Plex on MacOS -- Stops when Mac sleeps

[GemmaC]

wait i might have worked it out,

Do i delete one of these, aka VOID 1

[ChuckPa]

Now you can tell the difference

Do you want to keep the Mac server around , just in case ?

You don’t need to delete it. You can leave it shut down

Were you able to set the Preferred Server to “VOID” (the Syno) ?

[GemmaC]

I don’t know how to set the preferred server, I just deleted the mac one i don’t think i need it/it matters.

but now I’m back at this issue even though i did the permissions thing. gahhhh sorry to be asking so many questions

[ChuckPa]

Synology keeps all your media on the RAID “volume” . First in the system is /volume1

Right?

[GemmaC]

Oh yes true okay it’s there my bad hahaha thank you so much I think we have finally done it.

Thanks for your patience with me!!

I’m playing content on my tv and my computer is asleep so I think we have a win hahah.

Very grateful to have your help!

[ilkay]

@ChuckPa

Plex can’t play if the Mac is asleep. There’s nothing to “wake it up”. TV’s and other equipment is set to wake up but not most computers. Those type devices require special handling which the TV is not designed to do.

I enjoyed your conversation with @GemmaC and I am happy that the issue is resolved. I am also a new user and I have a question about your comment above. Does this mean Mac will not wake from sleep to do a scheduled server maintenance? Will I have to keep Mac awake all the time?

[ChuckPa]

@ilkay

Does this mean Mac will not wake from sleep to do a scheduled server maintenance? Will I have to keep Mac awake all the time?

PMS doesn’t wake up the host because it doesn’t have that level of privilege in the host operating system. (Some systems have self-wake on a timer capability. Plex isn’t that privileged).

We all run our servers 24/7. For this reason, most of our servers are headless.