tuaw.com - 10/12/2009
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We reported on the abundance of Time Capsule failure-to-boot after 18 months in September . A new site has emerged from the mist to help Time Capsule owners who are struggling to get Apple to acknowledge the issue. TimeCapsuleDead.org exists as a register for the owners of dead Time Capsules ...
timecapsuledead.org - 10/11/2009
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timecapsuledead.org —
Your Apple Time Capsule has died. You are
now faced with the difficult, but important, need to...
mourn. To show that you’re not alone in this process, we’ve opened the Apple Time Capsule Memorial Register. Please take a moment and submit a few details ...
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Time Capsule Memorial Register
forums.macrumors.com - 10/10/2009
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forums.macrumors.com —
Had to unattach my Time Capsule feed to
my Verizon router. Now I am only using the...
Verizon router without the back up drive that I thought would last a lot longer than this. I feel a little better knowing that many others are experiencing the same ...
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Time Capsule died :(
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Are Apple Time Capsules Short Lived? [Apple]
Gizmodo —
... counting—dead Apple Time Capsules at The Apple Time Capsule Memorial Register. And all the users who registered those dead pieces of plastic and metal are saying that's not enough. I agree that the figure seems too low. But then again, like Matt Buchanan just said when he heard about it: "They're all using shitty Hitachi hard drives that aren't actually server grade, so color me less than surprised." I say they all have a point. [Time Capsule Memorial via TUAW]
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