# Plex for Mac, Windows, and Linux
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-mac-windows-and-linux/446435
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** player-mac, player-windows, player-linux
**Created:** [August 15, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-mac-windows-and-linux/446435 "2019-08-15T15:15:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@PlexInfo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/PlexInfo)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-mac-windows-and-linux/446435/1 "2019-08-15T15:15:21Z")
The new player app for Mac and Windows desktop apps can be downloaded from our **[downloads](https://www.plex.tv/downloads/#plex-app)** page
Version# 1.0.0
You can read a bit more about it on **[our blog](https://www.plex.tv/blog/desktop-af/)**
Constructive feedback about the new app is welcomed and can be made in our “**[Desktop Players](https://forums.plex.tv/c/plex-players/computers)**” forum category:
- Ensure that the topic is tagged with either `player-mac` or `player-windows`.
- Provide specific details to help us look into things. For instance, if you’re reporting a bug, be sure to add explicit Steps to Reproduce.
### Frequent Questions
- **What about a Linux version?** Right now, we’re focusing our resources on macOS and Windows to ensure they receive the best experience they can. It’s certainly possible that we could expand to support Linux in the future, but for now it’ll be Windows and macOS.
- **Will you publish the app in the Microsoft Store?** We don’t have any immediate plans to bring the new app to the Microsoft Store. That said, we’ve also definitely not ruled out that possibility. For now, the app is available from our [Downloads page](https://www.plex.tv/downloads/#plex-app) as a standard, Windows EXE installer.
### [Support Articles](https://support.plex.tv/articles/categories/general-topics/windows-mac-desktop/)
- **[Introduction and Installation](https://support.plex.tv/articles/windows-and-macos-intro-installation/)**
- **[Configuration and Usage Options](https://support.plex.tv/articles/configuration-and-usage-options/)**
- **[Download Content for Offline Access](https://support.plex.tv/articles/downloads-on-desktop/)**
- **[Windows/Mac app logs](https://support.plex.tv/articles/windows-mac-app-logs/)**
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### Author:  [@deactivated](https://forums.plex.tv/u/deactivated)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2019, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-mac-windows-and-linux/446435/4 "2019-08-21T19:00:01Z")
Transparency is one of those balancing acts. Too much and it’s hard to change course. Too little and nobody knows where you’re going.
We’re erring on the side of too much. These are the priorities we’ve heard and are committed to working on.
Last update: v1.15.0
## Windows
- HDR support
## mac
- HDR support
## General
- Manual UI scaling. Familiar Zoom In / Zoom Out / Actual Size options in a View menu
## Downloads
- Configurable file system location for downloaded media
## Playback
- Subtitle formatting (size, color, position of text based subs)
## Future Considerations
We’re listening to user feedback and discussing the following topics. We’ll share more information when available.
- Allow for selection of a larger network buffer
- Audio and subtitle delay adjustments in player
- Configurable video aspect ratio
- Plex for Linux
- Gapless music
- Improved touch screen support
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### Author:  [@deactivated](https://forums.plex.tv/u/deactivated)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-mac-windows-and-linux/446435/5 "2019-08-21T19:06:39Z")
Version 1.1.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.
This release brings fixes for issues that caused pain to many Windows users. Follow the directions below will score you the update _immediately_. Otherwise the update will be downloaded and installed automatically through typical app usage.
- Restart Plex. The update will be downloaded automatically.
- Wait 2 minutes
- Restart Plex. The update will be installed immediately at launch. It is an interactive installer for v1.0 to v1.1. This will be improved in updates from v1.2 onwards.
**Fixed**
- Windows: Application scaling default to system’s display scale, instead of 100%, when the PLEX\_SCALE\_FACTOR environment variable is not set.
- Windows: Application scaling supports additional PLEX\_SCALE\_FACTOR values: 2.5, 3.0, 3.5. This better accommodates scaling on UHD screens.
- Windows: Prevent Visual C++ runtime installer from immediately rebooting some user systems after install.
- Windows: Automatic updates will correctly default to non default installation paths for Plex versions \> 1.1.0.
- Windows: Automatic updates will prompt for update consent before starting update for Plex versions \> 1.1.0.
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### Author:  [@deactivated](https://forums.plex.tv/u/deactivated)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-mac-windows-and-linux/446435/6 "2019-08-27T21:19:49Z")
Version 1.2.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.
This release brings fixes for Downloading TV and Podcast shows as well as quality of life improvements for Windows users. Following the directions below will score you the update _immediately_ . Otherwise, the update will be downloaded and installed automatically through typical app usage.
1. Restart Plex. The update will be downloaded automatically.
2. Wait 2 minutes
3. Restart Plex. The update will be installed immediately at launch.
**New**
- Updater: v1.2 -\> v1.3 and beyond no longer present an interactive updater on Windows.
- Updater: v1.2 -\> v1.3 and beyond automatically start Plex for Mac and Plex for Windows after updating.
**Fixed**
- Downloads: Corrected “Next X episodes” management.
- Downloads: Ensure media analysis is accurate before download.
- Player: Correct starting playlist playback at an item that’s not the first.
- Player: Corrected downloaded codecs not being used.
- Player: Fixed direct streamed and transcoded playback of already downloaded media.
- Windows: Fixed Alt+Enter not toggling fullscreen.
- Windows: Fixed Plex capturing media keys without active audio/video playback.
- Windows: Fixed back and forward mouse button handling.
- Updater: Installer runs and launches Plex as current user instead of admin.
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### Author:  [@deactivated](https://forums.plex.tv/u/deactivated)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-mac-windows-and-linux/446435/7 "2019-09-11T20:53:45Z")
Version 1.3.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.
This release continues to improve behavior of the Downloads feature. It also improves our handling of caching during playback and rendering of the UI. Gone is the dreaded black screen on macOS from 1.0 and the poor mouse cursor behavior that landed with 1.2.
Following the directions below will score you the update _immediately_ . Otherwise, the update will be downloaded and installed automatically through typical app usage.
1. Restart Plex. The update will be downloaded automatically.
2. Wait 2 minutes
3. Restart Plex. The update will be installed immediately at launch.
**New**
- Not applicable.
**Fixed**
- Downloads: When playing local media but online, immediately sync play progress to server.
- Downloads: Fixed crash when download destination doesn’t exist.
- Downloads: Fixed external subtitles being missing in downloads.
- Downloads: Fixed attempting to use illegal characters from an album name in a directory name.
- General: Handle the individual play and pause keys (not play/pause toggles) found on some input devices.
- General: Fix mouse cursor not showing hover or text input cursors.
- Player: Improved caching, seeking, and resuming behavior.
- Mac: automatic updates retain code signing.
- Mac: enable OpenGL 4.1 to prevent black screen issues on some systems.
- Windows: detect and enable OpenGL ES version 3 or version 2.
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### Author:  [@deactivated](https://forums.plex.tv/u/deactivated)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-mac-windows-and-linux/446435/8 "2019-09-13T23:43:22Z")
Version 1.3.1 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.
Last release, 1.3.0, introduced a regression that caused the first download on fresh installations to fail. We apologize this slipped out, our pre-release testing contains testing on existing and fresh installations going forward.
Following the directions below will score you the update _immediately_ . Otherwise, the update will be downloaded and installed automatically through typical app usage.
1. Restart Plex. The update will be downloaded automatically.
2. Wait 2 minutes.
3. Restart Plex. The update will be installed immediately at launch.
**New**
- Not applicable.
**Fixed**
- Downloads: Fixed incorrect season number displayed for downloaded seasons.
- Downloads: Fixed failures downloading for the first time.
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### Author:  [@deactivated](https://forums.plex.tv/u/deactivated)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-mac-windows-and-linux/446435/9 "2019-11-12T18:46:28Z")
Version 1.4 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac
**New**
- Updated web-client to 4.10.0-d598d9212
- Updated plex-media-server to 1.18.0.1839-b2f2111e9
**Fixed**
- Downloads: Changed references from recordings -\> downloads in sync code
- Downloads: Improved download subscriptions involving unwatched episodes
- General: Improve offline support, avoid dreaded “Plex is not reachable” message
- General: Qt has been updated to 5.13.1
- Mac: Catalina support
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### Author:  [@deactivated](https://forums.plex.tv/u/deactivated)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-mac-windows-and-linux/446435/10 "2019-11-21T22:40:41Z")
Version 1.4.1 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac
**Fixed**
- General: A user’s Plex Pass features could be ignored if starting the app with `Automatically Sign In` disabled
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### Author:  [@deactivated](https://forums.plex.tv/u/deactivated)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-mac-windows-and-linux/446435/11 "2020-01-16T19:14:49Z")
Version 1.5 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac
**New**
- Updated web-client to 4.18.1-e7350d142-5474
**Fixed**
- Playback: Fixed subtitle size handling
- Playback: Fixed issues selecting subtitles when video has embedded and external subtitles
- Playback: Updated FFmpeg to correct MPEG2 decoding on Windows and several driver issue fixes for hardware transcode
- Downloads: Removed `DVR:` in some log lines
---
### Author:  [@deactivated](https://forums.plex.tv/u/deactivated)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-mac-windows-and-linux/446435/12 "2020-01-29T00:27:03Z")
Version 1.6.2 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.
**New**
- Updated web-client to [4.22.1-ff2565052-6071](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-web/20528/307).
**Fixed**
- Repair broken poster and background upload using the file browser.
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### Author:  [@deactivated](https://forums.plex.tv/u/deactivated)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-mac-windows-and-linux/446435/13 "2020-01-30T19:32:15Z")
Version 1.6.3 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.
This issue addresses a regression in our installer which resulted in the installer displaying an improper icon and incorrect license. Version 1.6.2 will not automatically update to version 1.6.3 as version 1.6.3 only address an installation-time regression.
**Fixed**
- Restored proper behavior of the Windows installer’s icon and license.
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### Author:  [@deactivated](https://forums.plex.tv/u/deactivated)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-mac-windows-and-linux/446435/14 "2020-03-31T19:50:20Z")
Version 1.6.5 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.
**Fixed**
- Correct issues preventing automatic update to future application versions.
**Important Announcement**
Although Plex for Windows officially supports Windows 10 it has also worked on older Windows versions. We’re making changes to the application which require support for OpenGL version 3. Many older Windows systems use graphic drivers that do not support Open GL version 3.
- Version 1.9.x will be the last version that supports graphic drivers supporting only Open GL version 2. We’ll disable automatic updates for affected users.
- Version 1.10.x will be the first version that requires Open GL version 3.
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### Author:  [@deactivated](https://forums.plex.tv/u/deactivated)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-mac-windows-and-linux/446435/15 "2020-04-14T20:25:55Z")
Version 1.8.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.
**New**
- Updated web-client/4.31.0-102e126b6-7613
- Updated plex-media-server to plex-media-server/1.18.8.2527-740d4c206
- Player: Interlaced content is now automatically deinterlaced
**Fixes**
- General: Qt has been updated to 5.14.1.
- Windows: Handling of display scales other than 100%, 200%, 300% etc is finally correct. Support for the `PLEX_SCALE_FACTOR` workaround has been removed.
- Windows: Use OpenGLES3 for all Windows versions.
- Downloads: Fix root cause of “We were unable to prepare your download…” errors.
- Downloads: Displayed total download size updates during download.
- Downloads: Pref to delete watched episodes `On next refresh` would result in not deleting episodes for 100 days.
**Important Announcement**
Although Plex for Windows officially supports Windows 10 it has also worked on older Windows versions. We’re making changes to the application which require support for OpenGL version 3. Many older Windows systems use graphic drivers that do not support Open GL version 3.
Update: The requirements for Open GL \>= 3 is not yet being enforced as outlined in the text below. We’ll update as plans develop.
- ~~Version 1.9.x will be the last version that supports graphic drivers supporting only Open GL version 2. We’ll disable automatic updates for affected users~~.
- ~~Version 1.10.x will be the first version that requires Open GL version 3~~.
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### Author:  [@deactivated](https://forums.plex.tv/u/deactivated)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-mac-windows-and-linux/446435/16 "2020-04-17T22:22:26Z")
Version 1.8.1 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.
**New**
- Updated web-client/4.31.3-c04308f03-8086.
**Fixes**
- General: Restored missing fullscreen button in the application’s top bar.
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### Author:  [@deactivated](https://forums.plex.tv/u/deactivated)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-mac-windows-and-linux/446435/17 "2020-04-17T22:23:07Z")
Version 1.8.2 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.
**New**
- Updated web-client/4.31.4-0272c4730-8113.
**Fixes**
- General: Restored missing activity count in the application’s top bar.
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### Author:  [@deactivated](https://forums.plex.tv/u/deactivated)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-mac-windows-and-linux/446435/18 "2020-04-29T00:13:05Z")
Version 1.9.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac
**New**
- Updated web-client/4.32.1-4b8286210-8295.
- Playback: Configurable audio device output including passthrough of supported codecs.
- Playback: Seek bar now shows range of buffered range.
**Fixes**
- General: Quitting the application while in true fullscreen will restart the app in true fullscreen.
- General: Quitting the application while maximized will restart the app in a (correctly) maximized window.
- General: Fullscreen or maximized window restored at startup can be returned to its previous window size
- Mac: Window will minimize as expected when Command+M is pressed.
- Playback: RealMedia (RealVideo 4 video and Cooker audio) will now direct play. We have follow-up work required to fallback to transcode when direct play is unavailable.
- Windows: Investigated issues reported on multimonitor setups.
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### Author:  [@deactivated](https://forums.plex.tv/u/deactivated)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-mac-windows-and-linux/446435/19 "2020-05-07T20:58:40Z")
Version 1.10.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac
**New**
- Updated to web-client/4.33.0-e107b91ad-8400.
**Fixes**
- Playback: Prevent DNS rebinding protection from interfering with sidecar subtitle downloading.
- General: Support for IPv4 and IPv6 while working around DNS rebinding protection.
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### Author:  [@deactivated](https://forums.plex.tv/u/deactivated)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-mac-windows-and-linux/446435/20 "2020-05-20T20:14:14Z")
Version 1.11.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac
**New**
- Updated to web-client/4.34.2-60b338715-8963.
---
### Author:  [@deactivated](https://forums.plex.tv/u/deactivated)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-mac-windows-and-linux/446435/21 "2020-06-04T20:51:43Z")
Version 1.12.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac
**New**
- Updated to web-client/4.35.1-a66f3eaf5-9361.
---
### Author:  [@deactivated](https://forums.plex.tv/u/deactivated)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-mac-windows-and-linux/446435/22 "2020-06-08T20:34:19Z")
Version 1.12.1 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac
This release addresses a long standing playback stuttering issue traced back to `plex.ini` updates during playback: [Stuttering on Plex for Windows](https://forums.plex.tv/t/stuttering-on-plex-for-windows/565654/60).
**New**
- Updated to web-client/4.35.2-719f3c778-9501.
Fixed
- Prevent playback stuttering which was resolvable by making `plex.ini` read-only.
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