MWSF: Time Capsule offers wireless backups for Macs
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Jan 15, 2008 at 1:22pm
During his Macworld Conference & Expo keynote, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced Time Capsule, a backup appliance that automatically and wirelessly backs up everything on one or more Macs running Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”) by utilizing the Time Machine automatic backup software.
Time Capsule combines an 802.11n base station with a server grade hard disk in one small package. Jobs said you simply plug it in, then easily set up automatic wireless backup for every Mac in your house to a single Time Capsule with just a few clicks. The CEO said that Time Capsule offers the benefits of a full-featured 802.11n Wi-Fi base station, and comes in two models: a 500GB model for $299 and a 1TB model for $499.
“Bring Time Capsule home, plug it in, click a few buttons on your Macs and voila—all the Macs in your house are being backed up automatically, every hour of every day,” Jobs said. “With Time Capsule and Time Machine, all your irreplaceable photos, movies and documents are automatically protected and incredibly easy to retrieve if they are ever lost.”
Built to work seamlessly with Time Machine, Time Capsule lets users wirelessly back up all of the data on their Macs, find lost files and even restore all of their software. In the event a file is lost, users can wirelessly search back through time to find deleted files, applications, photos and other digital media and then instantly restore the file. If it’s ever necessary, Leopard can also restore an entire system from the Time Machine backup on Time Capsule.
Time Capsule is also a full-featured Wi-Fi base station with the latest 802.11n technology. With it, it’s very easy for users to create a secure, wireless network for up to 50 users and set security restrictions such as Internet access limits for children’s computers, Jobs said.
Time Capsule will be available in February through the Apple Store, at Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers.
The “Macsimum MWSF 2007 Coupon Book” is available for download. You can find it here and print it as a PDF. It has discounts, special offers and promotions in conjunction with the upcoming Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco.
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 10,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
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