Download Plex for Mac [Latest Version]

If you find managing your digital media library on Mac is difficult, then get the Plex app. It is a quintessential tool to organize, access, and watch all your photos, music, videos, podcasts, movies, etc., from one place. Get Plex for Mac PC as it features intuitive controls and gives a theatre-like streaming experience. It will automatically identify and organize the contents under different categories.

Your media library will look more beautiful as the Plex app will add movie poster artwork, descriptions for TV episodes, movie casts, and more. Plex on Mac is flexible enough as it can handle a centralized library, online streaming contents, and transcoding functionality. Plex for Macbook will never let you deal with single-screen viewing. You can pause from one device and resume the same content on another device.

Besides these features, Plex Mac app users can also share media with friends or family. So, it is a great platform to discover and stream more contents.

How to Download Plex for Mac

Plex app is available for the Mac OS, and the procedure to download Plex for Mac is as follows.

Primary Requirements:

Mac OS X Mavericks or higher version
Minimum 2 GB of RAM
Intel Core i3 or equivalent processor

Step 1: Launch a web browser on the Mac PC at first.

Step 2: Visit the official web page of Plex using the address bar. (https://www.plex.tv)

Step 3: On its home screen, use the mouse pointer to scroll down and click on the +more option.

Step 4: Click the Server column and then navigate to select the + icon.

Plex Media Player Mac

Step 5: Next, tap the Get Download button

Select Download to get Plex on Mac — Select download to get Plex on Mac

Step 6 (a): Tap on the Plex Media Server tab to select Mac listed under Computer. After that, click the Download button.

Step 6 (b): Click on Apps & Devices column to choose Mac from the list of devices. Now, click on Download 64-bit button.

Step 7: Now, Plex Media Server zip file download will begin on the Mac PC. Wait for the download to complete.

Step 8: From the download location, unzip the file named Plex.zip. Then drag and drop it into the Applications folder of Mac

Drap and Drop Plex.zip to Application folder — Drap and Drop Plex.zip to the Application folder

Step 8: Click to open Plex Media Server on the Application folder. Tap the > icon on the menu bar at last.

Step 9: Enter login credentials or sign in to your Plex account to access its salient features on the Mac OS.

Try the Alternative!

It is a time-consuming method to install the Plex app for Mac.

Step 1: On your Mac, press Command + Space to type as Terminal.

Step 2: Click the Enter or Return key. Further, run the command on the Terminal as

ruby -e “$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)” < /dev/null 2> /dev/null ; brew install caskroom/cask/brew-cask 2> /dev/null

Step 3: Press the Enter key. When prompted, enter the Mac user password.

Step 4: Finally, run the command

brew cask install plex-media-server

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