ years (maybe 3?).
Despite all the negativity surrounding these, from many other's bad experiences, I've got to say I'm more than willing to give the latest & greatest a go at it.
Not to mention, you most typically hear the bad news while folks will rarely ever bother to comment on something that "just works."
I'm a perfect example. Had my TC have not quit*, I wouldn't be typing this now.
*clarification - it's only the internal disk that "...needs repair." I'm still using the unit as an airport.
Yup, my 1st Gen. TC has finally given up... sort of*. I feared the day that this would happen, but it's been a good long run.
I used the s*** out of this thing though, or so I think I have.
I've printed through it, used it for Time Machine (for two Macbooks), my Xbox 360 experienced the outside world through it, my PS3 experienced the outside world through it (PSN willing...
), my iPhone 3G was it's BFF for about a year and a half, two iPhone 4's have been it's BFF since 6/24/10, it's range extended well beyond that of our Verizon modem/wireless router... and all the while, I would say it was pretty quiet. Just sat there and did it's thing for 2+ years (maybe 3?).Despite all the negativity surrounding these, from many other's bad experiences, I've got to say I'm more than willing to give the latest & greatest a go at it.
Not to mention, you most typically hear the bad news while folks will rarely ever bother to comment on something that "just works."
I'm a perfect example. Had my TC have not quit*, I wouldn't be typing this now.
*clarification - it's only the internal disk that "...needs repair." I'm still using the unit as an airport.