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Help setting up Apple Airport Express (original) with Apple OSX 10.9.5

dx052
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I have just bought an original Airport Express to stream music from my Laptop and Macbook Air. I have plugged in the Airport Express and done a reset, It show up on my wifi settings but I am unable to use the latest utility to get it to work. I have also plugged it into my router and got a solid Green light so I am assuming its working. Do I need a work around to get the Airplay to work with my Macbook Air & iPad 2?
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You will need to download an older version of airport utility 5.6.1. You can then set it up to work on your system. http://coreyjmahler.com/2013/10/24/airport-utility-5-6-1-on-os-x-10-9-mavericks/0
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"You will need to download an older version of airport utility 5.6.1"
Are you sure? I'm managing assorted elderly Airports off the latest bits. There's a few things missing in the new version of Airport Utility (you can't configure syslog destinations, for example) but I didn't think that there were Airports that were supported by 5.6.1 and not supported by 6.0. Amongst the Airports I'm managing is an old-shape Express I'm using for audio streaming ("802.11n First Generation", so not quite the oldest).0 -
The older Airport Express is not supported by the later versions of Airport Utility, if you want to make changes to the settings on these, you need 5.6.1, which in turn is not supported by Mavericks and later. the work around is to follow the the instructions in the link I posted. There is lots of info about this if you do a search. The current Airport Utilities will see all the AEX on your network, but you are unable to change any settings.0
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