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Airport Extreme Gigabit N Update 7.3.1
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I'm installing now. If you don't hear from me in 10 min, well, don't install the damned thing...
Well, looks like I survived the installation. Don't know about Airdisk as I gave up on it some months ago. It sees the other Macs on my network and screen sharing still works. So far, so good.
Please keep us updated on changes that you see. My only issue is that AEBS does not let one of my drives go to sleep...
That's great! Every NAS on the market has this option, I was wondering why TC didn't have it. If it is all done within TC it is much better than copying from the TC drive to you computer and then back to the hdd on the TC.
I can confirm this. I just got an airport+time machine update along with a safari update and security fix. I launched airport utility after the restart... and up came an update (7.3.1) for my Airport Extreme (Gigabit)... working alright so far. A little slow after the reboot, but its back to normal.
Lots of folks have Time Machine working over airdisk (SANS HACKS) with
7.3.1!!
Mine shows up now SANS HACKS!
*Edit: nevermind. I rebooted after reverting my com.apple.systempreferences and now the air disk doesn't show up in time machine prefs.
7.3.1!!
Mine shows up now SANS HACKS!
*Edit: nevermind. I rebooted after reverting my com.apple.systempreferences and now the air disk doesn't show up in time machine prefs.
7.3.1 firmware for Airport Extreme base station "N" with gigabit
http://www.mediafire.com/?x2zivbrykrc
unzip to "user>Library>Application Support> Apple> AirPort> Firmware"
(make sure you move the files from the "archive" folder into the "firmware" folder
as far as I understand, you should be using at least airport utility 5.1, 5.3.1 is the most recent.
after unzipping, open airport utility and it should ask if you want to update.
if it doesn't ask, open "manual setup" for your base station, then click "upgrade to 7.3.1"
tested with airport utility 7.2.1, leopard 10.5.2
http://www.mediafire.com/?x2zivbrykrc
unzip to "user>Library>Application Support> Apple> AirPort> Firmware"
(make sure you move the files from the "archive" folder into the "firmware" folder
as far as I understand, you should be using at least airport utility 5.1, 5.3.1 is the most recent.
after unzipping, open airport utility and it should ask if you want to update.
if it doesn't ask, open "manual setup" for your base station, then click "upgrade to 7.3.1"
tested with airport utility 7.2.1, leopard 10.5.2
So, were you using this hack:
and did you undo this hack via:
If so, did it automatically see the shared drive and use it, or did you have to connect to the drive (mount it) before Time Machine would use the AirDisk?
Yes, I undid the hack but it is not working now. I edited the post to make that clear. I thought it was but alas, was wrong.
The update likely just did what the hack did, which could be undone with that term.Yes, I undid the hack but it is not working now. I edited the post to make that clear. I thought it was but alas, was wrong.
No the patch did not just switch the 0 to a 1(enabled) for that terminal command.
check for yourself
It sleeps!
With the new firmware, my airdisk now sleeps automatically after exactly 10 minutes. It never slept before. The only way I could coax it to sleep was to manually disconnect the drive from my Mac and PCs.
So far, so good
With the new firmware, my airdisk now sleeps automatically after exactly 10 minutes. It never slept before. The only way I could coax it to sleep was to manually disconnect the drive from my Mac and PCs.
So far, so good
With the new firmware, my airdisk now sleeps automatically after exactly 10 minutes. It never slept before. The only way I could coax it to sleep was to manually disconnect the drive from my Mac and PCs.
So far, so good
Nice! I'll see if it works for my Iomega when I get home...
Don't worry too much. It's nothing personal. There have been occasions where a claim has been made that is nothing but BS, and they always come from newbies. We know you're the real deal, now.
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