macOS Server
5.9
macOS Server
5.9Quickly and easily turn a Mac into a server (was OS X Server).
Overview
macOS Server makes it easy to configure and monitor Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV devices and network storage volumes.
Here’s what you’ll get with macOS Server:
Profile Manager
- Mobile device management for iOS, macOS, and tvOS devices
- Distribution of institution licensed apps and books purchased from the Volume Purchase Program to users or devices
- Install Software Updates on devices running iOS 12 and mac OS 10.14
- Device Enrollment Program integration
- Web-based administration console
- Self-service user portal for clearing passcodes, remote lock, and remote wipe
Xsan
- Block-level SAN file sharing with concurrent read/write access
- Xsan volume hosting and configuration
- Volume management, storage pooling, striping, and volume mapping
- Real-time monitoring, graphs, and event notifications
- Metadata controller failover and file system journaling
Server App
- Local and remote management
- Users and group settings
- View real-time graphs of server usage
- Receive alerts on network changes, certificate expiration, storage usage, and more
Some features require an Apple ID and/or compatible Internet access; additional fees and terms apply. Some features require program enrollment. Some features are not available in all countries.
What's new in macOS Server
Version 5.9:
Note: Now requires OS X 10.15 or later
- WiFi - configure WPA3 Personal security type
- Add consent text to manually downloadable and enrollment profiles
- Configure extensible single sign-on payload
- Support Web-based authentication for Device Enrollment Program
- Skip Screen Time and TouchID panes in Setup Assistant
- Configure new account configuration options for DEP enrollment
- Display Secure Boot and External Boot levels in Device Information
- Support Bootstrap Token to enable mobile accounts to sign in on FileVault Macs
- Manage Activation Lock: Enable Activation Lock, Clear Activation Lock, automatically fetch Activation Lock Bypass Code on Catalina enrolled Macs
- Configure automatic macOS updates and app updates
- Dock: Configure double click, recents, and tab settings
- Configure Associated Web Domains payload
- Configure Content Caching as infrastructure
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$19.99
App requirements:
- Intel 64
- macOS 10.14.4 or later
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https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208646
MU shouldn't feel bad about not yet updating their 'What's New' information. Apple hasn't either over at their Mac App Store! (o_O) Disappointing.
Side Comments:
-> The panic over Apple pulling open source software from macOS Server is overblown. All of it is still available as, for course, open source software available to all. What's lost is the convenience of accessing these programs from within the macOS Server installation. However, Server does "guide customers to acquire these same services directly from the open source providers."
-> Of late, Apple has developed a POOR reputation for supporting the Mac. Part of the problem is obviously Intel's repeatedly slipping CPU release schedule, making the release of new CPU Macs slower. For the time being, Moore's Law is clearly dead. But the continual Apple Bungles®™ regarding macOS 10.13 High Sierra, APFS, the lack of a Mac mini update, as well as the delayed repair of the ongoing mess that is Mac Pro have all brought shame on Apple. I consider this to be a management problem. Reorganization is in order as well as sending all executives back to Jobs school.
LOL
My servers at home are working, and when they fail they will be replaced with Linux boxes.
Likewise my iPhone SE when it dies will be replaced with an Android, my ATVs are being replaced with Kobo boxes and Chromecasts already.
Apple has broken the links between everything making it easier to move platforms.