Time Capsule Obtained
Sep. 1st, 2022 03:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
starseerdrgnSo... Time Capsule came in. It's a 3rd Gen a/b/g/n model (model ID: A1355), because I don't have anything newer than a "WiFi 4" (802.11n) device anyway. No need for the WiFi 5/ac model with its absolute shit performance in my home.
Setup was absolutely easy. Ran a wizard that asked a few questions, helped me to set up the shared drive, even launched Time Machine for me so I could get that done. I was done in less than five minutes, and most of that time was thinking up a name for the device, and a name for the drive. Go figure that it Just Works™ when I need it to. The multiple hours of the initial backup over wifi? That was a bit of a pain, but understandable. And that's done, so the incremental backups are much faster.
And best of all? I don't have to worry about shoddy USB cables killing a drive. If this drive dies, I'll just open it up (once I get a hair dryer), put in a new drive, and get things going again. Don't have to worry about soldered-on SSDs or anything.
Repairability... It's such a nice thing.
Setup was absolutely easy. Ran a wizard that asked a few questions, helped me to set up the shared drive, even launched Time Machine for me so I could get that done. I was done in less than five minutes, and most of that time was thinking up a name for the device, and a name for the drive. Go figure that it Just Works™ when I need it to. The multiple hours of the initial backup over wifi? That was a bit of a pain, but understandable. And that's done, so the incremental backups are much faster.
And best of all? I don't have to worry about shoddy USB cables killing a drive. If this drive dies, I'll just open it up (once I get a hair dryer), put in a new drive, and get things going again. Don't have to worry about soldered-on SSDs or anything.
Repairability... It's such a nice thing.
