How do I upgrade an airport express to 7.6.5 firmware?

Hold down the option key and click on version.. voila.. upgrade will show.

I have my doubts about 7.6.5 but give it a go. you can use the same method to downgrade.

You cannot upgrade from 7.6.4 to 7.6.5.

Your AirPort Express must come with 7.6.5 from Apple, meaning you must buy a new model that has been manufactured in the last six months or so.

None that I can find.

Not sure this is true as I have 3 brand new Apple Airport Express 2nd Gen and 1 has 7.6.5 and the other 2 have 7.6.4 and I bought all 3 of them in the last 2 months, One at BestBuy (7.6.5.) and two from Apple online store (7.6.4)

And, what happens when you try to update the firmware on the 7.6.4 Express(es) to 7.6.5?

The Express(es) that you bought using 7.6.4 firmware were manufactured up until about 18 months ago. So they might be "new", but they have been sitting in a warehouse, or on the store shelf for over a year before you bought them.

Or, maybe you bought "Refurbished" Expresses from Apple? That would explain older firmware in a "new" product.

The wierd thing is I cannot even get the Firmware to downgrade that one to 7.6.4. Apple's support site still says 7.6.4 is the newest. I am on with Apple Senior Support and they don't even have a 7.6.5 listed anywhere. I want to downgrade the one as I think it is causing my weird WiFi issues.

It is not possible to downgrade from 7.6.5. to 7.6.4.

There is no difference between 7.6.5 and 7.6.4......except that Apple is using 7.6.5 as a "marker" to designate the age of a product.

At some point in a few years, Apple will no longer officially support AirPorts using 7.6.4.......but they will continue to support AirPorts using 7.6.5.

Apple does not mention 7.6.5 in their documentation because it is not possible to upgrade from 7.6.4 to 7.6.5.....and.....it is not possible to downgrade from 7.6.5 to 7.6.4.

The bottom line......Apple is always doing something in the background, that they never bother to tell you about. It's the Apple way.

Thanks Bob, I've had some weird issues with my WiFi ever since I added the one with 7.6.5 so I wondered if it was causing the problem.

Unfortunately, all that you can do is make believe that the one that you added was using 7.6.4......but you cannot change it.

Thanks again Bob for your help!

Guys,

you should try again right now since 7.6.7 is out on which i could update to on all my airport stations (including express and extreme) which where having different firmware levels (7.6.3 to 7.6.4)

hope it works for you too.

best regards,

David