Simon, you can delete it and my Skype ID is scottn3byy.
Scott Howell
[email protected]
On Jan 20, 2009, at 7:59 PM, Simon Cavendish wrote:
Dear Scott,
You are very kind. I'm in the UK which makes things a bit
complicated. I think I'm up and running although my eyes are closing
- it's rather late, and I have to be up at 6 tomorrow morning and
working till 6PM. Never mind, it's worth it.
Before I connected my airport express/cum time capsule, I had been
using my Mac in two locations and therefore had two different
internet connections. I guess it made things more complicated. I
think I shall delete the airport disk utility not to confuse myself.
Is it safe to do?
I have made the configurations as logically as possible, and I am
now on the internet. Should I run into trouble, may I skype you?
What's your name? I shall obviously consider the time difference and
your time constraints. It's a steep learning curve, but I'm very
excited. I'm just installing fusion as well. So god help me!
I've managed to allocate 20 GB of hard drive to my bootcamp
partition. It won't be long before I incorporate it using fusion.
but in the meantime, I'm playing safe. Guys, I wish I had your
knowledge, or the time to go after it. Thanks for being there for
people like me. Keen but ignorant.
With best wisehs
Simon
On 20 Jan 2009, at 23:04, Scott Howell wrote:
Simon, first you do not need the AirPort Disk utility. Secondly,
not sure what you had previously if any router. If you had an
AirPort Express it is possible to copy settings if you will, but it
depends upon the configuration etc. Point is the setup shouldn;t
have been so difficult. Are you in the U.S? I can give you a yell
if you need some questions answered or we can get on SKype. The
Time Capsule is more an AirPort Extreme and backup solution
combined into one unit. The Express shares a number of similar
features, but is yet different unless they have made a lot of
changes.
Scott Howell
[email protected]
On Jan 20, 2009, at 4:38 PM, Simon Cavendish wrote:
Dear Listers,
I'm exhausted but also trimphant because I've just managed - I
think I have managed - to set up my time capsule with airport
express. This promising device seems to combine airport express
and time capsule. However, having been assured by the shop
assistant where I had bought the device that it should pick up all
my settings automatically - I have spent the last 3 hours trying
to do so as it didn't do anything automatically. I have
consequently a very red hot face, and my heart's thumping.
Luckily, it seems that I am connected to the internet which is a
great relief.
prior to having bought the airport express/cum time capsule in one
-ż I had been connecting to the internet via an ethernet
connection and modem given to me by my ISP provider, virgin
media. The shop assistant told me that all I had to do was to
connect the ethernet cable to the airport express/time capsule and
that my computer should pick everything else up automatically. How
mistaken I was to believe that.
Anyway, I think all is wwell and working for now although I expect
some unexpected problems in the future.
Listers, I have in my utilities folder under applications two
apploications: airport disc utility and airport application. When
I try to launch the airport disk utility I get a message that this
application is not supported by the architecture. What does it mean?
Also, listers, Should you have any helpful tips on using airport
express/cum time capsule with Mac on which I also run windows
under bootcamp - although I shall soon be running windows under
fusion, please let me know. This is all rather technical, I feel
very much adrift and frightened. My work depends on my computer, I
can't afford to lose any communications related to work or
appointments.
Thanks in advance for any tips you can give me. I have followed
very carefully all the threads realating to time capsule airport
express on the list in the knowledge that one day I will be going
that way but it is all very different when you are actually doing
it without the depth computer knowledge some of you/many of you
have on the list.
With many thanks
Simon
