Following a report that AirPort and Time Capsule supplies were running short in stores, 9to5Mac is now reporting that Apple is internally testing a Time Capsule model capable of caching software updates for network connected Mac or iOS device, to help speed up the updating process. In short, it download and stores the update, until it is called for by a device on the local network. This way the update can be transferred much more quickly locally, than downloading, and re-downloading the update for each device from the web.
Additionally, the device could be smart enough to determine which devices need an update, and which packages to download. Apple also appears to have been making inroads to this, with both the new iMac and MacBook Pro carrying a third Wi-Fi antenna for transfer speeds up to 450Mbps.
Lastly, as I mentioned in my last report on this subject, Apple could very easily be waiting to update their network devices, such as Time Capsule, for Monday, the first day of the company’s World Wide Developers Conference, to roll around. There it is widely expected for Apple to announce their iCloud service, which very well could tie into devices like Time Capsule.
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