On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 11:18 AM Dummy Account <dummyaccoun...@mail.com> wrote:
> > Trying to start the server, I navigate too: /Library/PostgreSQL/12/bin > > from bin, I ran: sudo -u postgres ./pg_ctl start -D > /Library/PostgreSQL/12/data > > pg_ctl: could not start server > > > What do the logs say... When I ran the status command instead of start, it of course eluded to not > running. > I mention all of this with the caveat that I did recently restore from a > backup because I replaced my HDD with a SSD. > > You should be very specific as to how you restored your database from backup because there is a good chance this wasn't done properly and you presently have a corrupted database on your hard drive. David J.