Unsintall OS X Server (5.0.15) from my Mac (running Yosemite)?

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Unsintall OS X Server (5.0.15) from my Mac (running Yosemite)?

I would like to be able to uninstall OS X Server (version 5.0.15) from my mac - currently running Yosemite 10.10.5.

I purchased OS X Server from the App Store, hoping to resolve some problems I was having with shared files. But, the file sharing in OS X Server did not seem to add anything to the file sharing already present in the OS, and may have caused problems with some shared files. So I want to return to the built-in file sharing, with all of OS X Server removed.

Thank you!

Posted on Jan 18, 2016 9:07 AM

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Answer 1

Linc Davis

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Jan 18, 2016 1:47 PM in response to JacqueHarper

Move the Server application to the Trash, confirm, and empty. Delete the following items (some may not exist):

/.ServerBackups
/var/db/.ServerSetupDone
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.serverd.plist
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.servermgr_accounts.plist
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.servermgr_certs.plist
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.servermgr_info.plist
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.servermgrd.plist
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.apple.serverd
/Library/Server

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Answer 2

JacqueHarper Author

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Apr 2, 2016 7:15 AM in response to Linc Davis

Thank you (sorry for taking so long to acknowledge your reply).

I got distracted, and in the meantime upgraded to El Capitan 10.11.4; and Server is now at version 5.1.

Do the newer versions of OS and Server change the recommendation given:

Move the Server application to the Trash, confirm, and empty. Delete the following items (some may not exist):

/.ServerBackups
/var/db/.ServerSetupDone
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.serverd.plist
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.servermgr_accounts.plist
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.servermgr_certs.plist
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.servermgr_info.plist
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.servermgrd.plist
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.apple.serverd
/Library/Server

Thanks!

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