Mhlawumbe elinye lamaphuzu agxekwe kakhulu ngenguqulo 'encishisiwe' yomzila osemthethweni we-Apple, i-Airport Express, yi ukungakwazi ukuxhuma noma yiluphi uhlobo lwesitoreji sangaphandle sokwenza amakhophi wesipele noma wamane wabelana ngamafayela kusukela kuze kube manje itheku le-USB beligcinelwe ukuxhumeka nokwabelana ngephrinta kuphela.
Kuyaziwa manje ukuthi i-Apple kungenzeka ukuthi icabangele inketho yokufaka ukusekelwa kwama-hard drive e-USB kwi-AirPort Express eyethulwe ngoJuni 2012. Lolu lwazi luye lwatholakala ngenxa yewebhusayithi yesiFulentshi iDu Lapin leyo ngokwencwajana endala yokusekela etholakalayo ngefomethi ye-PDFKunengxenye ephakamisa ukuthi i-USB hard drive noma ihabhu le-USB lingaxhunywa ku-AirPort Express, livumele wonke amakhompyutha akule nethiwekhi ukuthi akwazi ukufinyelela kulawo madivayisi.
Xhuma i-hard drive ye-USB ezisebenzelayo i-AirPort Express. Wonke amakhompyutha akunethiwekhi ye-AirPort manje aseyakwazi ukuthola imininingwane kwi-hard drive. Xhuma ihabhu le-USB ku-AirPort Express kuye xhuma amadivayisi amaningi e-USB njengamaphrinta noma ama-hard drive. Wonke amakhompyutha kunethiwekhi ye-AirPort angafinyelela kulawa madivayisi.
Lezi zinkomba azikho encwadini yokugcina yomkhiqizo [i-PDF], efaka kuphela isigaba sokuxhuma iphrinta ye-USB kudivayisi. Ukuhambisana kwe-hard drive ye-USB bekungahle kuvumele umzila wezindleko eziphansi njenge-AirPort Express ukuthi isebenze ngendlela efanayo ne-Apple ebiza kakhulu i-AirPort Extreme, okungenzeka ukuthi ingabandakanyi kumkhiqizo wokugcina.
Ngenkathi i-Apple AirPort Extreme inezindleko zama-euro angama-199 futhi ifaka phakathi ithuba lokuxhuma kwi-hard drive ye-USB ukuze wonke amakhompyutha akule nethiwekhi afinyeleleke ekwabelaneni ngefayela nokugcinwa, i-AirPort Express ngentengo yama-euro angama-99 kusesezingeni 'eliphansi' lokungena njengesixazululo se-WiFi nokuphinda i-Airport Extreme noma iTime Capsule.