Oct 18, 2019

It Works with time Machine in OS X to automatically and wirelessly back up your data to its 2 TB hard drive, so you never have to worry about losing anything important. And the airport time capsule doubles as a Wi-Fi base station with next-generation 802.11AC technology, for speeds up to 3x faster than the previous 802.11N standard. Wi-Fi Options for Apple Computers: Time Capsule and AirPort As supplied, AirPort Extreme provides the same Wi-Fi base-station services as Time Capsule and has the same set of connectors on its back, including a USB port for a printer or hard drive. Add a big hard drive, and you get the Time Capsule backup functions, but with more boxes and wires. The AirPort Extreme is also styled like the Mac mini.

Oct 18, 2019

Currently, Apple sells a $199 AirPort Extreme Base Station with Gigabit Ethernet and the latest flavor of Wi-Fi, as well as a $99 AirPort Express Base Station. Apple also sells two versions of what it calls Time Capsule, which weds an 802.11ac AirPort Extreme base station with a wireless Time Machine–capable hard drive for networked backups.

Meet the entire AirPort family. AirPort Express makes it easy to set up or extend a wireless network anywhere. Need more speed? AirPort Extreme gives you up to three times faster Wi-Fi. And for automatic wireless backup of up to 3TB of data, choose AirPort Time Capsule. Compare now

Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Apple Time Capsule MB277LL/A The other option is the Airport Extreme without the built in storage, which you can add an external hard drive. Setup unit and connected via the Time Machine/Apple Notebook. First time backup does require a bit of time as it is doing entire system. Network connectivity is excellent. All said>>> the product just works.like it's supposed to.