I need to know if it is possible to run Plex Media Server as a daemon on my Mac Mini. Because I need to buy a NAS for storage. I was gonna buy the Synology DS220J for storage and use the mac for the plex server. But if I can’t run as a daemon then I guess I better get the Synology DS220+ for both the NAS and Plex Server? I don’t know how well the DS220+ functions as a Plex Media Server compared to the Mac. I have a 2013 Intel 3770K processor , 16gb ram on my mac and it runs very well… like 10-20% CPU utilization max when transcoding to iOS plex client.
If AnyDesk can install itself as a service on Mac, then it is incomprehensible how Plex cannot.
I’d definitely upgrade again to a paid plan for this.
Did it work without having to log in?
Bumping this because it’s a really important feature. My Plex server becomes inaccessible if someone restarts the Mac while I’m away.
I’ve been trying to do this using Lingon and can’t seem to get it to work. Googling brings up all sorts of suggestions which don’t seem to work either. Is anyone aware of a way that does work, or do you happen to have this working and can share some insight?
My situation is that I can easily create the launch daemon using Lingon and even get Plex to launch, but when I then log out of that user account it’s no longer running.
There’s a version of Plex that runs on Synology NAS which is effectively headless. I wonder why this is hard ?
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