Using Time Machine with an Airport Extreme AirDisk

P4.  "Backup volume could not be mounted"

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You may get this message after changing a network volume's password.


If the password has been changed since Time Machine was configured, you may not be able to back up to it.


See this Apple article:  Mac OS X 10.5.3 or later: Time Machine - "Backup volume could not be mounted" after changing network volume's password

Note:  backing-up this way is not reliable and is not supported by Apple. 

        See: Using Time Machine with an Airport Extreme AirDisk for details.

See Time Machine FAQ #2 for other, more reliable ways to back up with Time Machine.