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Unninstall Lion Server

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Tmelon

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To make a long story short, I installed Lion server and I no longer want it. I know that dragging the App to the trash can does very little, so what would I do to remove Lion Server?
 
mrapplegate said:
A clean install seems to be the consensus for removing the Lion server. If that is not an option just make sure all the services are turned off.
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I'm very new to the whole server thing. So if I turn off all of the services it will act as if there is no Server installed at all?
 
Tmelon said:
I'm very new to the whole server thing. So if I turn off all of the services it will act as if there is no Server installed at all?
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No, the system version will still show Mac OS X Server 10.7 (11A480b), but none of the services will be activated. Other than a clean install there is no way to remove the server at this time.
 
mrapplegate said:
No, the system version will still show Mac OS X Server 10.7 (11A480b), but none of the services will be activated. Other than a clean install there is no way to remove the server at this time.
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Alright thank you. I suppose I'll just wait for the final release of Lion for a clean install.
 
To remove server

First delete the server apps from your app folder. Next go in to /System/Library/CoreServices and drag the serverversion.plist to the trash, authenticate and empty. This will allow you to reinstall Lion from the Mac App Store without the server purchase.
 
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