It could be that Apple is thinking of macOS Server becoming more like the powerful JAMF services that are used by enterprise and small businesses alike to keep track of computers and mobile devices. The comment that macOS Server is “changing to focus more on management of computers, devices, and storage on your network” seems to indicate that the company realizes that there are many hosted services that actually do a better job than macOS Server - we even alluded to that in Part 7 of the 2017 macOS Server series, when we discussed the “All-Cloud Solution.” So What Will macOS Server Actually Do In The Future?
#MAC MINI SERVER MAIL UPDATE#
(The Mac mini hasn’t seen an update from Apple in years.)
#MAC MINI SERVER MAIL PRO#
The updated Mac Pro still has no firm delivery date, and the Mac mini - which has been the server hardware of choice for many small businesses - has been ignored for years. Add to this the fact that Apple doesn’t really sell server-specific hardware anymore, and it’s rather obvious that they want out of the business. Keeping the app up-to-date and supported takes significant resources, and the number of actual users of macOS Server is probably quite small. One other reason could be the size of the market for macOS Server.
As a result, many administrators would actually replace the old Apple versions with newer open source ones. It’s known that in many cases, the services used by Apple were “officially-supported” open source projects, and the versions found in macOS Server often lagged badly behind the open source versions. That’s a good question! Sadly, there’s no real answer available from the company. These services are the “meat” of macOS Server, and they’ll be gone in a future release: Looking at the services that are disappearing, it’s obvious that macOS Server will no longer provide the majority of services that most administrators use it for. However, it goes on to say that “ These deprecated services will be removed in a future release of macOS Server, so those depending on them should consider alternatives, including hosted services.” The document goes on to say that if you’ve already configured one of the services, you’ll still be able to use it after the spring 2018 macOS Server update. A number of services will be deprecated, and will be hidden on new installations of an update to macOS Server coming in spring 2018.” As a result, some changes are coming in how Server works. A recent support document from Apple notes that “macOS Server is changing to focus more on management of computers, devices, and storage on your network. Little did we know at the time that Apple was preparing to remove the majority of those services.
#MAC MINI SERVER MAIL SERIES#
You follow these instructions at your own risk.Last summer, the Rocket Yard ran a 7-part series on macOS Server and how it could be used to provide a variety of services - calendar, contacts, mail, messages and so on - to small businesses or individuals. If you follow these instructions and you lose data or damage your equipment I am not responsible. They have been placed online as a means of recording the process for future upgrades, and so that they may help others looking to set up a similar system. The instructions listed above are provided without warranty of any kind. Jesus has a 1.5 GHz Core Solo processor and 512 MB of RAM. The website has always been a secondary consideration. Jesus’ main function is to serve the other computers on the network and handle e-mail. Jesus is the sweet spot in noise, size and processing power for what is required for the ATGO server. If ATGO was dealing with heavy traffic, something with more grunt would be necessary. Mac Minis are good small machines, but they aren’t heavy duty machines.
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