Time Machine doesn't back up to AirPort Extreme AirPort Disks

Summary

Time Machine in Mac OS X v10.5 or later can be used to back up to many kinds of Mac OS Extended-formatted drives, but you cannot choose an AirPort Extreme 802.11n's AirPort Disk as a Time Machine backup volume.

Products Affected

Time Capsule 802.11n (1st Generation), Time Machine

Time Machine in Mac OS X v10.5 or later can be used to back up to many kinds of Mac OS Extended-formatted drives, but you cannot choose an AirPort Extreme 802.11n's AirPort Disk as a Time Machine backup volume.

However, you can choose Time Capsule AirPort Disks or internal disks as a Time Machine backup volume.

Time Machine can back up to another Mac running Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard with Personal File Sharing, or to a Leopard Server volume, or an Xsan storage device.

Learn more about Time Machine here.

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