![]() ![]() Xserves not only ran Mac OS X Server, but had their own Server Monitor app, which let you check on their hardware status from anywhere in the world.Īs a server operating system, Mac OS X Server made a big difference to many smaller businesses, who could run quite sophisticated setups without having to employ specialist staff. Mine is still mounted in its rack upstairs, but hasn’t been powered up for a decade or so. For nine of those years, it shipped on Apple’s own server hardware, the Xserve, one of the most wonderfully-designed Macs of all time. Until July 2011, Mac OS X Server was a separate product, and a complete system installation in itself. It’s worth remembering that Mac OS X Server 1.0 was the first version of Mac OS X to ship, almost nineteen years ago, a full six months before the public beta of Mac OS X the client. The current macOS Server may not appear to be a major product, and has been in severe decline. It will essentially be an iOS device manager. When Apple implements these ‘deprecations’, the new macOS Server will be such as shadow of its former self, and provide so few services, that it will effectively have ceased to exist. High Sierra already replaces the former Software Update service with its client caching service, and its Time Machine service allows others to back up to your Mac. Looking at the current version of macOS Server, that leaves only Open Directory and Profile Manager. The list of services due for ‘deprecation’ in a couple of months is long, and includes In the course of ‘changing’ macOS Server, Apple is ‘deprecating’ almost all its services, with effect from spring this year, and will remove those services from a future release. ![]() MacOS Server is changing to focus more on management of computers, devices, and storage on your network. ![]() Of course, that’s not how Apple phrased it: A couple of days ago, just as we were updating our Macs and other Apple devices, Apple quietly announced the death of one of its major products: macOS Server. ![]()
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