MacOS – Disconnecting disks from Airport Extreme

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Since Apple released the new Airport Utility with the simplified UI, there doesn't seem to be an option to "Disconnect All Users" to kick all users off a hard drive to safely remove it when connected to an Airport Extreme. See the screenshot for this button in the previous version of Airport Utility.

Screenshot depicting this in the previous version

How should I do this in the new version?

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Consensus is that Apple simply forgot it - or didn't make the UI clear!

Deselecting "Enable file sharing" looks to have replaced it. At the very least that will disconnect users before you pull the plug.

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No, this isn't possible. According to Apple Support:

Time Machine can’t back up to an external disk connected to an AirPort Extreme, or to an iPod, iDisk, or disk formatted for Windows.

However, the same KB also notes that:

You can use Time Machine with a Time Capsule, and with USB, FireWire, and Thunderbolt disks. The backup disk can be directly connected to your computer or be on a network. If the backup disk has been divided into partitions, you can use one of the partitions.

You just can't have that drive hooked up to the Airport Extreme.

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Try using the following Terminal command then restarting System Preferences (if it's open):

defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1

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