On 2/25/25 14:51, Martin Mueller wrote:
I would like to update my current version of Postgres13 on a Mac mini to
the latest version, but I can’ t find anything in the general document
that explains the procedure in terms readily understand by retired
professors of English…
I understand that there are three items involved:
1. The installed instance of version 13
2. The not yet installed instance of version 17
3. The tables (several hundred and adding up to 30 GB when backed
with pg_dump)
Probably the easiest way is using pg_dump/pg_restore.
I also understand that there is a pg_upgrade command that picks up the
old tables and presents them to the later version in a somewhat
different format
But I don’t understand how the different steps in the upgrade process
interact. What are the steps and in what order that wil
1. Install version 17
2. Upgrade the data so that they will in version 17
3. Get rid of the no longer needed version 13
There is a Postgres app for the Mac, but upgrading from one version to
another doesn’t seem to be part of it.
Are you referring to ?:
https://postgresapp.com/documentation/
I use postgres exclusively in a single user fashion with a GUI front
end, as if it were a more powerful version of Microsoft Access.
I’ll gladly volunteer to write up the process in English intelligible to
others like me, and there may be some.
With thanks in advance
Martin Mueller
Professor emeritus of English and Classics
Northwestern University
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