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Apple releases another OS X Server 3.1 developer preview

Apple has seeded a new preview version of the upcoming OS X Server version 3.1. The update has a build number of 12S4122. OS X Server 3.1 is expected to be released at some point in the near future to accompany OS X 10.9.2, which was released last month.

Developers can grab the beta now from Apple’s Developer Center. The seed notes are below:

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OS X Server Preview (Build 13S4122) Seed Note
OS X Server Preview (Build 13S4122) is now available for testing on OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 systems.
Minimum System Requirements

To install OS X Server Preview, you need one of these computers:
– iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
– MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
– MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
– MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
– Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
– Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
– Xserve (Early 2009)

Your Mac needs:
– OS X Mavericks 10.9.2
– At least 2 GB of RAM
– At least 10 GB of available disk space (50 GB if you wish to use Caching Server)

Installation Instructions

Install OS X Server 3.1 Preview 13S4122 on a computer running OS X Mavericks 10.9.2.

This preview supports upgrade and migrations from OS X Snow Leopard Server 10.6.8 and newer to OS X Server 3.1 Preview 13S4122.

Noteworthy Change and Areas to Test

Profile Manager
– New My Devices portal access restrictions and device enrollment restrictions available on Users and Groups
– Activation Lock Bypass Code is retrieved automatically on enrollment of Supervised devices

Known Issues

– Profile Manager will not function following an upgrade or migration from OS X Server 2.x. This issue does not affect an upgrade or migration from OS X Server 3.0 or later.

Bug Reporting

This build is being provided to you for testing and development purposes. Should you encounter any problems, please submit a bug report using the online Bug Reporter at bugreporter.apple.com. Please make sure to include “OS X Server (13S4122)” in the bug title and description. This information will ensure that your bug is processed quickly.
When reporting a bug, enter the following command in Terminal, then attach the output to the bug report:
$ sudo /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/sbin/serverloggather
For complete instructions on submitting bug reports, please visit the Bug Reporting page at http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter
Thank you for your support,
Worldwide Developer Relations
Apple, Inc.

Legal Notices
The OS X pre-release software identified above and the OS X Software Update Seed Configuration Utility are Apple Confidential Information and your use of such software is subject to your Registered Apple Developer Agreement, Mac Developer Program License Agreement, and the applicable license agreements accompanying such software. Distributing such software to anyone other than another Registered Apple Developer who is working for the same entity as you is considered a violation of your agreement with Apple and is damaging to both Apple and those who develop for the Apple platform. We sincerely appreciate your efforts to keep this Apple software Confidential.
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Comments

  1. ikir - 10 years ago

    Wow XServe is still supported! Nice!

  2. Garth Lahana - 10 years ago

    I really hope that the known issue of not being able to upgrade from 2.x is fixed by the time it’s released. For us it is a show-stopper bug as we are still stuck on 10.8.5. with server 2.x because our database has no devices after an upgrade to 10.9.x and server 3.x

  3. Steve Basile - 10 years ago

    When is Apple going to fix the bug in Time Machine on OS X Server? It’s been there for 2-3 versions.