Hi Peter Quick reply, as just walking into another job. But basically - either a wireless type hard drive. If the Time Capsule works but internal drive “fails” then you can use a USB drive plugged into it and “ignore” internal drive and use external drive. (done this for a few clients). A NAS can be used as a Time Machine backup - some specially say they’ll work with it - e.g. Synology off top of head. Just a few suggestions there.
I would imagine Time Capsule will keep going for a while. As it’s just a “box” that keeps working. Only thing may be Airport Utility that stops being able to work. But I don’t see that happening for many years to come. Apple will keep parts for Time Capsule up to 5 years (as that’s legally how long they have to support hardware - same as other manufacturers for parts of computer hardware). Kind regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone 7 --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Apple** NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the author be requested. > On 18 May 2018, at 12:47 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > HI WAMUG users. I have been following a current thread but Daniel's comment > about the Time Capsule demise in that thread on the horizon made me type this > one. If I were to buy a spare Time Capsule, would the software be compatible > forever even with Apple no longer supporting it? > > What is Plan B in the event of the Time Capsule failing (hardware failure) > for those that do not have a spare Time Capsule - and then eventually when no > spare exists? > > Regards > > Pete. > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
