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1st off ty for reading this. I have a client (80yo) with an imac from 2016. Its very slow and bogged down with backblaze and time machine. He originally had 6 seagate external hard drives and I put them into an enclosure, but has not really alleviated the sluggishnish of the computer. We've...

This is not going welll! I have tried everything. I can not send mail and have lots of email clogged up in outbox. How do I solve this??! Iphone 13 pro.

Apologies for what's probably going to be a loaded question. I ended up with a new M2 base Mac mini and after thinking about giving it to a friend/family member or selling it, I'm leaning towards neither option because it doesn't make sense with the formers' current setups, and the resale vale...

I'm not finding much about this and wanted to see if anyone here know: I have a copy of Mac OS X 10.6 Server with a serial number. The Xserve that it was installed on originally is wiped and long done (it was sold with a standard/client version of a later OS X 10.13 on it). Someone wants to buy...

Is there any way that I can share files and folders with my family by turning my Mac mini into some kind of server letting everyone in the family connect from their devices remotely? I would like to avoid paying monthly for an app that does this if possible – I've searched online and wasn't...

I'm hoping this is the right forum for this. My geekery is limited, so please minimise the geek-speak ;). So I'm experimenting with a Postfix mail server on my home desktop mac. I'm not IT trained but I do enjoy exploring stuff. In other words it's a hobby. If it doesn't work out it's no big...

In the 2000s, Apple sold the Xserve, a rack-mounted server system. In 2011, it was discontinued and replaced with server versions of the Mac mini and Mac Pro. Over a decade after the Xserve was discontinued, Apple is about to transition the Mac Pro to Apple silicon, with M2 Ultra or M2 Extreme...

I am thinking of temporarily repurposing an Intel MacBook Pro as a file/ Media Server. I understand using an NvME in an enclosure is going to give the best speeds! . Would I get even better speeds if I split my applications between two smaller NvME drives? In other words I could use 2 1TB...

In my office we have been running a 2012 Mac mini for years as our file server for all our studio files, to which 4 Macs connect via SMB. It's been running Mac OS Sierra for the last few years since Apple removed the server software from newer versions of Mac OS, and the file sharing on the...

I turned on File Sharing on my Mac mini for a home server. When I add a shared folder and set the permission to a contact- then i login to that from the Files app on my phone it just shows a blank screen adn says 0 read only at the bottom. I have tried turning sharing off and on again and...

Hello, I am trying to get started for the first time with Snow Leopard Server so I can Netboot a few OSes. I am using a 2010 Mac mini as my server. I was wondering if there are some good resources that I would help me set this up? I have no prior experience with this and could not find anything...

I have a 2014 Mac mini set up in my coat closet as a headless file server. I installed a 1tb SSD, so it has a good deal of storage, but it's only got 4gb RAM, so it's too slow to use as a desktop. Instead, I use a 2018 Mac mini as my office computer. But that machine only has 128 Gb SSD. It...

I use an old 2014 Mac mini as a headless file server for my home office. My desktop computer is a 2018 Mac mini with very limited hard drive space. I have several email addresses I manage, some from gmail, some from other providers. All together it's a large volume of email and attachments. I...

I'm considering instead of Dropbox or iCloud, pay for my own hosted server with 10TB of storage and put either an NFS or an SMB server on it (or both) and just use that as my cloud storage. The hosting site will do backups. As a third level thing, I could also push it off up to Dropbox. The...

Hey Guys! So I my daily driver used to be my 5,1 cMP. My line of work is Intense Photo/Video work, Full-time. Full adobe Suite, FCX, DAVINCI, etc. I've since moved to the M1 Mac mini for only a couple of reasons: 1 - cMP couldn't drive my Samsung Odyssey 49" Monitor without issues (Neither...

I have been running a Mac lab at the school I teach at, and have been using MacOS Server 5.7.1 to create student accounts and store all of my students files on a 2012 Mac Pro running High Sierra with numerous 2011 27" iMacs with El Capitan and High Sierra as client computers. That Mac Pro has...

Can anyone help with Macs in a classroom connected to network/server/domain? They have built up a lot of system storage and slow, likely due to lots of user profiles being stored over years. Can I delete older user profiles in Directory Utility?

Hi guys, I need a little help with migrating from an old OS X 10.6 Server. It's a Mac Pro that currently runs the old Server Admin and Workgroup Manager software. We have over 1000 users with their data stored on the local hard drives. These accounts are setup as Home Network Accounts (not...

Hi! I'm in need of file server for some time now. My WD Live is slowly dying and I'm looking for a replacement. Mainly I'd need it to: - storing files - storing TimeMachine backups - hosting VPN server - hosting HomeBridge - whatever comes to my mind in the future :D I consider a Synology NAS...

Hi there, Trying to upgrade my version of Lion Server to Sierra, but having lots of trouble doing so. I tried doing this with the server app deleted however after seemingly getting all the way through the install process, it said that the OS was not compatible with Server OS. I'm seeing that...