Should I use this as the backup disk for TimeMachine instead of the Airport Extreme or should I continue to use the Airport Extreme? I purchased it but when it was delivered, I realized it is only a wireless hard disk. Question 2 - An Apple staff member in the store suggested I purchase a WD M圜loud Home as a replacement backup device. Question 1 - is the Airport Extreme operating and old technology and should I replace it? I have Xfinity internet, and they provide a wireless router and device, but I have bridged the Xfinity box over to the Airport Extreme. I use my Airport Extreme as the wireless internet device. When I purchased my MacBook, I was going to buy a new one, but was told Apple is out of the backup device business. I think it is a 2 gig tower, but I'm not 100% sure and am unable to look it up as it is in the middle of its initial backup of the new machine. My Airport Extreme is quite old, I'm guessing probably 6 years or more. I wasn't able to do a computer to computer restore, but I used the time machine backup. When do I replace Airport Extreme I have recently purchased a new MacBook pro, my older one (2016) finally gave out when it took a bit of a spill from a table and there was an intermittent hardware issue. I want to create a WDS to strengthen my network from the basement to the 2nd floor. The 6.2.1 utility won't work in Monterey, and it won't work in Sierra, the highest system I can install from recovery.

There used to be a utiltiy version that I remembered had menu items for WDS, and other options, but I don't see that in this utility. The reset gives a glimmer of hope with a brief switch from orange to green light, only to go back to orange light. The utility Base Station menus are all grayed out, and I'm using the utility version 6.3.9. The Airport Utility constantly wants to ask me to insert its password, even though I forgot the password from long ago. I put a paperclip in there, before and after I plugging the base station to power. If I were a betting man, I’d say that Apple might actually add AirPort functionality to a next-generation Apple TV considering some of the employees who worked on AirPort hardware are now on the Apple TV team.AirPort Extreme 802.11n (5th Generation) won't reset I have a MacBook Pro 2015 running Monterey with a Thunderbolt ethernet adapter plugged into the WAN or LAN port via ethernet cable, doesn't make a difference, it won't let get the Airport base station to reset with the indentation to the left of the kensington lock. The “Other” category generated $11.1 billion in fiscal 2016, or about five percent of Apple’s total sales.Īpple used to produce three Wi-Fi gadgets: the $99 AirPort Express and $199 AirPort Extreme routers and the $299/$399 AirPort Time Capsule which combines router functionality with a server-grade 2TB/3TB hard drive with support for Time Machine.Īpple also recently exited the external computer monitor business and now sells LG’s new high-resolution 4K and 5K screens. Revenue from sales of AirPort products is lumped in with revenue from “Other” products like the Apple Watch, Apple TV, Apple Music and more.

The decision to disband the team indicates Apple won’t be updating AirPort products any longer. “Apple began shutting down the wireless router team over the past year, dispersing engineers to other product development groups, including the one handling the Apple TV,” reads the report. The company last updated the AirPort-branded Wi-Fi accessories back in 2013 with support for the speedy 802.11ac wireless standard. Apple has quietly “disbanded” its router hardware division and reassigned employees to work on more lucrative products that account for the vast majority of the company’s revenue, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported Monday citing people familiar with the matter.

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