afp access from iPad

Can my new iPad air 2 access my work server that uses the afp:// protocol?

Posted on May 17, 2015 9:52 PM

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May 17, 2015 10:03 PM in response to johnfromlongmont

Based on this article, AFP sounds quite obsolete:

http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/06/11/apple-shifts-from-afp-file-sharing-to- smb2-in-os-x-109-mavericks

But the decision to use AFP was made by your employer.

So, based on this article, I believe you can still communicate to AFP protocol, as the current Mac OS X Yosemite can use it:

OS X Yosemite: Set the protocol for file sharing

Here is some additional information:

Connecting to legacy AFP services - Apple Support

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May 17, 2015 10:10 PM in response to sberman

Thanks for the response. Our office uses afp:// for access. I'll check with the administrator to see what alternatives might be available. Two of our servers use smb://. Might be possible to migrate the older afp servers to at least smb protocol. Still trying to acces the office from my iPad, though.

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