# AppleShare > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/AppleShare > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/AppleShare.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleShare > Source revision: 1335927424 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Multiple issues|{{primary sources|date=April 2023}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2023}}}} {{short description|Former Apple product}} {{Infobox software | title = AppleShare | screenshot = File:AppleShare.png | caption = AppleShare on Macintosh | developer = [Apple Computer](/source/Apple_Inc.) | website = {{web archive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990508110524/http://www.apple.com/appleshareip/|title=apple.com/appleshareip}} | replaced_by = [Mac OS X Server](/source/Mac_OS_X_Server) | genre = Server for [files](/source/File_server), [printing](/source/print_server), [web pages](/source/Web_server) and [mail](/source/Mail_server) | license = Proprietary }} '''AppleShare''' is a discontinued product from [Apple Computer](/source/Apple_Computer) which implements various [network service](/source/network_service)s. Its main purpose is to act as a [file server](/source/file_server), using the [AFP](/source/Apple_Filing_Protocol) protocol. Other network services implemented in later versions of AppleShare included a [print server](/source/print_server) using the Printer Access Protocol (PAP), [web server](/source/web_server), electronic [mail server](/source/mail_server), and [SMB](/source/Server_Message_Block) / [CIFS](/source/CIFS) server to support file sharing to [Microsoft Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows) clients. Earlier versions of AppleShare supported only the [AppleTalk](/source/AppleTalk) [network transport protocol](/source/OSI_model) but later versions, sold under the name '''AppleShare IP''', allowed use of the [TCP/IP](/source/TCP%2FIP) protocol stack, as used on most modern networks. AppleShare provided three different protocols for application-layer services: AppleShare File Server, AppleShare Print Server and AppleShare PC.{{cite book |author1=Bird, Drew |author2=Harwood, Mike | year=2002 | page=188 | title=Network+ Training Guide | series=Training Guide Series | publisher=Que Publishing | isbn=0-7897-2830-3 }} AppleShare would operate with any physical network medium. Early installations used mainly [LocalTalk](/source/LocalTalk) (and more recently [Ethernet](/source/Ethernet)), but any physical medium could be used which could be directly or indirectly connected to an AppleShare server system. Equivalent third-party server products include the [open-source](/source/Open-source_software) [Netatalk](/source/Netatalk) suite on [Unix](/source/Unix)-like systems, and Services for Macintosh on [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft) [Windows NT](/source/Windows_NT) and [2000](/source/Windows_2000). Versions of Mac OS from System 7 onwards included Personal File Sharing, which is a more limited AFP implementation. The most obvious difference between Personal File Sharing and AppleShare is that the former supports only a small number of concurrent remote users. All versions of Mac OS were capable of acting as a client to an AppleShare server (via [AFP](/source/Apple_Filing_Protocol) and later [SMB](/source/Server_Message_Block)) over AppleTalk and TCP/IP protocols, although more recent versions of [macOS](/source/macOS) have gradually removed support for AppleTalk in favor of standard TCP/IP. Third-party vendors created client software such as '''PC MACLAN''' (discontinued) and '''DAVE''' to implement client functionality on Windows systems.{{Cite web |title=Thursby Software: DAVE |url=http://www.thursby.com/products/dave.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001027203916/http://www.thursby.com/products/dave.html |archive-date=2000-10-27 |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=www.thursby.com}} Other developers offered server software that provided similar functionality on Windows Servers such as [GroupLogic](/source/GroupLogic) ExtremeZ-IP, Cyan Software GmbH's MacServerIP, and NetATalk on Linux.{{Cite web |title=Team ASA, Macintosh Gigabit Ethernet, Macintosh FDDI, Fast Ethernet, Connects Windows NT, Novell, SGI, Sun |url=http://www.teamasa.com/pages/cyan.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010722101343/http://www.teamasa.com/pages/cyan.html |archive-date=2001-07-22 |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=www.teamasa.com}} Later versions of AppleShare also implemented the [SMB](/source/Server_Message_Block) and [CIFS](/source/CIFS) protocols which are the native file sharing protocols on Windows machines. Apple discontinued the AppleShare product line following the release of [macOS Server](/source/macOS_Server), which provides equivalent functionality. ==System requirements== AppleShare (IP) support from 3.0.1 for Macintosh. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Version !! Release !! System Software !! Hardware |- | AppleShare 3.0.1{{cite web|url=http://support.apple.com/kb/TA21622|title=AppleShare: Platforms and Mac OS Releases Supported|accessdate=2015-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327000117/https://support.apple.com/kb/TA21622?locale=en_US|archive-date=2016-03-27|url-status=dead}} || 1/1/1992 || System 7.0 or later. System 7.1 is recommended || [Motorola 68000](/source/Motorola_68000), 68020, or 68030 |- | AppleShare 4.0.1 || -- || System 7.0.1 (with Tune-Up 1.1.1) through System 7.5.3; Classic AppleTalk only. System 7.1 is recommended. || Motorola 68040, except Quadra 660AV and Quadra 840AV |- | AppleShare 4.0.2 || 1994 || Same as for AppleShare 4.0.1 || Motorola 68040, except Quadra 660AV and Quadra 840AV; PowerPC clock speeds <=80 MHz except 6100/66 and 7100/80 |- | AppleShare 4.1 || 1995 || System 7.5.1 only || NuBus PowerPC |- | AppleShare 4.2.1 || -- || System 7.5.1 through Mac OS 7.6. || PowerPC 1995-04; OpenTransport Compatible; No 68k processor support |- | AppleShare IP 5.0 || 4/21/97{{cite web | url=http://product.info.apple.com/pr/press.releases/1997/q3/970421.pr.rel.wkgrpsvrs.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990224090038/http://product.info.apple.com/pr/press.releases/1997/q3/970421.pr.rel.wkgrpsvrs.html | archive-date=1999-02-24 | title=Apple Unveils New High-Performance Workgroup Servers }} || Mac OS 7.6, and Mac OS 7.6.1 || [PowerPC 601](/source/PowerPC_601), 604, or 604e processor; not supported on [PowerPC 603](/source/PowerPC_603) or 603e |- | AppleShare IP 5.0.3 || 2/26/98 || Mac OS 8.0 and Mac OS 8.1; Mac OS 8.1 is recommended || PowerPC 601, 604, 604e, or G3 processor; not supported on 603 or 603e |- | AppleShare IP 6.0, 6.1, 6.1.1 || 1998 || Mac OS 8.1 with OpenDoc 1.2.1 || PowerPC 601, 604, 604e, or G3; also supported on [Power Macintosh 6500](/source/Power_Macintosh_6500) series; not supported on 603, 603e or clones |- | AppleShare IP 6.2 || 1999 || Mac OS 8.6 with OpenDoc 1.2.1 || PowerPC 601, 604, 604e, or G3; also supported on 6500 series; not supported on 603, 603e or clones |- | AppleShare IP 6.3, 6.3.1, AppleShare IP Agent Update 6.3.2, AppleShare IP 9.0.4 Update || -- || Mac OS 9.0; 9.0.3 or 9.0.4 with 6.3.1; OpenDoc not required || PowerPC 601, 604, 604e, G3, or single G4; also supported on 6500 series; not supported on 603, 603e or clones |- | AppleShare IP 6.3.3 || -- || Mac OS 9.1 (OpenDoc not required) || Released prior to 2001-07-18 with PowerPC 601, 604, 604e, G3, or G4(s); also supported on 6500 series; not supported on 603, 603e or clones |- | AppleShare IP 6.3.3 v1.2 || -- || Mac OS 9.2.1 or 9.2.2 || Macintosh Server G4 (QuickSilver) |- | AppleShare IP 6.3.3 v1.3 || -- || Mac OS 9.2.2 || Macintosh Server G4 (QuickSilver 2002) |} ==See also== * [Disk sharing](/source/Disk_sharing) ==References== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== * ''[InfoWorld](/source/InfoWorld)'', 20 April 1987, page 62-64, [https://books.google.com/books?id=KDwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62] ==External links== * {{web archive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990508110524/http://www.apple.com/appleshareip/|title=Official website}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20030803090603/http://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos8/NetworkCommSvcs/AppleShare/appleshare.html AppleShare Developer Documentation] - from developer.apple.com * [https://books.google.com/books?id=jBwEAAAAMBAJ&dq=128k+macintosh+AppleShare+network&pg=PA4 AppleShare airs at last] - Network World, page 4, 1987 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101950/https://support.apple.com/kb/ta21611?locale=en_US AppleShare and AppleShare IP File Sharing: Chart of All Limitations] - from support.apple.com via archive.org Category:Network file systems Category:Classic Mac OS Category:Apple Inc. file systems Category:Apple Inc. software Category:Network operating systems --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [AppleShare](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleShare) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleShare?action=history)). 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