<p>Solved it!</p>
<p>Make sure you have &quot;Enable RPC Server&quot; enabled, or server &quot;server&quot;: true in settings.json</p>

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<p>Trying to connect sparrow to core. Sparrow gives out this error</p>
<pre><code>Could not connect:

Cannot find Bitcoin Core cookie file at [file path]
</code></pre>
<p>Everything was working fine until I toggled with sparrow incoming connections settings. I tried to look for a cookie file, it's not there.</p>
<p>All software is fresh. Please help. Using mac</p>

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How to connect Sparrow with Bitcoin Core on Mac?
john
# How to connect Sparrow with Bitcoin Core on Mac?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-06-17)

Trying to connect sparrow to core. Sparrow gives out this error

```
Could not connect:

Cannot find Bitcoin Core cookie file at [file path]

```

Everything was working fine until I toggled with sparrow incoming connections settings. I tried to look for a cookie file, it's not there.

All software is fresh. Please help. Using mac

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, mac, sparrow-wallet


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2024-06-17. Score: 2

Solved it!

Make sure you have "Enable RPC Server" enabled, or server "server": true in settings.json


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