Can’t find my PMS data files on MacOS

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops
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Hello,

I’ve followed the information in the Plex wiki trying to locate my PMS files on MacOS (M1 Mac mini running the latest OS version 13…5.1).

According to this article https://support.plex.tv/articles/202915258-where-is-the-plex-media-server-data-directory-located/, it should be in Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server. However, there are no PMS folders there at all. There are folders from other software but not Plex. I tried creating one to see if Plex would recognize it but it does not.

Any suggestions? Thanks so much in advance.

Server Version #: 1.32.6.7371
Player Version#: 8.23.1 (6601) AppleTV 4K 2022

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Not quite. It lives in ~/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/. That squiggle-slash at the front means “your user’s home directory.” In Finder, click Go then hold the Option key on your keyboard; then select Library in the Finder list on the left. That will be your user’s Library folder. From there you can navigate to ./Application Support/Plex Media Server/.

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If interested the squiggle-slash is called *Tilde ~

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Haha, indeed. I had a specific reason for going with the wording I did, but it’s not really important :upside_down_face:. Taken to its logical extreme, I probably should have gone with “squiggle and forward-angled-verticle-line.”

At any rate, I hope it helps the OP find their wayward Plex data directory. I’m sure it’s there somewhere.

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