I’ve had this exact sort of setup for the better part of two years now. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to work that way. After the initial (lengthy) backup, Time Machine will mount the drive remotely when connected to the network, run its backup, then disconnect – just like with Time Capsule.
Finally, select it as your TimeMachine backup disk and let it run. Then, mount it on your desktop like you would any other remote drive.
At first glance, replicating this setup with a AirPort Extreme Base Station would seem to be fairly simple.įirst, you attach a drive (such as a NewerTech miniStack, which stacks nicely underneath) to the USB port on your Base Station. In early 2008, Apple introduced Time Capsule, which essentially combined an AirPort Base Station and a 500GB-1TB hard drive. That’s something completely different – and a lot easier to talk about. … What? You meant using Time Machine via an AirPort Base Station? Take a base 0-60 time of 8.8 seconds, factor acceleration curve for 60-88mph, account for deceleration while swerving around the occasional 747, and you’ll need about … Well… theoretically, getting the DeLorean up to 88 miles per hour on a long stretch of tarmac would probably be fairly straightforward. We’ve gotten a couple of emails from readers wondering how to get Time Machine to work with an AirPort.
