Airport Utility Missing, Hard Drive Missing

I can longer find my hard drive on the new Airport Extreme AC. It worked when I first installed the
Airport Extreme AC, but now it is missing. I tried to use Airport Utility to fix it, but that program
is also missing.
I can't download 6.3.1 Airport Extreme because it won't work with Yosemite, and there is no
way for me to download another copy of Airport Extreme 6.3.2. I'm caught in a catch-22...
Any ideas?

Do you have another device in the network .. another computer.. any iOS devices.. you can use airport utility on any of those.
If yosemite has failed.. boot to recovery on the computer and reinstall your previous OS. You will find it works heck of a lot better than Yosemite for now.

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Hard drive is missing. I can boot from the cd but when running the disk utility, no hard drive shows up.

Hard drive is missing. I can boot from the cd but when running the disk utility, no hard drive shows up.
This is a problem that suddenly appeared.

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Where's my missing hard drive space?

I posted earlier about this, it may be a bit off topic but if anyone can offer a clue, I would appreciate it.
I got my win 7 upgrade and was waiting until vista started giving me headaches or the win7 service pack1 came out to upgrade...vista got me to upgrade today and I have to admit it was much less painful than i anticipated.
My question is about the missing hard drive space on my Idea center K230 on the box and on the side of the comp it claims a 640 HD (it claims in small print that up to 18gb may be used for the service partition) I questioned this when i first got it and even after deleting all the preloaded crap it was still saying 540 available out of 580GB....then I read that Lenovo has a huge partition for backup. So when I do my upgrade to win 7- 64 bit, I do a clean install and delete the smaller partition and reformat and expand the larger but before installing the new OS it says I have 596 available, so where the hell is the other 44GB of hard drive...did Lenovo rip us off and put 600GB hard drives in the K230's or is there a hidden partition still left that I cant find?
I am running everything off of my 596GB C: drive, I have my virus stuff and video card extras loaded, everything from the upgrade and 21 available patches and new drivers for most of my stuff....right now I am at at 575gb available and if i can ever find a printer driver that works I will create a backup point or disc from there, whatever win 7 allows. I never wanted the Lenovo one button back up and thought it was stupid to put a big glowing button on the keyboard that wipes your system back to when it came out of the box...I had nightmares of someone getting curious and going "what does this button do?"
.I notice I have a program files folder and a program files (x86) folder with a bunch of redundant files. what's the deal with this is Lenovo still hiding a backup program (maybe in that hidden partition?) that fills my hard drive twice as fast or is there a purpose for the file copies?
Any info on the above questions would be appreciated, and for those of you just looking for upgrade info I have good news, when you finally get your win7 upgrade disc it is the easiest windows installation ever, almost copmpletely automated, and very fast. So far the only sticking point is finding a printer driver, but I have 3 printers i can try, maybe one is supported.

Hi wise2u!
You can read all the details about how storage manufacturers use multiples of 1000 to measure disk space, and Windows reports it in multiples of 1024, and there is some overhead for Windows, or you can just use this rule of thumb from wikipedia:
A general rule of thumb to quickly convert the manufacturer's hard disk capacity to the standard Microsoft Windows formatted capacity is 0.93*capacity of HDD from manufacturer for HDDs less than a terabyte and 0.91*capacity of HDD from manufacturer for HDDs equal to or greater than 1 terabyte.
0.93 * 640GB = 595GB, which is about what you're seeing.
I don't work for Lenovo. I'm a crazy volunteer!

I wanted to know whether i can diffuse music to the bluetooth only speakers from a airport extreme-connected hard drive through my mac?

I'm interested in the new soundlink mini Bose wireless speakers that function only via bluetooth. I wanted to diffuse music to them from an airport extreme connected hard drive through my macbook air. I don't want to stoc music on my mac given the limited flash drive and don't want to go though wires again. Is that possible? Also I can't go with airport express since those speakers don't have the airplay function.
Thanks a lot for your help or ideas

Hello jeri004,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at:
iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Media folder
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1449
Best of luck,
Mario

Airport Extreme usb hard drive connection loss after closing finder window

I just did a software update on my MacBook Pro and now I am experiencing a weird Airport Extreme usb hard drive issue. I can see the name of my airport extreme in the Shared section of my finder window. However when I click on it, the finder indicates the it's connecting, but it stops immediately and displays the 'Not Connected' message. When I click on the 'Connect As' button, I am prompted to enter my password and if I click 'Connect', it just spins out endlessly. However, when I re-enter the password and press Connect, my usb drive mounts. I can view, access and use the drive's contents, but if I close the finder window, the connection drops and I have to re-connect. What else is weird, is that once I see my drives, the finder indicates that I am connected as another user(not a user native to this computer). This issue did not exist before my software update.
My software log update indicates that the following items have been installed:
Canon Printer Software Update 2.3 and Security Update 2010-003.
I suspect it has something to do with the Security Update. Is there a way I can revert to the previous security version? Or is there any other solution that could help me avoid re-connecting to my airport extreme usb hard drives?
I will really appreciate any feedback.

Free Solution:
Sure there's a »fix« with Apple software. You'll need to install the Developer Tools (Xcode) from the Snow Leopard Install DVD, though.
After you've done that, you can use "SetFile" to clear the Alias bit from the misbehaving Volume:
/usr/bin/SetFile -a a /Volumes/<YourExternalDriveName>
Please keep in mind that using this command might be dangerous, so don't try this solution unless you feel confident on the command line. (See http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/m an1/SetFile.1.html or invoke /usr/bin/SetFile without arguments for more info on the SetFile command.)
...a similar discussion and answer can be found at: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2131824&start=45&tstart=0

Missing hard drive space after failed migration assistant transfer

When I first got my 13" macbook pro (about a month ago), I attempted to use Migration Assistant to move my files from my old 15" MBP. After starting the transfer, my old MBP locked up (or so I thought) & I had to quit the process. When I looked to see if anything transfered to the 13", I couldn't find anything, but there was hard drive space, maybe about 15 GB, missing. I looked everywhere I knew to look, in all folders all over my computer but came up emptyhanded. Although I've been using macs for years, I have little knowledge of all the inner workings/hidden files, etc. so I've reached the end of my abilities. I've searched all over & have been unable to find an answer. I had originally decided to just let it go & deal with a few missing gigabytes, but I just have to know what's going on. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Problem solved! Ran Disk Utility not in recover mode again, and it identified that the logical size wasn't right. Repair Disk while logged in - and at the upper level "Macintosh HD" on the left sidebar - fixed the issue, and I'm going to not attempt to run Boot Camp again for a while just in case :-p

Second hard drive missing thread error

Hello, I've got a macbook pro with 10.8.5 running. I have had a second 1Gb hard drive installed in the optical bay and it's been running for a long time with no issue. I booted up today and noticed the drive would not show up in finder. I ran disk utilities and it said there was a sibling link error and it suggested I repair the disk using disk utility. I ran disk repair and a new error popped up during catalog file check: there are 5 missing thread record (id = xxxx) errors and two "Incorrect number of thread record errors". Then it says the volume could not be verified completely and ultimately ends with Error: Disk Utility can't repair this disk...disk, and restore your backed-up files. I noticed the volume name changed to disk1s2 and I can't mount it. Now I'm stuck. I looked at recommendations for more elaborate disk repair programs that can be purchased but I see so many negative recommendations on all of them I'm not compelled to purchase. I definitely need to recover the data on the drive so I am pretty disappointed at what disk utility seemed to do to the drive (it appears to me to be worse since the volume name is changed (before I ran disk utilities when I had the sibling error I saw that the volume name was correct) and I can't do anything with it.) I'm stuck and could use some good advice. This is not a boot drive just a data drive.
Also if anyone could say what this sibling error was and what the thread errors actually are that would be a bonus (I'm an old timer hardware engineer and just want to know )

Normally, those errors are WRT the disk's directory. You need something stronger, such as DiskWarrior, TechTools Pro, or Drive Genius. All of are reliable and should do the job. Disk Utility has many shortcomings and repairing disk directory errors is one of its biggest.
iMac refurb (27-inch Mid 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), SL & ML, G4 450 MP w/Leopard, 9.2.2

Finding Missing Hard Drive Space

When I run System Profiler I see that I have a 74.5GB drive with only 8.4GB available, which should mean that 66GB is used. However, when I run JDiskReport or run SuperDuper (to do a backup to an external drive) they show files with a total of 26GB, not 66GB .
I also see another difference: when I run Apple Disk Utility it shows 990,000 files. When I run JDiskReport or SuperDuper I have 300,000 files.
I'm concerned about running out of HD space. Can the missing 48GB be found/used? (I still use Classic for some applications. Could the resolution be here?)
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Thanks AndyO.
I ran YASU and gained only a GB of space.
When I run WhatSize I get the following:
--at the bottom: "Macintosh HD Capacity 74.4GB, Used 65.8GB, Available 8.6GB"
--at the top: "/-on disk 26.6 GB, 322,882 files and 792,262 folders." (I believe "/" is the original designation of the hard drive.)
--in the middle it shows the folders in the Macintosh HD. These seem to total the 26.6GB.
Net, it still look like a descrepancy to me.
When I look at the highest level in the Finder, I see BranchWatkinsComputer and under it Macintosh HD and Network. Under Network I see a full set of folders. Could this be the problem. Can it be deleted?
Any other suggestions?

How can I restore a missing hard drive?

The trouble started while performing an update from Leopard to Snow Leopard. The installation failed so I tried to restore from my external hard drive backup via Time Machine. But at the end of the restore the iMac apparently crashed, I had to reboot and the hard drive disappeared. From what I've read so far, the steps to fix the mess are as folIow: eject the Snow Leopard disk, use the original Leopard disks to reinstall OSX and then restore my hard drive from the external drive. Will this work or am I missing something?
Thanks in advance for any help!

Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder. Does the hard drive appear in the sidebar as in this image?
If not then the drive has died and will need to be replaced.

Missing hard drive space after aborted attempt at sharing iMovie project with YouTube

So, recently I tried sharing an iMovie project with YouTube. I clicked on the project in my project library, then selected share with YouTube from the drop down menu. I chose to share it as a HD 720 project. At this point, I had 27 GB of free hard drive space. After the project was converted (or whatever it's called, a process which took about half an hour, and which left me with about 6.5 GB of hard drive space), but before the project was actually exported or shared with or uploaded or published to YouTube (the second step), I saw that it was going to take three hours to upload, so I decided I wanted to share it as a non-HD video, in order to save time and space on my HD. I cancelled the upload. I then deleted the project in my imovie projects folder (since it now had the HD logo beside the name), intending to just start over and share the project in 960x540. Thing is, after deleting every trace of it I could find in iMovie, in my Documents Folder, in my Movies folder, and in iTunes, I only reclaimed 4 GB of space on my hard drive (leaving me with 10 GB). So what happened to the missing 17 GBs, and how can I get them back? Also, the amount of space used in order to share that project just seems excessive to me, so I realize that something else might be going on here. Thoughts? Suggestions? Comments?
Thanks.

You're in the wrong forum.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/ilife/imovie

Missing hard drive space: 600GB?

I have a mid 2011 21.5" 2.7 GHZ I5 IMac with a 1 TB HDD. It is reporting that the startup disk is full (<8gb left).
I have surveyed the hard drive and found the "\users" folder is using 972GB.
The sole "user" folder (me) is using 972 GB
An exploration and sum of "folder size" of each of the underlying folders (there are 8: Audio books, Desktop, Documents, Download, Movies, Music, Picture and Public) collectively sums to 316,6GB.
The system tool in "about the iMac" (storage tab) shows "other" allocated a 893,97GB.
Where is the missing 640GB plus of space? Please can anyone advise me how to identify where space has been allocated and how to rectify the problem?
I have done the following:
All updates are installed
Verified the partition - no faults
Timemachine - never been activated
re-indexed spotlight as suggested in a support article.
deleted a dormant user (6GB) and deleted their data
I have emptied the trash.
What else can i do?

Guys,
The culprit is Disk Drill... It basically kept down deep all files (hudreds of Gb) I deleted over the past year from my 750 Gb Harddrive...
Even after deleting Disk Drill it leaves a hidden partition called .cleverfiles. After using the application FreeDiskSpace I discovered that my 750 Gb harddrive was storing including the deleted files deep down a total of 1,5 Tb and that the famous partition .cleverfiles had a folder containing over 1,29 Tb of deleted files... the name of that hidden folder is hlink.ref
Well at least I discovered where was the 450 Gb Space Gorilla on my HD, which in fact happens to be a 1.29 Tb monster of files...
I haven't deleted it yet, as it is a goldmine of files I deleted and lost ages ago... at least I will be able to recover some of the files I've been crying for... Also I want to be sure how to delete it a and make it disappear for ever...
Well no need to spend 12 bucks when you can download FreeDiskSpace for free from the AppStore...
Hope this will help you solve the problem...

Missing hard drive space and files after Genius Bar installed new Hardware

I took my computer to genius bar. They installed a new CD/DVD drive. My computer wouldn't load when I got it home, so I reinstalled OSX and now I am missing tons of hard drive space and all my old files (which have been backed up). How do I fix this?

"DURING WARRANTY SERVICE IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE CONTENTS OF THE APPLE
PRODUCT’S STORAGE MEDIA WILL BE LOST, REPLACED OR REFORMATTED. IN
SUCH AN EVENT APPLE AND ITS AGENTS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS
OF SOFTWARE PROGRAMS, DATA OR OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE
STORAGE MEDIA OR ANY OTHER PART OF THE APPLE PRODUCT SERVICED.
Following warranty service your Apple Product or a replacement product will be returned to you
as your Apple Product was configured when originally purchased, subject to applicable updates.
You will be responsible for reinstalling all other software programs, data and information.
Recovery and reinstallation of other software programs, data and information are not covered
under this warranty."
http://images.apple.com/legal/warranty/docs/cpuwarranty.pdf

Missing Hard Drive Space (15 GB unaccounted for)

I've had my Mini for about six months now. Love it. Everything is working perfectly except for one oddity that I'm hoping someobody can help me understand and/or correct:
I seem to be missing about 15 GB of hard drive space for no reason - at least that I can understand.
Here's what I get from the info screen on my drive:
Capacity: 74 GB
Available: 5.9 GB
Used: 68.31
All I can account for is 52.22 GB
Music: 41.11 GB
Movies: 4.33 GB
Pictures: 3.6 GB
Library: 547 MB
System: 1.81 GB
Documents 832.7 MB
Any idea why I seem to be missing 15 GB?
Thanks in advance.

I run Mac Janitor about once a week and still have
this problem. I'm assuming that is similar to the
program you mentioned.
To address that specific point: No. Mac Janitor performs one specific set of routine tasks (not all that critical - and not needed as frequently as once per week) while YASU performs a range of system-related maintenance tasks, which include those Mac Janitor handles, but go well beyond what it is capable of doing.
Yours is just such a situation where YASUs functions could prove useful in themselves, and would in any event help in narrowing down the cause of the loss of space, since it will either release the used drive space, or in failing to do so, confirm that it is being used by files. In the former case the problem is resolved, and in the latter it would then lead to use of software such as 'WhatSize' (downloadable from www.versiontracker.com) to examine the entire contents of the drive and establish exactly which files and directories are taking up what amount of storage space. Most mysterious losses of space such as yours can be readily resolved once you know where the space has gone!

Time Capsule as a hard drive missing data

I've had a time capsule for a few years now, and have been using it both through Time Machine to back up my computer, and as an external hard drive to store photos and videos. The hard drive on my computer had been reaching capacity, so I sought to move my pictures onto the time capsule (as you would on a hard drive) and then proceed to delete the files from the hard drive on my laptop. I was doing this again last night and went to double check some photos I had stored a few months ago, only to find that I can no longer access them! The strange thing is, the file names of my lost photos are still visible, but I am unable to access them.
Can anyone help solve this? I don't want to continue to move photos onto my time capsule if it will continue to be unreliable for storing data. I may just resort to purchasing a separate hard drive for my file storage, and simply using my time capsule for time machine.
I am using a 2008 macbook and running snow leopard (OSX 10.6.8). I purchased my 1TB time capsule in 2010.

Can anyone help solve this? I don't want to continue to move photos onto my time capsule if it will continue to be unreliable for storing data. I may just resort to purchasing a separate hard drive for my file storage, and simply using my time capsule for time machine.
Conceptually I think there’s a tendency to view the Time Capsule as a kind of fail-safe storehouse for computer data, almost as if it were a traditional time capsule preserving physical objects for future generations, decades or even centuries later. In reality Apple’s Time Capsule relies on a hard disk drive that is pretty much the same as, and likely no better at preserving data than, the disk in your MacBook. Thus if you copy files to the TC and delete them from your MacBook, you're simply moving stuff around. You still only have a single copy of the files, and they’re still stored on a prone-to-failure hard disk drive. And in the process the basic backup function of the Time Capsule has been utterly defeated.
That has never stopped me from doing exactly what you’re doing, but I tend not to store anything on the TC except useless crap that I won’t miss too much when the TC disk fails, corruption or a read/write error occurs when connected to the TC, or the whole thing just burns up due to overheating. I gather you value your images and videos more highly than this, and consequently I think your idea about purchasing an external hard drive is probably sensible. If connected directly to your MacBook, it should provide more reliability and speed, and you can then also use Time Machine to back it up to your TC as well.
Unfortunately, I think the inaccessible zero KB files shown in your “2009” folder are gone, if they were ever really there. I wonder if when you copied them to the TC back on April 2 there was some kind of connection failure or write error that you didn’t notice, which aborted the process, leaving only these empty ghost entries behind in the disk’s index. In any event, it looks like there’s nothing there now.
You also seem to be running very low on disk space and might want to think about a new 2 or 3TB TC.

Motherboard crashed, hard drive missing LR and 100 gigs of photo files

able to save drive, put in ext ensclosure and hooked it up tp laptop. am able to open My Pictures folder, only 10 gigs worth of pics visible.
should be 126 gigs. most programs still on drive and accessible: i tunes, all canon photo software, etc. the LR catalog is nowhere to be found.
when this drive was in the desktop there was 25 gigs free space left. viewing the drive hooked up to laptop it also shows 25 gigs free.
wondering if this info is false. if not, where are my missing files and LR ???
i do have my stuff backed up but not sure if all of it backed up, specifically some photo files.
have tried booting from the drive instead of from laptop drive, windows would not allow. desktop was xps, laptop is vista. during that boot i actually saw the xps logo come up a couple of times but then it went to vista.
any help would be appreciated.
a tech friend suggested hooking drive up to his linux os which i am going to do this weekend.

Sounds like you have two problems. 1) Unable to load LR onto the second system (laptop) and 2) the hard drive with original system files has a corrupted file system due to motherboard failure and system crash.
Problem 1: LR license activation allows loading onto two (2) systems. Did you load LR on two systems prior to the crash, which is now preventing you from activating the copy on your laptop? You may need to call Adobe Tech Support to "free-up" the license on your crashed system.
Problem 2: You will need to some data recovery work, due to a corrupted file system on the original HDD. There are numerous data recovery software applications available as freeware or for purchase:
http://reviews.cnet.com/data-recovery-software/
I only have experience with Acronis True Image Home 2010, and definitely would NOT recommend their products due to bugs and poor tech support. Perhaps someone else on the LR forums can suggest a specific data recovery application?

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