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==Compatibility== AFP versions 3.0 and greater rely exclusively on [[Internet protocol suite|TCP/IP]] (port 548) for establishing communication, supporting [[AppleTalk]] only as a [[service discovery]] protocol. The AFP 2.x family supports both TCP/IP (using [[Data Stream Interface]]) and AppleTalk for communication and service discovery. Many third-party AFP implementations use AFP 2.x, thereby supporting AppleTalk as a connection method. Still earlier versions rely exclusively on AppleTalk. For this reason, some older literature refers to AFP as "AppleTalk Filing Protocol". Other literature may refer to AFP as "AppleShare", the name of the [[Mac OS 9]] (and earlier) AFP client. Notable current compatibility topics are: # [[Mac OS X v10.4]] and later eliminates support for AFP servers that rely solely on AppleTalk for communication. # Computers using classic Mac OS can connect to AFP 3.x servers, with some limitations. For example, the maximum file size in Mac OS 8 is 2 [[gigabyte]]s. Typically, Mac OS 9.1 or later is recommended for connecting to AFP 3.x servers; for versions of original Mac OS prior to 9.1, installation of the [[AppleShare]] client 3.8.8 is required. # AFP 3.0 and later is required for network home directories, since Mac OS X requires [[POSIX]] permissions on user home directories. Single sign-on using [[Kerberos (protocol)|Kerberos]] requires AFP 3.1. #APFS: AFP is incompatible with sharing of [[Apple_File_System|APFS]] volumes but is still usable as a Time Machine destination in High Sierra.
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