limetech Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 "Official" AFP support is provided starting with 5.0-beta3. Link to comment
btlupin Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Nor can I. I think this is a great step forward. Link to comment
littlebudha Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 It would make my life easier with setting up my Macs! Link to comment
squirrellydw Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 I can't wait but someone explain to me why it is better? I have a Mac also but I just don't understand why its better? I have my Mac mini connected with ethernet and my macbook pro is wireless both are connecting to unRaid with SMB. Will this make the connections faster? Link to comment
prostuff1 Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 I can't wait but someone explain to me why it is better? I have a Mac also but I just don't understand why its better? I have my Mac mini connected with ethernet and my macbook pro is wireless both are connecting to unRaid with SMB. Will this make the connections faster? AFP is the Apple File Protocol and is better supported by apple. AFP support should allow for backup via Time Machine to the server without having to trick Time Machine into doing it. Link to comment
squirrellydw Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 So its really just for time machine Link to comment
littlebudha Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Will AFP "announce" the server? so it would be easy to find? Link to comment
dgaschk Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Connections should be faster. OS X has an old version of SMB with poor performance. Link to comment
padapada Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Time machine support is an important feature. It keeps me from going to QNAP :-) Link to comment
Bags Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I have two macs which are the primary two computers that will use my unraid. I am about ready to start setting up my shares, should I go ahead and do it now or wait? Link to comment
prostuff1 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I have two macs which are the primary two computers that will use my unraid. I am about ready to start setting up my shares, should I go ahead and do it now or wait? Set up with 4.6 and you should be fine. when AFP support comes to 5.0b3 it will be beta and probably will need to be tweaked. Unless you feel like being on the bleeding edge and possibly running into problems I would stick with 4.6. Link to comment
starcat Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 AFP has a much better performance than SMB (however I am wondering what it would be with unRAID)? Link to comment
littlebudha Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I'm also hoping AFP solves the iTunes gapless playback issue I get everytime I update iTunes... Link to comment
cobolstinks Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 i had the same issue with the gap less playback taking forever when my itunes library was on my unraid. Eventually I just gave up and went back to having my library on my laptop. :'( Link to comment
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