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Time Capsule: shipping now

by Scott McNulty Feb 28th 2008 at 12:00PM


What a difference a day makes. Yesterday I penned a post reassuring people that the Time Capsule would, in fact, be shipping on time (where on time is 'by the end of February'). We are now getting reports that people who pre-order the Time Capsule are receiving shipping notifications. See? Nothing to worry about.

Sadly, my Time Capsule is still being prepared for shipment, but it should ship by tomorrow. Soon I will not have to hang my head in shame when someone asks me about my backup strategy.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in.

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George

Despite preordering and it saying it would be shipped by Feb. 29th, my order has said prepared to ship since the 28th and hasn't changed and it is now the 2nd. Frustrating.

March 02 2008 at 9:54 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
SteveM

All the Best Buy stores in my area are now showing Time Capsules in stock. I'm tempted to go get one tomorrow, but I'll probably wait for some reviews.

February 29 2008 at 1:45 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Paul

Anyone know whether you can hang a USB hub off of the USB port and share multiple devices (printers, drives)? I didn't see anything that specifically referenced this on the online spec sheet.

Well, suppose I will find out soon enough since mine is suppose to ship in the next couple of days...

February 28 2008 at 4:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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egordin

As with the Airport Extreme, Apple says this:
"The included USB port is great for sharing a printer throughout your wireless network. Time Capsule and the Bonjour networking technology let everyone in the house or office — Mac and PC users alike — take advantage of one centrally located printer. And if you want to share both a printer and an additional hard drive, you can. Just connect a USB hub to Time Capsule. Whatever the combination, Time Capsule divides and conquers."

You can find it on this page: http://www.apple.com/timecapsule/wireless.html

February 28 2008 at 4:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
i_capricorn

Huh? Yesterday, my Time Capsule order was being prepared, now I've been downgraded to Not Yet Shipped. I'm new to Macs. Is this common with Apple. First they say they do, then they say they don't!

February 28 2008 at 2:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Colin

Being Prepared is putting it in a box and slapping a label on it. Not Yet Shipped is the next step; it means it's waiting for pick up.

February 28 2008 at 3:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jon Hendry

I want to know if external drives will "just work" to expand the capacity for Time Machine backups, or if they expect us to buy additional Time Capsule boxes.


February 28 2008 at 2:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Antonio

I ordered mine (1TB) from Amazon from the day it was announced so I'm pretty eager to get it....it takes like one week from the day it ships from Amazon to get to Colombia (via P.O. Box)...

February 28 2008 at 2:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
MARCOS

Mine will come to Brazil in June (cant wait to get it)

February 28 2008 at 1:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Pascal

Now that Time Capsule is out, I can't wait to see if my recent investment in an Airport Extreme Base Station + external hard drive for the purpose of remote TimeMachine backups will prove to be a waste or not... Crossing fingers for a firmware update to the AEBS that will allow Time Machine to perform remote backups on an external HD...

February 28 2008 at 12:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
egordin

I'm hoping the stores get them today. I called the Bay Street store (CA) today but they hadn't gotten their daily shipments in.

Are stores supposed to carry them today?

February 28 2008 at 12:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
John Ellenich

I'm waiting as well. I LOVE the integration w/ the router, but I want to know the limits.

Lately Apple's been crippling all of their hardware via software, so it'll be interesting how flexible this thing is.

I have $125 at Amazon burning a hole in my pocket.

February 28 2008 at 12:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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