Perhaps the key takeaway from this is really that Linux dominates the server world. ![]() Apple ending macOS Server support is along the same lines as Microsoft ending Windows Home Server support years ago where services and functionality were migrated. Its price was slashed from 499 down to 49 before tumbling further while Apple sliced away at its features. From Mac OS X Lion, the server component became an add-on to macOS and distributed via the App Store. Unlike an iPad or MacBook a challenge is that you could not take that great-looking server platform with you, unless you had a Mac Mini server. Up until version 10.7 (Lion), Mac OS X Server was a standalone product, starting out life in the wake of Apple's NeXT purchase. Years ago, having Apple servers around had a certain cachet associated with them. Since this is a slower week on STH due to it being Easter week, we thought it would be fun to memorialize the end of macOS server. Mail Server does not include Microsoft Exchange even though Apple is no longer in the server space and Office on Apple has been around for many years. Some of the recommendations are fairly solid, like SFTP for FTP and OpenVPN and WireGuard for VPN. MediaWiki, PmWiki, XWiki, Confluence, WordPress WMX filesĪpache HTTP Server (built into macOS), Nginx, LighttpdĬalendarServer, DavMail, Citadel, Kerio ConnectīOOTP, TFTP, HTTP, NFS (all built into macOS), NetSUS, BSDPy Quantum, command-line tools built into macOSĬalendarServer, DavMail, Radicale, Kerio Connect We are taking a snapshot in time with the retirement of macOS to help our readers navigate potential services. Here is the fun guide to macOS services that Apple published. This is something we are still doing today.Īlas, the services provided by macOS Server have mostly either been absorbed into the mainline macOS or have transitioned to the cloud.Īpple does have a fun way to track how it has been migrating macOS server services. ![]() Apple even suggested rack-mounted Mac Mini’s for those that did not need a Mac Pro but needed more than one server. The other option was to transition to the Mac Mini for smaller server environments. Apple Xserve Transition Guide To Mac Pro And Mac Mini Instead, Apple had a transition plan that those using Xserve could transition to the Intel Nehalem-era Mac Pro with similar performance. Apple Mac Mini And Raspberry Pi Rack 1īy late 2010, Apple announced that it would discontinue the Xserve line in 2011, but its server line was not completely abandoned. They did not rely on an app ecosystem and subscription revenue.Xserve RAID (the storage version) was actually priced at a discount to its competitors on a $/GB basis at some point. ![]() Announced in 2002, the Apple Xserve line was different from Apple’s current products because: Once upon a time, Apple had some of the best-looking servers on the planet. Yesterday, April 21, 2022, Apple announced by updating its support page, that macOS Server is now discontinued making today the first day when Apple does not have a formal server product in the space in a long time. Today the world awakens to a new era, one without Apple servers.
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