Apple greatly increase the security with later versions of Mac OS. so this might be a problem.
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- I looked around for a wireless hard drive to be a new time capsule but Apple don't seem to offer them any more, at least I can't find any wireless hard drives at the UK Apple store. So can someone recommend a good wireless drive to work with my mid 2015 15' MBP? Running Mojave 10.14.5.
- You can chose to extend your Comcast wireless network or establish a separate wireless network. I cannot comment on the external drive question, other than I am backing up two Windows 10 computers as well as two Apple computers to this device. There is a USB port to add additional storage, but I don't know how you need to format that drive.
One thing to try and I am not sure what to do if this fails. and causes issues accessing the files later. so use with caution.
Optional 802.11n AirPort Extreme wireless networking 2; Optional external Apple USB Modem (RJ-11) Storage. Four 3.5-inch cable-free, direct-attach hard drive bays with built-in independent 3Gb/s Serial ATA channels; four internal hard drive carriers included; Up to 4TB of internal storage 3 using hard drives in the following capacities.
Apple mac os x keyboard symbols. In the windows version of the airport utility go to the Disk/ File Sharing tab. In airport disk guest access turn on read and write access for all users.
This screenshot is taken from the old Mac version of the utility which looks somewhat different but also has the same functionality.
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Full access by all users by default is not allowed.
Obviously this is going to affect your security. Use with Caution.
It can also help to use the correct workgroup name. This used to be WORKGROUP by default but win10 tends to use IPv6 now for local group accounts and I am not sure WORKGROUP is default.
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To use Time Machine to make a backup of your Mac, you need any of these types of storage devices:
Wireless Storage Router
- External drive connected to an AirPort Extreme Base Station (802.11ac) or AirPort Time Capsule
After setting up the storage device, you can use Time Machine to make a backup of your Mac. And after making your backup, you can use Time Machine to restore files from your backup.
External drive connected to your Mac
Time Machine can back up to an external drive connected to a USB, Thunderbolt, or FireWire port on your Mac.
External drive connected to an AirPort Extreme Base Station (802.11ac) or AirPort Time Capsule
Time Machine can back up to an external USB drive connected to an AirPort Extreme Base Station (802.11ac model) or AirPort Time Capsule.
- Make sure that the USB drive is formatted for Time Machine.
- Connect the drive to a USB port on your AirPort base station, then turn it on.
- Open AirPort Utility, then select your base station and click Edit to view its settings.
- Click the Disks tab in the settings window.
- Select your backup disk from the list of partitions, then select ”Enable file sharing”:
- If more than one user on your network will back up to this disk with Time Machine, you can use the Secure Shared Disks pop-up menu to make sure that they can view only their own backups, not yours. Choose ”With accounts” from the menu, then click the Add (+) button to add users.
- Click Update to restart your base station and apply the settings.
AirPort Time Capsule
Time Machine can back up to the built-in hard disk of an AirPort Time Capsule on your network.
Wireless Storage Device
Mac shared as a Time Machine backup destination
To use another Mac on your network as a Time Machine backup destination, complete these steps on the other Mac:
- Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Sharing.
- From the list of services on the left, select File Sharing.
- From the list of Shared Folders on the right, Control-click the folder that you want to use for Time Machine backups.
- From the shortcut menu that opens, choose Advanced Options.
- From the Advanced Options dialog, select ”Share as a Time Machine backup destination.”
When setting up Time Machine on your other Mac computers, you should now be able to select the shared folder as a backup disk.
Network-attached storage (NAS) device that supports Time Machine over SMB
Many third-party NAS devices support Time Machine over SMB. For details, check the documentation for your NAS device.
Wireless Usb Storage
How to format a disk for Time Machine
Time Machine supports all Mac OS Extended (Journaled) formats and Xsan formats. If the disk isn't using the correct format, Time Machine automatically prompts you to erase it when you connect it to your Mac:
If you need to erase the disk manually, use the Disk Utility app to erase using the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format.
Time Machine can't back up to an iOS device or disk formatted for Windows. And if your disk uses the Master Boot Record (MBR) partition scheme, some of its partitions might not be available for use with Time Machine.