Change Plex Media Server Data location - Mac

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There’s no setting in Plex Media Server to specify the metadata location. You can however symlink the Plex application data folder to another location.

Moving The Metadata Folder from the OS Drive Mac

The easiest way to do this on macOS is to move the current Plex data folder to the desired location and then create a symbolic link to it in the default location. Stop Plex Media server, then run: mv "~/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server" "/new/location/Plex Media Server" ln -s "/new/location/Plex Media Server" "~/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server" Replace “/new/location” with the desired new home for Plex data. Then start Plex Media Server. I would recommend that the…

You may want to make that ‘mv’ command a ‘cp’ command (and rename the existing folder).