Hello: I’m trying to move my Plex library and associated data from a relatively small boot drive on my MacMini Server to an external drive (hosted on the same system) with much more capacity. I’ve found multiple articles about how to configure this change in Windows and Linux, but I’ve had no luck…

[image] Moving The Metadata Folder from the OS Drive Mac Metadata & Adding Files 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…

This should work regardless of the OS. [image] Move Media Content to a New Location | Plex Support As your media collection grows, you might upgrade to a larger hard drive, install a NAS, or otherwise simply have...

Hi beckfield, Unfortunately, unless I’m missing something, that article assumes I’m replacing my hard drive. That won’t work on a 2018 MacMini because the SSD is hardwired into the box. It is not upgradable. The only thing I can do is move the metadata library to a second, eternally-attached dri…

That’s just the first section. Start at the heading " Moving Content to a New Location." The link I provided should have scrolled the page down to it.

To be clear, my media files are on a large multi-terabyte array. That is not the problem. My issue is to make sure I don’t fill my boot drive with library Plex generates to track all my media. That is what I’m wanting to move to a drive other than the boot drive on my macmini.

Thanks, pshanew. That was exactly the information I needed. Very much appreciated.

MacOS - Moving PMS Metadata to larger drive on the same system

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