Infrastructure

Apple is dropping AFP/TimeCapsule support in macOS 27

macOS 27 drops 12-year-old AFP support, stranding Time Capsule users and legacy NAS systems unless they upgrade to SMB3-compatible infrastructure.

Monday, April 27, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Hacker NewsBY sys://pipeline

Apple is removing AFP (Apple Filing Protocol) support from macOS 27, deprecating a legacy file-sharing standard it replaced with SMB over 12 years ago. Users with older NAS systems or Time Capsules that lack SMB3 support will need to upgrade their storage infrastructure or remain on earlier macOS versions. The update will also mandate TLS 1.2+ for server connections with additional unspecified security requirements.

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