Jellyfin is a free, open-source media server that can be used to organize, stream, and access your media files from anywhere. In this tutorial, we will be showing you how to install Jellyfin on macOS.
Before we begin with the installation process, we need to ensure that our macOS system meets the following prerequisites:
Homebrew is a popular package manager for macOS that helps to easily install and manage the necessary dependencies. Follow the below steps to install Homebrew:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
After installing Homebrew, we can install Jellyfin by following the below steps:
brew tap jellyfin/jellyfin
brew install jellyfin
Once we have installed Jellyfin, we need to configure it by following the below steps:
brew services start jellyfin
After starting the Jellyfin service, open your web browser and type http://localhost:8096 in the address bar.
The Jellyfin web interface will be displayed on your screen. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup process.
Once the setup process is completed, you can access your media files by clicking on the "Library" section in the Jellyfin web interface.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to easily install Jellyfin on macOS using Homebrew. With Jellyfin, you can easily organize and stream your media files from anywhere. We hope this tutorial helped you.
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