Is there a way to access my Time Capsule remotely when I only have a MacBook?

I heard that in order to access my Time Capsule remotely, I need to have more then one Mac. I that true?
I bought a TC, of course to make backups of my system, but I also bought it because I was told it could be used for 'cloud' storage . Can anyone help me out with this?
I have my TC set up on Bridgemode as I cannot turn off NAT on the router it is connected to.
BTW, I'm totally new to Mac (2 weeks), so please dumb it down as much as possible for me... Thx!!!

The port forwarding set up on my router looks like this:
I use port 8888 for both Public UDP and Private TCP Ports. Your provider may have a different port for you to use on your specific modem/router.
The Private IP Address is the fixed IP that my router assigns to the Time Capsule on the local network. Your router likely is using the 192.168 range, so your information here will look something like 192.168.1.25 for example.
You must use 548 for the Private UDP Port Setting and the same port 548 for the Private TCP Port on your modem/router setup.
Once the modem/router is set up with the required information, you can try to log onto your network.
Click the Finder Menu on your Mac on the lower left of the dock
Click the Go Menu at the top of the screen
Enter in the following in the address bar:
afp://staticIPaddress:portnumber
For example, say that my ISP has assigned me a Static IP address of 72.111.222.33
Then, the setting on my Mac would look like this:
afp://72.111.222.33:8888
Then, click Connect
You will be asked for the device password to connect to the Time Capsule

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