macOS Server 5.0 is a server operating system that was designed, developed, and currently sold by Apple since 2015. The system has been released on September 16, 2015, alongside OS X 10.11 El Capitan, and was available for $19.99 from 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 officialy discontinued on April 21, 2022.
Today macOS Server 5.0 is 8 years old!
macOS Server 5.0 General Information
| Released | September 16, 2015 |
| 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
| Versions | Build | Release Date |
| macOS Server 5.0.3 | 15S2257 | September 16, 2015 |
| macOS Server 5.0.4 | 15S2259 | September 21, 2015 |
| macOS Server 5.0.15 | 15S4033 | October 21, 2015 |
| macOS Server 5.1 | 15S5127 | March 21, 2016 |
| macOS Server 5.1.5 | 15S7047 | May 16, 2016 |
| macOS Server 5.1.7 | 15S7055 | July 18, 2016 |
| macOS Server 5.2 | 16S1195 | September 20, 2016 |
| macOS Server 5.3 | 16S4123 | March 27, 2017 |
| macOS Server 5.3.1 | 16S4128 | May 15, 2017 |
| macOS Server 5.4 | 17S1207 | September 25, 2017 |
| macOS Server 5.5 | 17S1220 | January 23, 2018 |
| macOS Server 5.6 | 17S2102 | March 28, 2018 |
| macOS Server 5.6.1 | 17S2109 | April 16, 2018 |
| macOS Server 5.6.3 | 17S2123 | September 17, 2018 |
| macOS Server 5.7.1 | 18S1178 | September 28, 2018 |
| macOS Server 5.8 | 18S2071 | March 25, 2019 |
| macOS Server 5.9 | 19S1079 | October 8, 2019 |
| macOS Server 5.10 | 20S2015 | April 1, 2020 |
| macOS Server 5.11 | 20S5028 | December 14, 2020 |
| macOS Server 5.11.1 | Unknown | May 2, 2021 |
| macOS Server 5.12 | Unknown | December 8, 2021 |
| macOS Server 5.12.1 | Unknown | January 10, 2022 |
| macOS Server 5.12.2 | Unknown | April 21, 2022 |
