jamesyc/TimeCapsuleSMB
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Hacking the Apple AirPort Time Capsule to run modern Samba
6 mentions on Hacker News by 2 people: 1 story, 5 comments · first 2026-04-27 · latest 2026-05-07
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Don't worry, you're good. https://github.com/jamesyc/TimeCapsuleSMB
comment by lproven · 2026-05-07 · in Networking changes coming in macOS 27 -
I just did the work of the software team for them: I got Samba 4 working on Apple Time Capsules: https://github.com/jamesyc/TimeCapsuleSMB If you have a legacy Time Capsule you'd rather not e-waste, you can try this out. Note that this is…
comment by jychang · 2026-04-27 · in Networking changes coming in macOS 27 -
…those that are interested: I've managed to build Samba 4 and get it running on a Apple Time Capsule https://github.com/jamesyc/TimeCapsuleSMB
comment by jychang · 2026-04-27 · in Networking changes coming in macOS 27 -
I've already built it: https://github.com/jamesyc/TimeCapsuleSMB This runs Samba 4 on the Apple Time Capsule.
comment by jychang · 2026-04-27 · in Networking changes coming in macOS 27 -
I've added support for Samba 4 (running SMB3) to the Time Capsule so it can work with modern macOS: https://github.com/jamesyc/TimeCapsuleSMB
comment by jychang · 2026-04-27 · in Networking changes coming in macOS 27