ITunes + Airport Extreme w/ External HD Download issues

I currently have a wireless set up that includes an Airport Extreme (the model right before Apple came out with the dual 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands), a Lace 500GB 7200RPM HD which is where I store/download too from iTunes. My question is this. Why is my download speed so much slower when I have my HD plugged into the Airport Extreme and faster when I unplugged the external HD from the Airport Extreme and plug it into my MacBook Pro (average time to download 1 TV show is over 7 hours if HD is plugged into Airport Extreme)/(average time to download 1 TV show is roughly 20 minutes when HD is plugged directly into my MacBook Pro? I was thinking about buying a Time Capsule, but if the speed is anything like what I am getting now downloading from iTunes, I really dont want to mess with it. Any suggestions?

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Hi guys,
I am having difficulties playing back films and TV shows which have been downloaded from the iTunes store to a iomega HD which is connected to an apple extreme. During the download, everything looks right and I can even watch it from the iMac (while downloading), from which I purchased the media. But then, once download is complete, I only see the name and generic file symbol for that particular media and I cannot play the media on the iMac or AppleTV and the cover image has disappeared. This does not happen when the external HD is directly connected to the iMac.
I would appreciate some help, if possible. Thanks in advance.

Look in this thread for some insight
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1155412&tstart=0

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Welcome to the discussions!
All you probably really need to know is that +Apple does not support Time Machine backups to a drive attached to the USB port on the AirPort Extreme+ due to likely corruption issues. The odd thing about this issue is that problems won't necessarily occur immediately as most users who have had difficulties with this approach (including me) find that backups work OK...for a time.
The best advice we could offer is that if you decide to try this anyway, make sure that you have another backup plan in place for your important files.
Time Machine backups will be supported if you use the Time Capsule, or if you use a drive that is directly attached to the computer that supports Time Machine.
Message was edited by: Bob Timmons

Using Airport Extreme and External HD as Destination for iTunes Movies

I have a 1TB external HD hooked up to my Airport Extreme base station. It has 2 partitions since I only have a 160GB MacBook Pro. I would like to use the other half of the hard drive as a destination for my iTunes movie down loads, or for my aperture photos.
Is this possible?

bender031177 wrote:
How do you do it?
in iTunes > preferences > advanced, you have the option to change the +iTunes media folder location+. with the external mounted on your desktop, click on change and navigate to the external. iTunes will put all newly added content there.
if you want content added to the iTunes folder on your startup disk, point iTunes there via the advanced preference tab.
if you want to move selected content that already is in your library (on your startup disk), point iTunes to the external, select the content (e.g. all your movies), then right-click (or ctrl-click) and choose +consolidate files+ from the pop up menu. this will copy the selection to the specified location and you can delete the original files from your startup disk using the finder.
if you then want to purchase a new movie from the iTunes store, first check where iTunes is pointed, then download the file.
if you want files (e.g. music) to be added to the iTunes folder on your startup disk, temporarily point iTunes back there and import the files, then point iTunes back to the external.
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Airport Extreme and external HDD time capsule issues

I'm going to try to provide as much information for you so that you can recommend a fix to the problem.
1. I've just become an Apple owner and also purchased Airport Extreme (AE) a Belkin USB (4 port) hub and a Seagate GoFLex, 1.8T external HDD.
2. My system:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Boot ROM Version: MBP81.0047.B04
SMC Version (system): 1.69f1
Serial Number (system): XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Hardware UUID: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
3. Attached to the HUB is HP 6280 printer and the Seagate 1.8T GoFlex external HDD.
4. I did configure the AE and my internet connect is working spot on.
5. The AE recognizes the HP6280 printer and it works fine.
Here's where the problem starts:
When I open Time Machine to configure Time Capsule I cannot get the AE to add thGoFlex external HDD drive to the WiFi.
Do I have reset the AE to default setting and start all over? Is there another way to add the GoFlex to the AE so it recognizes it; then, I can run the set up program for the time machine and have wireless capability.

New2Guitar wrote:
When I open Time Machine to configure Time Capsule I cannot get the AE to add thGoFlex external HDD drive to the WiFi.
I hate to have to tell you this, but backing-up with Time Machine software via an Airport Extreme is "iffy" and +*not supported by Apple.+* See [Using Time Machine with an Airport Extreme Air Disk|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Airport.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
By the way, a +Time Capsule+ is a wireless router, similar to an Airport Extreme, but a bit larger and with a hard drive built-in, and Time Machine backups to it are supported. In fact, that's the main thing the Time Capsule was designed for. See: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC344LL/A/Time-Capsule-2TB?fnode=MTY1NDA0Mg&mc o=MTMzNzU2MjI

Airport extreme and external hd

I have a western digital hd connected to my airport extreme via usb hub. I can access it fine from my powerbook. However if I try to connect to it remotely no drives appear. I've looked at several posts in the forums and even a pdf guide, but nothing has seemed to work. I can't even gain guest access. Any insight?
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Under Advanced - I have use wide-area host name checked under the bonjour settings. Hostname - not sure what to put here, or if it matters. I know something has to be here. Right now it's the same name as my external hd that I have given under the airport disk utility. Domain is the same as under internet. I didn't put anything under name and password because it didn't seem to matter. Is this supposed to reflect an existing name and password, if so which one?
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I have a similar problem. I have a relatively small external HD I am using to experiment with TimeMachine. Connected to the iMac is works OK so far. Connecting it to the USB port on the Extreme shows the device in Airport Utility but no where else. Not even in the Airport Disk Utility. I went to a store and spoke to a "genius" who told me the to downgrade my firmware in the Airport Extreme to 7.1.1 as there is a known issue with 7.2.1 which is what my Airport is running. You can do this by going into Airport utility selecting the preference and when clicking the update firmware option also hold down the OPTION key. This will present you with a menu of firmwares to install. I have tried this but at the moment it is only allowing me to select 7.2 or 7.2.1 the 7.1.1 remains illusive. I've been on the Apple web site to see if I could manually download the 7.1.1 but I can't seem to see it yet. Doing a search for airport gives you a lot of product and advertising information, and little actual support.

Airport Extreme and External USB HDD

I've seen quite a few posts on the topic but no real fixes. I have a 21.5" iMac utilizing an dual-band Airport Extreme Base Statation for networking. I also have a 1TB Toshiba USB external hard drive. Formatted for Mac OS journaled. I plug the drive into the iMac and, after displaying "this drive is not recognized by the Mac" message, it mounts and recognizes the drive and allows me to perform a time machine backup. After awhile the drive disappears and will not show up again until it is power cycled. Annoying enough...but it gets worse.
I tried to plug the hard drive into the AEBS to allow it to be used by others in the household...it shows up in the Airport Utility, I can name it, it shows up in Finder, but when I actually try to use it....nothing. Nothing will transfer to it.
HELP! Anyone have any ideas on this. It's been maddeningly frustrating and I actually put the problem aside for the last six months becasue I couldn't get it to work reliabily. But, I paid money for the HD and I'd like to use it for something.

Welcome to the discussions!
I've seen quite a few posts on the topic but no real fixes.
Unfortunately, there really are no fixes. The answer for your issue is that Apple has not ever supported Time Machine backups to a drive at the USB port of the AirPort Extreme. You might want to refer to the Apple support documents below concerning this.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2038
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/15139.html
If you want to use Time Machine for backups, you'll need to connect the drive directly to your computer.

I have a MacBook, iPhone, Airport Extreme and external hdd. What is my best option to stream my music and movies to my hifi set and TV without having to turn on my MacBook?

I would very much like to store all my movies and music on my external HDD, which is connected to an Airport Extreme. Could for example Apple TV access this HDD and stream either music to my hifi system or video to my tv, without having to turn on my MacBook or iTunes? And use my iPhone to control everything?

About Wake on Demand and Bonjour Sleep Proxy
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Macbook Air/Pro difficult to connect to Airport Extreme and external disk

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Probably Yosemite issues. I have issues seeing Airports as well. Like you toggling the wifi fixes it. Hopefully 10.10.2 will solve the problem.

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Graphic display issues (mouse lag and latency displayed on the screen when dragging an object (photo, window, application, document, etc.) from the top 50% of the screen to the bottom 50% of the screen. Mouse cursor starts to display serious lag and latency and loses ability to stay on the object being dragged anywhere below the 50% horizon line of any display.
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Symptoms:
On any object the mouse cursor selects and then drags from anywhere in the upper portion (50%) of the screen display (no matter the display being used) to the bottom portion (50%) of the screen display, shows great lagging and latency as if the cursor is "hanging on for dear life" or as if the processor were running several intense applications and cursor was not responding.
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I also have the same exact problem. I have a i5 iMac Mid 2011 with an upgrade to 10.10 Yosemite connected to an external display. I like you never had this issue with Mavericks. Zoom is so painfully slow now that I had to disable it. My iMac has 12 GB of RAM and even with no apps opened, zoom is killer slow.. makes me want to punch a wall-kinda slow.
I think it's clear to say that something is up with 10.10.. some bug.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712
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Airport Extreme and External Hard Drive. Backup over WAN?

Hi
I'm new to Mac's and just got a macbook air and a airport extreme. I connected my external hard (toshiba) drive to the AE and my computer will recognize it, but when I try to connect to it using Time Machine my external hard drive is not recognized as a device that I can backup to over my WAN. I'm not sure if this is possible, but I would like to be able to backup over the WAN if it is possible. Is it possible to backup using time machine over WAN using an AE and a non apple external hard drive?

Time Machine cannot backup to a hard drive unless it is formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled), also known as HFS+.
You have me scratching my head about backing up through the WAN port. Normally, the WAN port would be used for a connection from a modem.....or another router.
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I live in a house with a couple of other guys and so I put all of my movies and media onto the hard drive so we can stream it throughout the house, but how do I make sure that someone won't accidently delete the files (The copies on the hard drive are the only ones I have)? I have tried to right click "get info" and change the sharing & permissions properties on the folders that I don't want deleted, but it doesn't save the changes or even allow me to select another option other than Read & Write. I formated the hard drive with the disk utility before I connected it to the AirPort so I know that it has nothing to do with the format of the drive. I also tried to create different user accounts for each roomate so that they could view the files (Read Only) but I get an error message explaining that if I continue, the contents of the hard drive will not be accessible. I'm sure its something simple but I'm obviously missing it.
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