Apple Time Capsule Fails

Apple Time Capsule Fails

Apple Time Capsule wireless backup boxes are failing, with 409 deaths reported so far on the timecapsuledead website and that's where professional IT Support is needed.
The Time Capsule is a combination of a SATA hard drive and Airport Extreme router, which can store backup data from Macs via their Time Machine software. It can also function as network-attached storage for Macs and PCs using Airport software.

One user said he had two Time Capsules failures in a week and both were bought and commissioned in the first week of March 2008.

The TimeCapsuleDead website was set up by Pim van Bochoven of The Netherlands and launched on 12 October. It has gained 409 entries since then.

The average time to Time Capsule failure is 17 to 18 months. If users open up the device to try and recover data from the drive they void Apple's warranty.