Server Version#: Version 1.41.0.8992 Player Version#: Version 1.100.1.221-94aa83fb For a while now automatic updates are not working for me on two different Macs. Plex Player has stopped updating a while ago, but Plexamp was ok until it also stopped updating a couple of weeks ago. Is anyone else…

I have found if a VPN is active it will not Auto update

The last two upddates have not auto updated, no VPN active. Been doing it manually. [image] Plex Mac App Won't Update Desktop Players Server Version: 1.40.5.8921 Player Version: 1.99.0.210-2d92b948 Running on Sonoma 14.6.1 on a MacBook Air M1. Usually after I see an upd…

By manual, are downloading from Plex.tv or are using update indicator in the browser tool bar

I go here and download the latest manually and replace the current version. I have not seen a prompt in the app to update, but haven’t paid too close of attention. https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/?cat=plex+desktop&plat=macos

They just posted an update , I closed and relaunched the plex app. It didn’t try and update, also there isn’t an option on the dashboard. [Screenshot 2024-09-24 at 09.53.18] I also checked pihole to make sure there was no dns address blocked and it’s not blocking any traffic.

Tried a lot of things for the past couple of months, including things mentioned here. Updates are just not working. Also, it would be nice to have an option to force update manually…

@vaxter Can you please check out your plex.ini file located in ~/Library/Application Support/Plex. We do have a param to disable the auto update feature that requires modifying this file. Here is the process to disable auto updating the Plex for Desktop/HTPC: Find the [debug] section - add one if …

I just checked my plex.ini at ~/Library/Application Support/Plexand it doesn’t contain any instance of disableUpdater=true I opened the file in bbedit and did a find on disableUpdater=true and disable and went through all the instance and found none. Checking ~/Library/Caches/Plex/updates and fou…

There is definitely an issue here. Thanks for raising @vaxter and everyone else with the extra details. We have an internal issue tracking this problem.

@vaxter and anyone else, this issue should be resolved. There was a backend bug that wasn’t populating the necessary data that the updater needed in order to fetch the latest update.

Mac client is not updating anymore

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TheLivingBubba September 24, 2024, 1:26pm 3

The last two upddates have not auto updated, no VPN active. Been doing it manually.

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Mac client is not updating anymore

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