Time Machine Now Works with Airport Extreme USB Drives
After the release of today's Time Machine and Airport update, several readers report that Time Machine now supports backups to USB drives connected to your Airport Extreme basestation. This configuration essentially reproduces the functionality of Apple's Time Capsule product.
Apple had originally advertised these "AirPort Disk" wireless backups as a feature for Leopard, but this feature was removed prior to its launch. Speculation had suggested that it may have been due to some unresolved security issues, but Apple has made no official statements. While there had been workarounds published, today's update appears to officially restore this feature.
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51 months ago
NICE! I think this is going to make a lot of people very happy :D Now I need to figure out all that importing DVDs and the Apple TV thing :)
51 months ago
Yes. Finally! This is great news!! Tried this before and all i got was good old kernal panic.
51 months ago
Heres an idea, why don't you make everything into one freaking machine, stop doing all these dumb add ons Apple. Oh yeah we can use a HD now BFD!:mad:
51 months ago
Great news for people who bought the AE for this very reason
I'm wondering the performance difference between the Extreme and Capsule ( over a wireless network ), since USB for Extreme is fast enough to keep up with an 'N' network.
I'm wondering the performance difference between the Extreme and Capsule ( over a wireless network ), since USB for Extreme is fast enough to keep up with an 'N' network.
51 months ago
damn it! Now I don't know if I should buy an AEBS and just attach an existing HD or go all out and get a TC!
51 months ago
Heres an idea, why don't you make everything into one freaking machine, stop doing all these dumb add ons Apple. Oh yeah we can use a HD now BFD!:mad:
What do you mean? Isn't that what time capsule does? :confused:
Anyway, this news is really awesome. Thanks Apple!
51 months ago
If I am reformatting my external HD, what format should I make the partitions?
I tried Mac OS Extended (Journaled), but could not get either partition to appear in Time Machine.
I tried Mac OS Extended (Journaled), but could not get either partition to appear in Time Machine.
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