Xsan SupportXsan is a powerful and scalable solution for storage and consolidation. macOS Server ResourcesFind more topics for macOS Server, such as information on Xcode server, caching service, and other featured topics.Publishers of technology books, eBooks, and videos for creative peopleWe're sorry, we encountered an error while processing your request. Create AccountTopicsAdobe PhotoshopAppleDesignDigital PhotographyDigital VideoGadgetsProductivity StoreBookseBooksVideoWeb EditionsAuthorsSafariExploreAbout UsAcademic ResourcesAffiliatesArticlesBlogsNewslettersPressUser GroupsConnecting to the iTunes Store.... We are unable to find iTunes on your computer.It’s never been so easy to keep everyone on the same page. The advanced features in macOS Server bring more power, control, and collaboration to your organization. So everyone on your team can work together more effectively. Between Mac, iPad, iPhone, and PC. It’s now easier than ever to share folders, exchange files, and access documents on a Mac, iPad, iPhone, or PC.
iOS users can securely store and access documents from macOS Server on your local private network. macOS Server supports SMB3 — the new superfast protocol for sharing files in macOS Server — which helps protect against tampering and eavesdropping by encrypting and signing data “in flight.” macOS Server supports both UNIX permissions and access control lists, so you have more control over who shares what. With file-sharing connection monitoring, you can see who’s accessing your server, who’s connected, and for how long. And intelligent Spotlight searching helps users find content on the server quickly and easily. Access documents, share folders, and exchange files with anyone in your group — right from your Mac, iPad, or PC. It’s easy to manage file sharing across your network. See who’s accessing your server, who’s connected, and for how long. Speeds up the downloads. Caching Server reduces the amount of data that needs to be uploaded or downloaded to devices on your network.
It speeds up the delivery of data from the App Store, Mac App Store, iTunes Store, iTunes U, and iBooks Store. It also accelerates the download of personal data stored in iCloud, including photos and iCloud Drive. When a user on your network downloads new software or data from Apple, a copy is automatically stored on your server. So the next time other users on your network update or download that same software, they actually access it from inside the network. OS updates for iOS, macOS, Apple TV, and iTunes iOS and macOS app downloads and updates Siri high-quality voices and language dictionaries Java, printer drivers, firmware, and other updates Internet Recovery for macOS iTunes U course and instructor material such as audio, video, Pages, Keynote, Numbers, and iBooks Author files Profile Manager simplifies deploying, configuring, and managing the Mac computers and iOS devices in your organization. It’s one place where you control everything: You can create profiles to set up user accounts for mail, calendar, contacts, and messages;
set PIN and password policies; Profile Manager simplifies the distribution of institution-licensed apps and books purchased through the App Store Volume Purchase Program. It also gives users access to a self-service web portal where they can download and install new configuration profiles, as well as clear passcodes and remotely lock or wipe their Mac, iPhone, or iPad if it’s lost or stolen. And it allows you to perform push installs of macOS enterprise apps and iOS media assets including PDF, ePub, and iBooks Author files. Features for iOS and macOS macOS Server lets you assign Volume Purchase Program (VPP) apps to devices — instead of a user’s Apple ID. This allows for the installation of VPP apps on iOS devices and Mac computers without configuring an Apple ID or sending an invitation. You can also migrate apps already installed on a device to a user’s Apple ID without deleting the app or user data. App Store apps — including newly assigned apps and app updates — can be installed even if the App Store is disabled.
And apps configured to use Kerberos will automatically launch Per-App VPN when a user logs in to that app. You can enroll iPad and iPhone in the Device Enrollment Program (DEP) and remove the new Move from Android option. New Network usage rules allow each group or company to specify how managed apps use networks — like restricting the app’s ability to connect over cellular or when roaming on other networks. And you can also update DEP-enrolled supervised devices to the latest iOS version. macOS Server features restrictions for devices to prevent the use of Mail Drop or AirDrop. You can enable restrictions for supervised devices too, like preventing wallpaper changes, device name changes, modification of enterprise app trust settings, access to iCloud Photo Library or keyboard shortcuts, Apple Watch pairing, or setting a passcode. You can automatically create an administrator account during initial system setup that can be hidden from standard users. Or create a standard account or skip account setup during DEP enrollment, configure the macOS Setup Assistant to create a new standard (non-admin) account, or skip account creation entirely during DEP enrollment.
macOS Server can act as a designated Time Machine backup location for all the Mac computers on your network. Centralizing your backup storage helps protect valuable data and free up disk space on individual drives. And it eliminates the need for separate backup drives altogether. You can view the backup status for each Mac on your network, as well as which computers and users are backing up to your server, when they last backed up, and the total size of each backup. macOS Server also takes advantage of Time Machine to back up your server data — including shared files, calendars, mail, wikis, and more — to another hard drive, so you can easily restore. With Time Machine, you can back up all the Mac computers on your network to macOS Server and protect valuable data. Xcode Server makes it easier than ever for development teams to create high-quality software. Software developers can create bots that work on any Mac running macOS Server to automatically build and archive their projects, run tests on multiple iOS devices, host Git repositories, and view a history of integration results — all from within Xcode on any Mac in the network.
macOS Server makes it easy for groups to collaborate and communicate through their own wiki-powered website. With simple yet powerful tools, users can create and edit wikis and individual pages, tag and cross-reference material, upload files and images, and create tables and add comments. The wiki is accessible from a browser, so anyone can access it anytime. Users can easily search for new pages and content, show recent activity, and view attachments with Quick Look. Whenever a page has been updated or new comments have been added, everyone receives an automatic email notification. Wiki Server is also optimized for iPad. And with WebDAV support, iPad users can open and save attachments from the wiki in Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. Calendar, Contacts, and Mail Servers. Everyone’s in the loop. Calendar Server makes sure everyone on the network knows where to be and when to be there. Users can share calendars, schedule meetings, book conference rooms, and coordinate events.
Contacts Server makes it easy to share contacts and keep them in sync on Mac, iPad, and iPhone. And Mail Server in macOS Server works with email clients on Mac, iPad, iPhone, and PC. It supports push notifications for immediately notifying users when new mail messages arrive. With built-in virus detection and junk mail filtering, unwanted mail doesn’t come close. Xsan is a powerful and scalable solution for storage consolidation. Everyone in your organization can have fast, concurrent access to terabytes of centralized data. Built into macOS, Xsan allows any Mac to access Xsan or StorNext volumes over Fibre Channel or Ethernet. Virtual private network (VPN) access enables your offsite users to securely connect to your network and its services, while preventing access by unauthorized individuals. macOS Server includes VPN on demand, which allows every Mac to establish a secure connection automatically. VPN Server supports L2TP/IPSec tunneling protocol to provide encryption and remote network access for your Mac computers, iPad and iPhone devices, and Windows PCs.