Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:03 pm
The only reason you'd get that error after installing the 18.5 Project Server on Mac would be if PostgreSQL wasn't running.
It should normally run after the install, but might take a Mac restart.
To see if it's running, open the Mac Activity Monitor app, and in the View menu, select All Processes, then sort on the Process Name column and scroll to the p's area. If PostgreSQL is running, there will be multiple postgres processes. 6 or more.
If there are no postgres processes, PostgreSQL is not running, for whatever reason. You can sudo su in Terminal mode, and cd /Library/PostgreSQL/13/data/log and view the log files for a clue as to the issue.
Now that you've installed a second PostgreSQL version, I don't know what that will do to the Project Server app. I suspect that the 16 version is running, and if you didn't give it the password the Project Server app is looking for, it won't connect. The password it wants to see is DaVinci
I'd suggest, if you really want to use the Project Server app, that you uninstall the PostgreSQL 16 version, and see if you can make the 13 version run. If you can, the Project Server app should connect to it.
You can certainly manually configure the PostgreSQL 16 server to do what you need, if you want to go that route. The Project Server app is just for people that don't want to deal with that. Note also that the Project Server app only supports a single network subnet. It's designed for simple scenarios. If you have Resolve clients on multiple subnets, you can't use the Project Server app, and would need to manually config the pg_hba.conf file to allow desired connections.
Dwaine Maggart
Blackmagic Design DaVinci Support