Can i use air port express to back up my mac with time machine

I was wondering if i can use airport express to work with time machine to back up my mac

What is it, because this is the setup I have and it works great for manual back ups.

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    I've just used an external drive to back up my Mac with Time Machine. I have Lion, but didn't click and check the "Encrypt Backup Disc". What should I do? Can I delete the external drive and start again, or can I encrypt later?

    I guess if stolen or lost it would protect my "stuff", and if I'm travelling would protect my privacy.
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    Encryption locks your data with a password. If you forget that password, the data is lost beyond any chance of recovery. Neither Apple nor anyone else will be able to help you recover that data if you don't know the password.
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    If you're only concerned about casual snooping by someone with no special skill, a weak, easily-remembered password is appropriate.
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    Using WDS protocols you can now add additional Apple Airport expresses as needs be to extend the Wifi signal area.
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    PRAM
    support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
    SMC
    support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
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    Firstly, apologies if these questions have been answered elsewhere. I have searched but feel I need a post in its own right.
    I've bought a new 1TB Western Digital 'My Passport' hard drive. I've plugged it in and it is busy creating a time machine back up right now. It is going to use about 60GB once done.
    Will I be able to use the remaining 940GB when it's finished backing up?
    Will my HD behave just like a regular USB storage device after this?
    Will it work with my windows PC as well?
    I have an older, smaller HD drive with backups of all my pictures/docs/music on. Can I easily transfer those onto my new hard drive?
    Many thanks in advance for any answers that may be forthcoming.

    dughall wrote:
    Will I be able to use the remaining 940GB when it's finished backing up?
    Yes. However, this is not recommended. Time Machine makes duplicates of your entire system. Each identical file is only on disk once, but there can be many, many file and directory pointers. If you ever want to blow away your Time Machine drive and start a fresh one, it will take forever and then some to delete all those files. It is far easier to just erase the partition. If you have other files on there, you have to remember to move them elsewhere before erasing the partition.
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    Will my HD behave just like a regular USB storage device after this?
    Yep
    Will it work with my windows PC as well?
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    I have an older, smaller HD drive with backups of all my pictures/docs/music on. Can I easily transfer those onto my new hard drive?
    Time Machine backups? In theory you probably could, but it wouldn't be worth the effort. Just copy those to your other partition.

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    I am using an external WD hard drive for backing up my laptop. I have to do it manually, so I can't set Time Machine to just do it for me. How do I know when it is done backing up? How long should this take?

    Triple-click anywhere in the line below to select it:
    tmutil compare -E
    Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C).
    Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
    ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
    ☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
    ☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
    Paste into the Terminal window (command-V).
    The command will take at least a few minutes to run. Eventually some lines of output will appear below what you entered.
    Each line that begins with a plus sign (“+”) represents a file that has been added to the source volume since the last snapshot was taken. These files have not been backed up yet.
    Each line that begins with an exclamation point (“!”) represents a file that has changed on the source volume. These files have been backed up, but not in their present state.
    Each line that begins with a minus sign (“-“) represents a file that has been removed from the source volume.
    At the end of the output, you’ll get some lines like the following:
    Added:
    Removed:
    Changed:
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