Airport Utility and Ventura 13.4.1

I'm using my old Airport Time Capsule as my WiFi base station (Model: A1470, Serial#: 119FH5, 802.1X) and for backup. I'm running Ventura 13.4.1 on a MacAir M2. What version of the Airport utility can I use? Is there a firmware update I should install? Which update. All those I try say they are incompatible.

MacBook Air, macOS 13.4

Posted on Jun 28, 2023 08:49 AM

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Jun 29, 2023 06:56 AM in response to Fairwinds46

Fairwinds46 wrote:

I'm using my old Airport Time Capsule as my WiFi base station (Model: A1470, Serial#: XXXXX XXXX) and for backup. I'm running Ventura 13.4.1 on a MacAir M2. What version of the Airport utility can I use? Is there a firmware update I should install? Which update. All those I try say they are incompatible.

All those you try(?)

Vintage and obsolete is real possibility. Might be time to upgrade your hardware, Time Capsule was discontinued in 2018

Is there an Airport Utility.app on your M2 (?) That would be the version ...

ref: Apps included on your Mac - Apple Support

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