Ok, so the cache, located at /Users/username/Library/Caches/PlexMediaServer is now at 13.3Gb and growing. The PhotoTranscoder folder alone is most of this. How do shrink this folder, or at least stop the PhotoTranscoder dropping hundreds of redundant duplicates? How do I relocate the plex cache f…

The PhotoTranscoder folder serves a purpose. It generates the different sizes of images used for different devices. That’s why people say that it “grows” because when people browse your plex from different devices it generates those thumbnails. If you delete that folder, your server has to regenerat…

Love to. It’s an M1 Mac Mini with a 256Gb Drive. Upgrade not a possibility, but fast external drives are, hence, move or redirect folder to external drive. Ideally, a setting in preferences with the ability to set a location, lots of apps allow exactly that so it doesn’t seem out of the ordinary. …

Plex Media Server Logs_2024-03-26_21-47-37.zip (2.4 MB)

If you’re having problems fitting the 13GB from Plex in a 256GB drive, you have other problems that have nothing to do with Plex.

Ok. So. I use the home drive for the footage I’m editing in Davinci Resolve. If you know anything about editing 4K footage in RAW you’ll understand that the 170Gb of space that is left can be VERY quickly eaten up. You would also understand that the built in drive on the M1/2/3 based Macs is ver…

ChuckPa created Plex DBRepair, a shell utility which can remove the old Phototranscoder files safely. [image] GitHub - ChuckPa/PlexDBRepair: Database repair utility for Plex Media Server... Database repair utility for Plex Media Server databases - ChuckPa/PlexDBRepair …

Thanks Nibbles, that looks very useful, in lieu of successfully symlinking the cache & application support folders, that could keep it under control. I think I should create a request for a software improvement as a parallel task, but my hopes for implementation are slim I think.

So, Plex, any chance of an updated client that allows me to choose where files go?

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Not much to add other than we have an internal issue for tracking this problem. It’s being investigated.

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