No, it's an application about 500 meg in size that youdownload and then run to install and then it extracts everything out and installs it Then of course you have to set it up.
-----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] Sent: Friday, 22 January 2016 4:03 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: remote access Interesting. I might have to get that. App store shows server as being $20. Do you just upgrade your existing OSX install or does it wipe everything? When OSX gets upgraded do you have to buy the upgraded server as well or are updates free like in the non-server version? CB On 1/20/16 11:25 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > Caching service is definitely worth it for me because my bandwidth is metered > (in a good way) and I’m annoyed by how long and how bandwidth-wasting the > multiple-device update cycle and voice pack reinstallations are. Nowadays it > also helps with iCloud documents and photos too, and that’s quite a packet > because the cache will store data that you put as well as get, in effect > completely nullifying many document and photo accesses. At first it was > difficult to do because the cache would get wiped out every time I did a > reinstall on the iMac I ran it on, but now that I have a Mini dedicated to OS > X Server (again) on top of the Mac Mini Server it replaced (now running > Linux) it’s back to being useful. That Mini will just run and run, never get > reinstalled and just get updated from time to time, and will provide a cache > for as long as I need it to. And because it’s a Mini, it’s small and silent > and power-efficient. Very cool. I hope that Apple continues to push forward > with the things that the server will cache, specifically FairPlay-protected > movies, but it’s not here yet. My only caution is that you not try to > relocate the server volume; the cache is tied to the machine it is built on, > and so trying to move the installation will cause its destruction (as I found > out the hard way, losing me 70 GB of active cache). The server is part of > Server.app and as long as the clients all use the same public IPv4 address > (with NAT, usually) the cache on your home network will serve them. > -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
