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 > [email protected] > > > > 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: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Henrichsen >>> Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 1:59 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> 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: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn >>> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 12:29 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> 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 [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> 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 [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
