- I show you how to port forward the airport extreme and how to set up a server in minecraft. (sorry if tutorial is a bit fast, just pause if you need to read.
- The latest generation of Apple’s AirPort Extreme base station truly deserves the word extreme in its name. It is one of the first 802.11n wireless routers on the market and it delivers incredible performance when paired with a Mac (or PC) featuring 802.11n support, as well as a much wider range than previous models.
Apple’s AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsule are great Wi-Fi base stations. You can also attach a printer to these devices for wireless printing. You can also attach a printer to these. Because Airport Time Capsule, 5th generation is a full-featured 802.11ac AirPort Extreme device your MacBook Air, Pro, iMac, Mac mini, iPad Pro, iPad, iPad mini 4, Apple TV 4k, Apple TV or iPod Touch are all supported. Airport Time Capsule’s Wifi is also compatible with older Apple machines that use 802.11a, b, g and n wifi protocols. Dec 28, 2011 Here’s how to connect a hard drive to the AirPort Extreme: Make sure the AirPort Extreme is turned on and correctly configured. (To set up an AirPort Extreme for the first time, see How to Set Up the AirPort Extreme.) Connect the USB hard drive to the AirPort Extreme. You can use any old USB hard drive - even a USB thumb drive.
AirPort Utility User Guide
See your network at a glance
Quickly see the status of your network and the devices connected to it in a graphical overview.
Automatically update your base stations
Keep your network running smoothly by having AirPort Utility automatically check for software updates.
Manage your Wi-Fi network from your devices
With the AirPort Utility app on your iOS and iPadOS devices, you can set up and monitor your network from your devices as easily as you can from your Mac.
To explore the AirPort Utility User Guide, click Table of Contents at the top of the page, or enter a word or phrase in the search field.
If you need more help, visit the AirPort Support website.
To use Time Machine to make a backup of your Mac, you need one of these types of storage devices:
- External drive connected to an AirPort Extreme Base Station (802.11ac) or AirPort Time Capsule
Airport Extreme Base Station
External drive connected to your Mac
Time Machine can back up to an external drive connected to a USB, Thunderbolt, or FireWire port on your Mac. If the disk isn't using the correct format, Time Machine will prompt you to erase it.
Network-attached storage (NAS) device that supports Time Machine over SMB
Many third-party NAS devices support Time Machine over SMB. For details, check the documentation for your NAS device.
Mac shared as a Time Machine backup destination
To use another Mac on your network as a Time Machine backup destination, complete these steps on the other Mac:
- Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Sharing.
- From the list of services on the left, select File Sharing.
- From the Shared Folders list on the right, click the add button (+), then choose a folder to use for Time Machine backups.
- Control-click the folder that you added, then choose Advanced Options from the shortcuts menu that appears.
- From the Advanced Options dialog, select “Share as a Time Machine backup destination.”
When setting up Time Machine on your other Mac computers, you should now be able to select the shared folder as a backup disk.
Airport Express
External drive connected to an AirPort Extreme Base Station (802.11ac) or AirPort Time Capsule
Time Machine can back up to an external USB drive connected to an AirPort Extreme Base Station (802.11ac model) or AirPort Time Capsule.
- Connect the drive directly to your Mac, then use Disk Utility to erase it.
- Connect the drive to a USB port on your AirPort base station, then turn it on.
- Open AirPort Utility, then select your base station and click Edit to view its settings.
- Click the Disks tab in the settings window.
- Select your backup disk from the list of partitions, then select “Enable file sharing”:
- If more than one user on your network will back up to this disk with Time Machine, you can use the Secure Shared Disks pop-up menu to make sure that they can view only their own backups, not yours. Choose “With accounts” from the menu, then click the add button (+) to add users.
- Click Update to restart your base station and apply the settings.
AirPort Time Capsule
Time Machine can back up to the built-in hard disk of an AirPort Time Capsule on your network.
Learn more
- Time Machine can't back up to a disk formatted for Windows, or to an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.