2023-05-15 11:26:15
If you haven’t touched the connection between your Synology NAS and your Mac in years, you may get a tip from Synology after installing its next update. According to CachemDSM 7.2 indeed displays a ” security Council “ encouraging users still using the AFP protocol to deactivate it in favor of the more modern SMB.
If you’re concerned, it’s high time to switch to SMB: AFP has been deprecated for years, which means that the protocol is no longer evolving and is no longer recommended by Apple, although it is still usable. To use SMB instead, go to the DSM Control Panel, SMB tab under File Services. Then check the box “Enable SMB service” then go to the Advanced tab to check “Enable Bonjour service discovery to locate Synology NAS” and then “Enable Bonjour Time Machine broadcast via SMB. » You can then disable AFP in the control panel.
On the Mac side, you should see your NAS automatically appear in the Finder. If you had configured a Time Machine backup on your NAS in AFP, it will no longer be visible since the obsolete protocol is cut. To migrate to SMB without starting your backup from scratch, go to System Settings > General > Time Machinethen remove your AFP backup by clicking on the button – after selecting it. Then click on the button + to see a dialog box asking if you want to use the existing backup.
According to Cachem, file transfers in SMB are slower than in AFP by default. To improve this, the trick is to either disable package signingor to prevent macOS from reading .DS_Store files located in the SMB share.
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