# MacOS Plex Server Crashing

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/macos-plex-server-crashing/844926>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-mac, apple-tv, player-mac\
**Created:** [June 20, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macos-plex-server-crashing/844926 "2023-06-20T00:10:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![StratGuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@StratGuru](https://forums.plex.tv/u/StratGuru)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macos-plex-server-crashing/844926/1 "2023-06-20T00:10:07Z")

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Server Version#:1.32.4.7195  
Player Version#: 1.70.2.3845-31e96af6  
Plex keeps crashing randomly, I will be watching a movie or TV show then the server just crashes. I believe this started like 3 updates ago so I went back to 1.31.26810 and it seems to be working again. The most recent crash was on 1.32.4.7195. I am running a Mac Studio – M1 Max, 64 GB Ram, 32 Core GPU – Ventura 13.4.  
[Plex Media Server Logs\_2023-06-19\_19-50-21.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/7F26Jdbkohf7LRfppwBUXzeuoEG.zip) (3.2 MB)

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**Author:** ![magefesa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/magefesa/32/9488_2.png) [@magefesa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/magefesa)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macos-plex-server-crashing/844926/2 "2023-06-20T20:37:45Z")

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Same here ! Same hardware.  
I m still on Server Version#:1.32.4.7195 and will be patient, the crashes are once a day or less aprox.

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**Author:** ![beornlake](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/beornlake/32/4036_2.png) [@beornlake](https://forums.plex.tv/u/beornlake)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macos-plex-server-crashing/844926/4 "2023-06-22T23:37:45Z")

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There’s another thread from a few weeks ago with this same issue.

> [@Plex Server MAC Randomly Crashing](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-mac-randomly-crashing/843192/12):
>
> Yep, came here to say the same and see if others were having the same problem. I’m on an Intel mini, but like others here, it looks like a segfault in the Plex Transcoder process. Oddly, I have a launchctl watchdog to keep an eye on Plex Media Server, but these crashes aren’t being seen as a “crash” by launchctl, so my server isn’t being kickstarted the way it should be. Plex Media Server.log: Jun 22, 2023 01:09:44.347 [0x70000a44e000] WARN - [Req#1461a6/Transcode] Got a transcode session ping…

Might be installing an old server version until this is figured out.

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**Author:** ![StratGuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@StratGuru](https://forums.plex.tv/u/StratGuru)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macos-plex-server-crashing/844926/5 "2023-06-25T23:42:15Z")

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Im glad Im not the only one. I am eagerly awaiting a fix so I can update again. With such great hardware it’s upsetting I am having so much trouble with using the most current software and have to resort to using an older version.

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**Author:** ![lastb0isct](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2acd7d/32.png) [@lastb0isct](https://forums.plex.tv/u/lastb0isct)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macos-plex-server-crashing/844926/6 "2023-06-26T00:08:33Z")

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Any idea how to download this older version?

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**Author:** ![StratGuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@StratGuru](https://forums.plex.tv/u/StratGuru)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macos-plex-server-crashing/844926/7 "2023-06-26T00:24:21Z")

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Here you go: [plex\_download\_urls/archives/darwin-x86\_64.macos.md at master · axlecrusher/plex\_download\_urls · GitHub](https://github.com/axlecrusher/plex_download_urls/blob/master/archives/darwin-x86_64.macos.md)  
Thank goodness for the GitHub Community!

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**Author:** ![atlist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@atlist](https://forums.plex.tv/u/atlist)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macos-plex-server-crashing/844926/8 "2023-06-26T10:20:48Z")

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My MacOS server ( Version 1.32.4.7195) started crashing around 2-3 weeks ago. I can easily reproduce the crash by skipping to next TV episode (or using the next episode feature when an episode has finished).

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**Author:** ![bmc5311](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/90ced4/32.png) [@bmc5311](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bmc5311)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macos-plex-server-crashing/844926/9 "2023-07-13T00:32:03Z")

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Same issue - adding to this thread to keep it alive until it’s fixed.

Edit - I’ve also downgraded to the prior version.

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**Author:** ![StratGuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@StratGuru](https://forums.plex.tv/u/StratGuru)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macos-plex-server-crashing/844926/10 "2023-07-13T01:11:10Z")

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Still running 1.31.2.6810 with no issues, hoping Plex get to this finally and gives us a fix.

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**Author:** ![Mat.Rix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@Mat.Rix](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Mat.Rix)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macos-plex-server-crashing/844926/11 "2023-07-16T14:10:11Z")

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Me too. The server crashes every day. I switched to the beta channel and it still crashed. The client crashes too. They were all Ok before the recent version.

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**Author:** ![StratGuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@StratGuru](https://forums.plex.tv/u/StratGuru)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macos-plex-server-crashing/844926/12 "2023-07-16T14:58:51Z")

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I downgraded back to Version 1.31.2.6810 and it’s been solid since and when the update notification comes on I hit “Skip this…”. You can get it on the link I posted above.

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**Author:** ![Mat.Rix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@Mat.Rix](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Mat.Rix)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macos-plex-server-crashing/844926/13 "2023-07-16T15:35:07Z")

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Thanks @StratGuru - just did. Will report back.

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**Author:** ![StratGuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@StratGuru](https://forums.plex.tv/u/StratGuru)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macos-plex-server-crashing/844926/14 "2023-07-20T02:07:03Z")

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Anyone try the new update? I’m skeptical to try

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**Author:** ![danedeasy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d78d45/32.png) [@danedeasy](https://forums.plex.tv/u/danedeasy)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 3:34am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macos-plex-server-crashing/844926/15 "2023-07-20T03:34:49Z")

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Crashes for me every time I try to open it. Just started happening today on latest release on macOS Ventura. Intel iMac.

I tried installing the older version linked to above. Issue persists. I can’t get the server to run at all and also tried installing the latest regular version and beta version again but no luck.

Any ideas on what I can try next?

I am a Plex Lifetime member.

Here’s the debug I collected:

```auto

All



[
  {
    "type": "info",
    "host": "app.plex.tv",
    "userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/16.5.2 Safari/605.1.15",
    "browser": {
      "platformVersion": "10.15",
      "id": "safari",
      "name": "Safari",
      "version": "16.5",
      "webkit": true,
      "platform": "OSX",
      "platformID": "osx",
      "platformModifierKey": "command"
    },
    "version": "4.111.1",
    "primaryServerUrl": "https://98-213-142-208.0736cf3d6b6b4df7903a87b594c86c22.plex.direct:10517/",
    "primaryServerAuthToken": true,
    "username": "danedeasy",
    "cloudUrl": [
      {
        "scheme": "https",
        "address": "clients.plex.tv",
        "uri": "https://clients.plex.tv",
        "testState": "connected",
        "isBundled": false,
        "isFallback": false,
        "relay": false,
        "isUntested": false,
        "isPending": false,
        "isConnected": true,
        "isUnauthorized": false,
        "isUnavailable": false,
        "isFailed": false,
        "isAborted": false,
        "isLoopback": false,
        "isPrivate": false,
        "isHttps": true,
        "isSecure": true,
        "isPlexDirect": false,
        "currentTest": null,
        "sources": [
          {
            "id": "internal"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "type": "log:message",
    "level": 1,
    "message": "[Connections] Media Master is unavailable at https://2600-1700-06b0-7cd0-0000-0000-0000-0015.1310c519897b4373881ba9c72adb4214.plex.direct:32400/media/providers (Status 0)",
    "time": "2023-07-20T03:26:29.381Z"
  },
  {
    "type": "log:message",
    "level": 1,
    "message": "[Connections] Prevented fallback to insecure connection for Media Master",
    "time": "2023-07-20T03:26:29.382Z"
  },
  {
    "type": "ajax",
    "url": "https://2600-1700-06b0-7cd0-0000-0000-0000-0015.1310c519897b4373881ba9c72adb4214.plex.direct:32400/media/providers?X-Plex-Product=Plex%20Web&X-Plex-Version=4.111.1&X-Plex-Client-Identifier=0y951rwchtrs4xs53oyvlc6b&X-Plex-Platform=Safari&X-Plex-Platform-Version=16.5&X-Plex-Features=external-media%2Cindirect-media%2Chub-style-list&X-Plex-Model=hosted&X-Plex-Device=OSX&X-Plex-Device-Name=Safari&X-Plex-Device-Screen-Resolution=1472x1305%2C2560x1440&X-Plex-Token=TOKEN&X-Plex-Language=en&X-Plex-Session-Id=f3dd33ed-2554-4655-8416-9349188f1ed5",
    "status": 0,
    "headers": {
      "Accept-Language": "en",
      "Accept": "application/json"
    },
    "statusText": "timeout",
    "time": "2023-07-20T03:26:29.382Z"
  },
  {
    "type": "log:message",
    "level": 1,
    "message": "[Connections] Media Master is unavailable at https://2600-1700-06b0-7cd0-65d9-99c1-d9ca-80c4.1310c519897b4373881ba9c72adb4214.plex.direct:32400/media/providers (Status 0)",
    "time": "2023-07-20T03:26:29.383Z"
  },
  {
    "type": "log:message",
    "level": 1,
    "message": "[Connections] Prevented fallback to insecure connection for Media Master",
    "time": "2023-07-20T03:26:29.384Z"
  },
  {
    "type": "ajax",
    "url": "https://2600-1700-06b0-7cd0-65d9-99c1-d9ca-80c4.1310c519897b4373881ba9c72adb4214.plex.direct:32400/media/providers?X-Plex-Product=Plex%20Web&X-Plex-Version=4.111.1&X-Plex-Client-Identifier=0y951rwchtrs4xs53oyvlc6b&X-Plex-Platform=Safari&X-Plex-Platform-Version=16.5&X-Plex-Features=external-media%2Cindirect-media%2Chub-style-list&X-Plex-Model=hosted&X-Plex-Device=OSX&X-Plex-Device-Name=Safari&X-Plex-Device-Screen-Resolution=1472x1305%2C2560x1440&X-Plex-Token=TOKEN&X-Plex-Language=en&X-Plex-Session-Id=f3dd33ed-2554-4655-8416-9349188f1ed5",
    "status": 0,
    "headers": {
      "Accept-Language": "en",
      "Accept": "application/json"
    },
    "statusText": "timeout",
    "time": "2023-07-20T03:26:29.384Z"
  },
  {
    "type": "log:message",
    "level": 1,
    "message": "[Connections] Media Master is unavailable at https://75-40-154-223.1310c519897b4373881ba9c72adb4214.plex.direct:56815/media/providers (Status 0)",
    "time": "2023-07-20T03:26:29.384Z"
  },
  {
    "type": "log:message",
    "level": 1,
    "message": "[Connections] Prevented fallback to insecure connection for Media Master",
    "time": "2023-07-20T03:26:29.385Z"
  },
  {
    "type": "ajax",
    "url": "https://75-40-154-223.1310c519897b4373881ba9c72adb4214.plex.direct:56815/media/providers?X-Plex-Product=Plex%20Web&X-Plex-Version=4.111.1&X-Plex-Client-Identifier=0y951rwchtrs4xs53oyvlc6b&X-Plex-Platform=Safari&X-Plex-Platform-Version=16.5&X-Plex-Features=external-media%2Cindirect-media%2Chub-style-list&X-Plex-Model=hosted&X-Plex-Device=OSX&X-Plex-Device-Name=Safari&X-Plex-Device-Screen-Resolution=1472x1305%2C2560x1440&X-Plex-Token=TOKEN&X-Plex-Language=en&X-Plex-Session-Id=f3dd33ed-2554-4655-8416-9349188f1ed5",
    "status": 0,
    "headers": {
      "Accept-Language": "en",
      "Accept": "application/json"
    },
    "statusText": "timeout",
    "time": "2023-07-20T03:26:29.385Z"
  },
  {
    "type": "log:message",
    "level": 1,
    "message": "[Connections] Media Master is unavailable at https://192-168-1-84.1310c519897b4373881ba9c72adb4214.plex.direct:32400/media/providers (Status 0)",
    "time": "2023-07-20T03:26:29.387Z"
  },
  {
    "type": "log:message",
    "level": 1,
    "message": "[Connections] Prevented fallback to insecure connection for Media Master",
    "time": "2023-07-20T03:26:29.387Z"
  },
  {
    "type": "log:message",
    "level": 1,
    "message": "[Connections] All connections to Media Master failed",
    "time": "2023-07-20T03:26:29.387Z"
  },
  {
    "type": "log:message",
    "level": 4,
    "message": "[Servers] Found all servers = Rasputin, M1ni, plex.tv",
    "time": "2023-07-20T03:26:29.388Z"
  },
  {
    "type": "ajax",
    "url": "https://192-168-1-84.1310c519897b4373881ba9c72adb4214.plex.direct:32400/media/providers?X-Plex-Product=Plex%20Web&X-Plex-Version=4.111.1&X-Plex-Client-Identifier=0y951rwchtrs4xs53oyvlc6b&X-Plex-Platform=Safari&X-Plex-Platform-Version=16.5&X-Plex-Features=external-media%2Cindirect-media%2Chub-style-list&X-Plex-Model=hosted&X-Plex-Device=OSX&X-Plex-Device-Name=Safari&X-Plex-Device-Screen-Resolution=1472x1305%2C2560x1440&X-Plex-Token=TOKEN&X-Plex-Language=en&X-Plex-Session-Id=f3dd33ed-2554-4655-8416-9349188f1ed5",
    "status": 0,
    "headers": {
      "Accept-Language": "en",
      "Accept": "application/json"
    },
    "statusText": "timeout",
    "time": "2023-07-20T03:26:29.389Z"
  },
  {
    "type": "log:message",
    "level": 4,
    "message": "[Connections] Testing all 4 connection(s) for Media Master",
    "time": "2023-07-20T03:26:35.329Z"
  },
  {
    "type": "log:message",
    "level": 4,
    "message": "[Servers] Found all servers = Rasputin, M1ni, plex.tv",
    "time": "2023-07-20T03:26:35.330Z"
  },
  {
    "type": "log:message",
    "level": 4,
    "message": "[Commands] Executing testServerConnection",
    "time": "2023-07-20T03:26:35.332Z"
  },
  {
    "type": "log:message",
    "level": 4,
    "message": "[Commands] Executing testServerConnection",
    "time": "2023-07-20T03:26:35.332Z"
  },
  {
    "type": "log:message",
    "level": 4,
    "message": "[Commands] Executing testServerConnection",
    "time": "2023-07-20T03:26:35.332Z"
  },
  {
    "type": "log:message",
    "level": 4,
    "message": "[Commands] Executing testServerConnection",
    "time": "2023-07-20T03:26:35.332Z"
  },
  {
    "type": "log:message",
    "level": 4,
    "message": "[Connections] Retrying connection tests for Media Master in 18 seconds",
    "time": "2023-07-20T03:26:35.332Z"
  },
  {
    "type": "log:message",
    "level": 4,
    "message": "[Connections] Testing connection for Media Master at https://2600-1700-06b0-7cd0-0000-0000-0000-0015.1310c519897b4373881ba9c72adb4214.plex.direct:32400/media/providers",
    "time": "2023-07-20T03:26:35.383Z"
  },
  {
    "type": "log:message",
    "level": 4,
    "message": "[Connections] Testing connection for Media Master at https://2600-1700-06b0-7cd0-65d9-99c1-d9ca-80c4.1310c519897b4373881ba9c72adb4214.plex.direct:32400/media/providers",
    "time": "2023-07-20T03:26:35.385Z"
  },
  {
    "type": "log:message",
    "level": 4,
    "message": "[Connections] Testing connection for Media Master at https://75-40-154-223.1310c519897b4373881ba9c72adb4214.plex.direct:56815/media/providers",
    "time": "2023-07-20T03:26:35.387Z"
  },
  {
    "type": "log:message",
    "level": 4,
    "message": "[Connections] Testing connection for Media Master at https://192-168-1-84.1310c519897b4373881ba9c72adb4214.plex.direct:32400/media/providers",
    "time": "2023-07-20T03:26:35.389Z"
  }
]

```

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**Author:** ![Ryuzaki\_2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ryuzaki_2/32/211321_2.png) [@Ryuzaki\_2](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Ryuzaki_2)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macos-plex-server-crashing/844926/16 "2023-07-20T15:11:54Z")

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Recent previous versions of Plex updates can also be found in the Updates folder under the Plex Media Folder which on mac is at. User/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Updates

The library folder under the user name is usually hidden by default. So just un-hide and your in.

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**Author:** ![StratGuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@StratGuru](https://forums.plex.tv/u/StratGuru)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macos-plex-server-crashing/844926/17 "2023-07-20T15:25:16Z")

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Have you tried to delete the entire Plex server and do a fresh install? Here is a link on how to backup your library data: [https://support.plex.tv/articles/201539237-backing-up-plex-media-server-data/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201539237-backing-up-plex-media-server-data/)

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**Author:** ![brianbuquoi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/brianbuquoi/32/86047_2.png) [@brianbuquoi](https://forums.plex.tv/u/brianbuquoi)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macos-plex-server-crashing/844926/18 "2023-07-23T11:55:05Z")

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I’ve been having at least one daily crash for about a month or so and I just downgraded today because I got tired of explaining to family that Plex broke the stability of the server, no it’s not them, etc. The most recent versions on Plex Pass and stable have not resolved it as of today.

(M1 Studio)

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**Author:** ![\_LUKEFLIX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/258eb7/32.png) [@\_LUKEFLIX](https://forums.plex.tv/u/_LUKEFLIX)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macos-plex-server-crashing/844926/19 "2023-07-23T18:59:47Z")

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What version have you gone to mate? Mine has started again. Running latest macOS version and latest Plex version. Went ok for around a week and again crashing staring today. So bloody annoying!

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**Author:** ![Mat.Rix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@Mat.Rix](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Mat.Rix)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macos-plex-server-crashing/844926/20 "2023-07-24T13:44:12Z")

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I used the op’s suggestion to use the previous version. No crashes. Then I updated to the version released two days ago, 1.32.5.7327 and it is stable. I have an Intel i5 mini.

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**Author:** ![StratGuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@StratGuru](https://forums.plex.tv/u/StratGuru)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macos-plex-server-crashing/844926/21 "2023-07-24T14:51:26Z")

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Have you noticed any difference in performance with 1.32.5.7327 from the older release? Has anyone updated that is using Apple Silicon? Im happy to hear that Plex fixed intel.

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