HT204664: AirPort: How to mount an AirPort Extreme USB hard disk volume in Mac OS X and Windows
Learn about AirPort: How to mount an AirPort Extreme USB hard disk volume in Mac OS X and Windows
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Jul 21, 2015 2:15 PM in response to TylerW.by Bob Timmons,A hard drive will not show up in the Disks section of AirPort Utility unless it is formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled).....strongly preferred.....or in FAT16 or FAT32.
If you don't know what format your drive is using at the present time, connect it directly to the Mac and wait a few seconds for the drive to mount. Right-click on the drive icon, then click Get Info. Look for the Format. Chances are, if the drive is not showing up in AirPort Utility, the drive is formatted for Windows in NTFS or exFAT, neither of which will work at the USB port of the AirPort Extreme.
The USB port on the AirPort Extreme is not a high powered port, so in some cases you may need to used a powered USB hub with a hard drive if you know the drive is formatted correctly and it still won't show up in AirPort Utility.
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Jul 21, 2015 3:33 PM in response to TylerW.by Tesserax,That would depend on what computer you are attempting to connect the hard drive to and what that drive is currently formatted as. Macs (& AirPort base stations) work best with external drives formatted in HFS+. They will also work with FAT 16 or FAT 32 formats. They do NOT work with drives formatted with NTFS.