It had screwed up my PostgreSQL install when it was migrated to my current machine, and getting rid of all traces of my download(s) from was a bit of a challenge. Part of it actually had to do with the (relatively new) Migration Assistant on Mac OSX. Unfortunately, I had initially stumbled clumsily and imperfectly through the process, making a few errors along the way.

Which takes me back to my battle with PostgreSQL on my machine in a way that suited my needs.Īs I had mentioned in my previous post, I wanted the ability to play around with PostgreSQL and view it in a Graphical User Interface (GUI), but also have all the features of a Homebrew install. If you don’t know how to use them properly, your programming will suffer! Getting to know the tools you use as a developer is just as important as learning to program. This post was originally published on my developer blog June 17, 2018. This post assumes that you have already backed up your existing databases somewhere (if you cared about them!).