Using OS X Lion Server at Home
Using OS X Lion Server at Home is the "missing manual" for Apple's OS X Lion Server operating system. If you've ever thought about powering your digital home with an Apple Mac home server, then this eBook (in PDF and ePub formats) takes you step by step through selecting the right hardware, installing and configuring Apple's server operating system.
Written in straightforward language for non-geeks and those new to OS X, this comprehensive guide ensures you can get the most out of OS X Lion Server in the home by walking you through the product's essential features, including file and folder sharing, setting up shared family calendars and contacts, remote access, backup, media streaming, managing iPhones and iPads and more.
Chapter List
- Choosing Your Hardware
- OS X Lion's Features
- Installing OS X Lion Server
- The Server App
- Storage and Network Configuration
- Users and Groups
- Managing OS X Devices With Profile Manager
- Managing iOS Devices With Profile Manager
- File and Folder Sharing
- Create a Shared Family Address Book
- Create a Shared Family Calendar
- Setting Up iChat Server
- Backing Up Your Macs to Lion Server With Time Machine
- Backing Up Your PCs to Lion Server
- Access Lion Server From Anywhere With VPN
- Create and Host Websites, Blogs and Wikis
Reader Reviews for Using OS X Lion Server in the Home
- As an IT professional, I have been using PCs and Windows for many, many years. I've never seriously considered Macs until recently. I have iPhones and iPads at my house and my whole family and I love the simplicity of them, but I never considered applying that simplicity to my home server environment.
As an interesting turn of events, I switched jobs and my new company is historically a Windows company, but is rapidly introducing Macs instead, citing "they just work!". I've been intrigued, then I saw Terry's book. A Windows guy writing a "how to" guide for replacing Windows with Macs... seemed too good to be true!
I bought the book, read it in one afternoon on an airplane and will be shortly converting my entire environment off of Windows to Macs.
I've followed Terry's website to get my Windows Home Server environment up and running successfully and his advice has always been "spot on". This eBook is no exception. It offers clear instructions, screen shots to emphasize his points, and discussions about why (or why not) to implement certain features.
As an added bonus, I had a few questions after reading the book, so I posted to Terry's website and he responded very quickly!
I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in implementing Macs in their home network. Whether you have all Macs, all PCs or some combination of both, this book will give you plenty of interesting options to consider!
- I had my server up and running under an hour and connected my Macbook pro and windows laptops....
1. Setup network Accounts
2. Setup Fileserver with permissions at folder level.
3. Connected my MACBOOK Pro and Windows 7 laptops to the fileserver.
Better than MAC OS Lion Server for dummies....
This is my bible ...
- Using OS X Lion Server at Home has been an easy to read and understand book in helping me setup Lion Server. It has walked me through many steps easily. I am now playing with all the fun features of running a Server.
- Thanks for doing this series -- very timely for me as I am just getting ready to download Lion Server and do a similar setup myself. I was searching to see how people used a Lion server for their home networks and to look for any guidance, so glad I found this series.
- Just discovered this article series today. I've read a couple of the sections and it looks good.
- I must say it hit me as like a breath of fresh air to me the moment I saw the Mac headline on WGS, a site that I associate with Windows, and Home Server. And after what happened and the lack of any positive news our of the field for a while, I have no doubt this Mac Server series is going to be very interesting.
- This series is an excellent resource.
- Terry - this is great so far - thanks! I am not an IT pro, but the family has all their photos, music, video etc fragmented on individual macs, all laptops, (and 1 PC). I am seriously considering buying a mini server to consolidate and share these files. I cant wait to read the upcoming segments! Thanks again.
- Great article! Keep up the good work...I can't wait for the next part of the series. I'm thinking of ditching WHS and WMC all together and building a hackintosh lion server and a hackintosh plex media center.
- I have to admit, this is a great article! I have a friend/client wanting to network his house and he's a ALL MAC household and cringed when I said windows server, so if this works out, I'm on it! I am in the process of installing this on my hackintosh.
- Just a question, but when will the next part be coming out? I am very excited - I love the series and I am seriously considering a mac mini server. Just wanted to see how to configure it.
- Great series of articles ! Thank you.
- Great articles Terry. Looking forward for the rest of it.
- I am very new to home networking and have found these articles of great help.
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