Now that you have your server set up, you're going to need to control it. Fortunately, OS X Server can be controlled in a number of ways, both using the server or using another computer.

Using Server.app on Your Server

The first way that you can control your server is simply by using the Server app that you installed already. Simply launch Server, select "This Mac" from the list and log in with an administrator account. Now, you have access to the full array of server controls for all of the built-in services.

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For those of you that use Alfred, you know how useful different workflows can be. This is a really nice workflow by Carl's Geekzone that includes a variety of timers and alarms for you to use.

Also, check out the rest of Carlos's interesting Alfred workflows.

OS X Lion introduced a new way of scrolling, but it is completely opposite of the typical type of scrolling that most people are used to. However, this can be extremely frustrating to people switching to Mac or simply upgrading from Snow Leopard to Lion. Now, if you use the scrolling for a few days, you should be able to adjust to it over time. However, for people who can't adjust or often switch between their Lion Mac to a Snow Leopard/Windows/Linux machine, Apple has included a way to return the scrolling to its pre-Lion state.

Step 1: Open System Preferences

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Everyone has those essential programs that they install as soon as they get a new computer. Here are a dozen or so apps that everyone needs to install on their Mac laptop as soon as they take it out of the box.

The Mac already comes with plenty of great applications, but there are some bits that definitely could be supplemented here and there.

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Despite its extremely low price of $19.99, OS X Mountain Lion Server actually has a great array of features in five key categories: User and Device Management, Personal Information Services, Network File Sharing, Web Services, and Network Services.

User and Device Management

In order to manage users on your network, OS X Server has a number of built-in tools. Of course, there is a basic user manager to manage all of the accounts. You can also place your users into groups and assign privileges based on these groups. OS X Server also includes a utility called Profile Manager that allows you to configure Macs (10.7 or later) and iOS devices (iOS 4 or later) using almost any setting built into the machine (and more). For controlling older Macs, Open Directory and Workgroup Manager are also available.

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In order to have easy, complete control over your devices and user accounts, OS X Server includes Profile Manager, a tool for managing Macs, iOS devices, and users on both platforms.

Profile Manager will work with iOS devices running iOS 3 or later (device enrollment is only supported on iOS 4.1 or later) and Macs running OS X Lion (10.7) or later.

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