So, it looks like Apple mistakenly allowed the ability for Airport Extreme’s to use Airdisks as Time Machine locations. I guessed as much when I couldn’t get it to work for me and others have reported rubbish performance or failed backups.

“What a “lack of support” means is that if you attempt to use an 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station for Time Machine backup, you won’t get any help from Apple’s technical support, something that readers have already told me”.

Check out more at tidbits website.

Looks like it was right for me to order that Time Capsule then!

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written by Mike Bradbrook \\ tags: Airdisk, Airport Extreme, Time Machine