End of Time for AFP and Time Capsule

End of time for AFP and Time Capsule

Howard Oakley notes the deprecation of the Apple Filing Protocol, which used to be the foundation of peer-to-peer file sharing on the Mac. (These days most Macs share files using the SMB protocol.) The end of AFP has some serious ramifications for some older Apple hardware: In case you missed it, Apple has just announced that a “future version of macOS” will no longer support AFP, Apple Filing Protocol. This is included in the Enterprise releas…

Hidden in the release notes for macOS Sequoia 15.5 is a piece of information for long-time Mac users: Apple marks the Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) as "deprecated." This designation means that the network protocol, which has been included in Apple's operating systems since the late 1980s, will be deprecated in an upcoming...Read the article: Apple heralds the end of AFP – Protocol to be discontinued in macOS You can support us with every purchase …