Install on Mac

Reelhost for Mac runs on macOS 12 or later. It's one app for Apple silicon and Intel Macs, signed by Wizzered Inc and notarized by Apple.

1. Download Reelhost for Mac from reelhost.app. You get a .dmg file.
2. Open the .dmg and drag Reelhost to Applications.
3. Open Reelhost from Applications. The first time, macOS asks whether you're sure you want to open an app downloaded from the internet: choose Open. If it says anything else, see macOS won't open Reelhost.
4. The check-up runs on its own. It's free, and it changes nothing.

Reelhost runs as you, not as an administrator. Applying a fix that changes the macOS firewall or the sleep settings shows your Mac's own password prompt (why); other fixes don't ask.

On a Mac the same ten checks are done the macOS way:

• Jellyfin is the Jellyfin app (Jellyfin.app). Reelhost finds its settings, and stops and starts it for fixes.
• Firewall uses the macOS firewall: it lets Jellyfin through. When the firewall is off, nothing is blocked and the check says so.
• Sleep settings apply on the power adapter only; battery settings stay as they are.
• Network drives is called Start at login: it reconnects your shares and opens Jellyfin when you log in. More.
• Video speed tests Apple's VideoToolbox with Jellyfin's own video tools.
• Private watching: Reelhost links you to Tailscale for Mac, then checks again once it's installed.

If you set Jellyfin up to run as a background job yourself (launchd with KeepAlive) rather than with the Jellyfin app, Reelhost can't stop it for a fix yet. Use the Jellyfin app, or stop the job before you apply.