AirPort Extreme A1408 + Time Machine
Hi!
Can I use Time Machine with my Airport Extreme A1408 (802.11n, 5th gen.), if I connect external HDD in USB port?
Thank You :)
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To somewhat expand Tesserax's reply ..
There are two issues..
Reliability.
For some people this setup worked fine for others it revealed a problem in Time Machine that it would corrupt itself once every 4-8 weeks and start over. The issue is still there when you try and use some other non-Apple targets which supposedly support Time Machine.
Speed.
USB drive plugged into USB on any airport extreme or time capsule for that matter.. is slow.. glacial. It is not a big issue for very small backups once the full backup is done but you will find it sure is slow.
