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Add Time Machine over SMB support, since AFP is officially deprecated on macOS

  This repeated request has been merged into the main thread Future Time Machine Support on TP-Link Routers (macOS 27 Compatibility). Please vote on the main thread.

 
8
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Add Time Machine over SMB support, since AFP is officially deprecated on macOS

  This repeated request has been merged into the main thread Future Time Machine Support on TP-Link Routers (macOS 27 Compatibility). Please vote on the main thread.
Add Time Machine over SMB support, since AFP is officially deprecated on macOS
Add Time Machine over SMB support, since AFP is officially deprecated on macOS
2025-07-30 11:09:20 - last edited a week ago
Model: Deco BE65  
Hardware Version: V1
Firmware Version: 1.1.7 Build 20250324 Rel. 32980

As per this Apple article (see the subtext or Find --> AFP), AFP is deprecated, and there's a notification banner (and banner in the settings panel for Time Machine) that appears from macOS Sequoia 15.6 alerting users that AFP is confirmed to be losing support in future versions, therefore, I'm requesting that Deco's Time Machine feature advertises over SMB (ideally V3.1.1), which should not be a stretch to implement considering that Deco already supports Samba. Also, implementing the filesystem driver for APFS would be a nice addition. Thanks!

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RE:Add Time Machine over SMB support, since AFP is officially deprecated on macOS
3 weeks ago
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RE:Add Time Machine over SMB support, since AFP is officially deprecated on macOS
3 weeks ago
Tried and failed to use external SSD, APFS format, as recommended by Apple. The AX3200 supports SMB and USB3. I was surprised the Time Machine feature didn’t work.
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RE:Add Time Machine over SMB support, since AFP is officially deprecated on macOS
2 weeks ago
Yes! I don't want my timemachine backups to stop working with a future macOS update.
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RE:Add Time Machine over SMB support, since AFP is officially deprecated on macOS
2 weeks ago
Try formatting the disk as exFAT with "standard" partitioning - not APFS. Deco doesn't support APFS disks.
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Re:Add Time Machine over SMB support, since AFP is officially deprecated on macOS
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  @CyberFlame 

+1. 

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