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Re:High Sierra's Disk Utility does not recognize unformatted... by zdw on Monday October 02, 2017 @02:27PM (#15386435)
Option-clicking on most UI elements in the new Airport Utility gives you the more complex dialog boxes from the old version, not the new wizard/walkthrough ones.

Lots of debug/admin related stuff is hidden behind the Option key in macOS. Try clicking on the volume or wifi menu extras to see some examples of this.

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Re:High Sierra's Disk Utility does not recognize unformatted... by laythea on Monday October 02, 2017 @03:07PM (#15386888)
Yeah I feel like I am playing "Where's Wally", randomly Option-key clicking various different things to see what I can do. I guess that's fun for some people, but in my opinion a Menu, is supposed to layout all the options.
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Re:High Sierra's Disk Utility does not recognize unformatted... by Rebelgecko on Monday October 02, 2017 @04:52PM (#15387850)
The current version of Airport Utility straight up doesn't work with some of the older Airports. IIRC Lion or Mountain Lion won't let you install the older versions, so you have to muck around with the pkg installer to even get the app.
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Re:High Sierra's Disk Utility does not recognize unformatted... by oasisbob on Monday October 02, 2017 @05:17PM (#15388044)
... and when you get bored of Option-clicking, give Shift-Option clicking a try. Pulls up even more debug choices in Wifi/Bluetooth among others.
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