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Sep 27, 2018

MacOS Mojave 10.14 issues with AFP

Folks, I've been using my RN316 (latest firmware update) for years with my MacBook Pro. I have shares configured to both AFP and SMB file protocols. Both are set up for read/write access. Prior to...

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Patrick_2

Tutor

Sep 30, 2018

I'm having the same issue. I can connect with smb://readyshare/USB_Storage but afp://readyshare/USB_Storage does not work. I need afp for time machine. Any help welcome.

cfred99
Aspirant
Oct 25, 2018
This is exactly the problem I am having. Any work arounds? I need afp to use time machine.
- mdgm
  Virtuoso
  Oct 25, 2018
  Maybe switch to SMB for Time Machine. SMB Time Machine support was added recently to ReadyNAS OS. There’s a toggle in the web admin GUI.
  
  Or go back to Mac OS X 10.13.6 ( e.g. restoring from a TM backup).
  
  Personally I’m still running Mac OS X 10.13.6 and in no rush to upgrade, especially considering only one of my Macs can run Mojave.
  - xtraa
    Initiate
    Dec 23, 2018
    Hi,
    
    AFAIK Apple dropped AFP support a while ago, since Mavericks because SMB2 does the job. Apple has discontinued mounted AFP support when the boot drive is formatted as APFS. Exception would be AFP over TCP but it’s better to stick with SMB today. So it‘s not an issue with a .kext or driver, but because AFP slowly takes its retirement in the protocols history hall of fame. :)