Yeah, just like Apple gives free software updates for it's current version of OS X. (For you Mac illiterate people, OS X is not the operating system. It's a collection of operating systems. The operating systems are Tiger 10.4 , Leopard 10.5, etc. not Mac OS X.)
And so you know, Apple's customer service is great. I had to use it once to get a Might Mouse replacement (Yeah, the scroll ball -while being a great design concept- sucked balls [lololol]) and I must say that Apple Customer service was very helpful and understanding about the whole situation. Although, where most people go wrong, is that they start off being angry with the guy on the other end of the phone for something that's not his fault and thus they don't get as great customer service as the guy who is polite - they're only humans after all...
got mine working last night. no hacks. no time capsule. just an airport extreme base station and an old lacie 250 giger.
here's the key .... you ready
set the time machine up with the drive physically connected to your computer, THEN connect it to the base station. when you mount it time machine will backup.
you do have to still mount the drive tho. NLA incorporated into the scheme [maybe through automator] would automount the drive. its actually backing up right now... wirelessly... from my couch.
yeay.
i also think its wicked i can backup my Vista desktop to this same hdd, its hfs+ formatted.
I'm so pissed about this. Airport Extreme users have been getting the shaft more than anyone else lately, and for a variety of reasons. First of all, I buy an Airport Extreme for the purpose of using it with Leopard's Time Machine. I buy the Airport Extreme, and two days later, Airport Extreme with Gigabit Ethernet comes out. Not a big deal, but still kind of lame. Leopard comes out, and they silently pull the plug on Airport Extreme Time Machine support! It took a while for Apple to even acknowledge the problem, leaving the discussion forums over on the Apple website up in arms. To add insult to injury, the 7.2.1 update of the Airport Extreme firmware rendered AirDisk completely useless to people who upgrade to Leopard. Many Leopard users on MacBook Pros discovered that after putting the computer to sleep, the AirDisk is no longer accessible upon waking up again UNTIL YOU FRIGGIN RESTART THE BASESTATION. Bullshit. Complete bullshit. So far, Apple isn't even acknowledging the problem and the only way to solve the problem is to downgrade to firmware 7.1.1.
So now, after all of this, I find that they're abandoning Airport Extreme for Time Capsule! WONDERFUL. Thanks Apple!
I just bought an airport extreme just before the time capsule was released. I am getting a macbook pro after the next rehash (multitouch trackpad and all that, whenever that is) but it is a while until so i wasnt too bummed when they released the time capsule and decided to keep the extreme when it came cause i would want a real raid-5 nas for storage and backup anyways to get even more security. And knowing there was a "hack" to make it work when i finally got a mbp.
but what really annoys me is that i just had to disconnect the two 320gb discs i had cause the extreme died and took everything with it.
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Mr.Tech @ Jan 21st 2008 2:36PM
What happen to customer service? At least Bill Gates give free upgrades to Vista even if it's not all that great until SP3.
Blaktornado @ Jan 21st 2008 3:24PM
Yeah, just like Apple gives free software updates for it's current version of OS X. (For you Mac illiterate people, OS X is not the operating system. It's a collection of operating systems. The operating systems are Tiger 10.4 , Leopard 10.5, etc. not Mac OS X.)
And so you know, Apple's customer service is great. I had to use it once to get a Might Mouse replacement (Yeah, the scroll ball -while being a great design concept- sucked balls [lololol]) and I must say that Apple Customer service was very helpful and understanding about the whole situation. Although, where most people go wrong, is that they start off being angry with the guy on the other end of the phone for something that's not his fault and thus they don't get as great customer service as the guy who is polite - they're only humans after all...
jacob @ Jan 21st 2008 3:27PM
got mine working last night. no hacks. no time capsule. just an airport extreme base station and an old lacie 250 giger.
here's the key .... you ready
set the time machine up with the drive physically connected to your computer, THEN connect it to the base station. when you mount it time machine will backup.
you do have to still mount the drive tho. NLA incorporated into the scheme [maybe through automator] would automount the drive. its actually backing up right now... wirelessly... from my couch.
yeay.
i also think its wicked i can backup my Vista desktop to this same hdd, its hfs+ formatted.
Greg @ Jan 21st 2008 4:50PM
Standing up for Apple gets a low ranked post? Whoda thunk it? -_-
There is a reason for the lack of support.
John @ Jan 21st 2008 5:10PM
I'm so pissed about this. Airport Extreme users have been getting the shaft more than anyone else lately, and for a variety of reasons. First of all, I buy an Airport Extreme for the purpose of using it with Leopard's Time Machine. I buy the Airport Extreme, and two days later, Airport Extreme with Gigabit Ethernet comes out. Not a big deal, but still kind of lame. Leopard comes out, and they silently pull the plug on Airport Extreme Time Machine support! It took a while for Apple to even acknowledge the problem, leaving the discussion forums over on the Apple website up in arms. To add insult to injury, the 7.2.1 update of the Airport Extreme firmware rendered AirDisk completely useless to people who upgrade to Leopard. Many Leopard users on MacBook Pros discovered that after putting the computer to sleep, the AirDisk is no longer accessible upon waking up again UNTIL YOU FRIGGIN RESTART THE BASESTATION. Bullshit. Complete bullshit. So far, Apple isn't even acknowledging the problem and the only way to solve the problem is to downgrade to firmware 7.1.1.
So now, after all of this, I find that they're abandoning Airport Extreme for Time Capsule! WONDERFUL. Thanks Apple!
why not the LS2LS7? @ Jan 21st 2008 8:51PM
jacob:
Now here comes the real fun:
Wait two days for the disk sharing on your Airport Extreme to stop working.
That's what kills me. I don't care about Time Machine. I want to use mine as a home server and it crashes on me repeatedly.
Geir E @ Jan 22nd 2008 7:59AM
I just bought an airport extreme just before the time capsule was released. I am getting a macbook pro after the next rehash (multitouch trackpad and all that, whenever that is) but it is a while until so i wasnt too bummed when they released the time capsule and decided to keep the extreme when it came cause i would want a real raid-5 nas for storage and backup anyways to get even more security. And knowing there was a "hack" to make it work when i finally got a mbp.
but what really annoys me is that i just had to disconnect the two 320gb discs i had cause the extreme died and took everything with it.