It is the only utility available to control this gear, and does not work with non-Apple. I’ve been using it ever since without any problem. Airport Utility is used to control Apple Airport equipment: Airport Express, Airport Extreme, Time Capsule. I formatted it with Airport Utility to have the 3 partitions that are necessary for Time Machine and it was immediately recognized as a 3 TB disk. AirPort Utility AirPort Utility helps you set up your Time Capsule to create a wireless network, connect to the Internet, and share compatible USB printers and hard disks. I personally installed a 3 TB WD Caviar Green 3To (by chance!), when it came out 5 months ago, in a 1 TB Time Capsule that I bought around that time as well.
In fact, you’re better off, as we explained, hooking up an external USB drive to your 1TB Time Capsule.īut if you hate the clutter and yearn for a sealed, elegant solution with only one plug, you needn’t pony up $200 extra for a 3TB Time Capsule: It would seem that the wireless gizmo accepts 3TB internal drives, if properly partitioned. That, plus the $499 price point puts the new 3TB Time Capsule pretty much out of reach on price-conscious buyers. AirPort Utility is a built-in Mac app that is used to configure and control Wi-Fi networks using Apples AirPort Extreme, AirPort Express, and Time Capsule. In addition, Apple appears to be now using consumer public drives from Western Digital (bumped up from Hitachi Deskstar drives). Apple last week bumped up its Time Capsule wireless backup appliance to 2TB and 3TB models, priced the same $299 and $499, respectively.
