
You may run into initial problems mounting any hard disk drives that you have connected to your Pi. You’re now through the Plex setup process.Admittedly closer to a NAS than a media server, OpenMediaVault is the smart choice for Pi owners wishing to access their media files from any device on the same network. If you get a security message asking you to allow the app to open, press the Open button.Ħ. Double-click on the Plex Media Server app to begin set up.ĥ. Now, copy it to your Applications folder.Ĥ. zip file, so click on this and your Mac should automatically unzip it.ģ. This will download Plex Media Server as a. Get Plex for your Mac, by downloading it here.Ģ. Since Plex is quite easy to set up and will work with most devices, but there are a few more steps involved. Step 1: Setting up Plex Media Server on your Mac High five! The next steps will show you how to stream to your PS4. The Universal Media Server is now set up and ready to go. The folders are now ready to be streamed: click on Restart Server at the top to finish. You can do this multiple times to set up folders for movies, TV shows, music and so on.Ĥ. Press the folder icon, and choose the folder that contains the media you want to stream. In the 'shared folders' section, highlight All drives and press the red X.ģ. By default, it'll share 'all drives', but it’s a good idea to limit the shared folders to just the ones containing your media. This main panel lets you choose which folders to share across your home network. Once done, you'll be able to see the UMS main panel. So what next? Just open it from your Applications folder and follow the steps prompted by the ‘configuration wizard'. Now you've installed Universal Media Server on your Mac.


Step 1: Setting up Universal Media Server
