Comments on: No Time Machine for AEBS disks? http://macenstein.com/default/2007/10/no-time-machine-for-aebs-disks/ Mac news and rumors dug up on the web and sewn into and unholy monster Thu, 24 May 2012 03:48:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: VTMuslim http://macenstein.com/default/2007/10/no-time-machine-for-aebs-disks/comment-page-1/#comment-90218 VTMuslim Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:07:06 +0000 http://macenstein.com/default/archives/875#comment-90218 Try these steps I saw posted on some forum I forget. They worked for me in making my Airport Disk to work with Time Machine: 1) disconnect airport disk and plug into computer as a USB drive directly. 2) Set up time machine to use this volume. 3) In terminal cd to volume "cd /Volume/HDD" 4) In terminal "touch .com.apple.timemachine.supported" this will create an invisible file. 5) In terminal "sudo chown root:admin .com.apple.timemachine.supported" 6) In terminal "sudo chmod 1775 .com.apple.timemachine.supported" 7) In terminal "ls -l -a" the .com.apple.timemachine.supported file should be -rwxrwxr-t 8) eject disk, unplug from mac, plug into Airport. 9) mount at mac using connect to server in finder (command k) and afp://airportname.local./HDname 10) see if time machine now sees the drive and tries to use it. Try these steps I saw posted on some forum I forget. They worked for me in making my Airport Disk to work with Time Machine:

1) disconnect airport disk and plug into computer as a USB drive directly.
2) Set up time machine to use this volume.
3) In terminal cd to volume “cd /Volume/HDD”
4) In terminal “touch .com.apple.timemachine.supported” this will create an invisible file.
5) In terminal “sudo chown root:admin .com.apple.timemachine.supported”
6) In terminal “sudo chmod 1775 .com.apple.timemachine.supported”
7) In terminal “ls -l -a” the .com.apple.timemachine.supported file should be -rwxrwxr-t
8) eject disk, unplug from mac, plug into Airport.
9) mount at mac using connect to server in finder (command k) and afp://airportname.local./HDname
10) see if time machine now sees the drive and tries to use it.

]]> By: donut http://macenstein.com/default/2007/10/no-time-machine-for-aebs-disks/comment-page-1/#comment-86994 donut Sun, 21 Oct 2007 00:11:52 +0000 http://macenstein.com/default/archives/875#comment-86994 Hey guys. I have had problems with my AEBS locking up from day 1. It initially locked up every few hours.. and before I started tinkering with it, it was locking up every 15-30 minutes. I found some threads that fixed all of my problems. I am using my disk just fine. I have not tried a printer, but presumably it works. My problems were: 1) don't use 5GHz - Not sure if it is my proximity to an air force base, but it was definitely locking up my base station. 2) turn off IPV6 tunneling. under "Advanced", IPV6 3) turn off NAT port mapping protocol. under "internet" Hope this helps the folks above. -donut Hey guys.

I have had problems with my AEBS locking up from day 1. It initially locked up every few hours.. and before I started tinkering with it, it was locking up every 15-30 minutes.

I found some threads that fixed all of my problems. I am using my disk just fine. I have not tried a printer, but presumably it works.

My problems were:

1) don’t use 5GHz – Not sure if it is my proximity to an air force base, but it was definitely locking up my base station.

2) turn off IPV6 tunneling. under “Advanced”, IPV6

3) turn off NAT port mapping protocol. under “internet”

Hope this helps the folks above.

-donut

]]> By: Jonro http://macenstein.com/default/2007/10/no-time-machine-for-aebs-disks/comment-page-1/#comment-86876 Jonro Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:28:57 +0000 http://macenstein.com/default/archives/875#comment-86876 That would be a shame. I was planning on using Time Machine to perform network backups at home. I usually use the wireless connection with my laptop and wanted to take advantage of network backups wherever it's being used in the house. We'll find out soon whether or not it's still a Leopard feature. That would be a shame. I was planning on using Time Machine to perform network backups at home. I usually use the wireless connection with my laptop and wanted to take advantage of network backups wherever it’s being used in the house. We’ll find out soon whether or not it’s still a Leopard feature.

]]> By: GeneMaster http://macenstein.com/default/2007/10/no-time-machine-for-aebs-disks/comment-page-1/#comment-86875 GeneMaster Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:28:01 +0000 http://macenstein.com/default/archives/875#comment-86875 May be this is related to the widely-reported problems with AEBS Disks ?(see wikipedia for a description of the problem). Printers are also affected. The only fix is to reboot the AEBS. The problem has been going on since mid-august and still no fix from Apple!!!! Check this two big threads: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1106671 http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1144050 There are many more threads referring to the same issue... If one need to reboot the AEBS to get access back to the drive, no way timemachine could use an unreliable backup disk... May be this is related to the widely-reported problems with AEBS Disks ?(see wikipedia for a description of the problem). Printers are also affected. The only fix is to reboot the AEBS. The problem has been going on since mid-august and still no fix from Apple!!!! Check this two big threads:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1106671
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1144050
There are many more threads referring to the same issue…

If one need to reboot the AEBS to get access back to the drive, no way timemachine could use an unreliable backup disk…

]]> By: ob81 http://macenstein.com/default/2007/10/no-time-machine-for-aebs-disks/comment-page-1/#comment-86873 ob81 Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:09:05 +0000 http://macenstein.com/default/archives/875#comment-86873 I can't get the airport disk to work anyway. I guess it makes more sense being connected with firewire anyway. I can’t get the airport disk to work anyway. I guess it makes more sense being connected with firewire anyway.

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