so when i download a file..can i download it to this time capsule instead of my hard drive on my macbook air?
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Time Capsule is a backup device, not a file server. You must start with Time Machine setup on your Air.
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That was not your original question. You asked if it worked with Time Machine. It does. Any external disk will work with TM as far as I know, the bigger and faster the disk, the better. But Time Capsule, is a different animal, it is an external network device, router/switch that is both wired and wireless that contains a disk to back up to on the network as well as a USB port. In my opinion binding the two together is not a great win. It may be convenient for Apple users who want to stay simple and supported and use Apple for the sake of using Apple. You get more (or equal in some cases) bang for your buck by getting a non-Apple device for back up in most cases.
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Yes, but I'm not sure if the time capsule software works with PC's yet. The time capsule will show up as a physical drive from your PC under the network tab. There are many other programs such as integro backup pro that will let you do this though.
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I believe you can drag/drop too. I have a Mac and it worked like that for me. However, I chose the Mac TimeMachine to back up all my pertinent data. PS. I had mine 3 months and it stopped working. I just had to contact Toshiba for a replacement. Hoping I don't have another issue with the new one.
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Time Capsule works with the Apple Time Machine app and will do automatic backups of any Apple computer. It also has a WiFi hot spot and serves as a switch in a network.
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The Time Capsule is a WIFI hot spot for your home or work. Like any hotspot it is not portable because a hotspot needs a physical connection to the internet. You need internet cable service, a cable modem and an ethernet connection from the modem to the Time Capsule. 1) You connect your modem to your cable service, 2) run an ethernet cable from the modem to the Time Capsule in a specified port, 3) Connect an additional Ethernet cable from the Time Capsule into one of the Ethernet ports to your computer to set up the WIFI hotspot giving a name to the time capsule, one to for your WIFI and a password for your WIFI - I suggest different names to avoid confusion. (Using Apple airport utility, I don't know what it is on windows). 4) Then disconnect the power from both the modem and the Time Capsule, 5) disconnect the Ethernet cable from the Time Capsule to your computer (NOT the one to your cable modem), 6) plug the power back into the cable modem and Time capsule power to synchronize them. You then a have your own WIFI-hotspot for your home or office (assuming all goes well). The Time Capsule is then a router for WIFI and ethernet and you can attach a USB 2.0 compatible NAS to it. (The Time Capsule, to my knowledge, does not support a DSL (telephone connection)).
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When you hook this up to a PC it shows up as another hard drive in the my computer file. I dont think you download the info you drag and drop or copy whatever is on the zip disks to your system. You can view everything on the disks and do whatever you need to. Erase, copy edit etc. You also dont have to move the files to your PC to work on them or edit them . You are asking about using this with a PC and not a Apple PC I am assuming. There are 3 versions .
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actually I spoke with a Mac genius who said that you can access the same folders on Time Capsule from several different computers. Its not real time sharing, but it'll do the trick.
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yes, unless one is a mac..then no. you will have to re format the hard drive after using it for a mac.
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Yes I just received a message saying that older backups were being deleted and it gave me a last saved date backup from a few months ago. It will continue to backup, and you can change settings in the time capsule settings or preferences for how you would like that to happen and what files and drives you want backed up. You can exclude files or applications to make more room, if you have other backups or install disks for applications.
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I'm not a regular Mac user, so cannot answer this question with 100% certainty. To streamline the backup process, Apple has made it a bit challenging to use Time Machine with a network drive. To have Time Machine back up to the USB connected network drive you would have to create a HFS+ disk image, mount it to its permanent home, and point Time Machine there.
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Absolutely!! I just did it again to make sure I answered your question properly. Plug it in, open your file, select it and copy it. Then you can paste it in any other file in your Mac. I love this little item. And the guy from whom I purchased it was quick delivering it. Good luck.
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I have both an iPad Air & MacBook Air; they work fine with the exception of the Time Machine software (it doesn't).
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I am an idiot- specifically, how do you format this for a Mac? Also, is it fine to do this, or should I buy a specific hard drive already formated or designed for Macs?
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Well rephrase that. You can get an Internet connection to you Apple TV from you airport time capsule. That supports the streaming very well .
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YES, can you can back up both. I am assuming that the mp4 video files are on another drive or device, not on your iMac hard drive. The Time Capsule can function like a regular external hard drive. You can mount it to the desktop and place whatever files on it that you would like. This is a manual backup of the files. The Time Machine software on your iMac is what will automate the backups of your iMac. If your video files are on a volume that is connected to your iMac, you can ALSO use Time Machine to create iterative backups of this external drive containing your video files as well, which will automate the process and back up whatever is new on that volume on the same schedule as the computer. So, both manual and automatic backups are possible with the Time Capsule, depending on where/how your video files are stored and what your backup preferences are.
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I use this strictly to do OSX backups using TimeMachine. This drive is formatted for use with Apple computers and is not formatted to be accessed by PCs. I have no idea what you are trying to accomplish, whether it is backing up data using backup tools or just trying to copy files to an external drive that either system can read. Regardless, this is not a good, cost effective, starting point for you. You would need to totally reformat the drive and consider if your PC supports USB 3 because this drive is built to support that higher transfer rate.