Comments on: Apple Adds 2TB Time Capsule, Now Available

By: francis muir

francis muir — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:50:57 +0000

any way to modify my older Time Capsule to dual band. our macbooks want “n” while ROKU and an old ibook used as a radio source want “g”

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:06:13 +0000

You should be able to, if you set the old Time Capsule to be a bridge.

In Airport Utility for the old unit (after you’ve set up the new one), go to Internet. Set Connection Sharing to “Off (Bridge Mode)”.

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:02:55 +0000

I went through that with the upgrade to dual-band. They’ll take it back within 14 days, with a 10% restocking fee if it’s been opened (as if we wait out 14 days before opening anything we buy from Apple).

I didn’t bother, and just plugged in an old Airport Express to be a G network bridge for my iPhone and PowerBook, and used the Extreme for our N network capable computers.

From 1TB to 2TB would be more of a temptation, but you’re still bound to the 14 day window.

By: mrkwst22

mrkwst22 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:22:46 +0000

Can you slave an existing, older 1TB Time Capsule to either of the newer 1 or 2TB Time capsules?

By: Ethan

Ethan — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:09:41 +0000

Still saving up for Mac Mini + 2gbHD + HD Monitor = Time Machine Backup Station / Streaming Media Server (w/ SimplifyMedia) / Home Entertainment Center

By: Liam Cassidy

Liam Cassidy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:42:26 +0000

I have two Time Capsules, a 500GB and a 1TB. And I’d upgrade to a new 2TB in a heartbeat if it wasn’t so expensive. I know it’s an AE as well as a hard drive, but sheesh – $499? Crazy money.

I’m better off slaving a 2TB external HDD to one of my existing Time Capsules via the USB port, I guess. Not as elegant as a single device, but when elegance costs this much, I’d rather live with the extra cables.

By: cj

cj — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:55:50 +0000

i love my airport exteme i just bought 14 days ago. will i trade it out for the old 500gb time capsule just for the harddrive?…. if they let me and if the price
is around 200. $20 for 500gb of web accessible drive space.

By: skellyrocker

skellyrocker — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:30:19 +0000

Too expensive. I can get a 2TB hard drive upgrade including cloning and installation on my iMac for that + a nice bi back up drive. Having the built in AE is not really a big seller.