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                      Apple Issues kill -9 on macOS Server

   Josh Centers

   Apple has [1]pulled the plug on macOS Server as of 21 April 2022,
   though the move should surprise no one, as Apple began signaling the
   end of macOS Server over 4 years ago (see '[2]Apple to Deprecate Many
   macOS Server Services,' 26 January 2018). If you are still using macOS
   Server, you can continue to download and use the app on macOS 12
   Monterey, but you should begin migrating to another solution.
   Thankfully, Apple built File Server, Caching Server, and Time Machine
   Server into macOS starting with 10.13 High Sierra, and the company
   published a guide to [3]migrating from macOS Server last year. Given
   that the services remaining in macOS Server at the end were Profile
   Manager and Open Directory, we suspect that the release of the [4]Apple
   Business Essentials device management system last month put the final
   nail in macOS Server's coffin.

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References

   1. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208312
   2. https://tidbits.com/2018/01/26/apple-to-deprecate-many-macos-server-services/
   3. https://developer.apple.com/support/downloads/macOS-Server-Service-Migration-Guide.pdf
   4. https://www.apple.com/business/essentials/
   5. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208312

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