I have a monthly cap on my home data plan. Will the time capsule use it up while backing up my devices?
Logically it won't but I am not sure. Couple more questions:
- If I have the appropriate power cable for the country, will this device work at 220V/50Hz right out of the box?
- Can I use time capsule as a Wi-fi hard-drive with Windows PC?
Thanks so much, and please be gentle with your replies, I may not be as educated as you are.
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1. The AirPort Time Capsule doesn't use Internet when you are backing up. The computer only connects to it to copy your files to the hard drive.
2. As you can see in specs, the AirPort Time Capsule works with the specs you said.
3. Of course. The AirPort Time Capsule shows the hard drive as a network drive on all your computers you connect to it. In the case of a PC, you will be able to access to the hard disk from the Windows Explorer
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ever since I have continuously problems with my external HDD that disconnect all the time and cause problems in other software (Lightroom, Adobe PS CS6) ... it is not a HDD problem, because it occurs with my 3TB WD HDD (Time Machine), my 1TB WD and 1TB IOMEGA
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I am out of town a lot and I do a lot of photoshop/scrapbooking. I would like to have my pictures and supplies on one hard drive that I'm able to access whether I'm at home or way. Do you know if this is doable with the Time Capsule? I know I can use the iCloud option but I'd rather not if I don't have to.
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There are several possible ways to directly access TC.. using AFP only.. ie you must use a Mac.
The TC has to be setup correctly to allow remote access or the router you are using does.
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I have a time machine backup file on a USB hard drive. I bought a time capsule / airport extreme, flat 3TB. I wish to transfer the backup file from the usb hard drive to the time capsule hard drive. 10.6.8
Unfortunately, Time Machine backups that are stored on a drive that has been connected directly to a Mac are completely different than Time Machine backups that are stored on a Time Capsule.
Frankly, it is not worth the effort and trouble to try to transfer the old backups to the new Time Capsule.....my opinion....having done this in the past.
It is possible though, but I would not recommend it due to the complexity and downsides involved with this. To give you an idea of how to do this, check out this support article.
http://pondini.org/TM/18.html
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Any ideas?
Wireless Interference
Might be caused by a cordless phone in the vicinity. To give you an example, my neighbor.....across the street...used to be able to literally crash my wireless network if he was in his front yard talking on his cordless phone.
I discovered this by accident one day after spending weeks trying figure out why my network would crash at random times.
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Avoid metal surfaces near the Time Capsule and/or your computers
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