Apple Time Capsule Reviews

Apple time capsule is a combination of storage media for backup and base station-based wireless Wi-Fi. Initially, Apple introduces Time Capsule in 2008. The product is equipped with a 500GB hard drive. Time Capsule is function as a wireless storage for the purposes of Mac computers (iMac or MacBook) which connected to a Wi-Fi. It is emitted without the need for additional Wi-Fi router. Time Capsule is a backup feature that also works automatically with Time Machine application in Mac OS X. For those who need the Wi-Fi router to share an Internet connection or a small network, Time Capsule is also be able to do so, however, if users only need a wireless function, they usually choose the Apple AirPort Base Station which is cheaper.

In the middle of 2011, Apple released the fifth generation models of Time Capsule configurations. New Apple time capsule is available in capacities of 2TB and 5TB. Prior to this, the Time Capsule is available in 1TB and 2TB capacities. Time Capsule has Ethernet WAN and Ethernet LAN, and a USB 2.0 for connecting a printer or external drive. By plugging the printer, users can share a single printer to be used together.

New Apple Time Capsule

New Time Capsule is still using a standard Wi-Fi 802.11n. It is compatible with 802.11b / g, with the ability to dual-band (2.4GHz / 5GHz). It is improving the quality of the network for devices such as the iPhone and iPod touch. In addition, it is increasing the capacity of the hard drive. New Time Capsule is not given any new features by Apple. It makes a lot of users have modified Time Capsule, because in previous generations, Time Capsule cannot detect the hard drive capacity above 3GB, except when using special firmware version, which is 7.5.2. The new controller hardware in the Apple time capsule allows readings above 2.2GB hard drive without the need of any modification.