TL;DR: I need OSX for HFS+ file system support — will hackintoshing a NUC limit the capabilities of the hardware that allow it to be a great Plex server?
For many many years now, I've been using my iMac with 20TB of storage connected to it as a Plex server.But I'm tired of leaving it on 24/7, as it's a power hog and the sustained powered-on state has slowed it down significantly.
I've been looking at switching to the NUC8i3BEH as the plex server connected to my 4-bay enclosure, because I'm tired of investing more and more money into this, and wanted something cheap that would get the job done. I was all set to purchase, but then remembered something — my 20TBs of media are all on drives formatted with Mac OSX Extended (HFS+), and a NUC running Windows or Linux won't be able to read them.
There are workarounds for this, software that will allow Windows to read and write with HFS+ drives. But I keep seeing problems with the software that have corrupted some people's drives and such, that make me cautious.
I'm wondering if I can hackintosh the NUC to get native HFS+ capabilities, while still being able to make use of everything about the hardware that will allow it to be a great Plex server (quicksync, etc). Is that possible? Or will hackintoshing it limit the capabilities of the hardware?
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