Help! "changes could not be saved" when adding a movie library

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I have had Plex running on a Mac mini for several years with no problems.
After a recent apple security update, the external drives no longer would mount. To remedy this I installed an older version of the OS.
The external drives now mount, but Plex shows “changes could not be saved” when attempting to repopulate the previous libraries (I did a clean installation of PLEX server after the OS install)

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

When you clean installed, did you follow these instructions?