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AEBS and Time Machine
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Well, obviously I am confused. So, how do I varify my firmware version? I didn't see anything in System Profiler.
And to conclude, I am able to use Time Machine with my AEBS connected hard drive. Being this backup is wireless does it take forever to do?
This is not a clone of my MBP as I recall. Is cloning the hard drive still necessary?
Thanks for your time. I really need to find a working routine for backups...
Depends on what you mean by 'support'. It works, but everything I've read here says that Apple won't support it, meaning if you have a problem or question about getting Time Machine to work with an AEBS, they won't help.
Use the Airport Utility program. It's in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
Doesn't work too well with Quicksilver
I was using this for awhile but then I realized it was causing Quicksilver to freeze -- I couldn't have this. It also did other "weird" things but I don't really remember the specifics.
Let me know how it goes for you.
~E
I was using this for awhile but then I realized it was causing Quicksilver to freeze -- I couldn't have this. It also did other "weird" things but I don't really remember the specifics.
Let me know how it goes for you.
~E
It does take a long time but its pretty transparent. My first backup took about a day, no joke, but I still did everything I normally do and everything worked like a charm. After the first backup, they are much faster. Usually not more than 15-20 minutes.
Ive heard of people hooking their external drive up hardwired for the first backup, then plugging it into the AEBS for the wireless backups. I never tried this so Im not sure if its a solution for everyone.
By the way, I had to update every firmware I could find to get this to work. My AEBS, the Airport Utility, the external HDD, then it finally showed up in Time Machine.
Ive heard of people hooking their external drive up hardwired for the first backup, then plugging it into the AEBS for the wireless backups. I never tried this so Im not sure if its a solution for everyone.
By the way, I had to update every firmware I could find to get this to work. My AEBS, the Airport Utility, the external HDD, then it finally showed up in Time Machine.
Here is how you get to the Airport Utility.
Open up your HDD and go to the Applications folder:
Then scroll down and open the Utilities folder:
Open up Airport Utility:
Select the router you want to configure and it should show the version number in the window:
If you don't have the lastest version, be sure to update it by going:
[Top menu] Airport Utility --> Check for Updates.
Here is how you get to the Airport Utility.
Open up your HDD and go to the Applications folder:
Then scroll down and open the Utilities folder:
Open up Airport Utility:
Select the router you want to configure and it should show the version number in the window:
If you don't have the lastest version, be sure to update it by going:
[Top menu] Airport Utility --> Check for Updates.
lol, thx. I know how to get around my MBP. Just wasnt sure how to check firmware version! But seriously, thank you for the time!!!
Just a note of caution...I've been backing up with AEBS/Time Machine almost since Leopard came out, and normally it works OK. However, I've had the backups fail more than once (e.g. after a couple months it gives an error during a routine backup to the hard drive). Repairing permissions seemed to help temporarily but the problem would inevitably come back. The only solution I found was to completely delete the old backups and start fresh. So if you need a trouble-free backup solution, this may not be it...
Here's a tip if you do decide to go this route... if you haven't done the initial backup already, you can try doing it while connected via Ethernet or Gigabit ethernet, which should be a lot faster.
Here's a tip if you do decide to go this route... if you haven't done the initial backup already, you can try doing it while connected via Ethernet or Gigabit ethernet, which should be a lot faster.