# Plex Mac Server No Longer Opening **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-mac\ **Created:** [June 18, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-mac-server-no-longer-opening/797549 "2022-06-18T13:10:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scoop076\_gmail\_com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@scoop076\_gmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/scoop076_gmail_com)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-mac-server-no-longer-opening/797549/1 "2022-06-18T13:10:52Z")
Server Version#: 1.27 Mac OS: 10.12.6 I haven’t done anything to my server and now my Plex Server App won’t even open/run on my machine. I click to open and nothing. It looks like it’s crashing right after I click. I’ve tried restarting and it just won’t open. My guess is that this has something to do with the recent update. Really annoying. I can’t access anything. Is there any way to roll this back to the previous version? Overall, my experience with Plex has been very buggy. I hope their is more attention paid to stability in the future. The Apple TV app is littered with exclamation warning and I have to constantly close and reopen it. Any ideas on how to get this back up and running without losing all my settings? ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-mac-server-no-longer-opening/797549/2 "2022-06-18T17:15:25Z")
If the Plex Media Server won’t start and doesn’t even get to the stage where it’ll be writing to the [server logs,](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250417-plex-media-server-log-files/) you can attempt the following procedure to see if there’s any error messages on the OS level: 1. Open Finder and navigate to `/Applications` 2. Select `Show Content` from the context menu of the `Plex Media Server.app` item 3. Navigate to `Contents/MacOS` 4. Open the `Terminal` app 5. Drag the `Plex Media Server` executable from the Finder window (#3) into the Terminal Window and press `Return` to execute it This is no different from running the app, so it won’t succeed – but you should get a more specific error message about what’s causing it to fail starting. ---
**Author:** ![scoop076\_gmail\_com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@scoop076\_gmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/scoop076_gmail_com)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-mac-server-no-longer-opening/797549/3 "2022-06-18T17:47:26Z")
Thank you for the help and quick response! I received the following error/response after running directly through Terminal? Thoughts on a fix and what may have caused the issue? Error: Unable to setup server: sqlite3\_statement\_backend::prepare: database disk image is malformed for SQL: PRAGMA cache\_size=2000 (N4soci10soci\_errorE) ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-mac-server-no-longer-opening/797549/4 "2022-06-18T18:44:22Z")
It looks like your database got corrupted. This can happen if Plex is stopped while writing to the database (e.g. due to an immediate shutdown of the Mac or a crash). - You can attempt to repair your database → [Repair a Corrupted Database | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/repair-a-corrupted-database/) - If that fails, you can attempt to restore a previous backup of Plex’ database (assuming they were enabled as part of Plex’ scheduled tasks / maintenance) → [Restore a Database Backed Up via 'Scheduled Tasks' | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/202485658-restore-a-database-backed-up-via-scheduled-tasks/) - If that fails as well (or there are no backups) you might need to nuke your server and start over (potentially trying to [transfer some rating/viewstate information](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201154527-move-viewstate-ratings-from-one-install-to-another/) in case that section of the database is still intact) → [Restart Plex Media Server Setup from Scratch | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201198426-restart-plex-media-server-setup-from-scratch/) ---
**Author:** ![scoop076\_gmail\_com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@scoop076\_gmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/scoop076_gmail_com)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-mac-server-no-longer-opening/797549/5 "2022-06-18T23:30:14Z")
Thank you! We just had a power outage due to storms the other day, so that makes complete sense. I am working to restore the database from my backup drive. Thanks, again. I think this should do it 😃 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-mac-server-no-longer-opening/797549/6 "2022-09-16T23:30:18Z")
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