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[pm-r]

Think Time Capsule, Patrick, it works perfectly via WIFI.

Maybe for some and in their good working days, but I have two very dead expensive old Apple Time Capsules sitting on my parts and recycle shelf bin.

Many seem to have died for no apparent reason it seems.


- Patrick
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[henry18]

One would think Apple used good quality drives for them. Well, they're not a RAID anyway but better than no backup.

 

[MacInWin]

Maybe for some and in their good working days, but I have two very dead expensive old Apple Time Capsules sitting on my parts and recycle shelf bin.

Many seem to have died for no apparent reason it seems.


- Patrick
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Patrick, it was not the unreliability of the WiFi signal, as you said in post #38:

I read several sites outlining how un-reliable the Wi-Fi signal can be, but I have no idea how valid that warning is or can be.

The Wifi signal is normally NOT the issue of TC failures, but the drive or interface to the drive. And if the router has USB and supports it, connecting a backup drive to the router is the functional equivalent of the TC.

 

[unblocktheplanet]

Wow! That would be awesome! Can anyone point me to instructions on how to set up an external USB to my router for TM backups, please?

Update. Still sketchy over the reason I wrote this post. TextEdit is still fiddly at highlighting. It's also hard to move all files, including to the Trash. Drag & drop isn't working consistently. Hint: If I hold down the Option key, no problems dragging files. Any ideas on that?

This leads me to believe I have a trackpad problem. Will try to confirm this by connecting a mouse but I really like the convenience of my trackpad.

 

[Lifeisabeach]

Think Time Capsule, Patrick, it works perfectly via WIFI.

I'm a Time Capsule fan myself (still rocking one with an upgraded HDD), but Apple doesn't make them anymore. Sure, one could buy a used one off eBay, but an alternate solution is to get a Synology DiskStation and set that up as a Time Capsule. They don't make any that connect to WiFi afaik, so one would have to connect to the router by cable. But it'd be a great solution for an ever-present Time Capsule.

 

[MacInWin]

Wow! That would be awesome! Can anyone point me to instructions on how to set up an external USB to my router for TM backups, please?

If your router has a USB port, and if it supports the function, you can plug the drive into that port and it should show on the network as a network drive. You find it in Finder by clicking on Network in the leftmost column. Once it appears, you can click on it in the left column to mount it. To mount it automatically, once it is mounted, open System preferences/Users & Groups, then your account, click the lock icon to unlock and then click "Login items" to see what opens when you log in. Drag the drive icon from the desktop (or Finder) to that window and drop it. Or, click the "+" and navigate to it in the resulting panel. Once it's in the list, you can click the lock to lock it in and exit Sys prefs.

NOTE: Some (maybe a lot) of internet providers who provide the router disable the USB port. In that case, this approach won't work. If you still want a networked drive similar to Time Capsule, you can follow LIAB's suggestion about getting a dedicated network attached storage (NAS) system.

And one final option. If you have a second Mac, you could attach the drive to it full time, turn on sharing for that drive and then mount it on the Mac you use and point TM to it. In that scenario, the other Mac is acting as the Time Capsule emulator. I have that running in my network.