Infrastructure

Apple wants to kill your Time Capsule, but they run NetBSD so they can’t

Apple's removal of AFP in macOS 27 threatens legacy Time Capsule devices, but open-source projects can resurrect them by leveraging their NetBSD core to add Samba 4 support.

Thursday, April 30, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: LobstersBY sys://pipeline

Apple is removing AFP support from macOS 27, breaking compatibility with Time Capsule backup devices that only support AFP and SMB1. While Time Capsule was discontinued in 2018, the article highlights that these devices run NetBSD, enabling open source projects like TimeCapsuleSMB to add Samba 4 support and preserve device functionality.

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A decade after the ‘Godfather of AI’ said radiologists were obsolete, their salaries are up to $571K and demand is growing fast

Hinton's 2016 prediction that AI would eliminate radiologists in 5–10 years proved wrong—U.S. radiology employment grew 10% with salaries reaching $571K as the field shifts toward human-AI collaboration rather than displacement.