I just got a Time Capsule today. I had the AEB but eschanged it for this when my back up failed yesterday. my question is can i place files on this besides for the TM's? so far its been great the WI-FI is even faster then the AEB and the HDD is very fast too.
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Yes, but you don't want to
You can place other files on there and use it as additional storage, but those files will NOT be backed up as part of time machine, as the time capsule was NOT designed to back itself up. It is only intended to back up files from other drives/computers.
I do not recommend placing other files on there if you need them to be included as part of the time machine backup.
I've personally never owned one, but read reviews that they work great until the power supply dies 18 months later and you are stuck with a brick. Maybe Apple improved them since I last researched this, but I think external drives connected to a Mac mini connected to the airport extreme base station would be the best of Apple wireless storage/iTunes server solutions. Again, I haven't personally tried this yet either. Oh well!
You can place other files on there and use it as additional storage, but those files will NOT be backed up as part of time machine, as the time capsule was NOT designed to back itself up. It is only intended to back up files from other drives/computers.
I do not recommend placing other files on there if you need them to be included as part of the time machine backup.
I've personally never owned one, but read reviews that they work great until the power supply dies 18 months later and you are stuck with a brick. Maybe Apple improved them since I last researched this, but I think external drives connected to a Mac mini connected to the airport extreme base station would be the best of Apple wireless storage/iTunes server solutions. Again, I haven't personally tried this yet either. Oh well!
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I use my Time Capsule for home network "Cloud" storage. It's quite handy for using multiple systems & platforms. I've found it painfully slow to use for it's intended purpose, as a backup device.
It works fine for streaming videos and music. (It's not supported, but you can even store your iTunes stuff there.)
It works fine for streaming videos and music. (It's not supported, but you can even store your iTunes stuff there.)
id have to agree that it is very slow but I store movies and other files in a separate folder in Time machine. I also enjoy the set it and forget it approach to backing up. I am not worried about the drive failing since I have applecare and it covers time capsule.
You can use Time Capsule's USB port to expand the overall network storage. it. Today I have a 3TB TC that my Time Machine uses for my backups. When I get the wife's rMBP, I will put a Seagate 3TB USB drive on the TC's USB port. Then I direct her Time Machine to use the Seagate drive. So each of use will have 3TB of Time Machine storage.
You could just as well hang a USB drive off of TC and use it for any type of storage.
You could just as well hang a USB drive off of TC and use it for any type of storage.