Editing Mac OS X Server (section)

{{short description|Server software for macOS}}
{{distinguish|Mac OS X}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox OS
| name = PAGENAME
| title = 
| screenshot = File:OS X Server Snow Leopard.png
| caption = Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server running Server Admin on Desktop
| developer = [[Apple Inc.]]
| family = {{flat list|
* [[Macintosh operating systems|Macintosh]]
* [[Unix]]<ref name=snow_leopard_unix_cert>{{cite web | url=http://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/brand3581.htm | title=Mac OS X Version 10.6 on Intel-based Macintosh computers | publisher=The Open Group | access-date=December 4, 2014}}</ref>
}}
| source_model = [[Closed-source]] (with [[open-source software|open-source]] components)
| released = {{Start date and age|1999|03|16}}
| latest release version = 5.12<ref name="about-5.7.1-and-later">{{cite web|url=https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208312|title=About macOS Server 5.7.1 and later|website=Apple|publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]]|date=May 12, 2022}}</ref>
| latest release date = {{Release date|2021|12|08}}
| language = English, Japanese, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Traditional Chinese<ref name="server-specs"/>
| programmed in = [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]], [[Objective-C]], and [[HTML]] for settings
| kernel_type = [[Hybrid kernel|Hybrid]] ([[XNU]]) (mostly [[monolithic kernel|monolithic]])
| ui = [[Aqua (user interface)|Aqua]]
| license = [[Commercial software|Commercial]] [[proprietary software]]
| supported_platforms = {{flat list|
* [[x86-64]]
* (Formerly [[PowerPC|PPC]], [[IA-32]])
}}
| working_state = Discontinued on April 21, 2022
| discontinued = yes
| website = {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109013529/https://www.apple.com/macos/server//|title=Mac OS X Server}}
}}

'''Mac OS&nbsp;X Server''' is a series of [[Discontinued software|discontinued]] [[Unix]]-like server [[operating systems]] developed by [[Apple Inc.]], based on [[macOS]]. It provided server functionality and system administration tools, and tools to manage both macOS-based computers and [[iOS]]-based devices, [[network service]]s such as a [[message transfer agent|mail transfer agent]], [[Apple Filing Protocol|AFP]] and [[Server Message Block|SMB]] servers, an [[Lightweight Directory Access Protocol|LDAP]] server, and a [[Domain Name System|domain name server]], as well as server applications including a [[Web server]], [[database]], and [[Calendar (Apple)|calendar]] server.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.apple.com/server/macosx/technology/unix.html|title=Mac OS X Server Snow Leopard - UNIX|publisher=Apple|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609032125/http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/technology/unix.html |archive-date=June 9, 2011|access-date=November 25, 2012}}</ref>

Starting with [[OS X Lion]], Apple stopped selling a standalone server operating system, instead releasing an add-on Server app marketed as '''OS X Server''' (and later '''macOS Server'''), which was sold through the [[Mac App Store]].<ref name="server-specs">{{cite web|url=https://www.apple.com/macos/server/specs/|title=Apple - macOS Server - Read the technical specifications.|publisher=Apple Inc.|access-date=November 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114180555/https://www.apple.com/macos/server/specs/|archive-date=November 14, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1822?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US|title=OS X Server: Admin tools compatibility information|publisher=Apple Inc.|date=July 25, 2012|access-date=October 21, 2013}}</ref> The Server app lacked many features from Mac OS X Server, and later versions of the app only included functionality related to user and group management, [[Xsan]], and [[mobile device management]] through profiles. The Server app was discontinued on April 21, 2022, and Apple said that later versions of macOS would drop support for it.<ref name="about-5.7.1-and-later" />