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External Drive connected to AirportExtreme

After looking around on the web, I am reading that the Airport Extreme can accommodate an external hard drive using its sole USB port.


My question though: Can the data on this drive be accessed only on the local network? I would like to set up my own cloud using this method so that I can access my files on that drive while away from home, either using my MacBook Pro or my iPhone/iPad. If it can, what is the process I would use from those devices to access the files while away from home?


Any thoughts would be appreciated.


Thanks!

MacBook Pro, macOS Sierra (10.12.2)

Posted on Feb 5, 2017 7:39 PM

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User profile for user: Tesserax
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Posted on Feb 6, 2017 9:51 AM

Data on an AirPort Disk (a USB attached to an AirPort Extreme or Time Capsule) can be accessed both locally and remotely.


Check out the following AirPort User Tip for details on some of the remote access methods.

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User profile for user: LaPastenague
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Feb 6, 2017 12:48 PM in response to ctg34

Apple provided no method for the iphone or ipad to remotely connect to an airport.


There are other apps and methods but they are not great.. much better to use iCloud unless you are prepared to do a fair bit work on it.


For Macbook that is different.. BTMM is the method Apple developed which you will see from Tesserax document.

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