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I’m not sure if AFP (via Netatalk) is really the right thing to use. I’m pretty sure that “native” Time Machine now prefera CIFS (Samba) over the network.


Correct.

> If given the choice between SMB and AFP, use SMB to back up to your external backup disk.

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/types-of-disks-you-...


> I’m not sure if AFP (via Netatalk) is really the right thing to use.

For years, Netatalk was still the more dependable solution, despite the deprecation warnings. I've had very good luck re: my current set up (ZFS and Samba 4.15.13 on Ubuntu 22.04) but Netatalk I believe still works very well.


Agreed, I still generally have much better luck with Netatalk which is why I have kept using it all these years.


Thanks! I've added a warning at the top of the blog post, and will revisit next weekend.




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