It could be. It's the first thing that came up when I did a search. Take Care
John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com On Feb 5, 2012, at 11:37 PM, Paul Henrichsen wrote: > That seems like an old article. As I understand it, back to my mack has been > retired for the new iCloud approach; so you no longer have to leave your mac > on in order to get to the files on the external drive. > > On Feb 5, 2012, at 7:47 PM, John Panarese wrote: > >> Well, I don't know if this will help. I found this article and I am not >> sure if this is is all necessary or not. >> >> http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/laptops/icloud-how-to-setup-back-to-my-mac-50005107/ >> >> >> Take Care >> >> John Panarese >> jpanar...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> On Feb 5, 2012, at 7:47 PM, Paul Henrichsen wrote: >> >>> Hi, guys. I figured it out. The drive must be formatted as a mac journal >>> drive to be seen by the airport extreme. Once I did that, everything showed >>> up as it should. >>> Next thing to figure out is how does one get files onto a macbook pro or >>> air when not at home from the external drive through the cloud? >>> As I understand it, it should show up in the shared area in finder. >>> I'll have to wait until I'm not at home for that one. >>> It would be really neat if we could access this external drive from our >>> iPhone or iPad. Hopefully, someone will write an app for that. >>> That would be neat if you could download a movie or tv show you didn't have >>> on your iPad or iPhone from the external drive. >>> >>> On Feb 5, 2012, at 8:29 AM, Bill Holton wrote: >>> >>>> On the disk tab there was a partition table. I had to go into that table >>>> and highlight a drive, then stop interacting and move down where it then >>>> asked if I wanted to give permission and if I wanted to require a >>>> password. After that I did an update. The reason my second drive wasn’t >>>> showing up was apparently I had not gone through those steps with the >>>> second partition in the drive partition table. Hope this helps. >>>> >>>> >>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Henrichsen >>>> Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 1:59 AM >>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Re: Airport problem solved, but two more questions >>>> >>>> Hi. I have a 3TB seegate goflex connected to my airport extreme. When I go >>>> into the disk tab of the utility, I don't see any partitions in the table. >>>> I don't see any sidebar as noted in the below message. >>>> I have share over WAN checked and have set up this using two accounts >>>> (Mine and my wife's) for the present. >>>> However, I can't figure out how to get the disk tab dialog to see even one >>>> partition. I'm not going to partition the drive; just use the whole 3TB to >>>> store files. >>>> I use carbon copy backup on a firewire drive; so am not going to use time >>>> machine. >>>> I was sent two articles by apple concerning setting up the back to my mac >>>> feature which I have set up, but both articles won't open when I open the >>>> links. I am told there are too many redirects. >>>> How do I get my airport extreme to see my 3TB drive? >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> On Feb 4, 2012, at 12:19 PM, Bill Holton wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi. >>>> This worked great. But now I have two further questions. >>>> 1: Is there any way to rename a drive once it’s discovered from the >>>> Airport. Just pressing Enter doesn’t work like it does with drives >>>> directly connected. >>>> 2: I have also attached me HP printer to the Airport Extreme. My mini >>>> can find it easily, but the Windows 7 and Win XP boxes don’t seem to be >>>> able to find it. Am I doing something wrong or does Router printing >>>> sharing only work with Macs? >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> >>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn >>>> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 12:29 PM >>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Re: The new Airport Utility and a question about connections >>>> >>>> Hi Bill, >>>> >>>> When in Airport Utility, Interact with the Network Group. VO-space on the >>>> Airport Extreme you wish to work with. Press the Edit button to get at >>>> the configuration options. Select the Disk tab to see the options >>>> available in that pane. They are similar to those in the previous AU. >>>> Make sure that both your partitions are shared in the format you prefer. >>>> Update if necessary. >>>> >>>> The MacOS will mount whichever share you have setup for your Time Machine >>>> backups as "Time Machine Backups" on your machine as the Time Machine is >>>> doing it's job. If you have shared the partitions through AU, you can >>>> access the partitions individually via the Sidebar by first choosing your >>>> Airport Extreme from the Shared section of the Sidebar. Your partitions >>>> will then appear in the window where you can mount one or both as you >>>> please. They will not appear automatically or upon startup unless you set >>>> this up in the Users & Groups pane of your system Preferences. This is >>>> usually done by first mounting the drive you wish auto-mounted, going to >>>> the Login Items of Users & Groups system Pref, then adding the volume you >>>> wish to auto-mount. >>>> >>>> Hope this clears some things up for you. If you're still confused, let me >>>> know. >>>> >>>> Later... >>>> >>>> On 2012-02-04, at 9:26 AM, Bill Holton wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi. >>>> Has anyone tried the updated Airport Utility. It seems rather >>>> inaccessible to me. Once I found a way into the menus with bay station, >>>> wireless, etc. but I can’t find my way back there. >>>> Before, I had a 2 tarabyte drive partitioned into two 1t drives connected >>>> to my airport extreme and I could se them both on my desktop. I had all >>>> the ports on the extreme filled and had to use the Mini wirelessly, so I >>>> moved the drive to directly connected to mmy mini where they also worked >>>> fine. Now I have my mini connected with a wired connection, want to move >>>> them back. I can find the drive I use for my time machine backups, but >>>> the other drive simply will not show up. I reformatted it with Mac >>>> Journaling, and I have looked everywhere. I use the Finer to go to my >>>> computer, to network, to my airport, it’s just not there. I did get into >>>> the airport software yesterday and make sure the box is checked to connect >>>> external drives. For now the drives are labeled test and TM for time >>>> machine. On my desktop the TM drives shows up, but it’s called Time >>>> Machine backups. The Test drive will not show up. Any thoughts or >>>> suggestions appreciated. >>>> Bill >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> Tim Kilburn >>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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