Longtime OS X Server users were in for a shock years ago when OS X Lion Server ditched Server Admin for Server.app. One of the main features missing was any sort of firewall controls. OS X had switched from ipfw to pf and simply did not have any GUI firewall controls....
Are you looking to learn more about OS X server or how to configure a particular service? For most basic configuration questions, we can assist or perform them for you. There are other resources that go further in detail into configuration and administration of OS X...
723 days is a long time. That amount of time without news/updates can make anyone start to hallucinate. Phil Schiller pulled an ‘one more thing’ by ending Apple’s new hardware announcements October with the words “we have one other small update today”. For a brief...
Apple released OS X 10.10 Yosemite. Any 2009 model or newer Mac mini is eligible to upgrade to Yosemite at no cost. Server.app is a paid upgrade and works just the same as the 10.7 to 10.8 upgrade path. While the basic Server.app functions (web & email) have had...
Earlier this month a bug was discovered that allowed remote execution of code through bash. Earlier this week it started popping up on security mailing lists and Redhat had posted a patch to update their distro’s of Linux which is when we started testing...
Mac Mini Vault has offered SSD upgrades since early 2012. ‘Enterprise’ quality drives were reaching affordable prices at usable capacities. Speed and performance are the main benefits of upgrading to an SSD. But at what cost? Early SSD technology had...
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