OSX: migrating Postgres db from one Mac to another

Hello,
my Mac unfortunately crashed. I have a Time Machine backup.
Using the Migration Assistant on a new Mac allowed me to get all my
documents back, but unfortunately Postgres is not able to start.

So I was trying to manually set-up my Postgres db.

Here are the steps:

- install a fresh copy of Postgres (v11)
- replace the /Library/PostgreSQL/11/data folder with the one I dig
out from my dead Mac, where I assume my data is stored
- check/fix owner of folders (must be 'postgres', I assume)
- start pgAdmin
- enter the PW for postgres user
- click on "PostgreSQL 11" server to show databases

This is where I have problems. I am prompted with the same pop-up asking
me to enter the password for the user 'postgres'. I type it and I get the
following:
[image: Screen Shot 2021-06-24 at 15.25.03.png]

*Carlo*

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

##########################################################################
#
# pgAdmin 4 - PostgreSQL Tools
#
# Copyright (C) 2013 - 2021, The pgAdmin Development Team
# This software is released under the PostgreSQL Licence
#
# config.py - Core application configuration settings
#
##########################################################################
.........
##########################################################################
# Master password is used to encrypt/decrypt saved server passwords
# Applicable for desktop mode only
##########################################################################
MASTER_PASSWORD_REQUIRED = True -> False

чт, 24 июн. 2021 г. в 18:44, Carlo Poso <carloposo@gmail.com>:

Hello,
my Mac unfortunately crashed. I have a Time Machine backup.
Using the Migration Assistant on a new Mac allowed me to get all my
documents back, but unfortunately Postgres is not able to start.

So I was trying to manually set-up my Postgres db.

Here are the steps:

- install a fresh copy of Postgres (v11)
- replace the /Library/PostgreSQL/11/data folder with the one I dig
out from my dead Mac, where I assume my data is stored
- check/fix owner of folders (must be 'postgres', I assume)
- start pgAdmin
- enter the PW for postgres user
- click on "PostgreSQL 11" server to show databases

This is where I have problems. I am prompted with the same pop-up asking
me to enter the password for the user 'postgres'. I type it and I get the
following:
[image: Screen Shot 2021-06-24 at 15.25.03.png]

*Carlo*