App location? No idea what Im doing, new to using a NAS

My Cloud OS 3 Personal & Network Attached Storage My Cloud Pro Series
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So just bought my first NAS…I am moving my Plex over to that now. I want to move my settings into the NAS and cant find where the app is located in order to copy all the folders. I see a Plex Media Server section in my local network area…but cant paste or create new folders. Where is this?! Is a NAS not just a dumber PC? I would think I could browse through file folders until I got into the apps…?

Also I have the registry with all the other settings from the PC, is that something I can use? I dont think I could. I’m trying to keep it set up and have my watched stuff marked watched, file names and posters all be the same…help please :slight_smile:

I posted this in the Plex forums with no reply so far

I have begun moving my stuff from my old PC to this new NAS…it’s going great. My hang up is this.
I have copied my Registry info to my Desktop and I have my Server information, settings and all ready to move as well…I cant find the location of the app though? I have a Public Sharware and a 3rd location but nothing that shows me the application data/ location. This is my first NAS, any one out there that can help? Otherwise I’m going to have to start from scratch and that sssuuuuuuucks

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Hello,

  1. A NAS is “Network Attached Storage” and not a dumber or dumber’er PC :slight_smile:
  2. No you cannot use your Windows Registry on a NAS, but you can surely copy the backup image there if needed
  3. No need to copy your Plex configuration to the NAS. The NAS is a PMS

Personally, I created a new Share on the NAS called Plex and made the share Public.
I then copied all of my content (Movies, Music, Photo’s etc) into the Plex Share.
Install the Plex App and configured Plex Libraries

Hope it helps

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yea that helps…dumber PC might be too strong…meaning its not a big game rig or anything… lol

that all makes sense but me moving from the PC to a NAS means I lose all my play lists, filters, file names, everything I’ve spent over a year making?! That’s not cool…all that meta data…gone? worthless? The NAS/Plex, when I get in and start doing the same…has to save those same files to some where?

Thanks for the fast reply by the way :slight_smile: