Headless server application...On Mac, (like discused for Windows on the topic "Create Plex Server as a service (Windows)" ) It's necessary to by loged to have a working Plex Media Server... We have nows a very good Web GUI... so...

I’d love this one… asked around for this one long ago. Never a surprise when you’re not logged in…

I’ve been looking into how to do this, and I’m surprised it is not supported by Plex. I attempted to make it work modifying the LaunchDaemons, but I get the error: FAILED TO establish the default connection to the WindowServer My current workaround is to: Enable fast user switching on MacOS. Cre…

Create Plex Server as a service (Mac)

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Create Plex Server as a service (Mac)

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