Just downloaded and installed PMS. But it doesn’t seem to open. I want to me able to connect to my own media but the app tells me I need to install PMS, and I’ve already done that twice. When it wouldn’t work at first I uninstalled it and reinstalled it and it still doesn’t work. When I click on it …

When I click on it, the icon appears very briefly then disappears. If I’m very fast, and click on the icon before it disappears I can see the pulldown menu, but then it vanishes. It seems like it’s trying to start up but shutting down immediately.

Plex Media Server isn’t in `~/Library/Logs/

Having same issue. My local PLEX media server is (127.0.0.1 refusing the connection) This is not a new server and was running prior to update. The update from the PMS app failed to update and was closed. Then I downloaded the latest version and run it manually. It now displays PLEX but does no conn…

My PMS box is a Windows 10 Pro 64 bit Version 21H1 Build 19043.1110 FYI.

Same issue for me. Plex Server has been running for years on my Mac (with regular updates) but all of the sudden the server does not start. I can barely see the Plex icon as a “flash” in the menu bar before it disappears. MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 and PMS 1.23.6.4810-15ce0e21a (and1.23.5.4841-54959…

[image] sdodd1_bigpond_net_au: Plex Media Server isn’t in `~/Library/Logs/ That makes it quite hard to diagnose. You installed your server by dropping Plex Media Server.app in the /Applications/ folder of your Mac, correct? Is that Mac of yours an Intel or Apple silicon model? – should be r…

Uninstall → reinstall WORKED! Thank You! and I will start my own thread from now on.

Yes, I installed it in the Applications folder. My Mac is a 2019 Intel model. I downloaded the Plex Media Server from: Media Server Downloads | Plex Media Server for Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD and More ( Plex Media Server for Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks or newer 1.23.5.4841-549599676 July 20, 2021 …

What version of macOS are you running on that machine (e.g. fully updated 11.4 vs. earlier versions of macOS 11 vs. developer/public beta of macOS 12)?

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