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macOS 10.x fails to start with Error (no message)

See original GitHub issue

I opened IPFS Desktop when a windows jumps out reading “IPFS node has encountered an error and startup could not be completed:” and macOS also tells me the application has some problems.

How to solve?

Specifications

OS: darwin
IPFS Desktop Version: 0.20.2
Electron Version: 17.1.0
Chrome Version: 98.0.4758.102

Error

Error
    at errorTemplate (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/daemon/migration-prompt.js:78:49)
    at loadWindow (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/daemon/migration-prompt.js:115:26)
    at module.exports (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/daemon/migration-prompt.js:120:3)
    at startIpfsWithLogs (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/daemon/daemon.js:158:9)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
    at async module.exports (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/daemon/daemon.js:174:17)
    at async startIpfs (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/daemon/index.js:46:17)
    at async restartIpfs (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/daemon/index.js:100:5)
    at async Object.restartIpfs (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/daemon/index.js:33:5)

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Issue Analytics

State:
Created 2 years ago
Comments:25 (12 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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MattJohnsonMusiccommented, Apr 5, 2022

Thank you. I downloaded/installed 20.4 and it does seem to work…whew! Peace, Matt

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KEINOScommented, Apr 4, 2022

I confirm that IPFS Desktop v0.20.4 fixed the problem even for High Sierra! 👍 Amazing job!!!

Verification Env Info

IPFS Desktop:
- Downloaded from latest releases page.
- IPFS Desktop Version: 0.20.4
- Agent: go-ipfs v0.12.1 desktop
- UI: v2.15.0
OS:
- macOS HighSierra (OSX 10.13.6, 17G14042)
Hardware:
- Mac mini (Late 2012)
- CPU: 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7
- Mem: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
- GPU: Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB

Additional info:

SHA-512 checksum of go-ipfs

$ pwd
/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/go-ipfs/go-ipfs
$ ls -l
total 107744
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 admin  admin       852  3 18 06:10 install.sh
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 admin  admin  55160032  3 28 20:25 ipfs
$ shasum -a 512 ./ipfs
347d654304ca0e1e6bbc1e059e93a398c5ff7e6dfd6d058013f52438cd3c734977ea8a271c28f741944a3cf367d8f5b01c1cd5d4e9a8d280b4847443f68f70a1  ./ipfs

Checked points before install.
- No ipfs daemon process is running.
  - $ ps aux | grep ipfs
- Is ENV variable “IPFS_PATH” set?
  - yes. IPFS_PATH="/Volumes/EXT_SSD/IPFS_DATA"
- Is files under IPFS_PATH empty?
  - yes. All backed up and removed.
- No ipfs command(go-ipfs) installed.
  - $ type ipfs --> -bash: type: ipfs: not found