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: Why won't AirPort Utility 5.6 install on OS 10.7.5?   Have tried several times on 2 computers and continually get error

I have an older airport express that cannot be configured with 6.2.   I have tried to install 5.6 as instructed on 2 computers, both with OS 10.7.5 and in both cases repeatededly get an error during installation saying to contact software manufacturer.

Posted on Mar 24, 2013 10:31 AM

by Bob Timmons,Solvedanswer
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Catch 22. Apple is the software manufacturer, so you may need to contact them for this specific issue.

 

AirPort Utility 5.6 will not install on Mountain Lion 10.8.x either, using Apple's installer. But, there are several workarounds that seem to allow this.

 

One of them is discussed in this article:

 

http://www.macworld.com/article/1167965/mountain_lion_and_the_ancient_airport_ba se_station.html

 

I do not have a Lion 10.7.5 Mac here to test, but can say that the workaround does work on Mountain Lion for me. Follow the instructions in Pacifist to manually "extract" the AirPort Utility 5.6 application and install it in the Utilities folder on your Mac.

 

It might work on Lion, if you want to give it a try. Otherwise, if you do not want to contact Apple, you could use another Mac....if available.... running an earlier operating system to configure the Express. Even a PC would work for the same purpose.

Posted on Mar 24, 2013 10:47 AM

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  • by gzottie,

    gzottie gzottie Sep 15, 2014 11:41 AM in response to tswygert
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    Sep 15, 2014 11:41 AM in response to tswygert

    Here's the fix, gents...

     

    1. Download airport utility 5.6

    2. Download and install Pacifist

    3. Open Pacifist.

    4. Choose open package and navigate to the downloaded airport utility 5.6

    5. Download airport utility 5.6 into Pacifist

    6. Navigate to airport 5.6.app in Pacifist menu and drag and drop into Applications/Utilities folder

    7. Open Airport Utility 5.6 from Applications/Utilities folder

  • by rconti,

    rconti rconti Feb 21, 2015 2:48 PM in response to gzottie
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    Feb 21, 2015 2:48 PM in response to gzottie

    And Pacifist doesn't support anything older than 10.8.

     

    This is absolutely asinine, Apple. You already have the (very simple) code to configure old Airport Expresses.  It's absurd to obsolete the configuration of an Airport Express in 6.x.

     

    It's worse that, when I go to my ancient Mac Pro that can't be upgraded beyond 10.7.5, even *that* won't install AX Utility 5.6.

     

    Edit: Nevermind, Pacifist DOES have older versions on their website. I didn't see it the first time I looked.

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