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Apple Filing Protocol will soon disappear completely from macOS
Apple Filing Protocol is one of Apple's original file-sharing technologies. Its client software will soon be gone from macOS forever.
Part of a suite of software which included AppleTalk, AppleShare, and Apple cabling hardware called LocalTalk, AFP allowed users to share files across Macs on local area networks. The now-defunct Mac OS X Server product also included AFP, SMB/CIFS, and NFS File Services as part of its file-sharing features. For those users who absolutely need to hang on to AFP, an open third-party product called Netatalk is available and is still being maintained as of 2025.
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