How to Configured an old AirPort Express

Dear John,

I was afraid to try out Airport Utility 6.1 for fear of messing up what's already working. I launched it and sure enough it picked up my Time Capsule setup configuration. Just FYI, my device is a a 4th Gen Time Capsule 2TB Model A409 (one of those flat device). I'm a little more confident upgrading to Mavericks if I have to. Thanks a lot again.

For as long as you are running Mountain Lion you can continue to use either AirPort Utility 5.6 or 6.x. They will not conflict with each other. Once you upgrade to Mavericks AU 5.6 will no longer launch.

Hello All,

This is my first time really mining information from these forums (but not my first visit).

A friend of mine suggested I come here because the knowledge base was pretty awesome.

My apologies for asking to get aid on an already lengthy subject on the A1084 1st Gen Airport Base Station. I know it's support is dwindling but my question is this:

After having read through these threaded discussions, I didn't see anything regarding Yosemite, which I am running. Is there a way to get my A1084 up and running? If so is there a particular version of the Airport Utility software that I have to download? I have already downloaded Pacifist. Any help you can provide would be most excellent!

And again, please forgive me as I am not really all that familiar with forum etiquette-If there is an easier way of getting my question answered please let me know.

Thank You In Advance!

Best,

Tyrone Spencer

After having read through these threaded discussions, I didn't see anything regarding Yosemite, which I am running. Is there a way to get my A1084 up and running?

Pacifist will not operate correctly on the Yosemite operating system, so your options are quite limited:

1) Use...or borrow for 10-15 minutes.....a Mac that is running the Leopard (10.5.x) or Snow Leopard (10.6.x) operating system.

2) Use....or borrow for 10-15 minutes....a PC that has AirPort Utility for Windows installed on the device.

3) Risk downloading unauthorized software from the Internet from an unknown author who will provide no support in the event of difficulties. In addition, installing the software will require that you change some of the default security settings on your Mac. Obviously, this option is not recommended, since neither Apple or the support forum will be able to help you in the event of any problems.

Thanks so much - exactly what I needed and so well presented! Thx again!

Please start a new Discussion.

You're welcome Rick, but please start a new Discussion.

Something else is going on that requires more information, and you are more likely to get constructive responses if you do. Thanks!

To configure my old AirportExpress (model A1084) I had to go back to v. 5.41 of the utility. Method for extracting app same as described above. runs without a hitch under OS 10.8.4

AirPort Utility 5.6.1 is for Snow Leopard. The above procedure is required to install AirPort Utility 5.6 on Lion and Mountain Lion systems only.

Thank you. It worked properly. Your instructions were excellent. Thank you.

Thanks. Didn't catch that part.

So I suppose no one has figured out a way to make this work on Mavericks?

This is a great thread for those of us with many original Airport Express units! Tell me, is there a solution yet for users running MacOS Sierra?