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Apple's old backup boxes only speak AFP and SMB1, but NetBSD under the hood gives them one last shot

The next major release of macOS looks likely to remove Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) support, stopping Time Capsules from working… but life FOSS, uh, finds a way.

The current version of macOS "Tahoe" 26.4 already has network Time Machine issues , especially for folks using Apple Time Capsules . It looks like macOS 27 may completely remove the network protocol they need. However, the Time Capsules run NetBSD under the hood, and that means that the FOSS world has been able to come up with a workaround . It's called TimeCapsuleSMB , and it aims to keep older Time Capsules usable with modern macOS.

It's eight months since Apple released macOS 26 , and the company's annual release schedule means that macOS 27 is looming.…