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Is there a maximum size at the external harddrive when I connect it to airport extreme?

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There isn't a storage limit. However, note that the USB port of the AirPort Extreme isn't designed for external disks, so it may or may not work

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    I'm trying to connect my non-mac external harddrive to my airport base extreme. However, within airport utility I have no option of connecting disks. I have contacted apple and they say this may be my best option for finding a way around that...any ideas?

    jrandallswanson, Welcome to the discussion area!
    Do you have a square 802.11b/g/n AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) or a round AEBS?
    "Identifying AirPort hardware"
    How is the drive formatted? Drives must be formatted HFS+ (Mac OS Extended) or FAT. If it is formatted NTFS it won't work.

  • Mac book pro won't connect to external harddrive

    After upgrade de firmware of the AEBS from 7,0 to 7,1 I can not see the to EABS connected external harddrive on my macbook pro anymore. However on my windows pc I can see the drive clearly now with all the files in any directory, while before the upgrade I couldn't see a lot of files on the external harddrive bij Mac or PC. Is there anybody who can help me out with this?
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    Macbook pro 17" - Airport extreme - Ipod 60Gb - Iomega 320-GB MiniMax   Mac OS X (10.4.9)   Windows XP/Vista
    Macbook pro 17" - Airport extreme - Ipod 60Gb - Iomega 320-GB MiniMax   Mac OS X (10.4.9)   Windows XP/Vista

    I had the exact same problem, here is what helped me, hopefully it will help you also...
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    My macs could not locate the airport disk, but my pc's still could.
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    secure shared disks (with base station password)
    Guest access (not allowed)
    Share disks over ethernet wan port (checked)..
    Advertise disks globally using bonjour (not checked)
    My drives are back up with all of their contents, working now, we will see how they do tomorrow.
    Thanks for all the help on this post, special Thanks to trevinwagner, hope this helps someone else.... its very late, Goodnight all
    Here was the original post
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=875688&tstart=75

  • Use one external harddrive on both pc and mac at the same time

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    Hi Jerry_L and welocme to Discussions,
    using such USB or Firewire connected external harddrives with two computers at the same time is usually not recommended by the manufacturer.
    Doing so might lead to data-loss and the like.
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  • Can I access my external harddrive if I connect it to my Airport via USB?

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    Sorry but the USB port on the AirPort Express (AX) does not support USB hard drives.

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    Hello,
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    There are many adaptors, try here

  • Is it possible to connect and external Harddrive via ethernet?

    I have an external Harddrive and the USB port on it has stopped working. It has an Ethernet which I have tried plugging into then onto my mac. It says it is conected but I can't access the Harddrive. Is it possible to do this?

    I don't think that is possible the hard drive is designed to be part of a network.  You should try plugging it into a router. 

  • Keyboard, trackpad & external harddrive suddenly stopped responding but external mouse will work?

    I have a 2007 MacBook, but the harddrive was replace begining on 2011. Ealier today mid-email my keyboard suddenly froze and my cursor dissappeared. The power button still worked so I was able to turn off my computer. When I restarted I had about 3 hours of normal functioning before the same thing happened again. The entire keyboard becomes unresponsive (including the caps lock light that does not light up) and the mouse is no longer visible. I tried connecting an external mouse and this seems to work fine, but I still can't type anything in.
    I connected my external harddrive to copy over all my files (incase this was the begining of the end). About two minutes in the light started blinking on the harddrive and i was given the message from the computer saying the harddrive was unplugged... which it was not!
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    Does anyone have any idea what is going on?
    Thank you! I really appreciate your time and any advice you may have.

    Make sure it's not something as simple as the battery bulging up and exerting upward pressure on the trackpad, keyboard, and USB / FW ports.
    That's what happened to my Macbook and it showed similar symptoms.
    I simply took out the battery and let the MacBook rest for a 48 hours.  Then I ran it strictly on the power supply and it ran fine.
    At that point I bought a replacement generic battery through Amazon for about $40 including shipping and taxes.  I figured why waste money on the Apple original part if it was that very Apple original battery that went bad and bulged up like a toad? 
    MacBook has been running just fine for months now, maybe a year.

  • External harddrive in network not recognized by windows XP

    Hi,
    I have an external harddrive (Iomega), FAT partioned, that windows, via bootcamp, will recognize. When I connect the ext. harddrive to my apple extreme, it is recognized by Apple but not by Windows XP SP2.
    Anyone the same problems, or better, a solution?
    Thanks in advance

    Have you installed the Airport Disk application on the Windows XP SP2?

  • Repair itunes library (damaged) file. Multiple iTunes libraries on an external harddrive. All libraries have been working fine. Do some "housecleaning" on a one of the large libraries 296GB. iTunes quit and now has damaged file. 296 GB still on HD.

    How to repair itunes library (damaged) file. Multiple iTunes libraries on an external harddrive. All libraries have been working fine. Do some "housecleaning" on a one of the large libraries 296GB. iTunes quits and now has damaged file. 296 GB still on HD.

    The duplication is unnecessary. Exporting creates a duplicate of the file. So now you'll have a duplicate of a duplicate. Exporting is not "working on" a file.
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    https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4921
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  • How do I restore files from External Harddrive - Disk warrior cannot rebuild

    Hi Guys
    I have a External Hard drive that I can see via Disk Ulitity and shows in finder - but I cannot see the actual files and directories, hence not being able to copy them to a new external hard drive
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  • What format for my external harddrive?

    Hello,
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    What format and partitiontype shall it be to be used on both Mac and Windows?
    Because right now it only works on my mac and the rest of my family uses Windows so i would like to share my ext. hdd with them aswell..
    Right now it's Mac os Extended Journaled and Apple-partitiontype..
    Help Please :-)

    Not quite sure I understand but here is what Disk Utility Help says about partitioning a disk:
    Partition a Disk
    1. If you’re partitioning an external disk, make sure it’s connected to your computer.
    2. Open Disk Utility.
    3. Select the disk that you want to partition and click Partition.
    4. Choose the number of partitions from the Volume Scheme pop-up menu.
    If you can’t choose the number of partitions, follow the steps for partitioning a startup disk.
    5. Click each partition and type a name for it, choose a format, and type a size.
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    If you’ll be using the disk only with Mac computers, choose GUID Partition Table.
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    The only way i can get media to sync is to put it on my mac book pro's harddrive. The external is connected by the airport new N. Has anyone had this problem, this bothers me to have to move data from a wireless external harddrive to the powerbook, just to get it to sink. And yes, I have Itunes looking at the external harddrive. But when i point it local, it works fine. Help please.
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