Server Version#: v.1.40.4.8679-424562606
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Running Plex Media Server on a Mac Mini. I only use it for music. Has worked fine since setting up three weeks ago. Today, at around 4pm, the server went down. When I got home, I noticed that the app wasn’t open and would not open. I checked for an update and downloaded the latest version, but it will not open either. Any suggestions? If it matters, I am a Plex Pass subscriber.
Updated with Mac Info: Mac mini Apple M2 Chip with 8‑Core CPU and 10‑Core GPU
iOS 14.5
I’m running the same version successfully on my Mac mini: 1.40.4.8679.
I suggest you post the OS X version you’re on and the “version” of the mini that you have. I’m 14.5 and running it on a 2023 mini with the Apple M2 Pro chip.
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, you can attempt the following procedure to see if there’s any error messages on the OS level:
Open Finder and navigate to /Applications
Select Show Content from the context menu of the Plex Media Server.app item
Navigate to Contents/MacOS
Open the Terminal app
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.
Here’s my error. I tried following instructions from the support articles, but I guess I don’t understand the SQLite commands well enough to follow along.
Error: Unable to set up server: sqlite3_statement_backend::prepare: database disk image is malformed for SQL: PRAGMA cache_size=2048 (N4soci10soci_errorE)
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