Editing Apple Filing Protocol (section)

{{short description|Computer network protocol}}
{{distinguish|text=[[Apple File System]] (APFS), a file system for macOS, iOS, tvOS and watchOS, currently being developed and deployed by Apple Inc}}
{{Infobox networking protocol|title=Apple Filing Protocol|developer=Apple, Inc.|purpose=File services|is stack=no|ports=548}}
The '''Apple Filing Protocol''' ('''AFP'''), formerly '''AppleTalk Filing Protocol''', is a [[proprietary protocol|proprietary]] [[Communications protocol|network protocol]], and part of the '''Apple File Service''' ('''AFS'''), that offers file services for [[macOS]], [[classic Mac OS]], and [[Apple II]] computers.  In [[OS X Mountain Lion|OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion]] and earlier, AFP was the primary protocol for file services. Starting with [[OS X Mavericks|OS X 10.9 Mavericks]], [[Server Message Block]] (SMB) was made the primary file sharing protocol, with the ability to run an AFP server removed later in [[macOS Big Sur|macOS 11 Big Sur]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fleishman|first=Glenn|date=2020-12-18|title=AFP is no longer supported in macOS Big Sur. Here's the fix|url=https://www.macworld.com/article/3600899/using-afp-to-share-a-mac-drive-its-time-to-change.html|access-date=2021-01-09|website=Macworld|language=en}}</ref> and the client being marked for deprecation in the 15.5 update of [[macOS Sequoia|MacOS Sequoia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=What's new for enterprise in macOS Sequoia |url=https://support.apple.com/en-us/121011 |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=Apple Support |language=en}}</ref> AFP supports [[Unicode]] file names, [[POSIX]] and [[access-control list]] permissions, [[resource fork]]s, named extended attributes, and advanced [[file locking]].