tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post4259018230698714557..comments2008-11-16T10:01:41.761-05:00David Alisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134311846576585532noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-58505068824657463012008-03-14T23:50:00.000-04:002008-03-14T23:50:00.000-04:00@Tom: I used the setting to make the network drives visible and while Time Machine was able to see the drive attached to my Airport Extreme it was not able to successfully back it up. Not sure what the issue was there since the drive worked fine attached directly to the Mac.David Alisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134311846576585532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-58623869415913486602008-03-14T15:00:00.000-04:002008-03-14T15:00:00.000-04:00The "hack" really is only toggling Time Machine to show all drives instead of just what it thinks are supported. Basically it's just changing a config, similar to twittling a registry entry from 0 to 1. I've running 3 different Macs on network attached storage devices for time machine, and have done two restores off them without incident.<BR/><BR/>The terminal command to enable it is:<BR/>defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1<BR/><BR/>Now, I haven't specifically tested this to an Airport Extreme, but really, all Time Capsule does different is include the drive internally. I have a feeling AE wasn't supported day 1 due to some bug in a possible rare situation that has likely been fixed for 10.5.2 and Time Capsule.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16195549061641563919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-32507687596171736892008-02-22T22:01:00.000-05:002008-02-22T22:01:00.000-05:00Hey Vito - yeah, it was not fun. Turns out you cannot connect a My Book (or any other external hard drive) to the Airport Extreme and make it visible to Time Machine without using a hack. Bummer.<BR/><BR/>Not sure what I'm going to do at this point.David Alisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134311846576585532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-78941585622079196192008-02-22T21:12:00.000-05:002008-02-22T21:12:00.000-05:00Wow. That is scary. I would be mortified if my Macbook just decided to die. I forsee about 10 seconds of pure panic before my troubleshooting mindset kicks in. I'm glad you got everything in working order! If it wasn't for your new WD I would have suggested a look at Time Capsule as opposed to an Airport Extreme. But maybe you should think of plugging the My Book into your AEBS....if you can handle the creepingly slow speeds, that is.Vito Trainohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127859517867824550noreply@blogger.com