Hi, I have been using Plex Media Server on my Macbbok 2010 modell (2.5Ghz DualCore, 4GB RAM) for about 1 and a half years. But recently after I restarted the computer, the Plex Media Server seems to make the computer to run slow. When PMS is not running the Computer works fine, and is very fast, but as soon as I open PMS, it completely freezes, and the wheel starts spinning every time I press on PMS drop-down menu in the top-bar. It also makes me unable to connect to it through team viewer. It was not like this before, the Macbook is more than powerful enough to run PMS. And to make it clear, the server is not transcoding anything, it is not updating the library and is not generating any thumbnail, or anything that normally would slow it down. It just seem to f*ck the whole system up. I am considering to make a fresh install, but I have friends that have watched different things on the server, and I don't want for those things to appear as unwatched again, and I don't wanna have to scan all my media again because I have so much content that I have manually gone thought and added info and posters to and such.
Another thing is that the server shows up when I go to, the lets say the web app. But it loads the start menu with Queued Movies and TV Shows and recently added movies and series, very slow. It also loads the artwork and all media very slow when I go into Movies, but once I get into a movie or an episode, it plays it perfectly. So there is no problem with the network connection, or no problem with the computer. The problem lies within the PMS app.
So as of now, I see only one solution. To make a new plex server, and scan all my content again. I know this will work. But is there a way to just make a fresh install of my previous server. So I don't have to invite friends, and scan all my media all over again?
Appreciate any type of answer! :) Thanks.