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.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Pretty good:
Not bad. Integrates nicely with OS X and good support for multiple external USB hard drives. The only thing I would like to see is to have the option to automount the external hard drives "on demand" just as the internal hard drive is mounted in OS X. Other than that, no problems thus far!
Lousy instructions, no cables:
Needless to say, it requires cables that are not included. This is wireless? It also requires you to know whether you are using a "Static IP address" or "PPP" for your internet service. What the hell do these mean?
Learning the hard way:
I've been a user of Mac osx for 5 years. I bought a Time Capsule recently, and am sharing this experience to save others pain. The device is good; but the user's manual is seriously deficient. Some tech writers are simply too close to the product to be able to see it with new eyes. They assume basics on behalf of a new user which simply are not there. I spent major portions of two days undoing the results of poor communications in the owner's guide for this device. I bought the machine at the Apple... more info
Just what I needed:
Easy to setup, works great, no problems so far. I have a laptop so this works great for a backup. I won't use it as my only backup device, but it is great for daily backups