Apple has discontinued macOS Server software

Apple on Thursday discontinued macOS Server, the paid management tool for Mac and iOS systems. MacOS Server 5.12.2 is the latest version of the application, which Apple had been phasing out for years.

Apple is on April 21 quit macOS Server, but existing users can continue to use it on macOS Monterey. The company reports that its most popular features, such as Caching Server, File Sharing Server, and Time Machine Server, have been part of macOS since High Sierra.

With macOS Server 5.12.2 as the latest version, server software for macOS has come to an end. The recent versions were add-ons for macOS, which Apple offered for $20. Before the arrival of Mac OS X Lion, the server software was still a separate operating system for servers, but since then the functions have been part of the regular macOS versions. In 2018, Apple further dismantled macOS Server, removing Calendar, Contacts, DHCP, DNS, Mail, Messages, NetInstall, VPN, Websites, and Wiki.

In 2002, Apple still had server hardware in the form of the Xserve line, but in 2010 the company stopped using that hardware. In 1999 the first version of the server software appeared: Mac OS X Server 1.0 Rhapsody.