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New Time Capsules to Run iOS on A4/A5 Processors?
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Not everyone here is in love with the iCloud concept as a complete replacement for local storage. The one big benefit would be a truly remote backup, but Apple could give us local TC2 with the option to mirror our time machine backups to the iCloud if we want that benefit.
A pure iCloud-only option has all kinds of issues, but the biggest one (IMO) is the controllers of the pipes that connect us to the iCloud are striving to pinch down our broadband use through tiers, caps and pricing while this iCloud concept is encouraging even more broadband usage. That's not going to end well if we like to keep as much money as we can in our pockets, yet we want to store and stream everything in the iCloud.
Without local storage, whats the point of a Time Capsule?
Is this what youre advocating?
iOS Device/Mac <Time Capsule> iCloud Servers
All iCloud services (what we think they will be) can be done without intermediary HW.
Time Machine has been perfectly compatible with AirDisk since about 2008 (and in any case that shouldn't require any hardware changes). I am not sure I really care if AEX runs iOS on A5 processor. It's a NAS/router appliance, I don't need to interact with its OS beyond the configuration utility.
Multiple USB ports might be useful, especially if they were UBS 3.0 ports. But not a major deal, as most multi-drive Storage enclosures require a single USB/FW input.
Yes. I like what you are thinking.
I'm one of those customers. My 7 year old iBook sends emails just as fast as my neighbour's new i7 iMac so I really have no desire to upgrade until the mini upgrades or your idea comes to reality.
if apple can pull off the marketing, it would be great to merge 
TV into the Airport Express Line..
1. Airport Express (router only)
2. Airport Express withTV
3. Airport Express withTV + Time Capsule(500GB, 2TB, 3TB) called the Apple TV Personal Cloud Edition 
its becoming ridiculous to have both an apple tv and a time capsule....from a hardware perspective, but im glad i didnt have to shell out more than 99.99 for the apple tv..
TV into the Airport Express Line..1. Airport Express (router only)
2. Airport Express with
TV3. Airport Express with
TV + Time Capsule(500GB, 2TB, 3TB) called the Apple TV Personal Cloud Edition its becoming ridiculous to have both an apple tv and a time capsule....from a hardware perspective, but im glad i didnt have to shell out more than 99.99 for the apple tv..
All still for sale on Apple Store ( USA )
Time machine and AE both show for sale and shipping on the USA Apple Online store.
Time machine and AE both show for sale and shipping on the USA Apple Online store.
The answer is speed. A Time-Machine Backup of 20GB data takes 10 minutes to a local disk; 30 minutes to a local networked disk (TimeCapsule); 10 hours over the internet (iCloud). Are you gonna wait 10 hours for a backup to complete ? (yes I know, but FiOS is not available where I live).
Another problem is the streaming. I am not willing to keep my MacPro running; so my wife can watch TV. If the TC is running iOS it can act as iTunes (=server) and the aTV can stream from it. That's all I really need.
Can anyone list any good reasons to move to iOS from NetBSD for a freaking router?!? It does however already use an ARM processor.
Is the guy behind the Airport products still at Apple? (I can't recall his name - but I seem to remember that he left Apple last year)
Is the guy behind the Airport products still at Apple? (I can't recall his name - but I seem to remember that he left Apple last year)
So where does ones iTunes library get backed up to if it resides on the TimeCapsule?
1. Backing up your entire mac to the internet would take ages.
2. The data center is for Apple's complete MobileMe replacement and new syncing services, not just iTunes.
Onto your MacPro - or the cloud: and then the new data center will sell out quickly.
So, AppleTV hardware plus a USB port or two, (for an external HD,) a whole new OS built on iOS that runs itunes. That should be about $99... Maybe a little more, (software development cost money.) The hardware would be almost exactly the same though.
Wireless synching makes sense, this bodes well against the conversation I overheard, but didn't take too seriously at the time. It would be an extension to the wireless activation piece.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1089193/
However, it could be only for iPhone 5, iPad 3 and iPod Touch 5. What the article didn't mention, but what I would expect, would be that the Time Caspule and Airport Extremes to be AirPrint servers, so anyting connected to them will be able to AirPrint to a connected printer (with printer connection either wireless or Cabled).
I just had a quick review of the orginal post, and it is interesting as some features have now either been confirmed or are strongly rumoured to happen.
With the recent iMovie update, even though not as big as was suggested, does give me some confidence that a modified iLife package will become part of iOS 5.
Garageband has been released as an iPad app since the original post. Any chance of a universal???
The iTunes Cloud (iCloud) is now confirmed.
Time Capsule backup for iOS devices would make total sense now.
Improved notifications look set to happen.
All quite interesting. I hope everything else comes true!
Phil
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1089193/
However, it could be only for iPhone 5, iPad 3 and iPod Touch 5. What the article didn't mention, but what I would expect, would be that the Time Caspule and Airport Extremes to be AirPrint servers, so anyting connected to them will be able to AirPrint to a connected printer (with printer connection either wireless or Cabled).
I just had a quick review of the orginal post, and it is interesting as some features have now either been confirmed or are strongly rumoured to happen.
With the recent iMovie update, even though not as big as was suggested, does give me some confidence that a modified iLife package will become part of iOS 5.
Garageband has been released as an iPad app since the original post. Any chance of a universal???
The iTunes Cloud (iCloud) is now confirmed.
Time Capsule backup for iOS devices would make total sense now.
Improved notifications look set to happen.
All quite interesting. I hope everything else comes true!
Phil
Same here.
Anyway, Apple doesn't even sell the AppleTV in The Netherlands, let alone the 'New' combi... or will they?
+1
Thanks for the link. That's a pretty nice list of improvements. Sure hope they live stream the event.
Why would it stay with an externally controlled OS? iOS can run ISC dhcpd and BIND quite well already. Apple's programming resources know the ins and outs of iOS much better than they would NetBSD, so it would make business sense to make use of existing resources rather than hiring new talent for a low-profit box.
Add an HDMI and miniDisplay Port to it and WOW!!!!
Oh, and a Thunderbolt Port --- add several TB's of HDD's to it. : ) : ) : )
Oh, and a Thunderbolt Port --- add several TB's of HDD's to it. : ) : ) : )
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Could be interesting if your iOS device now syncs to iCloud instead of iTunes. Then the time capsule could have a local cache for faster syncing.
if apple can pull off the marketing, it would be great to merge
1. Airport Express (router only)
2. Airport Express with
3. Airport Express with
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And let the iPads / iPhones / MacBooks just act as a remote to stream to TV / Speakers!!!!
(minimizes bw usage too!!)
Not a "real" fan of clouding "everything"....
PLEASE!!!!!
Damn we might be seeing new AppleTVs also...just think a time capsule with an Apple A5 chip in it or an apple TV 3 with an A5 chip in it?
WOW
Bring Monday on now!
Get over it...the Cloud is gonna take over the internet...no matter what...in the next 5 years if you are not in the cloud you are nobody. The ISPs will have to upgrade the bandwidth...and relax on the caps...
Nice but iCloud everything for the win. Why do you need to backup when Apple can back it up for you? Hard drives crash...apple can easily and quickly replace drives in the datacenter, so you never lose your data. But these new Time capsules allow you to at least have a local backup...so it is a good thing.
But full cloud in the future.
WOW
Bring Monday on now!
Get over it...the Cloud is gonna take over the internet...no matter what...in the next 5 years if you are not in the cloud you are nobody. The ISPs will have to upgrade the bandwidth...and relax on the caps...
And let the iPads / iPhones / MacBooks just act as a remote to stream to TV / Speakers!!!!
(minimizes bw usage too!!)
Not a "real" fan of clouding "everything"....
PLEASE!!!!!
Nice but iCloud everything for the win. Why do you need to backup when Apple can back it up for you? Hard drives crash...apple can easily and quickly replace drives in the datacenter, so you never lose your data. But these new Time capsules allow you to at least have a local backup...so it is a good thing.
But full cloud in the future.
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If there was an award for a "MacRumors dumb quote of the day" - I would nominate the above!
