Tech Info 211: Apple AFP status for future macOS versions

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HELIOS Tech Info #211

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Update (Thu, 12 Jun 2025:

WWDC beta version of macOS 26 “Tahoe”

The released beta version of the macOS 26 (aka Tahoe) has successfully been tested with HELIOS G8 using AFP and Spotlight services. The service is completely available in the beta version of macOS 26.

We continue testing AFP, Spotlight and printing using the macOS 26 beta versions. We talk to the Apple developer support to verify that AFP supports stays included in macOS 26.

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Fri, 6 Jun 2025

Apple AFP status for future macOS versions

Apple macOS includes file sharing support via AFP as well as SMB for today's Macs. Recently Apple has communicated in the “macOS Sequoia 15.5” documentation for enterprise customers that AFP will be removed from macOS in the future.

During next week's Apple Developer Conference (WWDC) we expect that more detailed information becomes available. In particular, we will install and verify the AFP status in beta macOS versions which may get available to us during WWDC, and talk with the Apple support team about this.

HELIOS G8 servers support exclusively the AFP protocol with Spotlight for Mac clients, and we will continue to support AFP for years to come. The HELIOS SMB implementation is not ready for end-users.