Differences between the Apple Time Machine and Apple AirPort Time Capsule


Apple always tries to streamline things for users, who’re not computer savvy. However, data backup is a really important and daunting process. But, when it comes to backing up on your Mac, you need to be aware of some important things, especially if you’re new to this platform. Maybe you’re not so new in this platform. The subjects of this post are Time Machine as well as Time Capsule. In a nutshell, Time Machine is actually the built-in backup software from Mac. On the other hand, Time Capsule is a network device, which is sold by Apple. Time Capsule works with Time Machine but performs many other things as well.

A Brief Introduction to Time Machine
Actually, different ways are there through which you can back up your Mac. Moreover, lots of companies also offer backup software for performing this task. However, Time Machine is the solution from Apple to this issue. It’s actually free and it has been included on the Mac and incredibly foolproof. The incredible Time Machine from Apple will be helpful for you in creating backups of the particular Mac hard drive by making use of an external device. As a result, you can easily recover your older files making use of the same Time Machine tool. Time Machine actually comes built-in on macOS and it creates incremental file backups that you can restore later on. Such backups can accommodate a complete system or some particular files. Moreover, Time Machine is capable of capturing the most recent condition of data. When such snapshots start aging, their priority will start lowering automatically, as compared to your newer files. Time Machine is able to store hourly backups for round the clock, regular backups for the period of one month, and weekly backups until your drive holds storage space. And due to the work strategy, Time Machine is not desired as an offline storage solution or an archival utility.

Time Machine can make use of the following storage devices in the form of backup disks:
An external drive that has been connected to an AirPort Time Capsule or AirPort Extreme Base Station
An external USB, FireWire, or Thunderbolt drive connected to the respective Mac
 A Mac that has been shared in the form of a Time Machine backup destination
AirPort Time Capsule
Network-attached storage or NAS device, which provides support to Time Machine over Server Message Block or SMB
It’s also available with 2TB and 4TB. Moreover, G-Drive from G-Technology is among the easiest device for using and backing up. You need to just plug it in and the half battle is successfully completed. You can choose it from different color ranges, such as space gray, rose gold, and silver.

A Brief Introduction to Time Capsule
The incredible AirPort Time Capsule is not only a backup solution, as it is a full-featured Wi-Fi base station as well that makes use of the 802.11ac technology along with simultaneous dual-band support. This device is designed to collaborate with the Time Machine. At present, Time Capsule has come in 2 terabytes (TB) as well as 3TB capacities. Actually, Time Capsule is not only a hard drive- it is a comprehensive network router that provides support to IEEE 802.11ac networking. And it’s the same fast Wi-Fi networking that’s supported on most of the newer mobile devices as well as computers. Apple has streamlined it to set up a new Time Capsule by making use of an application, known AirPort Utility that can be found in the “Utilities” folder of your Mac. Once setup is completed and started running, the Time Capsule becomes visible to any of the Mac on the respective network in the form of a valid Time Machine backup location. Thus, Time Capsule has become an incredible way for ensuring that all of your Macs have been backed up every time. Since its backup functionalities are specific to Mac, Time Capsule performs its work in the form of a network router with different devices from other producers as well.


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