PMS native Apple M1 Silicon support timeline

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Hello & thanks in advance for any replies,

The Apple M1 CPUs have been out for a year & two newer high end ones were just released.

I know PMS runs under Rosetta 2, but that’s sub-optimal, and just like Rosetta 1, it won’t be around for ever.

There are many old/long threads discussing/asking about official PMS native support for Apple’s M1 CPUs. It’s been over a year. I’ve seen no one from Plex make any official statement.

Can Plex please post & state their official support (or no support) for native M1 CPU PMS? And if not supported yet, maybe provide a timeline or plans to support or state if there are no plans to support?

Thanks,
Frank

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I think by the long silence it’s pretty clear PLEX has no plans to support the Apple Silicon Platform.

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Plex never releases product plans or timelines.

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I think Plex needs to read this article:

It’s time to drop apps that don’t support Apple Silicon natively

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Thankfully I still run the Plex server on an x86 computer.

Waited for at least a BETA release of PMP supporting Apple Silicon but finally gave in and bought Infuse.

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Thanks for the suggestion of Infuse. I’m only interested in playing the media I own, and PLEX seems to be headed into an area of providing “other” media (TV, movies, gaming, etc.)

I’m a PLEX lifetime subscriber. PLEX doesn’t seem to respond to customers, or provide support. This is why when asked, I recommend people look for other alternatives to PLEX

I’ll check out Infuse as a replacement for PLEX, and if it goes well, it will become my top recommendation.

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And shame on them - that’s generally bad for their customers & bad for their future business.

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I noticed Plex has a Mac PlexAmp for M1 only and Mac Movie, TV & More not verified for MacOS) M1 app for iPad that seems to be working ok on my M1, so maybe there is some hope for a native Plex Server app.

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Hello Ric_Cypher,

I did not understand “Plex has a Mac PlexAmp for M1 only and Mac Movie, TV & More not verified for MacOS” or know what you are referring to.

The app on the iPad is client only - no server. Other than one short comment in May (“We’re working on it”), Plex will not comment on officially supporting the M1. Many have asked, many times, and only received silence. This is a poor way to treat their paying customers…

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What I was trying to indicate is that Plex is working on some M1 native apps, maybe that means they are working on a native server too.

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Yes - it’s always “maybe” because Plex refuses to keep their paying customers informed.

This is why you’ll see others in this thread (and others) who have looked elsewhere for a Plex replacement.

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Good luck to you, I know what it is like to be frustrated with an app or a computer problem.

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I’m not angry with anyone (especially you, another customer).

It’s just disappointing that PLEX doesn’t even respond to their paying costumers.

Even today, I replied to their blog post about new theme colors/UX, and because I mentioned they won’t respond to paying customer questions, they censored (review refused to accept my comment) my response.

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Plex only had almost 2 years (if you count from the time their development team had access to upcoming native M1 support) via the apple developer program and it seems they have instead focused on further improving their music app and also their own streaming offerings.
I can only assume there are issues, third party software they use, that can’t be overcome yet for them to offer a native server. But even then it would be nice to tell users something. No company needs to lay out their roadmap but often they do decide to give some state of the union type update so users know what the general plans are and get ensured that Plex had not given up on ever supporting M1.

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@cmeisel They’ve had OVER two years. Developer Apple Silicon machines were available June/July, 2020. Actually retail products (Mac mini & MacBook Air) shipped in either October or November, 2020.

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I’m not exactly sure what you expect.
FordGuy61 had already posted over a month ago that Plex isn’t communicating official timelines (which they have often stated/confirmed). In one of the handful similar threads they had actually commented that they’re (a) working on it and (b) still had dependencies of some of the underlying libraries/partner products which were not yet available for the platform.

Now you can argue if it’s good or bad. Personally I’ll appreciate every bit of official communication or pre-announcement as it helps getting a better picture – knowing it can change all the time. I can however understand that Plex as a company cannot make public announcements and when things aren’t rock solid… otherwise there’ll be even more toxic threads where everybody complains about broken promises.

Attempts to hijack other means of communication (e.g. their blog) is highly unlikely to produce a different response (which I absolutely do understand) – even if it’s disappointing to you.

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