![]() ![]() Also, being deprecated, it's no longer the default file sharing protocol meaning you will (eventually) have to take explicit steps to enable/connect to AFP shares. What all this means is that as a deprecated protocol, manufacturers are going to stop including support for AFP in new products (like NAS devices) and systems admins should begin making plans to switch over to newer technologies. That said, Apple can decide tomorrow that future versions of macOS will no longer come with AFP that won't break your existing macOS installation. If you are running AFP today, you will have AFP tomorrow. Only Apple will know this for certain.Ĭan I safely use AFP without worrying about it "dying" on me?ĪFP is not going to die the same way cron didn't die when Apple went to launchd. There will come a point in which Apple no longer includes support for a particular protocol or service. Will it stop working in future versions of macOS? It also means there will be no further development. There's a big distinction and that is being deprecated, it's still included and still works at the time of last development but it has been superseded by something else - in this case SMB2. Apple Filing Protocol is deprecated 1, not "dead".
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