Manage your Airport hardware

1 Open Airport Utility

Airport Utility is included with macos and can be found by typing it into Spotlight. To manage your Airport hardware from IOS, download the free utility from the App Store.

2 Automatic check

If the utility is set to check for updates on opening, wait a moment. If an update is available, devices show a red badge (provided the utility knows their password).

3 Check for updates

Click/tap a device to open a summary. Check Wireless Clients for any connected devices. Updating (Step 5) will cut their network connection and disrupt their activity.

4 Back up settings (Mac)

Before you update a device, back up its settings in case a problem requires a hardware reset. Click ‘Edit’ in the summary, then choose File>export Configuration File.

5 Update the firmware

On macos, click ‘Update’ to the right of the current firmware number. On IOS, tap the Version row, wait for the app to retrieve details, then tap ‘Download and Install’.

6 Wait for the install

Airport Utility will download the update, install it to the selected device and then restart it. This takes at least a few minutes, during which you can’t do more with the app.