All through the 2000s and 2010s, Apple provided a line of Wi-Fi routers that it known as AirPort base stations. There was a typical AirPort Specific, a higher-end AirPort Excessive with extra superior networking options, and an AirPort Time Capsule that doubled as an exterior storage drive for backing up a Mac with Time Machine.
Apple discontinued the AirPort line in 2018, and this week it shared extra unhappy information that may influence the AirPort Time Capsule particularly.
As observed by @StellaFudge, and by different customers who’ve put in the primary macOS Tahoe beta, the Time Machine web page within the System Settings app now signifies that the subsequent main model of macOS — aka macOS 27 — will now not help the AirPort Time Capsule or another storage drives that use the Apple Submitting Protocol (AFP).
Apple already introduced that its AFP shopper had been deprecated, in its enterprise launch notes for macOS Sequoia 15.5 final month.
Beginning with macOS 27, Time Capsule backups would require a storage drive that helps extra present file-sharing protocols like SMBv2 and SMBv3.
macOS 27 will likely be launched subsequent 12 months.
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