Password protect Airport Extreme wireless backup disk?
Hi all,
First of all, the details of my computer below are not correct in this case--I'm asking about my girlfriend's computer.
I have a hard drive connected with USB 2.0 to my AirPort extreme that I am using to wirelessly back up with Time Machine. In order to get Time Machine to recognize this disk, you have to mount it as a shared drive. My concern is that anybody on our network (which is password protected) will be able to browse through the backup hard drive and see my girlfriend's files. Is there a way to password-protect the hard drive that's connected to the airport extreme using a password OTHER THAN our network password?
Ideally, we'd like a situation in which someone can connect to our network using the network password but NOT be able to access the drive that's connected to the airport extreme.
Thank you.
Hello Ecualung,
The best protection for your data is to maintain the data as a encrypted disk image. Creating a "sparse image" will require a password to open:
I would follow the instructions provided by the Apple Support document below on how to make this happen.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1578
Hope this helps.
B-rock
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