Postgres.app Could not start on port 5432

Question

I\'m using http://postgresapp.com. In the menubar it gives the error \" Could not start on port 5432.\" Similarly if I try to start the server from the terminal, I get:

Answer 1

If you are running your server on a macOS machine and installed Postgres through Homebrew, you can stop the current instance like this:

brew services stop postgresql

Then click the Elephant in the native menu-bar at the top of the screen and it should successfully startup.