AirPort Utility Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Use Automator to get the Airport Utility 5.6.1 working on OS X 10.8

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jan 22nd, 2013)

When I acquired a second printer dedicated to making prints and photos, I decided to dig the older Airport Express I have out of a drawer and set it up to be a wireless print server for that printer. However, I ran into a bit of a snafu: the older Airport Expresses require AirPort Utility 5.6.1 ...

OS X's MIA features: Out of style or out of time?

by Erica Sadun (Nov 12th, 2012)

One of the things that typifies Mountain Lion is Apple's insistence on removing existing features that users know and love. I suspect some just weren't finished in time, but others seem to simplify interfaces at the cost of user frustration. Here at TUAW Central, we receive regular emails from ...

Apple updates AirPort Utility for iOS to support the all-new AirPort Express

by Michael Grothaus (Jun 11th, 2012)

Apple has pushed out an update to its AirPort Utility iOS app. The app allows users to manage their wireless network and AirPort base stations right from their iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. AirPort Utility 1.1 adds support for configuring base stations for IPv6 as well as support for the all-new ...

Apple criticized for backing off on support of IPv6

by Steven Sande (Apr 15th, 2012)

At the North American IPv6 Summit held in Denver last week, Apple came under fire for not providing support for the next-generation of the Internet Protocol in the latest version of Apple's AirPort Utility. The criticism came from several speakers at the conference, but most notably from John ...

AirPort Utility 6.0 for OS X Lion retools interface to match iOS counterpart

by Chris Rawson (Jan 30th, 2012)

Freshly available in Software Update are AirPort Utility 5.6 and AirPort Utility 6.0. AirPort Utility 5.6 is a minor update to its predecessor which "Resolves an issue with using network passwords stored in the Keychain," while AirPort Utility 6.0 is a major overhaul of the user interface that ...

1Password Pro grabs the TUAW Best of 2011 iPad utility app award

by Steven Sande (Jan 5th, 2012)

The latest TUAW Best of 2011 award should come as no surprise, particularly since the winner also topped the iPhone utility app voting. 1Password Pro (US$14.99) was voted by TUAW readers as the best iPad utility app of 2011, pulling in a whopping 56.6 percent of the votes. Why has this app ...

TUAW Best of 2011: Vote for your favorite iPad utility app

by Steven Sande (Jan 1st, 2012)

The nominations are in, and the poll is ready to go! The TUAW Best of 2011 awards are all about you -- the readers -- and what you think is the cream of the crop of Apple or third-party products and software. To vote, select one entry from the top nominations made by readers. We'll be announcing ...

TUAW Best of 2011: Vote for the best iPhone utility app

by Steven Sande (Dec 24th, 2011)

AirPort Utility app for iOS about to debut

by Chris Rawson (Oct 10th, 2011)

While iOS 5 includes a new feature that allows for initial setup of an AirPort device from an iPad or iPhone, any future tweaking of settings still has to be done from a Mac or PC. However, Twitter user Sonny Dickson found references to an AirPort Utility app in iOS 5's Settings app. Without ...

AirPort Utility updated to 5.5.3

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jun 14th, 2011)

The AirPort brand hasn't retired yet. Apple issued an AirPort Utility update for both Mac and Windows on Monday. The update fixes an issue that causes AirPort Utility to randomly quit during the setup process. The 10.8 MB file can be downloaded through Apple's support site or through Software ...

Apple updates AirPort Utility 5.5.2 for Mac and Windows

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 16th, 2010)

Following the Digital Camera RAW Compatibility update released earlier today, Apple has just released a software update for AirPort Utility. The 5.5.2 update contains bug fixes and improvements, including the following: Resolves an issue that caused the DHCP settings tab to display incorrectly ...

Apple releases software updates for Time Capsule, Airport

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 1st, 2010)

Apple has released a few updates for its Time Capsule and Airport products. AirPort Utility 5.5.1 for Mac includes general bug fixes and addresses the following issues: Not importing all settings when importing a configuration and not propagating MAC address control lists when using an extended ...

Ask TUAW: More migration, expanding Apple's Dictionary, syncing iPhone notes, and more

by Mat Lu (Aug 19th, 2009)

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly Mac troubleshooting Q&A column! This time we've got more questions on migrating user data when upgrading to Snow Leopard, expanding Apple's built-in Dictionary application, accessing iPhone notes without Mail.app, and more. As always, your suggestions and ...

Apple delivers Airport Utility Update

by Mel Martin (Jun 3rd, 2009)

It has been a busy few days for Apple in the software update domain. iWork '09, iTunes, and Quicktime have all been updated, along with GarageBand. Today, Apple is pushing out an Airport Utility software update. With the usual great and patented Apple detail, the update: "..includes general fixes ...

AirPort Base Station Update 2007-001 for Mac

by David Chartier (Mar 31st, 2007)

Apple has released a 2007-001 update for the AirPort Base Station for Mac which "includes general fixes and compatibility updates for the following applications": AirPort Utility AirPort Admin Utility for Graphite and Snow Base Stations AirPort Disk Utility AirPort Disk Agent While ...