Apple Time Capsule MC344LL/A 2TB [OLD VERSION]

by Apple

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002TLTGJ4
• Item model number: MC344LL/A
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,431 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 13, 2009

Product Description

Back up a lifetime s worth of memories with the Time Capsule, a wireless hard drive that works seamlessly with Time Machine in Mac OS X Leopard. Its also a full-featured 802.11n Wi-Fi base station with simultaneous dual-band support. Time Capsule, 2TB CD with AirPort Utility (Mac and Windows), AirPort Disk Utility for Mac OS X v10.4 and Windows, 802.11n Enabler for Mac OS X v10.4, and Bonjour for Windows Power cord Printed and electronic documentation

Customer Reviews

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Adequate, but sometimes slow; Average reliability, October 15, 2010

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Randall King "randallking" (Lubbock, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apple Time Capsule MC344LL/A 2TB [OLD VERSION] (Personal Computers)

I use my 2 TB Time Capsule for a wireless router and for wireless backups from my Mac mini.

As a router, it's pretty reliable. I do have problems connecting to it using my iPhone 3GS. Sometimes it works and sometimes not. When it works, there are times it will stop working seemingly for no reason. Frustrating. Otherwise, my MacBook and Mac mini both connect every time and the connection is very reliable.

The Time Machine feature for backups works very well. It's nice to not have to think about backups. It just works, backs up everything, and I don't have to worry about it.

The problem with the wireless backup system is that it's *extremely* slow, and it interferes with my use of my Internet connection. It would be nice if it would throttle the backups when I'm using my connection so that it doesn't interfere. Or maybe it should only do backups when the computer is idle. And I'm not talking about the initial backup of my whole system...I'm referring to the incremental daily backups that are occurring months later.

My Linksys router that I had for years and years finally failed, but it worked much better than Time Capsule before it failed. My recommendation to anyone reading this is to buy a regular router, and then just use a USB or FireWire hard drive for backups.

I haven't used the printer sharing features of Time Capsule, so I can't speak to that.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really Great Product!, May 31, 2010

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This review is from: Apple Time Capsule MC344LL/A 2TB [OLD VERSION] (Personal Computers)

I bought this product with some hesitation after reading some negative reviews. I have been using this product for about 4 months now and I have had no issues with it. It does exactly as it says. The only thing is that it backs up really slow over wireless but I have it hooked straight to my computer and it is a lot faster. Overall very satisfied with this purchase. It has already helped me recover some important files that I deleted by accident.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars unreliable connection, September 30, 2011

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RJL - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apple Time Capsule MC344LL/A 2TB [OLD VERSION] (Personal Computers)

Having owned this for a few months, I must say it is not an improvement over the old model. I use the Time Capsule with a Mac Mini and mid-2011 MacBook Air. Here are my issues:

> 5GHz connection is flakey. It tends to stall, then creep along, and then become non responsive. This is almost daily occurrence.
> Oftentimes, TIme Machine cannot find the Time Capsule, so there are many missed backups. I have to unplug the Capsule to get Time Machine to see the disk again.
> About once a month, Time Capsule will say it cannot find the backup, so it has to create a new one. I can see and open the file in Finder, bUt Time Machine won't see it. Never had this problem with my older version Time Capsule.
> The connection is just slow. I have compared it to our U-verse modem's direct wireless connection, and the Capsule seems about 30% slower in side-by-side comparisons.
> External HDDs plugged into the Time Capsule are not reliable. About half the time, Finder on my Mac Mini cannot see it until I reset the Time Capsule.

For future backup needs, I will buy individual external disks and go with a more standard wireless router from the likes of Linksys. As much as I enjoy Apple products, I cannot recommend this one.