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Two backup options for three computers

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Reader Pete Barr asks an age-old question. He writes:</p>

My wife and I recently purchased Apple laptops. We use an AirPort Extreme base station as our router and I’ve configured a Mac mini as a media server. I keep thinking that with the addition of an external hard drive I could put together some kind of backup server for us but I’m not sure how to go about it. What do you suggest?

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You have many options (as I’m sure the comments below will suggest) but let me address two. If you have Apple’s latest 802.11ac AirPort Extreme base station (http://store.apple.com/us/product/ME918LL/A/airport-extreme?fnode=4d), format a USB drive as an Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume, connect it to the base station, and Time Machine on each of your laptops will recognize it as a backup destination.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2109541/two-backup-options-for-three-computers.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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