Re: OSX: migrating Postgres db from one Mac to another

Carlo Poso <carloposo@gmail.com> writes:
> The message I get after entering the PW is "could not connect to server:
> Connection refused Is the server
> running on host "localhost" (::1) and accepting TCP/IP connections on port
> 5432? could not connect to server: Connection refused Is the server running
> on host "localhost" (127.0.0.1) and accepting TCP/IP connections on port
> 5432?"

So the step you missed is "start the Postgres server".  On OSX
that's usually done by setting up a LaunchDaemon script, IIRC
(it's been awhile since I messed with that).

            regards, tom lane