So That’s Why Apple Did That

When Mac OSX Leopard was in beta, the new backup feature Time Machine was able to backup to USB disks plugged into an Airport Extreme. By the time Leopard was released to the public, this feature was removed. Now, after today’s announcements, I know why they pulled that feature from Time Machine: So they could sell you another Airport Extreme! The new Airport Extreme is called Time Capsule, and comes with an internal disk, and can be used for Time Machine.

Thanks for that shafting Apple. Maybe they’ll be nice in some upcoming update and re-add the ability for Time Machine to work with a USB disk plugged into the older Airport Extreme.