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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Enterprise, OS, Xserve, Mac mini, Mac OS X Server, Snow Leopard

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server pricing is good for business

by Steven Sande (RSS feed) on Aug 30th, 2009

In this morning's rush to figure out what had changed at the Apple Store, one of our readers pointed out that Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server (US$499 for an unlimited license) was priced lower than Leopard Server (US$999 for unlimited users). While this is nothing new -- we've known about the price change since June -- it bears repeating.

For businesses with small, single offices to large enterprises with racks full of Xserves, Snow Leopard Server makes a lot of sense. That $499 license provides a lot -- a mail server (not Exchange-compatible, however), CalDAV server for group calendars, group-wide Time Machine backups to a server, a podcast producer, a wiki server, an iChat server, and the new Mobile Access Server, in addition to a plethora of other administrative and client management options.

Along with the Xserve, which I've found to be comparably priced to other enterprise-class servers, and the Mac mini, which makes a great little inexpensive headless server for small offices, Apple has created a set of powerful business tools. Considering that it's now half the price of Leopard Server, Snow Leopard Server is something that more system admins may want to look at, especially in Microsoft-dominated shops.

Tags: lower price, LowerPrice, mac mini, MacMini, os x server, OsXServer, server, snow leopard, SnowLeopard, xserve

Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAW

Ask TUAW: AirPort Extreme bridge, iTunes smart playlists, USB drive backup, and more

by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Jul 30th, 2009

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly Mac troubleshooting Q&A column! This time we've got questions on using an AirPort Extreme as a wireless to ethernet bridge, automatically backing up a USB flash drive, building smart playlists in iTunes, migrating an iTunes Library and more.

As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Questions for next week should be left in the comments. When asking a question please include which machine you're running and which version of Mac OS X (we'll assume you're running Leopard on an Intel Mac if you don't specify). And now, on to the questions.

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Tags: airport express, AirportExpress, ask tuaw, AskTuaw, do something when, DoSomethingWhen, dsw, image capture, ImageCapture, itunes, migration assistant, MigrationAssistant, os x server, OsXServer, smart playlists, SmartPlaylists

Filed under: WWDC, iPhone, iPod touch, Mac OS X Server

WWDC Demo: Server Admin Remote, a remote server admin tool for iPhone

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (RSS feed) on Jul 15th, 2009

Seems a little redundant, doesn't it? What else would an app named Server Admin Remote do? Well anyway, if you're in the market for something to remotely administer your servers (to a point), particularly Mac OS X servers, this is one handy and powerful tool. View logs, enable services, even reboot the server all from your iPhone (or iPod touch). Plus, there's support for multiple server instances, which you switch between just like in Tweetdeck -- a quick swipe left or right does the trick.

Server Admin Remote (iTunes link) is currently $7.99. We're planning to have a more in-depth look later, so stay tuned.

This concludes our WWDC video series. Thanks to all the developers kind enough to stop by and show what they are doing. Your efforts make Apple's desktop and mobile platforms truly amazing.

Tags: administrator, app, iphone, ipod touch, IpodTouch, IT, os x server, OsXServer, server admin tools, ServerAdminTools, video, wwdc, wwdc09

Filed under: Enterprise, Software, Xserve, Leopard

Will Leopard allow virtualization of OS X Server?

by Michael Rose (RSS feed) on Oct 31st, 2007

Big-iron system admins with a Mac streak (there's more of them than you'd think) would dearly love to see a fully virtualizable version of Mac OS X Server, one that could be slotted into a VMware infrastructure on third-party hardware, and run alongside other server OSes like Windows Server, Linux and Solaris, sharing hardware resources and reducing administrative costs. Shame that it won't happen: Apple's licensing doesn't permit running 10.x Server on anything other than Apple gear. There is some change in the air, though, as a careful reading of the new license agreement for Server 10.5 reveals -- virtualization of OS X Server on OS X Server may be coming sooner rather than later.

A post on the Macenterprise mailing list and an article at TidBITS take note of this licensing change, which now would seem to explicitly permit the use of multiple instances of Mac OS X Server on a single Apple machine. With this green light, applications like the in-early-beta Parallels Server and the unannounced but surely-in-progress VMware equivalent could provide multiple instances of OS X Server along with Linux or Windows VMs, all on the same box. Depending on how your network services are set up, this could be a big help in selling X Server into your organization.

We'll keep an eye on both Parallels and VMware for future announcements in server virtualization. Exciting times!

via Adam Engst/twitter. Thanks to everyone else who sent this in.

Tags: osxserver, parallels, virtualization

Filed under: Enterprise, OS, Software, Xserve

Leopard Server Overview

by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Feb 22nd, 2007

Through he doesn't seem to offer any truly new information, Daniel Eran over at Roughly Drafted has a nice post summarizing the changes coming in Leopard Server. One of the most significant highlights is the addition of many more "collaborative services" including a new iChat server that relays messages to the outside world, an iCal server for calendar sharing, a wiki server, and the Podcast Producer for automated podcast publishing. It seems like Apple is finally starting to ramp up OS X to be a stronger competitor to Microsoft's Exchange server for sharing information across a workgroup. While it's true that OS X Server probably isn't on the radar for most home users, it's good to know that Apple is continuing to refine our favorite OS for running on sweet Xserve iron, or maybe even a Mac mini home server.

[Edit: removed last sentence about pricing. Apparently, I misunderstood the way it works]

Tags: leopard, os x server, OsXServer

Filed under: Enterprise, OS, Software

Setting up OS X as a VPN server

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on Dec 29th, 2005

If you have spent any time in the corporate world you have probably heard of VPN. Virtual Private Networks are a way to securely connect to one network, say your work's network resources, from another place (like your home broadband connection). OS X server has a VPN server baked right in that allows both OS X clients and Windows clients to connect securely, but how do you set it up?

Maclive.net has just posted a great article that explores setting up an OS X VPN server as well as connecting to that server from a Mac or a Windows box.

Tags: os x server, osxserver, VPN

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