# Plex suddenly won't open **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-mac\ **Created:** [January 10, 2024, 10:01am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-suddenly-wont-open/865820 "2024-01-10T10:01:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![docweif](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f1d935/32.png) [@docweif](https://forums.plex.tv/u/docweif)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 10:01am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-suddenly-wont-open/865820/1 "2024-01-10T10:01:28Z")
Server Version#:v.1.32.8.7639-fb6452ebf Player Version#:N/A iMac, Sonoma. Hi, Plex MS has been working fine for years, on my iMac, now suddenly won’t open. I can’t think of anything that I’ve done to cause the issue, (Ie no recent updates etc). I’ve deleted the app, reinstalled, restarted iMac etc etc Any help would be much appreciated. Keith ---
**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:** [January 10, 2024, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-suddenly-wont-open/865820/2 "2024-01-10T10:06:42Z")
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:** ![docweif](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f1d935/32.png) [@docweif](https://forums.plex.tv/u/docweif)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-suddenly-wont-open/865820/3 "2024-01-10T10:32:43Z")
Hi - thank you for the quick reply… Ok, I did that and yes I did get more details: Error: Unable to set up server: sqlite3\_statement\_backend::prepare: database disk image is malformed for SQL: PRAGMA cache\_size=2048 (N4soci10soci\_errorE) iMac-2:~ docweif$ Does that offer any light on my problem? Many thanks, Keith ---
**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:** [January 10, 2024, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-suddenly-wont-open/865820/4 "2024-01-10T10:37:11Z")
Looks like your server’s database got corrupted. [https://support.plex.tv/articles/repair-a-corrupted-database/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/repair-a-corrupted-database/) ---
**Author:** ![docweif](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f1d935/32.png) [@docweif](https://forums.plex.tv/u/docweif)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-suddenly-wont-open/865820/5 "2024-01-10T11:23:47Z")
BOOM!! That’s fixed it! There’s no way I would have got that sorted myself - thanks so much! Keith ---
**Author:** ![a94533](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@a94533](https://forums.plex.tv/u/a94533)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-suddenly-wont-open/865820/6 "2024-03-07T21:43:38Z")
running latest version of Sonoma, executing Plex\Media\ Server from the command line returns this: libc++abi: terminating due to uncaught exception of type boost::wrapexceptboost::system::system\_error: listen: Address already in use [system:48 at /System/Volumes/Data/data/actions-runner/\_work/plex-media-server/plex-media-server/build/dependencies/plex-media-server/standard-x86\_64-apple-darwin-macos/boost/include/boost/asio/detail/reactive\_socket\_service.hpp:161] \*\*\*\*\*\* PLEX MEDIA SERVER CRASHED, CRASH REPORT WRITTEN: DFBBB6EA-F516-47FF-98CA-5910E06E80D7 the Databases directory is empty! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-suddenly-wont-open/865820/7 "2024-06-05T21:44:30Z")
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