[ckastner]

> edit: Despite knowing almost nothing about AFP, I found articles on Google saying that Apple shifted from AFP file sharing to SMB2 in an article dated 2013 -- that's five years ago! Apple themselves state that AFP is deprecated

I too found third-party articles, but the only official notice I could find from Apple was in the recent APFS FAQs [1]. Either I'm searching for the wrong terms, or Apple could have communicated the issue better.

[1] https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Fi...

[PeterStuer]

It was worded at the time (2013) in a way that I can see people not familiar with typical soft-balled IT marketing speak could have misinterpreted.

"SMB2 is the new default protocol for sharing files in OS X Mavericks. SMB2 is superfast, increases security, and improves Windows compatibility. ... SMB2 is automatically used to share files between two Mac computers running OS X Mavericks, or when a Windows client running Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 connects to your Mac. OS X Mavericks maintains support for AFP and SMB network file-sharing protocols, automatically selecting the appropriate protocol as needed. ...

The Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) is the traditional network file service used on the Mac. Built-in AFP support provides connectivity with older Mac computers and Time Machine–based backup systems."

https://images.apple.com/media/us/osx/2013/docs/OSX_Maverick...