Product Description

Introducing Time Capsule. Automatic wireless backup for your Mac. Time Capsule is a revolutionary backup device that works wirelessly with Time Machine in Mac OS X Leopard. It automatically backs up everything, so you no longer have to worry about losing your digital life. Time Capsule is also a full-featured 802.11n Wi-Fi base station. Every computer in your house can work off a wireless network at blazing speeds. And they can back up wirelessly to the same Time Capsule.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #501 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Apple
• Model: MB276LL/A
• Released on: 2008-02-01
• Platforms: Macintosh, Windows
• Format: CD
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• CPU: PowerPC G4 2.1 GHz
• Memory: 8000MB SDRAM
• Hard Disk: 500GB
• Processors: 1

Features

• A revolutionary backup device that works wirelessly with Time Machine in Mac OS X Leopard
• Time Capsule can back up and store files for each Leopard-based Mac on your wireless network
• 500 GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA server-grade hard drive gives you all the capacity and safety you need
• More than just a wireless hard drive, Time Capsule is also a full-featured AirPort Extreme Base Station with 802.11n technology
• Works with Mac and PC

From the Manufacturer

A Leap Forward for Backup
Introducing Time Capsule. Automatic wireless backup for your Mac. Available in 500GB and 1TB models.

One Click. Continuous Backup.
Backing up is something we all know we should do, but often don’t. And while disaster is a great motivator, now it doesn’t have to be. Because with Time Capsule, the nagging need to back up has been replaced by automatic, constant protection. And even better, it all happens wirelessly, saving everything important, including your sanity.

Built for Time Machine. Time Capsule includes a wireless 500GB or 1TB hard drive designed to work with Time Machine in Mac OS X Leopard. Just set Time Capsule as the designated backup drive for Time Machine, and that’s it. Depending on how much data you have, your initial backup with Time Capsule could take overnight or longer. After it completes, only changed files are backed up--automatically, wirelessly, and in the background. So you never have to worry about backing up again.

Backup for everyone. Have multiple Macs in your house? Time Capsule can back up and store files for each Leopard-based Mac on your wireless network. No longer do you have to attach an external drive to each Mac every time you want to back up. Time Capsule spares you the work.

Room for it all. Time Capsule is your one place for backing up everything. Its massive 500GB or 1TB server-grade hard drive gives you all the capacity and safety you need. So whether you have 250 songs or 250,000 songs to back up, room is the last thing you’ll run out of. And considering all that storage and protection come packaged in a high-speed Wi-Fi base station starting at $299, data isn’t the only thing you’re saving.

The Ultimate Wireless Base Station More than just a wireless hard drive, Time Capsule is also a full-featured AirPort Extreme Base Station with 802.11n technology. Experience a high-speed wireless network and a breakthrough way to back up all the Mac computers on your network. All in one device.

Fits your Wi-Fi lifestyle. Time Capsule uses the 802.11n draft 2.0 specification, so you can rest assured that it works with certified 802.11n draft 2.0 products. And it’s compatible with Macs and PCs that use 802.11a, b, or g technologies, as well as wireless devices such as iPhone, iPod touch, and Apple TV.

Print command central. The included USB port is great for sharing a printer throughout your wireless network. Time Capsule and the Bonjour networking technology let everyone in the house or office — Mac and PC users alike — take advantage of one centrally located printer. And if you want to share both a printer and an additional hard drive, you can. Just connect a USB hub to Time Capsule. Whatever the combination, Time Capsule divides and conquers.

Works with Mac and PC.
Time Capsule with Time Machine in Leopard is the ideal backup solution. But that doesn’t mean Tiger, Windows XP, and Windows Vista users can’t enjoy the benefits of Time Capsule, too. Because it mounts as a wireless hard drive, Tiger and Windows users simply access Time Capsule directly from the wireless network for exchanging and storing files quickly and easily.

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Customer Reviews

disappointing reliability
the good news is that the hard drive / time machine part works well
the bad news is that all of the computers on my network (leopard or vista) randomly lose the router every couple of days. it is extremely annoying and i am now at the point of having to spend money to replace the product as i cant take it anymore.
Many people on the apple forums recommend rebooting the router every week but i have had many linksys routers before this apple one and never once had to resort to that kind of action.
in summary the quality of this product has been an disappointment for me.

Useful For So Many Reason
It's strange that wireless has become so ubiquitous that one would by a router like this and not use the wireless capabilities at all. But that is exactly what we've done.

We have 16 of these Time Capsules acting solely as remote backup drives. We've turned off all wireless and router capabilities. Each machine has a static ip address and we connect to it for our Time Machine backups.

Overall, the hardware has been magnificent and the "Airport Utility" makes it quite easy to configure the device.

No Muss, No Fuss - An Effortless Appliance
I swapped out my old Apple Airport Extreme for this Time Capsule, left the network name and password unchanged -- and that was it. My desktop, and my wife's and my iPhones and MacBooks acted like nothing had changed. No settings to update or anything.

Except a couple things had changed. First, our network got lots faster. Second, now both of our 160GB MacBooks are always backed up on one hard drive, wirelessly and seemingly magically.

How cool is that?