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Apple updates Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server

By | July 25, 2010, 10:17pm PDT

Apple recently released two updates to Snow Leopard Server: the Mac OS X Server v10.6.4 Update, a general package of reliability and security fixes as well as several new features, and Wiki Server Update 1.0, which comes as a separate installer.

An Apple Support Note details the changes in the v10.6.4 Update. Among the long list of fixes, the update adds Safari 5.0; improves reliability of Directory Services when Spotlight is enabled on the server; adds NetBoot/NetInstall model filters for new mid-2010 notebooks; and incorporates many improvements to the Wiki Service, such as iPad support for movies on wiki pages.

According to Apple, the Wiki Server Update 1.0 for Mac OS X Server v10.6.4 is recommended for servers running Mac OS X Server v10.6.4 build 10F569 or 10F2025. The improvements are included in the Combo Updater above.

Allows authentication by users who have high-bit characters in their full name. High-bit characters are “extended ASCII” characters such as ü or é.
Allows access to wiki group calendars from the iCal application.
Prevents wikis and blogs from becoming inaccessible after migrating from Leopard Server to Snow Leopard Server.
Fixes an issue that could prevent the Wiki service from rebuilding its index (globalindex.db).
Allows users to access wikis using a secondary shortname (alias).
Shows private blogs to the blog owner.

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David Morgenstern has covered the Mac market and other technology segments for 20 years. In the recent past, he founded Ziff-Davis' Storage Supersite, served as news editor for Ziff Davis Internet and held several executive editorial positions at eWEEK. In the 1990s, David was editor of Ziff Davis' award-winning MacWEEK news publication as well as its successor title, eMediaWEEKly, which focused on multiplatform professional content creation. His byline can be found online and in print publications including CreativePro.com, Peachpit Press' Mac Bible and Popular Photography.

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