The first thing that catches your eye – a “towering” new Time Capsule. Design model 2013 is entirely different from the previous generation. If the previous wireless storage cabinets were flat and low, but now the area occupied on the surface of the table, significantly reduced – by 75%, but up Time Capsule stretched quite noticeable. Its height is 168 mm. 

Except minimalist design does not call out – absolutely no unnecessary elements on the body is not found. Located on top of the manufacturer’s logo in black, front LED indicating connection status, and the rear set of interface ports – 3 LAN ports, 1 USB 2.0 for connecting a printer, WAN-port, plug the power cable in the form of eight, and next to it a small reset button settings.

Bottom another logo Apple, surrounded by air vents. 

The main innovation AirPort Time Capsule 2013 is support mode 802.11ac, which can provide data rates up to 1200 MB / c with built-in router hard drive capacity of 2 or 3 TB on a compatible device. In this mode, the router uses a frequency of 5 GHz, 2.4 GHz enabled for data transmission via 802.11n. Like the previous Time Capsule, the updated model is broadcast in two frequency bands. Unfortunately, the read / write data in 802.11ac us test failed for lack of supporting this protocol device, but our Western colleagues note read speeds reaching 210 megabits per second and write at 170 megabits per second.

Speed ​​Reading

Recording speed 

In addition to dual-band broadcasting, as well as AirPort Express last year, an updated “capsule” can than your home Wi-Fi-network, and create a separate network for guest access. Thus who came to your house guests do not have to enter a password that does not always want to share, and, simply connect to a guest network that does not require a password and limit the speed of the Internet to the core network does not suffer from nagryanuvshaya guests.

We should also mention the setting of routers Apple. It can be produced either by the iPhone and iPad, so it is with the Mac, using the Utility AirPort, which is enough to specify the username and password, and follow the simple instructions that will give the program.

The main difference from the Time Capsule router AirPort Extreme is the presence of the hard drive inside the “capsule”. It is needed in order to store a backup of your computer that are created on a schedule. So you can be sure that there will always be able to recover your computer if there is any situation that led to the loss of data. Depending on your needs, Apple offers a model for 2 or 3 terabytes.

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I think you will agree with me when I say that the external drive Time Capsule can be attributed to the number of those who are least likely to force themselves on the various problems. However, the British agency Which? In this respect there is a different view.

Which? – British consumer organization dedicated to the selection of equipment and accessories for her. Tackling this often passes through surveys. One of these surveys concerned the external storage. So, according to the results of the survey, nearly half of the owners of Time Capsule of the respondents complained about the persistent problems with the drive.

It should be noted that according to a survey 67% of the problems manifest themselves in the first year of use Time Capsule. Experts Which? believe that this is a serious reason to start worrying about Apple and express doubts about the quality of its products.

Among the most commonly reported problems with Time Capsule users operating device called a hang, which simply does not respond to user requests, errors when trying to connect the Time Capsule to the computer and the regular noise increase hard drive inside the Time Capsule.

The study is not passed by Apple, which said experts of the organization. According to the company, this kind of problem in the main concern as the Time Capsule, sold between February and June 2008. Solved these problems is simple – repair or replacement at no extra cost.

Have you experienced similar problems with my Time Capsule?

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