Airport disk utility not working

Hi
I have just got myself a new airport base station (b,g,n) and all is nearly working well. I have an iBook g4 mini Mac g4 and an iMac Intel all working wireless no problem (all only on G). I have put a USB hard drive on the base station so that we can all share a network drive. I also have on the network 3 express stations for speakers and one has a printer on it as well. The printer is always ready for all to use and iTunes works on any or all systems through out the house. The problem being is that all 3 can map the network drive okay and use it fine, but after a while each will lose the drive and when I use airport disk utility to re-mount it, it comes with a window saying "action: ignore connect as guest or connect with password" I have set up with a disk password but it says incorrect user etc etc the password is correct and the only way to fix this is by rebooting the station.
Any help on this

I upgraded to 7.1 and now all is fine

Similar Messages

Airport Disk Utility not working on Intel mac...

Ok here's a new one...
I just got a new macBook (intel) to replace my 12inch G4. On the 12inch, Airport Disk Utility worked just fine recognizing my lacie drive hooked up to AEBS. I used a firewire cable to import settings to the intel macbook and that's when things went wrong.
On the new laptop, Airport Disk Utility gives me an alarm chime when I open it and no matter what I do, it won't see the drive. What's more, I can't even get the icon to show up in the menu bar (even though the drive shows up when I check the base station with the airport configuration utility). Whenever I check either one of the boxes, I get an alarm chime.
What's more the airport disk utility still works on the G4.
I've tried resetting the network, reinstalling stuff- I don't know what else to do. I don't know much about networking, but I wonder if importing the settings from the G4 is somehow the culprit or just something to do with it being intel?

Well I fixed this. Get the AirPortBaseStationUpdate2007001.dmg update. I had installed this, but it didn't put in a few items that it should have. Mainly a little application in Core Servies. I used Pacifist to install the Airport Disk Utility again, and then restarted. I no longer got a beep when opening AD Utility, but I had to uncheck "Automatically discover disks" then turn off file sharing on the router, wait for it to restart, then turn file sharing back on, and then open AD Utility after restart and click Auto Discover. It then saw my disks. I also changed the name of the Windows Workgroup, I don't know if that had something to do with it. Good luck!

Copy to disk utility not working right

My disk utility not work like it used to, it does not show up a disk when I put it in the drive. And I can't copy to disk anymore. A blank disk shows up as a removeable drive instead of a blank disk on the disk utility...??? I need to fix this so I can back-up my files and free up some space, help please?
Dual 1.42 GHz PowerPC G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9) 2MB L3 cache per procesor 1.5 GB DDR SDRAM extra 250G HD

Hi-
The last time I saw a similar problem to yours, he was also running Panther. I advised reinstalling the 10.3.9 combo update, and his woes were gone.
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosxcombinedupdate1039.html
Another thought is to check System Preferences/CD's & DVD'S, and check your selection nuder "When you insert a blank CD" (or DVD).
Running Disk Utility from the install disk, and repairing permissions is also another possible fix.
G4 AGP(450)Sawtooth Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2ghzPPC,1.62gbSDRAM, ATI9800, DVR-109,(IntHD)120&160,LaCie160,23"Cinema Display

Possible Workaround - AirPort Extreme Disk Utility not working in Windows

1) The only way I have managed to get Windows (in my case Vista) working with AE Disk Utility is to set it up using the "Assist Me" or "Manual Setup" with the Airport Utility with no special settings used to configure it.
2) Update the Station & let it restart.
3) On your Windows PC - Simply temporarily DISABLE your firewall until the next step is successfully completed. (I am using Norton 360).
4) Use the Airport Disk Utility to log on as either a Guest or User. (You should see the drive appear under Windows Explorer & see ALL the files it contains)
5) Re-enable the Firewall you have.
6) This works for me everytime & I am able to stay connected to my USB drive for as long as I want or I wish to disconnect it.
7) Repeat the above everytime you want to re-connect the drive to the Airport Extreme.
I am able to connect successfully using my MAC Mini & my Dell Laptop at the same time without conflict.
I know this is not an elegant solution, but until Apple get sort this out, it is failry easy to try.
I hope it works for you !
Enjoy :))
Mac Mini / PC Laptop Mac OS X (10.4.9) Windows Vista Ultimate

Well I fixed this. Get the AirPortBaseStationUpdate2007001.dmg update. I had installed this, but it didn't put in a few items that it should have. Mainly a little application in Core Servies. I used Pacifist to install the Airport Disk Utility again, and then restarted. I no longer got a beep when opening AD Utility, but I had to uncheck "Automatically discover disks" then turn off file sharing on the router, wait for it to restart, then turn file sharing back on, and then open AD Utility after restart and click Auto Discover. It then saw my disks. I also changed the name of the Windows Workgroup, I don't know if that had something to do with it. Good luck!

Disk utility not working when upgraded to Yosemite

I have two MacBook pros (one is a mid 2010 13 inch and new Mid 2014 15 inch Retina), both of which disk utility stopped working when updated to OS X Yosemite from Mavericks. It says "You can't use this copy of Disk Utility with this version of OS X. Open the copy of Disk Utility located in the Utilities folder of the Applications folder of your startup disk." I was able to fix the old 13 inch by clearing the hard drive and pressing CMD+R to reinstall the OS but the new macbook I have not been able to fully clear the SSD. And for some weird reason my bootcamp partition on my 15 inch is being read as a totally separate hard drive instead as a partition.
Any help on totally erasing the hard drives and making them one is greatly appreciated!

If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data, then reinstall the OS.* You don't need to erase the startup volume, and you won't need the backup unless something goes wrong. If the system was upgraded from an older version of OS X, you may need the Apple ID and password you used.
If you use FileVault 2, then before running the Installer you must launch Disk Utility and select the icon of the FileVault startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name.) It will be nested below another icon with the same name. Click the Unlock button in the toolbar and enter your login password when prompted. Then quit Disk Utility to be returned to the main Recovery screen.
There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
If you installed the Java runtime distributed by Apple and still need it, you'll have to reinstall it. The same goes for Xcode. All other data will be preserved.
*The linked support article refers to OS X 10.10 ("Yosemite"), but the procedure is the same for OS X 10.7 ("Lion") and later.

Flashing Question Mark At Start Up/ Disk Utility Not Working

I am having the old flashing question mark in a file show up when I try to start my computer. I went through a lot of the forums and I have attempted the Disk Utility. When I put the 10.3 install disk in and restart it takes me to the opening screen. If go to disk utility and start it and I have three options: 734.6 MB Pioneer DVD, Session 1, and Mac OSX Install Disk all with a CD icon by them. Not sure which one to pick. Even when I select any though, it does not give me the option to push the repair disk button. It is never available. Anyone know what to do here?

Exactly this happened to me two weeks ago. Unfortunately in my case it was a result of hard disk failure - my heads had burnt out and I had total data loss (I was fortunately backed up recently).
I would suggest taking your mac to a reputable computer firm, preferably Apple who can diagnose hard disk failure immediately. If that is the case you will need a replacement HD, which might be a good opportunity to expand HD size on your system (prices are always coming down; I took the opportunity to go from 60 to 120GB, for £140).
If you are not backed up and ABSOLUTELY NEED YOUR DATA then do NOT give your machine to Apple there and then however; despite assurances, you may never see your HD again, and at any rate once it has been removed it should be handled extremely carefully to prevent platter damage and compromising future data retrieval. It may not be treated with proper respect whilst a replacement is being fitted. Therefore take it to a data retrieval specialist first, who may also replace the HD for you anyway, at similar or lower cost. The cost of data retrieval is very variable but is generally about £500 if an 'invasive procedure' (HD repair) is necessary.
I hope this isn't your situation, but as I say these were exactly the symptoms of my HD failure 2 weeks ago.
Fulvio

Disk Utility not working under cmd R mode

I upgraded my OS to 10.8.2. After doing so, when I do my normal system backup with Disk Utility, the system goes into sleep mode and the backup stops. I've done this many times in the past so I am not new to this. I've read a few articles/posts with people having the same issue. Why is apple not fixing this important bug? I can't backup my system. I have "verified disk" and it has no errors so that's not the issue. The backup image starts to backup to my usb external drive then the screen dims and the system goes to sleep after about 5% and the flash drive stops flashing so it's not longer backing up. When I press escape or any key, it resumes the backup but this takes hours. I can't sit in front of the computer to keep moving my mouse. HELP!!!
I use Disk Utility 13. I reboot and press Command R and then use the Disk Utility from there. I don't want to use Time Machine. It slows my system too much.

You need automatic, frequent backups that don't require you to shut down the system, and that preserve some history. Using Disk Utility in Recovery is good for backing up a system that won't boot, or when preparing to erase and restore a volume, but what happens if you delete a file and then decide a week or a month later that you needed it?

Disk Utility not working from Recovery HD.

I've got a brand new top of the line Late 2013 MacBook Pro (2.6GHz, 16GB RAM, 1TB HD). This is my first Mac and I need to run Windows as well so I have done a lot of playing with Boot Camp, Parallels, and VMWare fusion. Including the use of CampTune for resizing the boot camp partition. Somehow I got it into a state where CampTune wouldn't run because it says the partitions need to be repaired. When I ran Disk Utility from within OS X, it said I needed to boot into Recovery and use Disk Utility there. However, in Recovery, Disk Utility won't launch. When I choose it, it starts to start up and shows "Gathering Disk Information", then returns to the Recovery Menu. The next thing I tried was restoring a Time Machine backup. That ended up saying it was going to take 48 hours so I killed it. At this point the Mac partition doesn't show up in the recovery boot menu but it does show up in Windows running from the Boot Camp partition.
What I'd like to do.
1. Recreate the Mac partition / reinstall OS X, preserving the existing boot camp partition.
2. Install Parallels and convert the boot camp partition to a VM.
3. Blow away the Boot Camp Partition and extend the mac partition to the full hard drive (1TB).
4. Use Windows via Parallels.
But I can't even get it to run Disk Utility or Reinstall OS X from the Recovery Menu at this point. Can this be done from the command line? I see you can use terminal from the Recovery partition.
Alternativey I can resotre the boot camp partition from a backup so if there is a way to just level set the thing to stock that would work too.

Ouch! What a mess!
By the sound of things you will need to be in a fast wi-fi area and reinstall via Internet recovery.
Restart your Mac whilst pressing and holding Commmnad+Option+R keys - enter your wi-fi password and then enable the Internet Recovery mode.
It will delete your current bootcamp if you erase your disk and reinstall but at least you can recreate that later.

Disk Utility not working on Yosemite

Hello all,
Since updating to the latest OS X Yosemite I've noticed that Disk Utility no longer works. I use Spotlight to search for "Disk Utility" or click on the file within the "Utilties" folder but yet it still brings up the following error message:-
Any suggestions on how to solve this would be greatly appreciated.

Sounds like you have two versions of Disk Utility available to use. Did you clean install? Are you running separate partitions with different OS X systems? Search with spotlight and choose show in finder at the bottom of the list. Double click the Finder Ikon in the main window, this will open a finder window with all the search results. Applications should be your top hit. If you have two Disk Utility's showing, Single click on each and the path for each will be displayed in the bottom bar of the Finder window. Or Command-I will bring up the info window on each one.
Hope this helps.
PJRS

Disk utility not working and neither is reinstall disk

Im trying to wipe a hard drive off of an old computer because it is way too slow. I've tried the disk utility and it won't start(tried command - r and starting it in safe mode). Then I found my OS x reinstall disk and that didn't work. So I'm at a loss. Any help?

If you have Snow Leopard disc, boot from it to reformat the drive with DiskUtility and install OS X.
OS X Recovery boot(booting with command+r) is included Lion or later OS X.
OS X: About OS X Recovery - Apple Support

Install Tiger gets stuck at "Verifying volume", Disk Utility not working

Hi there,
I am trying to upgrade to Tiger from OS10.3.9. I have repaired the disk permissions. Each time I try to install Tiger, it gets stuck at "Verifying Disk Volume". I then booted up from the Tiger DVD and ran Disk Utility from the DVD. Now First Aid is continually trying to repair the disk, and what appears over and over again is:
Rechecking volume.
Checking HFS Plus volume
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Incorrect number of thread records
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking Volume information.
Repairing Volume.
Rechecking volume.
Checking HFS Plus volume
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Incorrect number of thread records
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking Volume information.
Repairing Volume.
etc...
i don't know what to do about this. I do have two hard drives installed on my computer. The one I am trying to install on is a 74.5 GB ST380021A. The other is a 38.3 Maxtor 6E040L0.
It would be great to know if anyone has advice on this. Thanks so much!
clara

Hi there,
I am trying to upgrade to Tiger from OS10.3.9. I have
repaired the disk permissions. Each time I try to
install Tiger, it gets stuck at "Verifying Disk
Volume". I then booted up from the Tiger DVD and ran
Disk Utility from the DVD. Now First Aid is
continually trying to repair the disk, and what
appears over and over again is:
Rechecking volume.
Checking HFS Plus volume
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Incorrect number of thread records
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking Volume information.
Repairing Volume.
Rechecking volume.
Checking HFS Plus volume
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Incorrect number of thread records
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking Volume information.
Repairing Volume.
etc...
i don't know what to do about this. I do have two
hard drives installed on my computer. The one I am
trying to install on is a 74.5 GB ST380021A. The
other is a 38.3 Maxtor 6E040L0.
It would be great to know if anyone has advice on
this. Thanks so much!
clara
hai clara,
the issue is coz the drive on which ur trying to install has some issues .
please goto the article http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=13628
in most of the cases u would try some third party disk utility like disk warrior and noton disk utility to repair the disk .
then u need to run disk utility from the TIGER disk .
follow the article
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
to repair the disc .
or else u can back up the data on ur HDD and then u need to do an erase and install of TIGER

Failing Drive - Disk Utility not working either

Recently my drive started failing to the point that it was clear that I needed to do some maintenance.
I'm backed up to an external HD, so I wasn't too worried about saving the image - just wanted to get up and running again. I started by trying to use the repair functions under the First Aid tabs. This would run for a while and error out a little less than 1/2 way through.
Because I didn't care about saving the data, I decided I'd got through the erase and reinstall process. The erase seemed to work ok, but reinstalling would fail. I tried this process 3 times and wasn't able to install correctly.
This morning, I decided to try and really wipe the drive using the "Zero Out" function. That process has been running for about 3 hours thus far and seems to have frozen at about 1/20 complete (that is - on the progress bar, 1/20 is blue while the rest remains white.) It hasn't moved in about 2 hours.
Any thoughts on next steps for:
a) What to do about this freeze
b) Assuming I can get out of the freeze how to proceed?
thanks
(oh, and I'm not certain about the OS version - it's what came with the computer (15 inch G4) but I can't eject the disk as the computer thinks it's still mid-process.

Hi there - thanks for the quick responses. Since I started looking through these post, I've been amazed at the community.
First, I think that you may be correct and the zero out is moving, albiet glacially. I put a sticker on the screen to mark progress and it seems to have done something (although, at this point, it could be an optical illusion.) I'd guess that it's closer to 1/10 done now after 8 hours.
My computer was exhibiting strange behavior - and the annoying (constant beachball) became the very annoying (would boot only every 3rd time, sometimes not at all) to the unusable (upon boot - PANIC! error.)
I backed up to a LaCie external drive using the included "Silverkeeper" SW. I am not familiar with the restore procedure, but had the idea once the computer started booting into PANIC! (probably a bad idea) that I'd use the fix utility and if not just start with a clean slate and go again.
As for the specific questions asked -
I did not run S.M.A.R.T. (and am not sure what it is)
I did not run a HW test.
Thanks,
Stephen

Permission Issues. Slow Computer. Disk Utility Not working.

Hey. So my Macbook (Mac OS X v10.6.8. Snow) is running slow. It also freezes from time to time & the internet is slower than it used to be. Ive been on other laptops in my house and they all have fast internet as usual so its not my provider. And my computer is having a hard time with apps it never used to stuggle with. Now Im sure this is somehow all my fault as I do change my icons and such but I don't really go hopping around the system files screwing with stuff too much. I have changed a few things in System/Library/CoreServices/ to satisfy my customizing needs but other than that I don't muck up stuff that much I hope. Also I recently changed my user name ( im the admin) but it doesnt match my home name anymore... idk what that is
     Everytime I open Disky Utility and click verify Permissions.. around 54 "Permissions differ on 'such and such', should be blah blah, they are blah blah" pop up. And about 5 of Users or Group differs on "such and such" Should be 0, is 501 pop up. Someone mentioned I might have issues with ACLs. I have very little knowledge about them so..... anyway. So I hit Repair Permissions and it says it repairs all fifty some. Then I either hit verify again or after a restart or a few days later and the same silly Permission issues pop up. Same. Exact. Ones. Even if these permission issues have nothing to do with what I have said is wrong Id still like to try and fix them. Anyone know what is going on or what I can do?? Please and thank you in advance
I won't paste them all because it would be very long Here are a few examples.
Repairing permissions for “Kenna”
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Headers/AWTCocoaComponen t.h", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Headers/AWTCocoaComponen t.h".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Headers/JDWP.h", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Headers/JDWP.h".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Headers/JDWPCommands.h", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Headers/JDWPCommands.h".
User differs on "Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/compass.icns", should be 0, user is 501.
Group differs on "Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/compass.icns", should be 0, group is 20.
Permissions differ on "Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/compass.icns", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are -r--r--r-- .
Repaired "Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/compass.icns".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/Italian.lproj/UIAgent.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/Italian.lproj/UIAgent.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreen.app/Contents/Resources/ko.lproj/MainMenu.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreen.app/Contents/Resources/ko.lproj/MainMenu.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/RemoteDesktop.menu/Contents/Resources/Dutch.lproj/RemoteDesktopMenu.nib" , should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/RemoteDesktop.menu/Contents/Resources/Dutch.lproj/RemoteDesktopMenu.nib" .
Now these CoreService files i did edit
User differs on "System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/Resources/MacOSXServer.ti f", should be 0, user is 501.
Group differs on "System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/Resources/MacOSXServer.ti f", should be 0, group is 20.
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/Resources/MacOSXServer.ti f".
User differs on "System/Library/CoreServices/DefaultDesktop.jpg", should be 0, user is 501.
Group differs on "System/Library/CoreServices/DefaultDesktop.jpg", should be 0, group is 20.
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/DefaultDesktop.jpg".

I am not going to Lion. Ive been told I cant customize as much with it so thats not an issue
This what you mean?
Capacity : 249.72 GB
Available : 117.65 GB (117,652,971,520 Bytes)
Used : 132.06 GB (132,062,404,608 Bytes)
Sorry lol i feel silly idk what ram is...
this?
Processor   2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory      2 Gb 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
I know how to backup .. but format and install? New at all this Sry

Airport Disk Utility does not show up as icon on menu bar

Since I upgraded to Leopard, the icon for Airport Disk Utility which used to appear in the menu bar at the top of the screen has gone away. Any ideas please? Perhaps it's a coincidence but after the install of Leopard, the Airport Disk Utility application disappeared! I reinstalled it from the Airport Express Base Station SW and it has appeared in Applications again. I can start it up, select 'Show Airport Disks in the Menu Bar' but they don't appear ...
Any ideas please?

I believe the disk Utility is now incorporated under FINDER/ SHARED / Airport network name. There should be an ejection/mount arrow beside the disk name. In my case I have two USB disks attached 1: "My Book" [NSTF format, 2: G-DRIVE [MAC format]. The "My Book" always mounted automatically but the"G-DRIVE" would not.
The work around was to
1. Connect the G-DRIVE with a wire directly to your computer [I used the firewire]. It will mount and give you an icon under FINDER/DEVICES. The hard drive was actively working on something for about 2 minutes (you could hear it).
2. After the G-DRIVE hard drive stopped making noise. I Ejected it with the arrow beside the Disk name in the DEVICES Section.
3. Then I plugged the G-DRIVE back into the Hub connected to the single Airport Extreme USB connection.
4. Now both Hard Drives showed up under SHARED /Network name With the Eject arrow beside them.
5. I verified there use by transferring a file and using Backup 3.1.2 (ver374) to backup my documents to the G-DRIVE hard drive.
Note: I had to go this once when I installed Leopard 10.5 and had to do it again when IK upgraded to 10.5.1
Hope this helps

HD not showing in Airport Disk Utility

Everything is working great except the connected Seagate HD. It is not showing up in the Airport Disk Utility. It HD is showing up on the network and can be accessed. The only thing that show in the list is the AEBS. I cannot save MS Excel or Word when try to "save as" to the disk. I can copy and paste to the disk without any problem. I have not tried to move anything else to this disk until I can figure out this issue. I have installed all the updates from the CD and have all my Mac running the most current updates also. I also reformatted the HD from Extended Journaled to Extend to see that was the problem but that did not help. Anyone if an idea?

Make sure that the USB cable is really making contact with the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS). Some have reported that some cables don't fit well into the AEBS's USB port.
You may want to try another USB cable.

Airport disk utility not working

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for