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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ihitchhiker42

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Q: Airport Utility 5.6 won't install. Gets to the last step and fails. Why?

I have an older Airport Extreme so I need to install Airport Utility 5.6 as 6 does not recognize it. The download goes fine and installation proceeds until the last step of the installation (cleaning up) when it fails. I'm using Lion. Suggestions?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on May 2, 2013 7:39 PM

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Q: Airport Utility 5.6 won't install. Gets to the last step and fails. Why?

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by Bob Timmons,

Bob Timmons May 2, 2013 7:56 PM in response to ihitchhiker42
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May 2, 2013 7:56 PM in response to ihitchhiker42

Apple will not let you install AirPort Utility 5.6 on Lion 10.7.4 (or 10.7.5) if you have updated the operating system.

You might want to study a workaround in this thread.

https://discussions.apple.com/message/21397085#21397085

This is not officially supported by Apple, so it may or may not work for you.....if you want to give it a try.
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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

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