Will PMS ever work with macOS Mojave?

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops
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Can anyone, preferably someone official, let us know when a version of PMS that doesn’t crash at launch in Mojave is due, or help me figure out why mine is?

If you can, I’ll change my rating on Roaring Apps. I have it there as not compatible, and they are the goto resource for people upgrading.

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A buddy of mine upgraded to Mojave as soon as it was available on his 2012 Mac Mini Plex Server. Hasn’t had a spot of problem with daily use. Don’t know what to do to help you troubleshoot but I can confirm that it does work in some cases.

This thread has some instructions for gathering logs to help diagnose:

You might gather those and attach them to your post.

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I have been using it on my late 2013 27" non-retina iMac fine, through High Sierra. Has been crashing immediately on start since I sorted other issues with installing Mojave. Have not had a successful load in Mojave yet.

I do not have a spare computer to dedicate to being a server exclusively.

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This must be something unique to your set up as i have Mojave and PMS version 1.13.8.5395-10d48da0d running as intended. To me you need to update PMS.

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That is the latest version, which I have tried, and crashes on open. I am looking for someone who can assist me in finding out why it is not functional on my setup.

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Well, this isn’t what you’re looking for, but I have PMS running in OSX Mojave using Docker for Mac. It’s working wonderfully, and remote access (after some tweaking) is also working brilliantly now.

I honestly recommend that people run all of these things containerised, especially now that Docker has proper virtualisation support for OSX.

I can share my docker script if you want to go this route.

Cheers

edit: typos

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If go to:
https://www.plex.tv/en-au/media-server-downloads/#plex-app
Download the newest PMS available and replace PMS in the applications folder you be all good to go.

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That is the link for Plex Media Player. This will not replace PMS, nor allow me to watch on my Apple TV nor phone.

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Sorry there a link on that page to media server

https://www.plex.tv/en-au/media-server-downloads/#plex-media-server

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The version of PMS there is the one that doesn’t work, repeatedly.

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Well if that the case you will need to do a complete uninstall as found on the following support page. It a big job for large Libraries but it’s worth it considering your distress.

https://support.plex.tv/articles/201941078-uninstall-plex-media-server/

The Library is the one in the “GO” menu holding down the option key

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I just download the current non plex pass version on Mojave, launched it and ran through the basic setup and it all seemed to work as expected.

This is probably not what you want to hear.

But I am guessing that maybe there are issues with your installation of Mojave.

Is there anything in this folder:

~/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Crash Reports/

to get to this folder, In the finder:

Go -> Go To Folder

enter ~/Library

Then drill down the folder I mentioned above

If there are any files in the folders you find in there, if you post the latest one from the PLEX MEDIA SERVER folder maybe someone can help further.

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could you share your docker script? attempting to setup one on my Mac.

Thanks!

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Sure thing. I used the official plexinc container. Refer to it for further details: Docker Hub

I’ll eventually migrate it into a docker-compose, since I want to have some practice with it, but for now, this is what I am running with:

docker create
–name plex
–restart=always
-p 32400:32400/tcp
-p 3005:3005/tcp
-p 8324:8324/tcp
-p 32469:32469/tcp
-p 1900:1900/udp
-p 32410:32410/udp
-p 32412:32412/udp
-p 32413:32413/udp
-p 32414:32414/udp
-e ADVERTISE_IP=“http://YOUR_INTERNAL_IP:32400/”
-e PLEX_CLAIM=“YOUR-CLAIM-CODE”
-h YourServerName
-e TZ=“Europe/London”
-e PUID=YOUR_UID -e PGID=YOUR_GID
-e PLEX_CLAIM=“claim-e9ymz3cHsqz8k5ynGRz5”
-v /Users/jinx/docker/plex/config:/config
-v /Users/jinx/docker/plex/transcode/temp:/transcode
-v /Users/jinx/docker/plex/data:/data
-v /Volumes/Dominion/Media:/Dominion/data
plexinc/pms-docker

Some notes:

  • just before launching your PMS docker instance go to: Claim | Plex
    and copy-paste that code into the PLEX_CLAIM entry so you can claim your server (otherwise it won’t start);
  • don’t forget to change the ‘-h YourServerName’ into whatever you want to name your server;
  • don’t forget to change your -v to link to your external Volumes;
  • don’t forget to insert your PUID and PGID (it’s recommended, check the first link i mentioned for details)
  • don’t forget to change the timezone (TZ) if you’re not in Portugal or the UK :slight_smile:
  • I’m running a double NAT at home and had to use the ‘-e ADVERTISE_IP’. I think if you’re linking directly to your router you might be able to avoid that line, which simplifies things.
  • check every entry, make sure you understand them :slight_smile:

Feel free to ask questions. I’ll help with what I know. Cheers

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