![]() ![]() If you don't use the Finder this way, click on your desktop so you get a Finder menubar, then click Go > Connect to Server, then the Browse button. Be sure the little box for Connected Servers (or Bonjour Computers) is checked. If it doesn't, select Finder > Preferences > Sidebar from the menubar. So you can let them share the entire disk or a partition if you prefer.Īppear in the Shared section of your Finder sidebar. If you're backing-up multiple Macs to the same drive, you can make one partition for each, but it's not as helpful on a network drive, because each Mac's backups will be in a separate sparse bundle. See the discussion in the pink box of Time Machine FAQ #5).įor other partitions, of course, the Format is important. (You can use the procedure in item #A8 to change that if desired, by cancelling the first backup as soon as the sparse bundle is created. Note, however, that it doesn't matter whether you use the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) or Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, journaled) Format for the Time Machine partition, since Time Machine will put your backups in a case-sensitive sparse bundle. Next, attach the drive directly to your Mac, and erase and format it per the instructions in Time Machine FAQ #5. (See problem #P1 for details.) Make sure it will work via an Ethernet cable if at all possible, in addition to wirelessly. Keep the name you assign to it, your Computer, and your network short (under 25 characters), and avoid embedded spaces, special characters, and punctuation. If you can’t find them, see:Īirport Extreme Setup Guide (tall, 2013 "ac" model- 6th generation)ĪirPort Extreme Setup Guide (early 2009) not supportedĪirPort Extreme Setup Guide (802.11n) not supportedĪirPort Extreme Setup Guide (Gigabit) not supported See this Apple Support article: Uses for the USB port of Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme, AirPort Express.įirst, set up your Airport via Airport Utility (but don't connect the drive to it yet), using the instructions that came with it. rm -rf tmp (or drag it into the trash with Finder).You can use a single self-powered USB drive with an Airport Extreme, but if you want to use multiple devices, or a disk that doesn’t supply its own power, you must use a powered USB hub. If all is good you can remove the temporary directory: cd. You’ll probably want to go into preferences and turn off the option to check for updates. The final step is to launch AirPort Utility and confirm that it works. You probably already have a version running as it comes with the system and it seems to know how to talk to both versions of AirPort Utility (I got nagged about updating).ġ0. As best I can figure the agent does two things: it checks for updates for AirPort Utility and it monitors AirPort base stations for problems. I’m not sure if you need/want these or not. The other two folders hold the AirPort Base Station Agent and its supporting files. Use Finder to rename it (assuming you want to keep version 6 as well) then drag it to your Applications/Utilities folder.ĩ. Your nice new copy of AirPort Utility 5.6.1 will be in the Utilities folder inside of the Applications folder. When it finished there will be three new folders Applications, Library, and System. Here’s the command: gzcat AirPortUtility.pkg/Payload | tar -xf –Ĩ. Inside will be a file called Payload that is a compressed archive of AirPort Utility.app.ħ. The result will be a directory named AirPortUtility.pkg (just like the file, but now you can move into it to get the files you want). Extract the Payload file from the install package with xar, here’s the command: xar -x -f ~/Desktop/AirPortUtility.pkg PayloadĦ. Make a temporary directory and cd into it: mkdir tmp cd tmpĥ. Fire up Terminal and prepare to show off…Ĥ. ![]() Mount the disk image and drag the install package (AirPortUtility.pkg) to your desktop.ģ. ![]() Just in case you’d like to use AirPort Utility 5.6.1 on Mountain Lion (and probalby Lion as well), here’s how to install it:Ģ.
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