Screen Sharing and VNC
The macOS screen remotely, as if you were sitting in front of it.
Mac mini hosting: rent a dedicated Mac mini or Mac Studio
Real Apple hardware in the IPHOST data centre in Chișinău, Moldova, not a virtual machine. Instant activation for models in stock, SSH and Screen Sharing with an administrator account, no minimum term and no setup fee.
- Apple hardware 100% yours A physical Mac mini or Mac Studio; no hypervisor and no neighbours.
- Activation Models in stock are ready right after payment; made-to-order configurations arrive in 2 business days.
- Full access Screen Sharing; SSH and an administrator account; restart and reinstall without a ticket.
- Our own data centre Chișinău (Moldova) · ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified; our team on site.
Choose your Mac
Length of subscription
What is included with every plan
Network
- 1 Gbps network port
- Unlimited traffic
- 1 IPv4
Software
- Up-to-date macOS, clean install
- SSH and Screen Sharing (VNC) access
- Full administrator account
- macOS reinstall on request
Hardware
- Apple hardware 100 % yours, no virtualization
- Our own data center in Chișinău
- Redundant power, UPS and generator
- 7-day refund on card or bank-transfer payments
- Cancel anytime
- Instant activation for models in stock
- 24/7 support
Access and control
The Mac is yours from the first login. What you get and what you can do yourself, without a ticket.
SSH and an administrator account
Full terminal access. Install what you need, no approvals.
Restart and reinstall
Reboot or reinstall macOS yourself, any time.
Remote management (MDM)
The Mac stays enrolled in our MDM: we can reboot or reset it without touching it, and the device is protected against accidental lock-out.
- Activation
- instant for models in stock; 2 business days to order
- macOS
- always the latest version
- Contract
- no minimum term
- Setup fee
- none
How it works
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Choose and pay
Order the model on this page and pay by card, bank transfer, MIA or cryptocurrency.
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Activation
For models in stock, MDM scripts prepare the Mac right after payment: the latest macOS, an administrator account, SSH and Screen Sharing. Made-to-order configurations are delivered in 2 business days. Access details arrive by e-mail.
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Work, leave whenever you want
Cancel any time, no penalties. On hand-over the Mac is reset to factory state through MDM; your data does not stay on it.
Refund within 7 days of activation for card or bank-transfer payments; cryptocurrency payments are not refundable.
What our Macs are used for
Real Apple hardware, powered on around the clock, in our own data centre. The most common customer scenarios:
Permanent build agent (CI/CD)
Jenkins, GitHub Actions or GitLab Runner on macOS, with Xcode, signing and notarisation, nightly builds. Blockchain teams build and test their wallets and dApps for macOS and iOS here.
iOS testing and publishing
iOS simulators, TestFlight, App Store Connect and notarisation on a Mac that never goes home with a colleague.
Cross-platform development
Flutter, React Native, Qt or .NET MAUI: the Mac builds for teams working on Windows or Linux.
Nodes, local AI and macOS services
Blockchain test nodes, Ollama or LM Studio on Apple Silicon, internal services that need macOS.
Included with every plan
- 1 Gbps network port
- Unlimited traffic, fair use
- 1 IPv4 address, more on request
- Network-level DDoS protection
- Up-to-date macOS, reset on hand-over
- Ticket support 24/7
Backups remain the customer's responsibility; Time Machine can be set up on an external drive or on storage available on request. Cryptocurrency mining is not allowed; blockchain nodes are.
Case study
macOS and iOS builds for an open-source blockchain project
An open-source blockchain project with a wallet and an encrypted messenger used by hundreds of thousands of people has been building its macOS and iOS apps on our Macs since 2023. The Macs work as Jenkins build agents: compiling, signing, notarising and nightly builds, non-stop, on real Apple hardware in Chișinău.
- 2023
- customer since
- 24/7
- nightly builds
- M2 · M4
- dedicated Macs
IPHOST compared with other Mac hosting providers
A dedicated physical Mac with no minimum term, next to what cloud Mac providers usually offer.
| IPHOST | Cloud Mac providers | |
|---|---|---|
| Server location | Chișinău, our own data centre | US, Germany, France, Netherlands |
| Hardware | a physical Mac mini or Mac Studio, no hypervisor | physical or virtual Macs, depending on the plan |
| Activation | instant in stock; 2 business days to order | minutes to several days |
| Minimum term | none | varies, from an hour to a year |
| Support | Romanian, Russian, English; phone in business hours | English, usually tickets only |
| Hands-on intervention | our own team, in the same data centre | through the data-centre operator |
| Billing | USD; card, bank transfer or cryptocurrency | USD or EUR |
Why IPHOST
- Own data centre, Chișinău
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022
- No minimum term
- Support in Romanian, Russian and English
- 14+ years of experience
IPHOST Server Locations
Ashburn, USA · coming soon
London, United Kingdom · coming soon
Amsterdam, Netherlands · coming soon
București, România
Chișinău, Moldova
- Chișinău, Moldova
- București, România
- Amsterdam, Netherlands · coming soon
- London, United Kingdom · coming soon
- Ashburn, USA · coming soon
99.98% measured uptime
Average Temperature 24 °C
80 Gbps network
3 transit carriers + 4 IXPs
Generators 250 + 80 kVA
Fire protection system
Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
Frequently asked questions about dedicated Mac mini and Mac Studio: access, macOS, activation, traffic, refunds and what is allowed.
Activation is automatic. As soon as the payment is confirmed, our MDM scripts prepare the Mac with the latest macOS, an administrator account, SSH and Screen Sharing, and the access details arrive by e-mail. There is no setup fee.
This is how it works for the models we keep in stock. Configurations marked with a 2-business-day delivery are ordered from our supplier; activation follows as soon as the Mac reaches us.
Through Screen Sharing (VNC) for the macOS screen and through SSH for the terminal, with an administrator account. You reboot and reinstall macOS yourself, without a ticket. The firewall is managed in macOS; there is no separate firewall in a panel.
You always get the latest macOS. We do not downgrade: the Macs are kept up to date and reset through MDM at every hand-over, so you start on a clean, current system with no data from the previous customer.
Yes, for the whole term. That is how we can reboot, reset or manage it remotely without physically connecting a monitor and keyboard, and the device is protected against accidental lock-out (Activation Lock). The MDM profile does not limit what you install or run: you have a full administrator account.
A physical Mac mini or Mac Studio, 100% yours, with no hypervisor and no other customers on it. All resources, CPU, GPU, memory and SSD, are yours.
Anything that runs on macOS: Xcode and iOS builds, CI agents such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions or GitLab Runner, Flutter, React Native, blockchain test nodes, Ollama or LM Studio. Cryptocurrency mining is not allowed; blockchain nodes are. The IPHOST Terms and Conditions apply.
Yes, on the 1 Gbps port, under a fair-use policy: with constant atypical consumption we contact you and agree together on either paid additional traffic or a speed limit. A build agent or a test node is never a problem.
In IPHOST's own data centre in Chișinău, certified to ISO/IEC 27001:2022. The technical team is on site, so a hands-on intervention takes hours, not days. From Moldova and Romania the latency is a few milliseconds.
Backups remain the customer's responsibility. You can set up Time Machine on an external drive or on storage available on request. Tell us before ordering if you need extra storage.
Apple hardware cannot be modified. You order a more powerful model, migrate your data and cancel the first one; with no minimum term you can switch models at any time.
There is no minimum term; you cancel any time from the client area. For new orders paid by card or bank transfer we refund in full within the first 7 days after activation. Cryptocurrency payments are not refundable. We do not offer a free trial, because every Mac is prepared individually.
Monthly rental of a physical Mac in our data centre, accessed remotely: real Apple hardware, no hypervisor, up-to-date macOS, for teams that need macOS around the clock without buying and maintaining Macs.
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