HT5022: AirPort Base Station: How to set up and configure an 802.11g AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express in OS X Lion

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Q: Airport Utility 5.6 will not install under Mountain Lion

I have older Base Station Extreme and Airport Express models that need to be looked after; however, the fix to install Airport Utility 5.6 under Lion will not work under Mountain Lion. The installer complains that "the version of Mac OS X on this volume is not supported". So...suggestions?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Jul 30, 2012 6:39 PM

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Tesserax Jul 30, 2012 8:35 PM in response to P-Bass
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Jul 30, 2012 8:35 PM in response to P-Bass

That is correct. AirPort Utility 5.6 for OS X Lion will NOT install under OS X Mountain Lion. If you had it already installed, and then upgraded, it would have worked just fine.

One option, is to use Pacifist to extract the utility directly from the .dmg file.
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mp3 Andrew Jul 31, 2012 8:36 PM in response to P-Bass
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Jul 31, 2012 8:36 PM in response to P-Bass

P-Bass,

This should solve your issue: http://www.macworld.com/article/1167965/mountain_lion_and_the_ancient_airport_ba se_station.html.
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HT5022: AirPort Base Station: How to set up and configure an 802.11g AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express in OS X Lion

Q: Airport Utility 5.6 will not install under Mountain Lion

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