time machine on new airport extreme?

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Faguilar1991 Author

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time machine on new airport extreme?

http://pondini.org/TM/AEQ2.html

Suggests it is possible.

There are conflicting reports on the internet and Apple's manuals.

Thank you and I apologize if this question has already been definitively answered.

Posted on Oct 29, 2013 7:49 AM

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Tesserax

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Oct 29, 2013 9:21 AM in response to Faguilar1991

Unfortunately the conflicting reports still exist. If you already purchased an 802.11ac AirPort Extreme I would recommend that you proceed cautiously by not solely depending on Time Machine backups to it. If you have not already have it, you may want to consider getting a Time Capsule instead as it supports both an internal or external hard drives for TM backups.

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Oct 29, 2013 9:36 AM in response to Faguilar1991

To clarify things just a bit more.....or possibly make them more confusing.....Apple is unclear about this.

The user Setup Guide suggests that a hard drive can be attached to the AirPort Extreme for use with Time Machine......but an Apple support document, which was published after the new AirPort Extreme had already begun to ship.....states that you cannot use a hard drive attached to the USB port on the AirPort Extreme for Time Machine backups. See this document:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2038

Repeated requests to Apple Support for clarification on this conflicting information have not be answered.

You may have better luck if you contact Apple Support directly.

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