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I know other people have been successful in doing this, but I did it with a couple of weird things happening.
Here's my situation. I have a MacBook Pro and and MacBook wirelessly connected to a AirPort Extreme. I initially set up both computers to back up to a single 500 GB external hard drive while directly connected to the computer. Then, I started reading on the net about how to put the hard drive on the AEBS. So, without modifying any code or "touching" any drives, I just plugged the drive into the AEBS. Then I fired up the MacBook Pro and mounted the drive on the desktop. I right clicked on the Time Machine icon on the dock and clicked "Back Up Now". And, without changing anything it just worked and started backing up like regular, with a couple of hitches. I attached some screen shots of the regular windows used with Time Machine. Notice the weird icons. Plus, when I started the backup it mounted an additional 600 GB disk called "Backup of Kenny's Computer". Witch is weird because the hard drive is only 500 GB.
But I does work. I backed up, deleted a couple of things to test, and it retrieved them. So, despite the minor weird things, it worked.
Here's my situation. I have a MacBook Pro and and MacBook wirelessly connected to a AirPort Extreme. I initially set up both computers to back up to a single 500 GB external hard drive while directly connected to the computer. Then, I started reading on the net about how to put the hard drive on the AEBS. So, without modifying any code or "touching" any drives, I just plugged the drive into the AEBS. Then I fired up the MacBook Pro and mounted the drive on the desktop. I right clicked on the Time Machine icon on the dock and clicked "Back Up Now". And, without changing anything it just worked and started backing up like regular, with a couple of hitches. I attached some screen shots of the regular windows used with Time Machine. Notice the weird icons. Plus, when I started the backup it mounted an additional 600 GB disk called "Backup of Kenny's Computer". Witch is weird because the hard drive is only 500 GB.
But I does work. I backed up, deleted a couple of things to test, and it retrieved them. So, despite the minor weird things, it worked.