Time Machine wireless speed

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lonestarm Author

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Time Machine wireless speed

I have an old style Time Capsule with 500 Gb drive and wireless spec 802.11a/b/g/n. [Still working fine per specs]

I use it to back up my Macbook Pro Retina/ 500 GB flash memory.

Two problems:

1. Not enough storage for backups w/o constant delays erasing older backups.

2. Wireless speed to slow to avoid slowing down computer during backup operations. [Have been only backing up periodically via ethernet]

My question: Will the latest TC (3.0 TB / 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) improve wireless speed enough to avoid slowing down other apps during backups? [Note: Signal strength is no problem - get strong signal throughout my house.]

Thanks for any advice

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)

Posted on Sep 12, 2016 8:22 AM

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Tesserax

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Sep 12, 2016 8:52 AM in response to lonestarm

My question: Will the latest TC (3.0 TB / 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) improve wireless speed enough to avoid slowing down other apps during backups?

In theory, yes. However, no one here can make any guarantees of what exact improvements the latest TC will provide you.

The first generation TCs had a bad track record when it comes to power supplies. A number of them failed within a year ... so the fact that you had yours this long would be fantastic. Apple has not released any technical details (sans what is provided in Apple Support - Specifications) on what actual improvements have been included with each generation, except the internal hard drive size.

Fortunately, Apple does provide a return policy just in case it doesn't meet your performance requirements.

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lonestarm Author

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Sep 12, 2016 9:10 AM in response to Tesserax

Tesserax, Thank you for the info (and the quick response)

I am going to get a new 3TB TC and give it a trial.

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