MacOS 27 and non-SMBv2 or v3 storage drives compatiblity

[fritzj3]

Under MacOS 27 will drives that are non-SMBv2 or v3 still be compatible for general use, other than with Time Machine?

 

[Bigwaff]

Under MacOS 27 will drives that are non-SMBv2 or v3 still be compatible for general use, other than with Time Machine?

Depends… are you asking if macOS 27 will only support SMB protocol for network file access? macOS also supports NFS, it’s just not “easy” to setup and use.

 

[fritzj3]

Thanks for replying. I'm asking if Apple, in moving to SMBv2 & 3 for Time Machine exclusively with 27, is making an environment in which older storage drives based on AFPS or HFS+ will no longer be usable going forward for any type of file access, network or other.

 

[Bigwaff]

I'm asking if Apple, in moving to SMBv2 & 3 for Time Machine exclusively with 27, is making an environment in which older storage drives based on AFPS or HFS+ will no longer be usable going forward for any type of file access, network or other.

APFS and HFS+ are file systems. SMB is a file sharing protocol. Very different things. Apple is not abandoning its file systems because it has deprecated/removed its old file sharing protocol AFP.

 

[fritzj3]

Thanks for your reply, Bigwaff; and for clearing that up for me. Thank you.