Hey Y'all - I moved last year and at some point after my move I had to redo my Mac mini to factory settings. Ever since then I have not been able to get FRNDLY to work. I believe I was using a python script in terminal....but those commands no longer work. I am not sure what I am doing wrong...See screenshots attached of my terminal settings and then the messages I get when I open terminal. Thanks a bunch
maybe this older thread will have some clues: Frndly TV with Python on Windows without Docker: the easy way
But that's an older way of setting up Frndly. If I were in your shoes I would install it differently now. The easiest way for a Mac user would be to use Docker Desktop, then also install portainer. And finally OliveTin, which gives you this, and so many other "one-click" installl helpers:
Oh my gosh! THANKS! I am going to try this. Thank you lots!
I installed Docker. I went to the link for portioner and was trying to follow the instructions...The first thing I tried to do (in terminal) was verify the docker was loaded and I get an error every time saying "zsh:command not found. I thought ZSH came from XCODE...and I have that installed. So not sure why I am getting that error. Any feedback would be mucho apprecitoto. Thanks
I'm sure you mean Portainer, but what specific command was failing?
No command, even checking what version is not recognized.
Would help if you said what link you went to for the instructions.
The Internet is like the Wild West.
https://oneuptime.com/blog/post/2026-03-20-portainer-macos-docker-desktop/view
It's like somebody saying "You know that popup you get when you're on a website"
I took the time today to backup my server database on my Mac mini, I restored to factory settings and then restored my channels DVR…I then went though the steps in the previous links to install Docker Desktop, Portainer, then olive tin. I was able to complete all instructions until the very end of the olivetin instructions where it said to close the browser and reopen it using the same IP address I was using and change the port to 1337. Well, for some reason I can’t get that page to come up..but if I do port 1338, it takes me to the olivetin options….I feel like I am so close to the finish line, but not quite there. I took retook the last step I had taken in the Olivetin instructions which was “ Next, we'll install the full version of OliveTin-for-Channels. Run the Create an OliveTin Stack in Portainer Project One-Click Action:”
Does anyone have feedback on why I would be able to pull up the IP path under port 1338, but not 37? Also, Once I am able to complete all of this, how can I use this to use FRNDLYTV in channels rather than using python script in terminal?
Much appreciation for any feedback. Thanks.
After the Portainer or OliveTin steps, did you happen to check the response dialogs for any errors?
Using 1338, are you able to get debug output for Create an OliveTin Stack using this Action:
I ran that and all it does is say success in green on the icon....then gives me an option to kill or rerun.
I'm happy to help, but you're going to need to provide more specifics on what's happening. Particularly posting the output from results dialogs and screenshots.
Using Docker Desktop, you can stop and delete any running containers. Also, delete any images and the portainer_data volume. This would give you a clean slate so you can start over (I'm assuming you don't have anything you care about running in Docker at this point).
Then carefully work through the steps here, including examining the response dialogs for errors. If any step does seem to be completing correctly, capture the text in the response dialog and post it. There's no point in continuing if you see an error:
There aren't many steps in this process, but each one needs to be done correctly.
Feel free to ask questions if you're not clear on what's needed at each point in the process.
Thank you for your kindness. I just did it all again and got the same issue…so I just did the docker steps for FRNDLY and it’s working now…so I am good. I appreciate all the help
