It’s kind of interesting, as I remember that being part of the marketing of Time Machine – it works with Time Capsule or an AirDisk. And we’re not the only people who have tried it – there’s a great thread in Apple’s discussion forum regarding just this. ![]() That kind of lines up with my experience it works fine for a short while, then runs into trouble. I put the same drive on my Mac mini entertainment center, set it as her backup volume, and it’s been rock solid since. Worked fine for a month or more and then stopped working – would always fail backing up after that. I tried doing it at home on my wife’s machine and had to cease. They do not work reliably – it may work at first but they are NOT RECOMMENDED. OWC Jamie had this to say on the subject: Since I added that RAID unit this summer, I’ve had to rebuild my Time Machine drive from scratch at least 3 or 4 times (hint if you’re crazy enough to try this – hooking your computer to the AEBS via Ethernet will speed up the initial transfer considerably).Īpparently, I’m not the only one to experience this. However, looking back on things, it really hasn’t been the most reliable route to take. I started out with a pair of miniStack V3s (the built-in USB hubs allowed me to connect multiple drives and a printer at once), but when those got too full, I repurposed them elsewhere and switched a larger RAID unit I got on sale. I’ve had this exact sort of setup for the better part of two years now. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to work that way. After the initial (lengthy) backup, Time Machine will mount the drive remotely when connected to the network, run its backup, then disconnect – just like with Time Capsule. Finally, select it as your TimeMachine backup disk and let it run. Then, mount it on your desktop like you would any other remote drive. At first glance, replicating this setup with a AirPort Extreme Base Station would seem to be fairly simple.įirst, you attach a drive (such as a NewerTech miniStack, which stacks nicely underneath) to the USB port on your Base Station. In early 2008, Apple introduced Time Capsule, which essentially combined an AirPort Base Station and a 500GB-1TB hard drive. That’s something completely different – and a lot easier to talk about. … What? You meant using Time Machine via an AirPort Base Station? Take a base 0-60 time of 8.8 seconds, factor acceleration curve for 60-88mph, account for deceleration while swerving around the occasional 747, and you’ll need about … ![]() Well… theoretically, getting the DeLorean up to 88 miles per hour on a long stretch of tarmac would probably be fairly straightforward. We’ve gotten a couple of emails from readers wondering how to get Time Machine to work with an AirPort.
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