Wireless backups: USB drive, Airport extreme and Time Machine

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:23:48 +0000

Quick hint: if you’re having trouble getting wireless backups on Time Machine and an Airport Extreme working, then try this - I had the same problem and fixed it for me. Plug the USB drive in to your Mac and using disk utility, veryify and repair the disk not the actual partition. Alternatively, remove all existing partitions from your drive, and then recreate the necessary partitions for your backup scenario. It seems that if you only verify / repair the partitions then the Airport Extreme won’t necessarily mount the drive properly (meaning you can’t use it as an Airdisk, and you can’t use it with Time Machine.)

Macbook Pro on Matt Thornton

Wireless backups: USB drive, Airport extreme and Time Machine