macos server

In which Linus, of LinusTechTips, digs into an Xserve3,1 and… well, watch away: To longtime Xserve users and older colo admins, it’d be worth reading your observations on this and reflecting on your own experiences, past and present. I can count on two fingers the number of times I’ve been...

In the 2000s, Apple sold the Xserve, a rack-mounted server system. In 2011, it was discontinued and replaced with server versions of the Mac mini and Mac Pro. Over a decade after the Xserve was discontinued, Apple is about to transition the Mac Pro to Apple silicon, with M2 Ultra or M2 Extreme...

Over the years, from what I can tell since Mavericks, Apple has made change to the LAN file sharing infrastructure between Mac hosts. AFP is now out completely and even in Catalina, where the protocol was still available, APFS volumes could not be shared, unless SMB was used. This has made what...

I am trying to get T1 2019 and T2 2020 iMacs to connect as clients to my El Capitan Server running MacOS Server 5.2. Extremely frustrating. I am hundreds of hours into this, and have tried so many things. Is this even possible? Note: I had a T1 2019 working with MacOS Catalina 10.15.7 and...

What, if any software options for Big Sur allow users be able to login, save their menu bar and access their home folders that are stored on a “server” iMac from “client” iMacs? Like MacOS Server before it was deprecated, or anything close to this.

I’d like to run High Sierra on a new 2020 iMac so I can run MacOS Server 5.7.1. How about Parallels? Is this possible?

I have been running a Mac lab at the school I teach at, and have been using MacOS Server 5.7.1 to create student accounts and store all of my students files on a 2012 Mac Pro running High Sierra with numerous 2011 27" iMacs with El Capitan and High Sierra as client computers. That Mac Pro has...

Hello, I am trying to set up a lab in my house to get a sense and understanding of how Mac OS X Server Application works and in the specific how the Profile Manger service works and how can I enroll and manage an additional Mac OS X device using Profile Manger from the server. The hostname of...

Hi, I need to set up a file server for my company. We have around 10 users, with only 2 PCs (accounting). We use a gigabit switch so nothing crazy like 10GbE. We have a few Web Designers who need to have access to files relatively quick. I have 2 machines lying around to do that job which are...

Hey Folks— I know there are a few other 10Gigabit Ethernet threads here, but I have some specific needs and thought maybe it would be better to start a fresh thread for them. Please forgive me if you disagree! :) I would love to be able to deploy some of the new AQC-107 cards and have them...

I am running into issues at home with multiple Macs, multiple users, storage issues, and managing updates. I know enough about all of this to be dangerous. What would be the best way to manage all this using Mac server? What I envision is each user being able to use any device (iMac, several...

Hi, I want to setup my Mac with the server.app. it works perfectly fine in my own wifi with syncing contacts and calendar entries. But I am not able to connect with it from the outside. I know I need DDNS to get that working, but I have a couple of questions how to fix this the best way. I...

Hi All, I recently updated my macOS Server installation to 5.6.1, and I've noticed some of my managed profiles have been misbehaving. - I have two network shares that are mapped as login items (SMB). - Those two shares are added as persistent dock items once mapped. When I went to go modify a...

I know it has been on the cards for some time since the demise of any true server hardware but it now looks like it might finally be the end. I don't use it but just a heads up for anyone who still does. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208312

As described in this official support document, it seems like Apple is deprecating a whole lot of features from macOS Server such as Web, DHCP, NetInstall, OpenVPN, Wiki, etc. This is a very bad news for those who, like me, rely on these features. We will have to install third party software...

Hi, I have a critical problem! Suddenly my Mac OsX server is not routing traffic to my websites, and just sends all traffic to the server website. I do not think I have done anything for this to change, but it has worked correctly for a few years now. This means all of my websites are...

Hi folks! I have an old early 2009 iMac that I have successfully used as a home server for a couple of years and wish to continue to use it for more years to come. Unfortunately the hard disk failed just a week ago and I'm now in the market for a new 3.5 drive. (This is my second disk failure, I...