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Overview

Tech Specs

Automatic Wireless Backup

Up to 3x Faster Wi-Fi Base Station

Designed with Performance in Mind

Easy Setup

Printer and Hard Drive Sharing

Compatibility and Security

With AirPort Time Capsule, you get a superfast Wi-Fi base station and an easy-to-use backup device all in one. And backing up your data couldnt be simpler. Just set it up once and AirPort Time Capsule does the rest. It works with Time Machine in OS X to back up your Mac automatically and wirelessly, so you never have to worry about losing anything important again. Every photo. Every le. Every song. Even your apps and OS X settings are saved. AirPort Time Capsule stores it all up to 2TB or 3TB of data. 1

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Weve built a faster time machine.

AirPort Time Capsule is designed to partner seamlessly with Time Machine in OS X Leopard or later to protect your data. They work together smartly so that after the initial backup, only the les youve changed are backed up automatically, wirelessly, and in the background. Since Time Machine continuously makes a copy of everything on your Mac and saves multiple versions you can easily access and restore previous versions of a single le, a folder, or even your entire Mac. And with an all-new design and ultrafast 802.11ac Wi-Fi, backing up to AirPort Time Capsule is up to 50 percent faster than before. 2

A backup plan for your Mac. Actually, all your Macs.

Have multiple Mac computers in your home or o!ce? AirPort Time Capsule can back up and store les for each Mac on your wireless network. No longer do you have to attach an external drive to each Mac every time you want to back up. AirPort Time Capsule spares you the work. Your computers are always backed up automatically and wirelessly.

More than enough space to go around.

AirPort Time Capsule is your one place for backing up everything. Its massive 2TB or 3TB hard drive gives you all the capacity and safety you need. So whether you have 250 songs or 250,000 songs to back up, room is the last thing youll run out of.

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More than just a wireless hard drive, AirPort Time Capsule is also a full-featured Wi-Fi base station with the latest three-stream 802.11ac technology. Now you can reach data rates of up to 1.3 Gbps 3 triple the previous 802.11n standard. Which means up to three times faster Wi-Fi. 4 You also get double the channel bandwidth, with 80MHz-wide channels providing more room for more data to ow faster than ever. And if you have 802.11a/b/g/n devices, AirPort Time Capsule maximizes that connection as well. What you do with all that extra speed is up to you. 450 Mbps

Simultaneous dual-band support.

AirPort Time Capsule features simultaneous dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi. That means it transmits at both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies at the same time. So no matter which band your wireless devices use, theyll automatically connect to the best available band for the fastest possible performance.

802.11g

54 Mbps

802.11n

802.11ac

Wi-Fi Data Rate 3

Beamforming puts the focus on your device.

With 802.11ac technology comes the intelligent, powerful beamforming antenna array. Most base station antennas emit an equal and constant Wi-Fi signal in all directions. But the beamforming antenna array is smarter it knows where an 802.11ac device is on the network. Then AirPort Time Capsule targets its signal to that device. So your Wi-Fi signal is stronger, clearer, and faster.

1.3 Gbps 450 Mbps 100 Mbps

A top-down approach to design.

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1300 Mbps

802.11ac. The new denition of fast.

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an approach that centered around performance. We made it taller and put the antennas at the top, creating a higher platform for dispersing the signal. We also increased the number of antennas. There are now six of them three for the 2.4GHz band and three for the 5GHz band. Together with 802.11ac wireless technology, they let you connect faster, farther, and with more power than ever before. The bar for Wi-Fi base stations has been raised. In every way.

Smaller footprint. More desk space.

The new vertical design not only improves Wi-Fi
6.6 inches

performance, it also saves you valuable desk space. At less than 4 inches square, the footprint of AirPort Time Capsule is 75 percent smaller than its predecessor. And to keep everything tidy, even the power supply is built in. Which means AirPort Time Capsule takes up no more space than it should.

3.85 inches

Front

Back

With AirPort Time Capsule, getting your new Wi-Fi network up and running takes less time and less e"ort than making a cup of co"ee. Thats because a setup assistant is built into iOS and into AirPort Utility for OS X. As soon as you plug in your AirPort Time Capsule and connect it to your DSL or cable modem, you can follow the simple instructions on your Mac or iOS device. There are no complicated steps to follow and no obscure terminology to learn. The setup assistant does all the work, so you dont have to.

iPhone & iPad

Mac

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In Wi-Fi settings, tap your AirPort base station to set up your network.

Select Create a New Network, give it a password, and tap Next.

Now youre connected to your new network. Tap Done and youre up and running.

Manage your Wi-Fi network from your iOS device or Mac.

Once your network is set up, AirPort Utility for iOS and OS X lets you manage and monitor it from your iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, or Mac. Your AirPort Time Capsule along with other AirPort base stations you have connected appears graphically onscreen, so you can see your settings at a glance, make changes, apply updates, and more.

AirPort Utility App

Download AirPort Utility for iOS free from the App Store

Share another hard drive. Securely.

In addition to the 2TB or 3TB of storage in AirPort Time Capsule, you can turn any external USB hard drive into another secure drive to share across your Wi-Fi network and access securely over the Internet. All the documents, videos, photos, and other les instantly become available to anyone on the network, Mac and PC users alike.

Print without wires.

The USB 2 port in AirPort Time Capsule is also great for sharing a printer across your wireless network. Just plug it in and everyone on your network can take advantage of one centrally available printer. Wirelessly, of course. 5

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Get online safely and securely.

AirPort Time Capsule includes a built-in rewall that creates a barrier between your network and the Internet, protecting your data from malicious attacks. When you set up AirPort Time Capsule, the rewall is automatically turned on, so you dont have to do a thing. Except enjoy the web with peace of mind.

Put out the Wi-Fi welcome mat for guests.

With the guest networking feature, you can set up a separate Wi-Fi network just for guests. Use a di"erent password or no password at all. A guest network allows access only to the Internet, so your primary network including any external hard drive, printer, or other LAN-attached device remains secure.

Connect to Wi-Fi from any device.

Mac. PC. iPhone. iPad. Apple TV. Really, any Wi-Fi-enabled device you have will work with AirPort Time Capsule. Thats because its compatible with devices using the 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, and 802.11ac specications.

Go the wired route if you want.

AirPort Time Capsule includes three Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports for fast wired connectivity with a desktop computer, network drive, DVR, or other device.

Meet the entire AirPort family.

AirPort Express makes it easy to set up or extend a wireless

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network anywhere. Need more speed? AirPort Extreme gives you up to 3x faster Wi-Fi. And for automatic wireless backup of up to 3TB of data, choose AirPort Time Capsule. Compare now

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1. 1TB = 1 trillion bytes; actual formatted capacity less. 2. Testing conducted by Apple in May 2013 using preproduction AirPort Time Capsule 802.11ac 2TB base stations, production AirPort Time Capsule 802.11n (4th generation) 2TB base stations, and preproduction 1.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5-based 11-inch MacBook Air units with 4GB of RAM. Wireless network congured with WPA2. Performance may vary due to network conguration, distance, wireless interference, and other factors. Tests are conducted using specic devices and reect the approximate wireless Time Machine backup performance of AirPort Time Capsule. 3. Based on theoretical peak speeds. Actual speeds will be lower. 4. AirPort Time Capsule is based on an IEEE 802.11ac draft specication. Performance based on comparison with Apples 802.11n products. Comparison assumes AirPort Time Capsule network with 802.11ac-enabled computer. Speed and range will be less if an 802.11a/b/g product joins the network. Accessing the wireless network requires a Wi-Fi-enabled device. Actual speed will vary based on range, connection rate, site conditions, size of network, and other factors. 5. Wireless printing over USB requires a compatible printer and OS X v10.2.7 or later, Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7 (SP1), or Windows 8.

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