<ul><li>Apple's macOS Sequoia 15.5 update deprecates support for Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) used to connect to servers and local computers.</li><li>AFP, Apple's old peer-to-peer protocol for file sharing, has been deprecated with this update, with support already ended with macOS 11.0 Big Sur.</li><li>Users can still use AFP to connect to older UNIX-only servers, but support is waning as NAS makers like Synology shift to the more widely supported SMB protocol.</li><li>Users relying on AFP are advised to switch to Server Message Block (SMB) or other supported protocols like CIFS and NFS, as AFP support is gradually phased out.</li></ul>

macOS Sequoia 15.5 deprecates support for the ancient Apple Filing Protocol dating back to the early Macintosh days

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