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Newbie to starting media server - Raiven Warren - 2025-09-03
Hello, I am a complete novice to home servers. I have a 2018 mac mini with a Intel Core i3 quad core, 32gb ddr4 memory, and 128gb storage. I have downloaded Jellyfin, Tailscale and Docker onto my computer, and plan on getting a 1tb external ssd to store my media. I just want to understand what would be the next steps for me to take in order to get my media set up along with tailscale + docker because i have been searching for content of people setting up jellyfin on older mac minis but its been a bit hard to find. Also I have already turned on file sharing through smb and remote access. Is there anything I'm missing?