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Following Big Sur upgrade my NAS AFP Finder icon is missing.
If I leave the finder window open for a long while the icon might show up correctly. Then it is gone again though after closing the finder window.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.0
BigSur does not Support AFP anymore (or only limited). Check wether the hardware behind supports SMB and change the connection protocol on the NAS. Then connect new:
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/mchlp1654/11.0/mac/11.0
bmxjumperc wrote:
Following Big Sur upgrade my NAS AFP Finder icon is missing.
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/6d3b1f1e-47a2-4714-8f15-87ed60bcbd10
If I leave the finder window open for a long while the icon might show up correctly. Then it is gone again though after closing the finder window.
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/5805cb40-41b9-44e3-aefb-5c90efe8b6cd
You can file a bug report here—Apple Feedback http://www.apple.com/feedback
Thanks but this AFP location is appearing automatically. There is nothing in Users & Groups -> Login Items. I have disabled all Guest shares on the NAS. Even unchecking connected servers from finder preferences doesn't make a difference. I have scoured my NAS settings to disable whatever it could be and found nothing.
This doesn't fit the category of OS bug in my opinion (yet). I had read that Big Sur will more firmly discontinue AFP support as well, and so I was confused that AFP was even still appearing on my local network. Furthermore, my computer still seems to prefer to connect to my NAS over AFP.
As I would expect, if AFP will be available; as I expect it to be for quite some time, yet just be discouraged, I still have AFP available in my network locations.
I am confused, why, if AFP is going to be discouraged, why is the AFP network location still pinned to the sidebar after the upgrade to Big Sur?
Rather than report a bug there is a way to unpin the AFP network location from the sidebar; we/I just haven't found it yet.
In this screenshot both icons are to the same network location over SMB and AFP respectively.
Just an update - I learned that the "Finder Preference" relating to the AFP location is "Bonjour Computers" not "Connected Computers" which would be SMB servers. I am still waiting to learn why this AFP location is automatically available after the Big Sur update.
AFP Finder Icon Missing
