Hi All, In light of the earlier discussion about the more limited functionality of the current version 6 of AirPort Utility for troubleshooting and diagnosing Wi-Fi network problems, compared to version 5, I thought I'd post a link to this web page: • Installing the Old AirPort Utility (Version 5.6) on Mountain Lion http://frank.is/mountain-lion-and-the-old-airport-utility/
The "How It Works" section gives instructions on how to install this on your system via an Automator workflow, and provides links to both the older version of AirPort Utility and an Automator workflow the author wrote. I haven't tried this, because I have a working version of AirPort Utility 5.6. (You can copy the application from your older cloned backups). There is a mention of using drag and drop, but I assume VoiceOver's drag and drop might work here. I'm keeping a record of this page in case I need to access it again. I have an older AirPort Express that needs the older version of the AirPort Utility. (These units just don't seem to die, although I did finally retire my first AirPort Express, bought when they first came out, when I started having to power cycle it too many times. That was probably after 6 years, and I can still use it in an emergency.) This might address John Panarese's earlier comments about the earlier version AirPort Utility from another recent thread: <begin quote> You can still download the 5.6 version from the Apple Support website, but I think you can't install it. You have to just copy the app to your applications/utilities/ folder. So, if you have an older Mac running Lion or Snow Leopard, you can install it there and then just copy the app itslef to your Mountain Lion system disk. It won't work with Airport Express models earlier than this year, but you do get that missing functionality for the Extreme and Time Capsule. <end quote> HTH. Cheers, Esther On 30 Mar 2013, at 12:55, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > Hi Esther, > > No you're grand thanks I have instructions to do it I just wanted to check if > there were another way. > > Cheers, > > Dónal > On 30 Mar 2013, at 22:49, Esther wrote: > >> Hello Dónal, >> >> I hope that Anne's instructions work for you, because the only way that I >> know to get the device logs is with the version 5.6.1 of AirPort Utility >> that I still run. (Can give you instructions for that, if you like.) >> >> Cheers, >> >> Esther <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
