Rumors of a 7.3.1 update for AEBS, maybe they fixed the issue with time machine and these random drops...
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That's my big concern as well.
I bought an AEBS about a week before San Francisco and then took it back on the last day of my return eligibility, hoping it would be available early February. My other router was so crappy I have basically been without wireless since. Although my AEBS was working perfectly, I'd read too many stories in the apple support forums and in the reviews of the product in the apple store to be hopeful that it would last me very long.
Now they've taken that same product that was notoriously unreliable and added to it a backup system that is supposed to be a safety net... I'm hoping they were taking their time fixing the issues, otherwise folks are going to hit the roof.
Still, I'm very excited about next week. I was also holding off getting an apple TV so I could have that hooked up without running an ethernet cord into my den - so next week is going to be like apple christmas for me.
Yay! I ordered mine yesterday (Time Capsule 500GB). I actually think this item is really good value since you are basically getting an Airport Extreme (802.11n), wireless USB printing, a server-grade hard-drive and the Time Machine function -- all in one nifty package.
The end of the eternal plugging and unplugging of my ethernet cord and external hard-drive USB each morning and night is nigh...
If it works great, I can see myself never having to burn a back-up DVD again. Yay! The money saved from not having to buy more blank DVDs makes it even better value.
The end of the eternal plugging and unplugging of my ethernet cord and external hard-drive USB each morning and night is nigh...
If it works great, I can see myself never having to burn a back-up DVD again. Yay! The money saved from not having to buy more blank DVDs makes it even better value.
I love the way people quote this as a good thing... I don't know about your servers, but in my experience they use the cheapest ********* hard drives around.
So Apple using what they call a ‘server-grade HD’ is a bad thing and should just use a basic hard drive in the Time Capsule then?
There must be some kind of improvement over a basic hard drive. I found this report that makes the distinction between a ‘consumer’ and ‘enterprise/server-grade’ drive.
http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/006296.html
Not being an expert or having your ‘server drive’ experience, I can only wait until I have used Time Capsule myself for a period of time to be able to offer my definitive opinion. I am sure, with Apple actively promoting the Time Machine feature of Leopard, it would do them no favours to put ‘shi**y’ hard-drives into their Time Capsule (one of MW08 highlight products) to risk a mass of mac-users (and new switchers) losing their precious files in the near-future.
mine was shipped yesterday.. i even got a text message from "Apple Store" saying it was shipped.. lol..
since when did Apple start doing that?!
anyhow, it says est delivery date 7th march!!!!
where are these things coming from? China?
since when did Apple start doing that?!
anyhow, it says est delivery date 7th march!!!!
where are these things coming from? China?
I bought mine at launch day. My order status is as follow:
TIME CAPSULE 500GB-AME
Ships by: 29 Feb
Delivers by: 7 Mar
Destination: see my infos on the left.
I have been using the APE for a few months now, but once I get Time Capsule I'm tempted to reformat my current Time Machine hard drive (500GB in a miniStack v2) and use it as the Mac mini primary drive (is a 3.5" FireWire 400 drive faster than an internal 2.5" SATA?)
TIME CAPSULE 500GB-AME
Ships by: 29 Feb
Delivers by: 7 Mar
Destination: see my infos on the left.
I have been using the APE for a few months now, but once I get Time Capsule I'm tempted to reformat my current Time Machine hard drive (500GB in a miniStack v2) and use it as the Mac mini primary drive (is a 3.5" FireWire 400 drive faster than an internal 2.5" SATA?)
Heat
I did a backup of a MacBook Air and it was a long time to accomplish 15.5Gb transfer, in fact it was over seven hours. The ability to selectively backup will be very important. One could copy all software updates to the TC drive for a system recovery and thus the OS might not need to be backed up since one has the original system disks.
The one big discovery was how hot the unit gets when running. The rubber (maybe soft plastic) pad on the bottom feels very warm to the touch, like the battery on a laptop. One may wish to put the unit on some 1/4" feet to allow some air circulation under the unit and so it does not perhaps stick to a surface. I had a couple of 1" x 1/8" aluminum strips I put under it to give some circulation.
Multiple computers (like a home network with a base computer and several laptops) using a single Time Capsule for shared backup could possibly utilize a major percentage of the available bandwidth. Time will tell.
I did a backup of a MacBook Air and it was a long time to accomplish 15.5Gb transfer, in fact it was over seven hours. The ability to selectively backup will be very important. One could copy all software updates to the TC drive for a system recovery and thus the OS might not need to be backed up since one has the original system disks.
The one big discovery was how hot the unit gets when running. The rubber (maybe soft plastic) pad on the bottom feels very warm to the touch, like the battery on a laptop. One may wish to put the unit on some 1/4" feet to allow some air circulation under the unit and so it does not perhaps stick to a surface. I had a couple of 1" x 1/8" aluminum strips I put under it to give some circulation.
Multiple computers (like a home network with a base computer and several laptops) using a single Time Capsule for shared backup could possibly utilize a major percentage of the available bandwidth. Time will tell.
Ordered mine yesterday
With a delivery date from March 10th through 14th. But considering that just under 100 miles away from me an Apple Store got them, I may have to call the Apple Store until I hear they arrive and pick one up early. Gonna give my existing airport extreme to my girlfriend who currently lives in her own apartment without wireless. I just hope the Columbia Mall or Montgomery Mall Apple store gets one early. At least those are easy to get to at night for me.
With a delivery date from March 10th through 14th. But considering that just under 100 miles away from me an Apple Store got them, I may have to call the Apple Store until I hear they arrive and pick one up early. Gonna give my existing airport extreme to my girlfriend who currently lives in her own apartment without wireless. I just hope the Columbia Mall or Montgomery Mall Apple store gets one early. At least those are easy to get to at night for me.
Not a router
Time Capsule isn't a router. It's just a base station with a hard drive...
It's great if you don't have a wireless router or you have a wireless router without 802.11n, but Time Capsule can only connect to a network, it can't dial up the Internet. IMHO, this is a bit of a shortcoming.
Time Capsule isn't a router. It's just a base station with a hard drive...
It's great if you don't have a wireless router or you have a wireless router without 802.11n, but Time Capsule can only connect to a network, it can't dial up the Internet. IMHO, this is a bit of a shortcoming.
I don't think that is right. The Time Capsule should have the same routing functionality at the AEBS...
It has the same ports on the back as a AEBS so my guess is that it does have the functionality of an AEBS
No need for a second partition I think.
TC allows you to have the device function as a wireless hard drive. You can just copy files over to it.
All the time machine data is saved under a hidden folder, I think at the root of the hard drive. So you can just use the remaining space.
Easy wireless networking
Connect your DSL or cable modem to Time Capsule and quickly create a new wireless network — or extend an existing AirPort-based network — using the easy-to-use AirPort Utility for Mac and PC.1
^^ Pulled right off the product page in the Apple store. It IS a router. Please read up on the product. It helps a lot.
Mine's still prepared for shipment, yet it has a ship date of Feb 29th. Just wish it would ship already :S
What about the manual?
I keep checking the Apple website for the manual... I really want to read the entire manual before deciding whether I would buy one. I want to upgrade to "n"... would like to use Time Machine finally... but also would like to switch from my cheapo NAS to something with better throughput. Can you a set passwords and/or users when you are using the network hard drive as attached storage? Can you attach a USB hub to the thing and then put all your USB hard drives on it so you can use that space as well? Does it work with SMB? I would like to basically attach my NexStar NAS to it using USB since it has a notoriously slow ethernet connection... attach my WD MyBook to it using USB as extra storage space... this would give me 500gb of space on the TC, 500Gb of space on the MyBook, and another 300gb of space on the NexStar. If I can't then access one of the drives via SMB for my XBMC setup, it all becomes kind of useless... though I could just keep the NexStar on the ethernet for that...
I do wish they would post the manual! Anyway... I hope the folks who get one start posting their impressions and what they think it can or cannot do. I worry just a bit about the heat issue... don't want to fry anything! I would rather just buy a macmini as a server since it has proper cooling if that is the case.
I keep checking the Apple website for the manual... I really want to read the entire manual before deciding whether I would buy one. I want to upgrade to "n"... would like to use Time Machine finally... but also would like to switch from my cheapo NAS to something with better throughput. Can you a set passwords and/or users when you are using the network hard drive as attached storage? Can you attach a USB hub to the thing and then put all your USB hard drives on it so you can use that space as well? Does it work with SMB? I would like to basically attach my NexStar NAS to it using USB since it has a notoriously slow ethernet connection... attach my WD MyBook to it using USB as extra storage space... this would give me 500gb of space on the TC, 500Gb of space on the MyBook, and another 300gb of space on the NexStar. If I can't then access one of the drives via SMB for my XBMC setup, it all becomes kind of useless... though I could just keep the NexStar on the ethernet for that...
I do wish they would post the manual! Anyway... I hope the folks who get one start posting their impressions and what they think it can or cannot do. I worry just a bit about the heat issue... don't want to fry anything! I would rather just buy a macmini as a server since it has proper cooling if that is the case.
Yes to setting accounts with passwords, yes to USB hub for multiple drives/printers (it needs to be powered, though), and yes to SMB.
Gizmodo got theirs and did a mini review, if you haven't already seen it. Doesn't cover most of what you're asking about, but it's got some new info in it.
http://gizmodo.com/362391/time-capsule-initial-verdict-smooth-sailing-no-surprises
I've been looking for the manual for a while now too. I found tech specs:
http://support.apple.com/specs/airport/Time_Capsule.html#top
But not the manual as of yet.
well they barely made the February deadline. but i guess they did make it. i don't think i'll be getting one though.
Based on the performance of AirDisk drives on an AEBS I doubt that you will see significant performance improvement over the NextStar NAS. The Time Capsule cpu is probably the same or similar to that in the AEBS, so don't expect too much performance-wise. Remember this is a low cost all-in-one solution for home use. What we really need is for Time Machine to work (and be supported) with standard NAS devices; that is where you will see some real performance improvements.