# Mac RasPlex Installer

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/mac-rasplex-installer/32192>\
**Category:** Apps & Creations\
**Created:** [April 5, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/mac-rasplex-installer/32192 "2013-04-05T04:30:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![token](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e0b2c6/32.png) [@token](https://forums.plex.tv/u/token)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/mac-rasplex-installer/32192/1 "2013-04-05T04:30:12Z")

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The MacOS RasPlex installer works good, but have some caveats:

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- it saves the download (and temp files) on the root of the harddrive, a very strange place for that. I guess it changes to root when you type the password and looses the last current directory where it was as a user (or where the App itself is running from). It should download the files in the app current dir and save temp files to /tmp. Also, it should chown the downloaded files as the normal user because when it's done and you try to erase the file, you don't have permission and it has to authenticate again.

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- the inicial disk selection dialog is very dangerous!!! it defaults to the last disk (which seems reasonably good for avoiding the disk0) but after many times using it, I just managed to plug the sd card just before time machine started doing it's backups, and when the installer GUI entended it defaulted to disk4 which was timemachine. I almost clicked write. there should be \_no\_ disk selected, also the name / type / description / whatever of the the disk should be at the side of the name, also the size would help.

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That's my sugestions for improvement. Otherwise, that is a VERY COOL project, I love it!

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**Author:** ![blasenbaer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@blasenbaer](https://forums.plex.tv/u/blasenbaer)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/mac-rasplex-installer/32192/2 "2013-04-12T07:08:17Z")

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100% agree with Ande :)

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 11:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/mac-rasplex-installer/32192/3 "2019-12-20T23:10:25Z")

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