Migrating from OSXBMC

Migrating from OSXBMC

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Changes from OSXBMC to Plex

As of 0.5RC1 many files have changed in Plex due to rebranding from OSXBMC. Some new locations to take note of are as follows:

  • /Applications/Plex.app
  • ~/Library/Application Support/Plex
  • ~/Library/Logs/Plex.log
  • /tmp/plex

Migrating from OSXBMC to Plex

The steps to take when upgrading to 0.5RC1 are as follows:

1. Download and install the new Plex.app to your Applications folder

2. Move the old OSXBMC.app file to the trash

3. (Optional) When you first update to Plex 0.5RC1 from a previous version none of your previous settings and sources will follow. If you would like to still retain your sources and pre-scraped library information copy and paste the following commands in terminal: 

cp -Rpv ~/Library/Application\ Support/XBMC/UserData/Database/* ~/Library/Application\ Support/Plex/userdata/Database/
cp -Rpv ~/Library/Application\ Support/XBMC/UserData/Thumbnails/* ~/Library/Application\ Support/Plex/userdata/Thumbnails/
cp -Rpv ~/Library/Application\ Support/XBMC/UserData/Sources.xml ~/Library/Application\ Support/Plex/userdata/Sources.xml

This will migrate your sources, Thumbnails and Library database. You will still need to change settings in Plex.

4. (Optional) Remove your old ~/Application Support/XBMC folder to save space.

5. (Optional) Remove any old ~/Library/Logs/xbmc.log files

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