Airport Disk Agent Process

Does anyone know how to remove the Airport Disk Agent process from starting with the computer.
It is in my process list, I don't have a Apple Airport Router.
I did run the enabler and I am guessing that's how it got installed.
Any clue? It's not in my login items, not in library/Startupitems either...

Well, the 'AirPort Disk Agent.app' is located at /System/Library/CoreServices but I don't know what actually lanches it, but you would think it would be under
/System somewhere. Maybe you can get a clue by listing files that have changed recently, with e.g. 'find /System -mtime 1' .

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Hello,
just noticed that in the startup items of my macbook account I have an item labeled "airport base station agent".
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Thanks.
Paolo

I ended up manually removing the AirPortBaseStationAgent.plist file itself from /System/Library/LaunchAgents/ and the AirPort Base Station Agent Process has stopped running in Activity Monitor ever since. I don't know how good of an idea this was to do but it solved the problem. My AirPortBaseStationAgent.plist file had this info in it:
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<key>EnableTransactions</key>
<true/>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<dict>
<key>PathState</key>
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<key>Label</key>
<string>com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
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It is an older plist file dated Dec. of 2008 which got transferred to the my iMac via the Migration Assistant in Jan. of 2009. This file somehow didn't ever seem to update no matter how I configured the AirPort Utility. The file "com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent.launchd" that it makes reference to in /Library/Preferences/ doesn't exist on my iMac.
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The iChat Agent process has unexpectedly quit, disconnecting you from all..

My iChat has been doing this all the time! I can't stay connected for more than an hour without iChat quitting on me and giving me this message:
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com.apple.iChat.Jabber.plist
com.apple.iChat.SubNet.plist
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My iChat works 100%, I have no issues connecting, video conferencing, screen sharing and etc. But every hour or so the connection drops and gives me that **** message!!! *"Disconnected from iChat Agent. The iChat Agent process has unexpectedly quit, disconnecting you from all services. Logging in again will restart it."* So have to keep reconnecting all the time! Sometimes I'm in a middle of a conference and the freackn' thing just drops!!!! (Even tho sometimes I do get that error but my video connection still works offline.... not sure how....)
I have been in several forums and no one was able to fix this issue! Can some official Apple guy help with this!!! I mean, ****!! What an annoying bug!! I really on iChat to communicate with co-workers and etc as I work remotely. If Adium had video support I wouldn't even wast my time to get this thing working, but iChat is still my best option(when the **** thing works)
Please any help is greatly appreciated.
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I had the same problem a month or two ago. I spent a few hours on the phone with an Apple tech and after the fourth time calling back was transferred to a Product Specialist (the highest level of Apple technicians). The specialist recommended creating a test account on my Mac and trying to launch iChat to see if the problem was system-wide or a user based issue. When that didn't work I was out of options. What it unfortunately came down to was having to do an Archive and Install (which didn't work) and after hours of backing up did an Erase and Install. After all the smoke cleared and my computer was back to normal, iChat was back and fully functional as before.
IF YOU ARE USING TIME MACHINE:
*DO NOT* copy all of your files back onto your Mac. Only copy your documents and music, preferences and nothing else. Chances are you backed up the problem without even knowing it and you would just end up back where you started.
I did notice that my .Mac account still works in iChat but AIM does not (which just happens to be what I use to communicate with the rest of the world).
Good Luck!

Airport Disk Logon Problems with SyncbackSE

Hei - looking for a little assistance with this...
Essentially I am having trouble working out what username/password I should use to access my airport disk, and what settings need to be selected on Airport Utilities.
I have an Airport Extreme setup with a Maxtor One touch USB drive.
I have two PCs running XP/Vista - boh can access the disk through the Airport Base Station Agent. My problem is that I am attempting to use this drive for synchronised back up using SyncbackSE. Syncback is syncing "My Documents\Music" with "\\10.0.1.1\MaxtorOneTouch\Music". This gives an 'invalid password' error...
Syncback offers the option to enter a username/password for network drives, but i am unsure what this should be. Under Airport Utils -> Disks -> File Sharing I have ticked Enable File Sharing, Secued shared disks with device password and chosen read/wite acess for guest access. Should this be enough to access my drive with username: \\10.0.1.1\guest, password: <default ax password>?
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Am I going about this the wrong way entirely?
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Neil

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Share an AirPort Disk over WAN

Hi guys,
While browsing a blog I noticed that some people are confused with the process on setting up an AirPort disk for use over the internet using Wide Area Bonjour or Wide Are Network. I ended up throwing together a little PDF that will guide you through this process. I have included screenshots and kept the descriptions short and simple. I thought it might be a good idea to head here and share it with the Apple Discussions users as well. If anyone wants to add on to the guide feel free. You can download the file here http://www.mediafire.com/?8xoi19josgn
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Hi!
I followed your directions but I keep getting these errors in my log file:
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Sometimes this is resolved by rebooting the machine, other times by rebooting the AEBS.
I suspect I'm not the only one, but I wonder if Apple is aware of yet another flaw in the new AEBS.

I'm not aware that you can configure them to spin down. However this might be a good point.
Not that you can't configure them, but that I am not aware. I need around 5 Tb of storage for my home movies and back ups. This has not changed for some considerable time. Although my collection continues to grow, keeping mpeg4's instead of mpeg2's has saved me space. Not wanting to stray too far from the point, the point I am trying to make is I haven't bought any external storage for 2 or 3 years due to reliability, which may comfort you preceeding a LaCie purchase.
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Accessing Airport Disk from Windows XP

I have a new Airport Extreme with an attached USB disk. I am able to access the disk from my MAC, but when trying to access it from my windows computer I get Unknown user, incorrect password or login is disabled (error 1203). I have tried configuring the disk access with base station password, disk password and user accounts. Have also tried guest login.
I have 2 XP machines. On one I see the airport disk, on the other I don't. On neither can I access the files. The one that totally does not work has no firewall installed. T
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Airport disk won't let Windows 7 copy files

Dear readers,
I've got an Airport Extreme, with a PC (win7x64), Mac mini and USB disk (Lacie Porsche design 500Gb) connected (wired Gbit).
To get acces to the disk I already changed the Windows settings below. Now when I copy several files or 1 big file to the Airport-disk, Windows pops a message that the connection is lost (although I still see the disk in Explorer). I can chosse "skip" to skip the first file, after which the rest is copied perfectly.
The Synchronize tool "SyncToy" has no problem copiing any file to the disk.
So it seems Explorer has a problem initiating a connection needed for copiing in a first attempt, right? Perhaps SyncToy is more patient and waiting for a good connection?
Does anybody have a idea how to solve this?
Thank you
security setting change, needed to make the disk visible:
Go to Start Menu
Search for: security
Click on Local Security Policy
Goto Local Policies> Security Options
Double Click on Network security: LAN Manager Authentication
Change level to: Send LM # LTLM Responses
Then, scroll down to Network security: Minimum session security for NTLM SSP
De-select Require 128-bit encryption
Hit OK
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Found a ...minor work around, though it's not really a solution.
Using the FastCopy app, I had no problem on copying/moving etc. Actually I managed to move more than 70GB without a single issue.
Now, as the Free Copy site (http://www.ipmsg.org/tools/fastcopy.html.en) (points out:
- Because Reading/Writing are processed with no OS cache at all, other applications aren't easy to become heavy.
- It runs lightly, because MFC is not used. (made by Win32 API and C Runtime only)
Maybe those two facts reveal the culprit for the annoyance.
Hopefully a better solution will come up soon.

Cannot Access Airport Disk on Time Capsule(Error Message 67)

Hi I'm having a few issues connecting to the Airport disk on my Time Capsule.
Every time I start my computer The Airport Base Station Agent says:"The Airport Disk "Nasim's Time Capsule" became available. What do you want to do? And I click "Connect with Password" I enter the correct password and I receive a message that says: "Unknown user,incorrect password, or login is disabled. Please retype the login information or contact the disk's administrator (67)."
Is this possible to fix?(I have reset it about 4 times, each time after I have set it up I try to connect ends up wit the same message)

Welcome to the discussions!
There are 2 passwords for the Time Capsule
One is a device password, which allows access to the TC. The other password is for your wireless network.
Might you be confusing these two? If you have not setup a device password, I believe that the default is "public".
Post back if you need more info.

Sharing itunes on airport disk... walkthrough???

Can someone help me set up this network?
I am not sure I have enough technical know how to actually do this, so I guess I need bozo instructions.
I have an airport extreme set up with a hard drive. I pointed my own itunes to the library on the disk attached to it.
I have two (eventually a third) more computers with libraries to add to the network (we are a 4 laptop family!) so all of us can share the library.
I am nervous about doing this - and I would like someone to help me with some step-by-step instructions. We have three macbooks and one powerbook - and an airport extreme block with the hard drive attached (which is the airport main), a 'dome' airport extreme (as a relay) and an unattached airport express (which used to attach to speakers.. but have yet to reconnect since getting the block APEx)
help/instructions would be appreciated!
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If you want to backup the content, you can copy the Music/iTunes folder to a backup location. (Actually, if you use the technique above, you can keep the copy in Music/iTunes as the backup; the new content will be on your Airport disk.)
If you want to backup the playlists and such, use the File->Export menu selection in iTunes.
Forgot to mention, that whenever you add new music to the Airport disk, all of the computers will have to do the File->Add to Library bit in iTunes. It's kind of a pain, and I'm sure there's an applescript just waiting to automate the process, but I haven't been motivated enough to write it. (The good news is that iTunes remembers the previous location each time you add to iTunes, so it's just three mouse clicks.)
BTW, there is another approach you might consider. If you have one computer that's up and running all the time, you could make it a sort of master iTunes and then just share it's library.
And in case it helps anyone out, I can describe how our household is set up. I'm the main iTunes user (and purchaser), so my iBook is the primary computer which we use to purchase and store main copies of all the content. We also have a family iMac that everyone uses; it's got an external disk that's used for iTunes (one partition) and Time Machine (another partition). ChronoSync is set up to automatically sync my iBook's iTunes library to the iMac every night at 3:00am. That still means that all the family members have to File->Add to Library on the iMac every now and then to keep their iTunes library up-to-date with the latest content. My wife keeps her iMac account open all the time (via Fast User Switching) with iTunes running and her library shared. If she wants to access the content from her iBook, she just uses the shared library feature in iTunes to access the iMac.

Airport disk utility can't read time capsule after a relocation

airport disk utility can't read time capsule after a relocation. Wether I connect ethernet or wifi, airport doesn't read it. Even after reset.

Do a full factory reset.. and you will need to reconfigure it.. that is the usual process when you move networks.
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Airport Disk not showing after update

Hello,
I have an Airport Extreme with a USB HD attached and the system was working perfectly. I added an Airport Express to the network (I wanted airtunes on the HIFI) set it up with the same password and name as the Airport Extreme to extend the wifi, both are on an ethernet network via a gigabyte switch and internet modem/router. During the process Airport Utilities was updated from 5.3.1 to 5.3.2 via Software update. The extreme was moved also to a new spot in the house.
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Can someone help me out, please.
marc.

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I did notice though that the drive is formatted with a GUID Partition Table, would that be the problem since I'm still on a G4, not an Intel?????

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