<ol>
<li>Place bitcoin core in the application folder</li>
<li>Start terminal</li>
<li>Paste</li>
</ol>
<pre><code>/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt.app/Contents/MacOS/Bitcoin-Qt --resetguisettings
</code></pre>
<ol start="4">
<li>Hit enter</li>
</ol>

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2019-03-14T13:33:57.473Z
2021-12-15T23:22:08.937Z
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maddog
<p>I had been running bitcoin core qt for a few months fine and then on rebooting my mac and opening the application the following prompt popped up</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Error: Cannot parse configuration file: specified data directory ""/Users/<em>username</em>/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/"" does not exist..</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I'm a long way from being technically competent but I'm 99% sure the data directory does exist.</p>

<p>Any advice on what else this could be? or what I'm doing wrong?</p>

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2019-02-21T05:52:21.970Z
this error pops up if the mentioned directory is not found... so please dbl check if it exists... otherwise startup bitcoin-qt with --resetguisettings (`/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt.app/Contents/MacOS/Bitcoin-Qt --resetguisettings`).
Jonas Schnelli
<full-node><mac>
Bitcoin core full node won't start on mac reboot!
philip badboy
# Bitcoin core full node won't start on mac reboot!

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-02-21)

I had been running bitcoin core qt for a few months fine and then on rebooting my mac and opening the application the following prompt popped up

> Error: Cannot parse configuration file: specified data directory ""/Users/*username*/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/"" does not exist..

I'm a long way from being technically competent but I'm 99% sure the data directory does exist.

Any advice on what else this could be? or what I'm doing wrong?

**Tags:** full-node, mac

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: this error pops up if the mentioned directory is not found... so please dbl check if it exists... otherwise startup bitcoin-qt with --resetguisettings (`/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt.app/Contents/MacOS/Bitcoin-Qt --resetguisettings`).  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2019-03-14. Score: 1

1. Place bitcoin core in the application folder
2. Start terminal
3. Paste

```
/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt.app/Contents/MacOS/Bitcoin-Qt --resetguisettings

```

4. Hit enter


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