The latest version of the Apple Server app is out (macOS Server 5.4), and before you upgrade, there are a few points to review: As always, make a clone of your computer before upgrading. During the upgrade to High Sierra, if the operating system is running on a solid state drive, the drive will automatically upgrade to APFS. You cannot share APFS volumes over AFP, so if you’re running file services, make sure you’re aware of that. You can choose not to upgrade to APFS using the command line to upgrade a server. Even though the file sharing services are not in the Server app, you can still configure ACLs…
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Update The Software Of Your Apple Watch
The first Apple Watch update appeared a few days ago. This update brings with it “improved performance” for Siri, different elements of activity tracking, accessibility and third party support. 1.0.1 also brings Brazilian Portugese, Danish, Dutch, Swedish, Russian, Thai and Turkish language support. And a few minor security issues were addressed. In short, you might want to run this one… To do so, first make sure your phone is close (less than 20 feet in my opinion) and that the watch has at least half a charge. To run the upgrade, start by opening the Apple Watch app on your iPhone. From the default screen (My Watch), tap on General…
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Configure Profile Manager On Yosemite Server (Yosemite running the Server app)
Profile Manager first appeared in OS X Lion Server as the Apple-provided tool for managing Apple devices, including Mobile Device Management (MDM) for iOS based devices as well as Profile management for OS X based computers, including MacBooks, MacBook Airs, Mac Minis, Mac Pros and iMacs running Mac OS X 10.7 and up. In OS X Mountain Lion, Apple added a number of new features to Profile Manager and revved the software to Profile Manager 2.0, most notably adding the ability to push certain types of apps to mobile devices. In Mavericks Server (Server 3), Apple provides new options and streamlined a bunch of things, most notably App Store and…
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Changes in Mountain Lion Server
Mountain Lion Server is now available on the OS X App Store and as with the last few updates there are some things missing that you might be expecting and depending on. First up, three major services are gone: Podcast Producer, RADIUS and dhcp. You can still do dhcp as you always did with OS X client as those features work on OS X Server, but the more granular controls available in OS X Server are now gone. The biggest impact of dhcp is probably in testing NetBoot services when there are network issues and you need to prove to network admins that it’s the network and not your server……
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iWork 09 Update 3
Software Update just informed me that iWork 09 Update 3 is available. For 66.1MB you get: Fixes to compatibility issues and stability Reducing file size of images that have Instant Alpha applied Managing file size when inserting some movies Working with dates and durations in the Chart Data Editor in Keynote and Pages Exporting to CSV from Numbers when using table categories Improvements to comment notification and security in iWork.com Beta. Run Software Update to get it now.
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Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server 10.6.1 Now Available
Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server 10.6.1 are now available for download. Listed fixes for Mac OS X Server include: reliability of services using Grand Central Dispatch duplicate serial number alerts on servers with multiple network interfaces But more importantly are a number of minor GUI changes that have been resolved. If you’re an early adopter I would certainly run this as soon as possible. In addition, Server will have the following fixes, which are also included in Client: compatibility with some Sierra Wireless 3G modems an issue that might cause DVD playback to stop unexpectedly some printer compatibility drivers not appearing properly in the add printer browser…
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Mac OS X Server: Software Updates
One of the first things you’ll want to do to a newly installed system is run a fresh software update on it to make sure it’s got all the latest patches since the media it was installed from was created. To do so, you can use the softwareupdate command. To get a list of available updates from the Apple servers (or whichever software update server you may be using): softwareupdate -list To install of the available updates: softwareupdate –all To install specific updates: softwareupdate -i <label>