I can not see my external hard drive that is hooked to my airport extreme

I have hooked my iOmega 1tb hard drive to my airport extreme but can not see it on my macbook pro. need help to set this up

This is unsupported by Apple. You must configure Airport Utility to turn enable File Sharing of the drive in Sharing preferences and in the AEBS configuration. Then you have to "mount" the drive on your Desktop by selecting Connect To Server from the Finder's Go menu.

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I can not see my external hard drive

I recently bought a new external hard drive for my pc. I have pictures, music and family videos, however I can see any video or pictures on my iPad using the same he'd.
Any suggestions how to do it?

hernandofromcornwall wrote:
Richard
I download all pictures and videos that I had in the windows pc in the new hdd. I am trying to see and watch those files on my iPad . I am thinking that since the files are jpeg and mpeg the iPad should read it.
Am I wrong?
Yes, you are wrong.
You need to add the files to iTunes on your computer, then sync the iPad with iTunes.

Can I connect an external hard drive, with a FireWire connector to AirPort Extreme?

I am considering getting AirPort Extreme. I need to be able to connect an external hard drive with a firewire connection. Can it be done?

Sorry, but no.

How do I access an external hard drive that is plugged into an AirPort Extreme

I have an external hard drive connected to my AirPort Extreme and I wanted to know how to access the photos and videos on it while using an iPhone or iPad while connected to the network. When I go to the airport utility app on my phone or iPad I can see the drive listed under file sharing and disks so I know it's connected. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

You will need an App like Filebrowser to do what you want. More details here:
Stratospherix - FileBrowser - Overview

HT4437 How do I find my external hard drives that a connected to my Airport extreme with my apple tv?

Hi I am trying to set up our house to be fully networked. We have an airport extreame the network is up and running all the Apple TVs can show photos and music from the ipads and iphones. I can't reach to the external heard drives with the apple tv is it possible to do this? How??
We can't see the printer I connected to the Airport either will it work if I am running it through a hub instead of as the only connection to that USB port?
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Bruce

Welcome tot he Apple Support Communities
The Apple TV can only get data from the iTunes library and the iTunes Store, so you can't use an external hard disk with it.
Where are you trying to see the connected printer?

Can i use an external hard drive with time capsule via an airport extreme?

i recently bought 750GB laCie hard drive... is it possible to use Time machine with the external HD plugged into my airport extreme?

shanec805, wttdaWelcome to the discussion area!
Remember that Time Capsule is a hardware device.
Time Machine is a software feature of OS X 10.5.5.

How Do I Access a hard drive that is hooked up through airport extreme

Hello - I am curious how I perform the following activities while being on my mac and need help.
- I have an airport extreme station setup on my main computer which is a PC and on that airport extreme I have plugged in a USB hard drive. I want the mac I am on to access the PC's hard drive via airport extreme.
- How do I get my mac to recognize files and folders on my windows machine?
Thanks
Dave

If the drive is hooked up to an 802.11n AirPort Extreme or Time Capsule, click here and follow the instructions. If it's hooked up to a different AirPort base station, you can't.
To access the PC's internal drive, click here and use the file sharing instructions. If there's no document for Mac OS X 10.5 and that Windows version, use the one for 10.4 instead.
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I can't see my external hard drive in the event library.

I need to move my Imovie to a external hard drive to free up space.
I can not view the external hard drives in the Event libary of Imovie.
I have formated the hard drive to mac os
PLEASE help urgent

Strange if the drive format is Mac extended (journalled). (see: http://help.apple.com/imovie/#mov3ac6d42c)
Can you can see the external drive in the finder?
Can you read to and write from it with the finder?
Have you tried Trashing the iMovie preferences file and re-launching?
Geoff,

Migration Assistant can't see my external hard drive.

Migration Assistant can't see my external hard drive with my back-up info on it. I need to migrate my user data from an older back-up ( OS X 10.4.11) to a recently installed OS X 10.5.8 system on a Mac Pro. The external drive is not bootable. Any ideas?

Great news, thanks!
On iTunes see this...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
Expand the External drive section & it's 6 steps.
More info, especially the Wrong Way part...
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/moving-your-itunes-library-to -a-new-hard-drive/

ITunes library stored on an external hard drive which is connected to my airport extreme, I wish to share my iTunes library over my network, I can do this with my laptop, but not with my iPad, can anyone tell me if it is possible

I have my iTunes library stored on an external hard drive which is connected to my airport extreme, I wish to share my iTunes library over my network, I can do this with my laptop, but not with my iPad, can anyone tell me if it is possible

You can't connect directly to the external drive, but should be able to use iTunes Home Sharing via the laptop.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH1453

I can't see my external hard drive on the network.

I can't see my external hard drive on the network. I have a WRT160NL router with USB. I plugged the drive in the USB and set up a share in the router config.

Did you map the drive? It won't show up in Explorer automatically like a jump drive or an external drive plugged directly into the PC will.
You didn't mention the OS you're running, but what you want to do is choose "Map a network drive" and you'll see the router listed as a network device. Click on it and you should see the external drive listed. You can map it from there.

I can't see my external hard drive connected to my TC

I can't see my external hard drive connected to my TC, I have connected to the USB port on my TC but cannot see it , any ideas

Hello Bob,
I have a powered hub plugged into my Time Capsule.
Into the powered hub I have a printer; printer works fine.
Into the powered hub I have an ExFAT formatted disk.
The ExFAT disk is seen in the AirPort Utility as an "AirPort Disk".
I cannot see the ExFAT disk in Finder or in Window's "My Computer".
When I plug the ExFAT drive directly into Mac or Windows computers the drive is seen in Finder and My Computer.
When the ExFAT drive is plugged directly into Mac or Windows both can read and write files.
Do you think that I need to format the USB ExFAT drive as FAT 32?
I have heard mention "need to map the drive". Do you think this would help?
Thank you for your time.
Rob

I would like to know if you have to back up a macbook hard drive, can I use a external hard drive that has been previously used to back up several pc 's, or is it best to have a separate external drive for the Mac?

I would like to know if you have to back up a macbook hard drive, can I use a external hard drive that has been previously used to back up several pc 's, or is it best to have a separate external drive for the Mac?

In the Mac side of things, backups usually come in two flavors: clones or incrementals.
A bootable clone is a bit-for-bit copy of all essential files in the startup volume. If using the Lions, clones can be made using CarbonCopyCloner or just plain old Disk Utility. These backups represent the safest protection of your info, but take the longest to do. Recovery is an inverse process: you copy the clone back into the internal drive.
Incremental backups start with a complete backup of the startup volume and only copy whatever changed from the previous run. OS X includes the fully integrated Time Machine backup utility to do this. It is extremely easy to do and takes the least amount of time. Recovery is another matter altogether since you have to start with a freshly installed instance of the OS and have to apply all intervening backups to bring the result to the latest saved version.
As for where the backup takes place, the recommended media is an external dedicated drive or drives connected via the fastest interface available on your Mac: Thunderbolt, USB3, Firewire, or USB2. Network-based backups, wired or wireless, are attractive but may not offer the same performance and hence take longer. Also important to note that the entire drive need not be completely dedicated to a single backup. The Mac's EFI firmware infrastructure allows for an unlimited number of partitions on a hard drive and each can be used for either type of backups.
Holler if you need specifics on how to do each. This was just an executive summary.

Can I reimage an external hard drive that is in the windows NT file format?

can I reimage an external hard drive that is in the windows NT file format?

With WinClone 3.x $20 for Mac or with Windows imaging - built into Windows.
Some like Acronis didn't (may now) work on Macs. Many use a linux CD recovery boot..
You can write to NTFS with a simple NTFS driver. There, I strongly recommend Paragon for OS X
www.paragon-software.com
They also have all the program and Apple Boot Camp support
Image a system or image a hard drive or.... ?

Problems getting an external hard drive to work on the new Airport Extreme

I have spent hours trying to get my 320GB external hard drive to work with the new airport extreme 802.11N. I have spent hours pouring over all of the posts here discussing possible solutions, all of which have not worked. This morning, however, I gave it another try and FINALLY, I have it working. I tried something simple. Here it is:
Using the Apple Disk Utility Program, I formated my drive using the MS-DOS mode, called my Hard drive "ItunesHD". It took about 20 minutes to complete (i'm assuming because of the size of the drive). I then unplugged the router and hard drive, turned on the hard drive, then the router. After my macbook pro reconnected, I clicked on the iDisk utility icon in my menu bar, provided my password and FINALLY saw the network drive icon on my desktop!!! It seems that formatting my drive using MS-DOS compatibility mode finally worked for me. I'm not saying this will work for anyone else who is having this problem, but you can at least try it. I tried all of the MAC formatting options and have had no luck.
What I would like to know now is (..if anyone has these answers, please let me know):
1. What is the maximum SINGLE drive capacity that this router will understand...500GB, 1TB, 2TB? I would like to get the biggest bang for my buck.
2. Keeping #1 one in mind, I purchased an Apple TV (still waiting on it to arrive) and I would like to know if it will read multiple hard drives connected to the Airport Extreme router (...say (2) 500GB hard drives). I know you can have multiple libraries in iTunes (which to me is a cheesy solutions, there should be an option in the preferences that would allow you to save your music in one place and your movies in another). Anybody have any idea on this one?
I basically want to rip all of my dvd movies on a big hard drive connected to my airport extreme to use with my AppleTV , so I just need to find out about the maximum size and hooking up more than one hard drive and getting the AppleTV to recognize them all.
thnks
MacBook Pro Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Sorry you had so much trouble hooking up a hard drive to the base station. I've done some experimenting with the feature and this is what I've found out.
You can use either the native Mac format, Mac OS Extended, or the Microsoft format known as FAT. Apple calls FAT, MS-DOS File System in Disk Utility.
If you use Mac OS Extended, the Macs on the network will be able to connect to the drive using the native AFP (Apple File Protocol) or the Microsoft native SMB (Server Message Block) protocol. PCs will only use the SMB protocol of course.
If you use MS-DOS File System both the Macs and the PCs will only use SMB to connect to the drive over the network.
Basically I've found everything works as expected with regard to volumes connected to a network.
One thing I don't have installed is the iDisk Utility. I'm wondering if it may be the cause of the problems you were having. But reading through your post it may also be the difference between expected behaviour and the proper procedure for discovering and mounting network volumes. Let me explain.
You only mention having trouble getting the drive to show up on your Desktop, you didn't describe how you went about discovering the network drive. It isn't just suppose to show up on your desktop when you plug it in to the Extreme base station. It doesn't work like the iDisk or disks connected directly to your computer using USB/Firewire.
Normally with network drives you're suppose to either browse for them using the Network icon in the Finder or using the Connect to Server command in the Finder's Go menu, you would type the address in directly for the network volume you want to mount. Try it and see what happens.
Now to answer your other questions.
I don't have a volume large enough to hit any limits the base station may have but I did read a post about someone who said they had a 1.5 TB volume connected and could only see 1 TB of it. They were forced to partition the drive to see all available space and of course the volumes showed up as two separate drives. One thing wasn't made clear though. They didn't say what volume format they were using to format the drive, Mac OS Extended or MS-DOS.
Everything having to do with the AppleTV is just speculation at this point since no one has one yet but from what has been demonstrated so far, AppleTV relies on iTunes. In other words, it won't pull data from network volumes on its own, a computer running iTunes needs to feed it.

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