Future Time Machine Support on TP-Link Routers (macOS 27 Compatibility)
Future Time Machine Support on TP-Link Routers (macOS 27 Compatibility)
Hi there,
I just noticed that with the latest macOS 26 Tahoe beta, Apple has announced that AFP network volumes will no longer be supported for Time Machine backups starting with macOS 27.
Since I primarily use my Deco BE65 for Time Machine backups, I wanted to ask if there are any plans to support this functionality in the future – for example, by improving SMB support for Time Machine.
Currently, no TP-Link routers support the APFS file format required for Time Machine disks, and formats like exFAT or NTFS aren’t compatible with Time Machine over SMB either. So simply switching to SMB doesn’t work unless the router is explicitly designed to support Time Machine via SMB with a compatible backend (e.g., sparsebundle support and proper service advertisement).
Or maybe I’m just missing something – I haven’t found any additional Time Machine-specific settings in the Deco app besides the simple on/off toggle.
I’ve attached some screenshots from the current beta for context.
Thanks in advance and best regards!
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@josehill Thanks for summarizing my post, but I don't get why people should vote for another feature request, when mine is the original one and already available with more votes. That said, it probably doesn't hurt when more people get to know about this issue before apple finally removes this feature in macOS 27, so thanks still :)!
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@C-Link Sorry about that - copy/paste error! I fixed it. I mostly wanted to clarify that there is no need for APFS-formatted drives when backing up to a router-connected drive over a network.
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