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Enable The Caching Service Using Server 5.2 on macOS Sierra
The Caching Server in OS X Server 5.2 (for Sierra) does content, apps, and software updates. The Software Update service is hidden by default indicating it will likely be removed from the Server app in...
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Show The Software Update Service In Server 5.2 for macOS Sierra
By default, the Software Update Service, long a part of OS X Server, is hidden. This indicates the service is not likely to be long for this world. However, many an organization still likes to leverage...
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Install The Server 5.2 App On macOS Sierra
The first thing you’ll want to do on any server is get all software updates installed on the server (done using the App Store app). Then setup the networking for the computer so you’re not changing IP...
View Articlestatshares in Server 5.2 for macOS Sierra
I wrote about using the smbutil for DFS in Lion awhile back. I haven’t needed to write anything else as it hadn’t changed since. The statshares option has an -m option to look at a mount path for...
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Setup And Manage Profile Manager On macOS Server 5.2
Profile Manager first appeared in OS X Lion Server as the Apple-provided tool for managing Apple devices, including Mobile Device Management (MDM) for iOS based devices as well as Profile management...
View ArticleScript To Sign A Previously Signed .ipa With Your Provisioning Profile
Organizations frequently have another party write iOS apps for them. When doing so, the organization typically wants to sign the .ipa (how iOS apps are deployed) prior to deploying the app to users. To...
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Upgrade from OS X to macOS Sierra
Installing OS X has never been easier than it got in Yosemite, when the installers were moved to the App Store. And since then it’s just gotten easier, and easier. In this article, we’ll upgrade a Mac...
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Capture Smaller Screenshots On Retina Displays In Sierra
By default, screenshots are pretty big on a retina display on a Sierra machine. Like about 4 times the size they should be. I haven’t found a defaults key I can use yet to reduce them, so I’ve been...
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App Store Preferences To Set In On Server 5.2 for macOS Sierra
By default, OS X now updates apps that are distributed through the Mac App Store (MAS). Server running on macOS Sierra is really just the Server app, sitting on the App Store, installed on a standard...
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The Official macOS Server Documentation
I’ve written plenty about macOS Server over the years. But way more effort went into the official documentation from our friends at Apple. There’s lots of nuggets here at:...
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Getting Help With Server 5.2
OS X Server 5.2, running on Sierra, comes complete with lots of awesome features. And these features are made easier with some documentation to help you get up and running, started and owning the...
View ArticleClear nvram In macOS Sierra
OS X has the ability to delete all of the firmware variables you’ve created. This can get helpful if you’ve got a bunch of things that you’ve done to a system and want to remove them all. If you run...
View ArticleChange Xcode Log Paths In macOS Server 5.2
The logs in Xcode Server (Server 5.2 for Sierra) by default point to /Library/Server/XcodeLogs/credserver.log. This takes all of the output from xcscredd and xcscredhandler. If you’re doing a lot of...
View ArticleCreate A Bootable macOS Sierra Installer
A bootable installer is one of the fastest ways to install a Mac. Rather than copy the installer to a local drive you can run it right off a USB disk (or Thunderbolt if you dare). Such a little USB...
View ArticleUse serverinfo in macOS Server 5.2 for Sierra
macOS Server 5.2 (for Sierra) comes with the /usr/sbin/serverinfo command (introduced in Mountain Lion Server). The serverinfo command is useful when programmatically obtaining information about the...
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Upgrade macOS Server to Server 5.2
macOS Server 5.2 is now available to be installed. To do so, first backup your server. Then, backup your server again, making sure you have a functional, bootable clone. Once you’re sure you have a...
View ArticleNavigating Through accountsd in macOS Sierra
The directory services options in macOS has quietly been going through some slow changes over the past couple of years. Many of the tools we use to manage accounts look similar on the outside but...
View ArticleUse The Profiles Command In Sierra
You might be happy to note that other than the ability to interpret new payloads, the profiles command mostly stays the same in Sierra. You can still export profiles from Apple Configurator or Profile...
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Setup An Open Directory Master In macOS Server 5.2 On Sierra (10.12)
Open Directory has never been this easy to setup for a basic environment as it is in macOS Server 5.2 (for macOS 10.12 on Sierra). It’s also never been so annoyingly simple to use that to do anything...
View ArticleUse Startup Profiles In macOS Sierra
There is a nifty feature available in the profiles command in Sierra (which dates back to Mavericks), where you can configure profiles to install at the next boot, rather than immediately. Useful in a...
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