Apple Officially Shuts Down MacOS Servers After 23 Years Of Operation

Apple has phased out macOS Server. (photo: Illustration of Photo Doc. Apple)

JAKARTA - Apple recently announced in a support document that macOS Server has been discontinued after 23 years of operation.

Apple has phased out macOS Server over the past few years, and now the company is finally ready to shut it down for good.

Now macOS Server 5.12.2 will be the last version of the app, and the macOS Server service has now been migrated to macOS. Unix-like server operating systems were created to manage fleets of Mac computers running in businesses, schools, and other types of organizations.

Apple has slowly discontinued support for macOS Server over the years, most notably since 2018 when the company announced the macOS Service would lose features like Wiki, DHCP, and DNS, as well as its calendar and contacts support.

However, what does this mean for macOS Server users?

CIted from TechRadar, Tuesday, April 26, some features of the macOS Server will be active, and features such as Caching Server, File Sharing Server, and Time Machine Server are now bundled with every installation of macOS High Sierra and later.

One of the most popular features of macOS Server is Profile Manager, Apple's mobile device management (MDM) service.

To help customers migrate, Apple has posted guides for finding alternative MDM solutions available from a variety of third-party suppliers, including Microsoft Active Directory and the LDAP directory service.