Mac OS X Server

Mac OS X Server
Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server running Server Admin on Desktop
DeveloperApple Inc.
Written inC, C++, Objective-C, and HTML for settings
OS family
Working stateDiscontinued on April 21, 2022
Source modelClosed-source (with open-source components)
Initial releaseMarch 16, 1999 (1999-03-16)
Final release5.12[2] / December 8, 2021 (2021-12-08)
Available inEnglish, Japanese, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Traditional Chinese[3]
Platforms
Kernel typeHybrid (XNU) (mostly monolithic)
Default
user interface
Aqua
LicenseCommercial proprietary software
Official websiteMac OS X Server at the Wayback Machine (archived 2020-11-09)

Mac OS X Server is a series of discontinued Unix-like server operating systems developed by Apple Inc. based on macOS. It provided server functionality and system administration tools, and tools to manage both macOS-based computers and iOS-based devices, network services such as a mail transfer agent, AFP and SMB servers, an LDAP server, and a domain name server, as well as server applications including a Web server, database, and calendar server.[4]

Starting with OS X Lion, Apple stopped selling a standalone server operating system, instead releasing an add-on Server app marketed as OS X Server (and later macOS Server), which was sold through the Mac App Store.[3][5] The Server app lacked many features from Mac OS X Server, and later versions of the app only included functionality related to user and group management, Xsan, and mobile device management through profiles. The Server app was discontinued on April 21, 2022, and Apple said that later versions of macOS would drop support for it.[2]

  1. ^ "Mac OS X Version 10.6 on Intel-based Macintosh computers". The Open Group. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "About macOS Server 5.7.1 and later". Apple. Apple. May 12, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Apple - macOS Server - Read the technical specifications". Apple Inc. Archived from the original on November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  4. ^ "Mac OS X Server Snow Leopard - UNIX". Apple. Archived from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
  5. ^ "OS X Server: Admin tools compatibility information". Apple Inc. July 25, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2013.

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