Plex Media Player for Mac is the go-to app for Home Theater (HTPCs) connected to big screen TVs. Your collection of videos, music, and photos never looked so good! Your HTPC running Plex Media Player for Mac gives you the best possible playback experience on a dizzying array of configurations. From PCs to Raspberry Pis to Mac Minis, the tool is the most powerful, sophisticated way to play media in your home theater. Simple and intuitive controls give you the cleanest, most theater-like viewing experience. Power users and media junkies rejoice! The Plex Media Player for macOS app is designed from the ground up to be fast, powerful, stable, and to bring you closer to your personal media than ever.
Plex Media Player has powerful live search capabilities that allow you to quickly find that movie, show, or song you are looking for. Plex also provides helpful suggestions when you don’t really know what you want. The app gives you both a beautiful HTPC experience and a slick desktop media player experience. Whether you are home or away, you can easily play any file type with the world’s most powerful playback engine. It’s the ultimate media player!
Features and Highlights
Any Format
Support for all file types (well, virtually all), including hi-fi music and video formats.
Available Anywhere
Stream all of your media to all your devices, anytime, anywhere, with the same beautiful experience on all of them. (iOS, Android, and Windows apps require a one-time unlock fee for full playback if you do not have a Plex Pass.)
Library Organization
Organize all of your media–videos, photos, and music–and make it beautiful with artwork and info like plot summaries, bios, and more.
Privacy and Security
Enjoy your media while away from home, knowing your connection is securely encrypted.
Sharing
Effortlessly share libraries among friends to all discover and enjoy even more content together.
Recommendations and Discovery
Enjoy beautifully organized libraries that help you find and re-discover great gems in your collection.
Online Channels
Get online content from various sources, like TED Talks, NPR, Spike, Comedy Central, and Soundcloud, right in Plex.
Remote Control
Use the Plex app on your phone or tablet to control any Plex player.
Media Optimizer
Create optimized versions of your media for seamless streaming on whichever device you choose.
Watch Later
Save online videos to watch later or recommend videos to a friend.
Plex Cloud - Premium
Plex Cloud with Google Drive, Dropbox or Microsoft OneDrive is the simplest way to run Plex, without the need for an always-on PC or network-attached storage device (NAS).
Plex DVR - Premium
Record your favorite free HDTV digital broadcast channels right to your Plex MediaServer—-including local news and sports—-then watch anywhere in the world! DVR recordings can be watched on any Plex-enabled device.
Cloud Sync - Premium
Sync content from your library to supported cloud storage providers to enjoy even if your server is offline.
Lyrics - Premium
See timed lyrics to your favorite songs when available.
Mood Mix - Premium
Find tracks in your collection based on mood to help you wake up, wind down, and everything in between.
Plex Mix - Premium
Kick off playback of similar tracks from your collection at any time — it’s like your own personal radio station.
Premium Music - Premium
Enjoy lyrics, automatic Plex Mix and Mood Mix playlists based on mood or similar tracks, and premium metadata matching for high quality art, album reviews, artist bios and more!
Multiple Users - Premium
Create customized, managed accounts, and make user switching fast and easy with Plex Home.
Parental Controls - Premium
Enable parental controls to keep the kids away from inappropriate content.
Trailers and Extras - Premium
Automatically see high quality movie trailers, cast interviews, and other extras for movies in your library.
Note: Requires Plex Pass account and 64-bit processor.
Also Available: Download Plex Media Player for Windows

Plex Media Server for Mac connects your Plex clients with all of your local and online media. The combination of centralized library management, streaming of online content, and transcoding functionality provides flexibility and ease of use. Plex Media Server for macOS runs on your Mac, PC, or compatible NAS device and serves your media to all of your Plex clients including Plex-enabled mobile devices and Smart TVs.
Features and Highlights
Make your media beautiful
Plex gives you one simple interface to organize all of your media: your movie and TV collection, your music library, and all of your photos and home videos. Plex enriches your media library by adding descriptions, plot summaries, posters, and album covers. Enjoy your media on every TV in the house or on any mobile device on the go.
Plex keeps track of your media
Recently added content is presented front and center so you can instantly see what’s new. Plex also knows which movies and shows you’re watching, so you can easily pick up where you left off or play the next episode.
Available on most devices
Run Plex Media Server on your Windows, Mac or Linux computer and stream to your iOS, Android, Windows Phone 8 or Windows 8.1 device. Have multiple TVs in your house? No problem, Plex also works on Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Google TV, Xbox, PlayStation®, VIZIO, and many late-model smart TVs. Plex is even available on most network-attached storage devices.
Playlists, for endless entertainment
Create your own customized music or video playlists to fit any occasion, including smart playlists based on genre, collection, and more. You can even import existing iTunes playlists, smart playlists, ratings, track counts, and other details! Playlists are available on iOS and in the web app, but Plex team working hard to bring them to all platforms.
Your big screen’s best friend
Plex for Mac liberates you from single-screen viewing. With Plex Companion, you can fling great content from your phone to your TV. Keep watching that movie on your tablet when you head to bed. Pause an episode when the phone rings, skip a track you’ve heard too many times or just find out more about what you’re watching with the world’s best remote control.
Share your media with friends and family
Effortlessly share media among friends, so you can all discover and enjoy even more content together. Exchange precious memories with distant family members by sharing your vacation photos and home videos. Now, you can also see what your friends are streaming from your collection as everyone gets their own view into your library.
Access your favorite online content
Plex Channels provide access to numerous sources of online content, like TED Talks, Vimeo, Revision 3, and more. No matter what your interests are, you’ll be able to find something great to watch or recommend to your friends, all presented in Plex’s gorgeous interface.
World class DLNA support built right in
Plex makes your media beautiful on thousands of DLNA certified devices like the PS3, Xbox 360, and WDTV Live devices without the need to install dedicated apps. Harness the power of the most sophisticated DLNA server available to effortlessly stream nearly any format to your device, right out of the box.
Save it now, watch it later
Easily save online videos from your favorite sites to watch later, even on the big screen. Or share the experience by recommending videos to a friend.
Note: Plex Pass required to use sync, add users to your home, view trailers and other extras, upload content from your mobile devices, use Gracenote Music Magic. Required 64-bit processor.
Also Available: Download Plex Media Server for Windows