macOS Server 5.0 is a server operating system designed, developed, and currently sold by Apple since 2015. The system was released on September 16, 2015, alongside OS X 10.11 El Capitan, and was available for $19.99 from the Mac App Store.
macOS Server provides the tools to simplify access to key network services, including a mail transfer agent, AFP and SMB servers, an LDAP server, a domain name server, and others. Also included (particularly in later versions) are numerous additional services and the tools to manage them, such as web server, wiki server, chat server, calendar server, and many others.
macOS Server 5 has been officially discontinued on April 21, 2022. Today macOS Server 5.0 is 8 years old!
macOS Server 5.0 Details
| Released | September 16, 2015 – 8 years ago |
| Last Software Update | April 21, 2022 – 2 years ago |
| Time of Support | 79 months (6 years) |
| Original Price | $19.99 from the Mac App Store |
| System Requirements | OS X Yosemite or OS X El Capitan (5.0.3 – 5.1.7) OS X 10.11.6 El Capitan or macOS 10.12 Sierra (5.2) macOS 10.13 High Sierra (5.4) macOS 10.14 Mojave (5.7.1) macOS 10.15 Catalina (5.9) 2 GB of memory 10 GB of available disk space |
| Distribution | Mac App Store |
Versions of the macOS Server 5
| Versions | Build | Release Date |
| macOS Server 5.0.3 | 15S2257 | September 16, 2015 – 8 years ago |
| macOS Server 5.0.4 | 15S2259 | September 21, 2015 – 8 years ago |
| macOS Server 5.0.15 | 15S4033 | October 21, 2015 – 8 years ago |
| macOS Server 5.1 | 15S5127 | March 21, 2016 – 8 years ago |
| macOS Server 5.1.5 | 15S7047 | May 16, 2016 – 8 years ago |
| macOS Server 5.1.7 | 15S7055 | July 18, 2016 – 8 years ago |
| macOS Server 5.2 | 16S1195 | September 20, 2016 – 7 years ago |
| macOS Server 5.3 | 16S4123 | March 27, 2017 – 7 years ago |
| macOS Server 5.3.1 | 16S4128 | May 15, 2017 – 7 years ago |
| macOS Server 5.4 | 17S1207 | September 25, 2017 – 6 years ago |
| macOS Server 5.5 | 17S1220 | January 23, 2018 – 6 years ago |
| macOS Server 5.6 | 17S2102 | March 28, 2018 – 6 years ago |
| macOS Server 5.6.1 | 17S2109 | April 16, 2018 – 6 years ago |
| macOS Server 5.6.3 | 17S2123 | September 17, 2018 – 5 years ago |
| macOS Server 5.7.1 | 18S1178 | September 28, 2018 – 5 years ago |
| macOS Server 5.8 | 18S2071 | March 25, 2019 – 5 years ago |
| macOS Server 5.9 | 19S1079 | October 8, 2019 – 4 years ago |
| macOS Server 5.10 | 20S2015 | April 1, 2020 – 4 years ago |
| macOS Server 5.11 | 20S5028 | December 14, 2020 – 3 years ago |
| macOS Server 5.11.1 | Unknown | May 2, 2021 – 3 years ago |
| macOS Server 5.12 | Unknown | December 8, 2021 – 2 years ago |
| macOS Server 5.12.1 | Unknown | January 10, 2022 – 2 years ago |
| macOS Server 5.12.2 | Unknown | April 21, 2022 – 2 years ago |
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