Comments on: Time Capsule

By: Malc

Malc — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:59:42 +0000

Andy,

Thanks for the email and update.

Malc

By: Andy @ Yellow Swordfish

Andy @ Yellow Swordfish — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:50:39 +0000

Malc – Yes – it spins down when it’s not writing. Set it up today – worked first time and my iMac already fully backed up. It’s fast!

By: Andy @ Yellow Swordfish

Andy @ Yellow Swordfish — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:40:46 +0000

@Malc: Will do…

By: Malc

Malc — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:08:23 +0000

Could you post when you find out ? The Apple Store operatives were not impressive in their depth of knowledge, I’m beginning to reconsider plan A, put an old Pentium 3 powered beige box in the loft, and use that for network storage.

By: Andy @ Yellow Swordfish

Andy @ Yellow Swordfish — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:43:55 +0000

@Malc: I haven’t tried it yet. But I have had a hard disk attached USB to my iMac using TM and that spins down when not being written to.

By: Malc

Malc — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:57:11 +0000

Just a thought, does the HDD on the TC run all the time, or does it spin down when not in use ?

By: Andy @ Yellow Swordfish

Andy @ Yellow Swordfish — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:36:49 +0000

Gggrrrrrrr…

By: Malc

Malc — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:42:10 +0000

I was gonna say “Sorry for digging this post up” – but now I’m going to say “sorry for digging this post up and pointing out that you didn’t need to buy a Time Capsule – Apple has enabled the ‘AirDisk’ – well it has according to this article :—-

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=1950

Then scroll down to Two Storage Options – official and not.

I had a look at a Time Capsule in Apple Solihull, when I commented on how hot the TC on display was-everybody said ” that’s not hot – only warm, then we found out the TC on display is only a router – the HDD is not active, then checking Apple Support Pages and the long list of problems reminded me of my “Apple Hardware Promise” – never buy a first gen piece of Apple hardware – always give them 6 months !

By: mamakeet

mamakeet — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:59:24 +0000

I took my ailing Time Capsule back to the Apple Store and got a new one in the box. So far, so good.

By: Andy @ Yellow Swordfish

Andy @ Yellow Swordfish — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:48:40 +0000

Well I went out and bought one just yesterday so maybe this weekend I’ll see if I have a dud or not.