Netatalk
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5recommend
0warn against
Apr 27, 2026first mention
Jul 8, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“they'd be better off just creating a driver and server around the open source Netatalk implementation”
“I've used the Netatalk server for more than 15 years.”
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“I use Netatalk [1] with AFP to share files between my Macintosh 512ke and MacBook”
retro Macintosh useron “Apple is dropping AFP/TimeCapsule support in macOS 27”
“I use this for networked Time Machine backups for multiple Macs in my household. Works just as well over tailscale VPN.”
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“I will continue to run Netatalk side-by-side with Samba”
“they'd be better off just creating a driver and server around the open source Netatalk implementation”
I've already built it: https://github.com/jamesyc/TimeCapsuleSMB This runs Samba 4 on the Apple Time Capsule.
“I've used the Netatalk server for more than 15 years.”
“I use Netatalk [1] with AFP to share files between my Macintosh 512ke and MacBook”
“I don't recall when I stopped running netatalk on my NAS”
“I use this for networked Time Machine backups for multiple Macs in my household. Works just as well over tailscale VPN.”