Year of manufacture for 3TB Time Capsule

[Alwyn]

Can anybody tell me when Time Capsule (model MD033B/A) will have been manufactured? If I buy will I no longer need Airport Extreme 5th generation?

 

[Raz0rEdge]

If you are talking about this, then yes it is a Time Capsule and AirPort Wi-Fi base station is one and you don't need two separate devices. I imagine these devices are manufactured on a rolling basis based on supply and demand..

 

[pigoo3]

Apple Time Capsules have been around since about 2008. The 3TB Time Capsules are more recent…with the first 3TB model being 2011 (4th gen. Time Capsule) & in the most recent 5th gen. Time Capsule.

If this is the "flat" shaped TC…then it would be a 4th gen flat model from 2011-2013. If it's a tower shaped model…then it's a 5th gen. model from 2013 & later.

- Nick

 

[Alwyn]

Many thanks.

 

[Alwyn]

Apple Time Capsules have been around since about 2008. The 3TB Time Capsules are more recent…with the first 3TB model being 2011 (4th gen. Time Capsule) & in the most recent 5th gen. Time Capsule.

If this is the "flat" shaped TC…then it would be a 4th gen flat model from 2011-2013. If it's a tower shaped model…then it's a 5th gen. model from 2013 & later.

- Nick

I failed to get that one on eBay as it went for £150 plus £14.99 p&p. I got an earlier 2 TB model for less than half that but I think it will be adequate as the defunct Time Machine it will replace was 1TB and I still have an identical 1 TB Time Machine.

If possible I would like to keep the same name for my network as the existing one. Does this mean that I have to delete it or will Airport Utility (Version 6.3) do this automatically?

 

[pigoo3]

I failed to get that one on eBay as it went for £150 plus £14.99 p&p. I got an earlier 2 TB model for less than half that but I think it will be adequate as the defunct Time Machine it will replace was 1TB and I still have an identical 1 TB Time Machine.

If possible I would like to keep the same name for my network as the existing one. Does this mean that I have to delete it or will Airport Utility (Version 6.3) do this automatically?

There was a lot mentioned in this post…so I wanted to verify some things.

- First…you have or had a 1TB Time Machine?
- Second…you just got a 2TB Time Capsule?

Do you really mean that you had or have 1 TB Time Capsule…and now have a 2TB Time Capsule?

If this is true…what was the main reason for getting the newer Time Capsule version?

- Nick

 

[Alwyn]

My Time machines are not Apple products but Iomega external drives set up as Time Machines. Yes, following the crash of one of the 2 drives, I decided to buy a Time Capsule on eBay, especially as the price I paid, £69, was not much more than I paid for each of the Iomega drives and I will still have a 5th generation Airport Extreme to sell.