The wasted time and bandwidth is annoying, but the inability to prevent Plex keeping downloading useless files is beyond annoying.
Not even deleting the Plex app and following the docs on deleting left overs affect the download queue that has been offloaded to the OS.
Uninstalling Plex Media Player | Plex Support seems to be out of date as the folder it refers to doesnt exist even when Plex is installed.
➜ ~ rm -r ~/Library/Application\ Support/Plex\ Media\ Player/
rm -r ~/Library/Caches/Plex\ Media\ Player/
rm -r ~/Library/Logs/Plex\ Media\ Player/
rm -r ~/Library/Saved\ Application\ State/tv.plex.Plex\ Media\ Player.savedState
rm: /Users/user/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Player/: No such file or directory
rm: /Users/user/Library/Caches/Plex Media Player/: No such file or directory
rm: /Users/user/Library/Logs/Plex Media Player/: No such file or directory
rm: /Users/user/Library/Saved Application State/tv.plex.Plex Media Player.savedState: No such file or directory
➜ ~
Please update the docs on uninstalling Plex to include cleaning up any lingering downloads asap.
Blocking the Plex server in my firewall just leads to the queue growing to infinity, some 500 extra temporary files pending download a day. I basically have to only use my MacBook when using Plex and keeping it shut down otherwise or it hogs the bandwidth for all other devices wanting to access the internet.
Plex is effectively holding my device (and home network) hostage! Not cool!
