Mac OS X Server

The Server app was discontinued on April 21, 2022, and Apple said that later versions of macOS would drop support for it.

The GUI looked like a mixture of Mac OS 8's Platinum appearance with OPENSTEP's NeXT-based interface.

It included a runtime layer called Blue Box for running legacy Mac OS-based applications within a separate window.

Mac OS X Server 10.0 (released May 21, 2001) included the new Aqua user interface, Apache, PHP, MySQL, Tomcat, WebDAV support, Macintosh Manager, and NetBoot.

The inclusion of Samba version 3 allows tight integration with Windows clients and servers.

[citation needed] The 10.4 release (April 29, 2005) adds 64-bit application support, Access Control Lists, Xgrid, link aggregation, e-mail spam filtering (SpamAssassin), virus detection (ClamAV), Gateway Setup Assistant, and servers for Software Update, iChat Server using XMPP,[7] Boot Camp Assistant, Dashboard, and Weblog Server based on the open-source Blojsom project (Java).

[8] On August 10, 2006, Apple announced the first Universal Binary release of Mac OS X Server, version 10.4.7, supporting both PowerPC and Intel processors.

At the same time Apple announced the release of the Intel-based Mac Pro and Xserve systems.

Features: Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server (released August 28, 2009) sold for $499 and included unlimited client licenses.

Starting with Apple Mac OS X Server Version 10.7 “Lion,” PostgreSQL replaces MySQL as the database provided with Mac OS X Server, coinciding with Oracle Corporation’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems and Oracle’s subsequent attempts to tighten MySQL’s licensing restrictions and to exert influence on MySQL’s previously open and independent development model.

[2] Server 5.8 (released March 25, 2019) added new restrictions, payloads, and commands to Profile Manager.

Other bundled tools include: Beginning with the release of OS X Mountain Lion (version 10.8), there is only one Administrative tool, an app called "Server", which can be bought and downloaded from the Mac App Store, and is updated independently of OS X.

[20] Most[clarification needed] of these services were discontinued and removed in version 5.7.1 of the Server app, released on September 30, 2018.

Mac OS X Server includes web-based Wiki, Weblog, Calendaring, and Contact services.