I’m continually getting popups on my Mac Media Server asking “Plex Media Server wants to access data in other apps.” How do I turn this off?
Server Version#: 4.133.0
Player Version#:
<If providing server logs please do NOT turn on verbose logging, only debug logging should be enabled>
I’m looking for this same solution. So crazy annoying!
Not entirely surprising, given it’s your own thread 
Would you mind sharing some more details on your setup?
e.g. which version of macOS do you run this server on and what’s the installed version of Plex Media Server on that system?
4.133.0 is the version of the web app. It appears you’re using the version of the web app that’s bundled with some older server release. Do you still experience this issue after updating to the current public release?
This is pretty freaking finny even if you did it intentional.
anyways… see if you can manage it in privacy settings.
System Settings > Privacy & Security > Privacy
Well, only took 21 days to get a response from someone 
. I’m running on macOS Sonoma and it appears I’m running 4.136.1 which should be newer than 4.133.0, no?
4.133.0 and 4.136.1 are releases of the web app – not your server.
Please check Settings > [Server Name] > General for the server version. Alternatively, the server version should also show if you browse to http://[PMS local IP address]:32400/identity (this will show an unformatted XML file; one of the attributes is listing the server’s version).
1.41.0.8994
Would you mind sharing a screenshot of the popup with the exact wording?
While it sounds like something related to the system’s privacy settings (as posted by uniquer: System Settings > Privacy & Security > Privacy)… I don’t think, I’ve ever heard of Plex Media Server accessing other apps. The only thing coming to mind could be the auto-updater.
I take it you originally installed PMS after downloading the server app from https://plex.tv/downloads – no fishy, potentially dangerous 3rd party download platform?
What am I supposed to look for in Privacy? There’s certainly no mention of Plex here.
This is the PMS I setup in 2014, downloaded from Plex originally.
I will post the screenshot the next time it pops up. And…The wording in the OP is the exact wording from the popup.
It might also be worth to double-check your configuration.
As said… Plex doesn’t by-design access data of other apps.
It could be you’ve pointed some of your libraries or Plex system folders to libraries that are linked to other apps – e.g. if you’re pointing libraries at local mounts of cloud storage drives (managed through a different app).
In that case, you might end up with the warning from your OP whenever Plex is scanning such a library.
Other similar scenarios coming to mind are
Settings > [Server Name]
Library > iTunes library XML path → if you’ve set a path for this setting, this will definitely belong to another app (Apple Music / iTunes) and require permission!Network > Custom certificate locationTranscoder > Transcoder temporary directoryScheduled Tasks > Backup directoryExtras
Movie pre-roll videoGlobal music videos pathDING! Now this does make sense. This is probably some of the crap Apple has implemented in newer OSes where they are more like what MS started in XP; one has to give permission to every little thing. And, Sequoia is supposed to be even worse!! Of course my Libraries are pointing to things such as Music & Audiobooks. I think what began the puzzle is more than likely I gave permission to the dialogue, but then it just kept coming back over and over. I did check for the Server update earlier today after tom80h suggested that and did upgrade. Now, the popup has not come back since. Will report back if it does, but I’ll give it permission to access the data. It wasn’t a problem to allow that, assuming I did. The problem was the dialogue coming back up over and over. Maybe with the PMS updated it has stopped. Thanks to both of you for your help.
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