The logs are listed on the stack overlow link.
But here they are:
waiting for server to start....2020-04-22 15:57:51.766 CDT [5255] LOG: starting PostgreSQL 12.2 on x86_64-apple-darwin, compiled by Apple LLVM version 6.0 (clang-600.0.54) (based on LLVM 3.5svn), 64-bit
2020-04-22 15:57:51.766 CDT [5255] LOG: listening on IPv6 address "::", port 5432
2020-04-22 15:57:51.766 CDT [5255] LOG: listening on IPv4 address "0.0.0.0", port 5432
2020-04-22 15:57:51.768 CDT [5255] LOG: listening on Unix socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"
2020-04-22 15:57:51.782 CDT [5255] LOG: redirecting log output to logging collector process
2020-04-22 15:57:51.782 CDT [5255] HINT: Future log output will appear in directory "log".
stopped waiting
pg_ctl: could not start server
2020-04-22 15:57:51.766 CDT [5255] LOG: listening on IPv6 address "::", port 5432
2020-04-22 15:57:51.766 CDT [5255] LOG: listening on IPv4 address "0.0.0.0", port 5432
2020-04-22 15:57:51.768 CDT [5255] LOG: listening on Unix socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"
2020-04-22 15:57:51.782 CDT [5255] LOG: redirecting log output to logging collector process
2020-04-22 15:57:51.782 CDT [5255] HINT: Future log output will appear in directory "log".
stopped waiting
pg_ctl: could not start server
You might be misunderstanding where I said restore, I did not backup the database, I restored an Operating System because I changed out my hard drive for a solid state drive; therefore, I had to restore my Operating System from Time Machine/(backup).
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 1:26 PM
From: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Dummy Account" <dummyaccount4u@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: "pgsql-general" <pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Could Not Connect To Server
From: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Dummy Account" <dummyaccount4u@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: "pgsql-general" <pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Could Not Connect To Server
On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 11:18 AM Dummy Account <dummyaccount4u@xxxxxxxx> 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.
