Apple releases AirPort Utility 5.3.1 for Mac and Windows

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 · 4:48 pm · 16 Comments

Apple today released AirPort Utility 5.3.1 for Macintosh and Windows which includes general fixes and compatibility updates.

AirPort Utility 5.3.1 is the simple to use, setup and management utility for the AirPort Express Base Station, the AirPort Extreme Base Station and Time Capsule.

AirPort Utility 5.3.1 is available via Software Update and also as standalone installers.

More info and download links:
• AirPort Utility 5.3.1 for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard – 8.8MB
• AirPort Utility 5.3.1 for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger – 9.33MB

• AirPort Utility 5.3.1 for Windows – 10.28MB

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16 Comments

SmacSteve

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 4:57 pm · Reply

Uh, you are missing a huge point to this update… It now enables wireless Time Machine support!

SmacSteve

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 5:00 pm · Reply

I guess I’m wrong about the statement I made. My apologies.

TowerTone

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 5:07 pm · Reply

I ran the update while Airfoil was streaming Internet Sirius to my Express, and by God, if it don’t sound snappier….

GmanMac

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 5:13 pm · Reply

I wonder if this will fix video iChat wireless connection issues…

blucaso

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 5:33 pm · Reply

Actually this fixes a pretty embarrassing shortcoming of the Airport Express – my dad just bought a new MacBook and an Airport Express, and then he couldn’t install the Airport software because his computer was “too new”. Whoever heard of such a thing? But he couldn’t do it. I thought he was missing the obvious, but sure enough he’d been on the Apple forums and found that this was indeed the case. Guess I can call him to tell him this is available now.

Dazzzz

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 5:50 pm · Reply

I already have an AirPort Extreme Base Station and a number of external hard drives and would really like to be able to connect one of these to the USB port and effectively have a Time Capsule equivalent without having to go buy an actual Time Capsule. This update does not appear to enable that much to my chagrin. I may end up buying one, but I don’t think it’s fair not to be able to have this functionality when for all intents and purposes an AirPort Extreme is a Time Capsule, minus the internal hard drive.

eluspac emit

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 6:13 pm · Reply

I am more inclined to believe that the back up through AEBS & Time Machine is due to the latency inherent in the transfer from wireless to a USB device, hence the Time Capsule which because it is a built in hard drive, will not have that. I agree with the fact that it sucks, but I think that having a complete backup vs. one with potentially corrupt data is more important.

sly

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 6:23 pm · Reply

Snappy, very snappy….

qka

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 6:53 pm · Reply

Too bad the provided links don’t work.

Oh well, I guess I’ll have to root around the Apple site.

Mac-nugget

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 6:57 pm · Reply

@eluspac emit
Nope, you can connect a USB HD to a TimeCapsule and it works like advertised. Their goes your theory.

Boult

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 8:59 pm · Reply

this update was pulled…

GmanMac

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 9:46 pm · Reply

Update still working for me…

Scott

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 9:59 pm · Reply

THEY CHANGED THE COLOR OF THE DISKS ICON!!

Just kidding about the excitement. I was using the old airport ult last night and just noticed it was different.

Bob the Builder

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 2:11 am · Reply

Does anyone know if this update fixes the recent 10.5.2 network drops?

(FYI: since 10.5.2, Airport has been regularly dropping connections with various machines often requiring one to disable and re-enable Airport on the affected machine. N.B. It doesn’t affect everyone, but this update may have some effect, although personally I think it’s in OS X, not AIrport, but hey, whatever voodoo works right?)

eluspac emit

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 8:28 am · Reply

@Mac-nugget
Notice I was referring to a USB HD and the AEBS. Thanks.

Logan

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 4:09 pm · Reply

@eluspac emit

Yeah he knows that, and so does everyone else. You can STILL hook up a HDD to the USB port on the Time Capsule and that USB-connected HDD will work with Time Machine. Do we need to say it more clearly for you?

There goes your theory… again.

Anyone else want to reiterate?