brew start postgres

1brew install postgresql

1If you want to manually start and stop PostgreSQL (installed via Homebrew), the easiest way is:
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3brew services start postgresql
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7brew services stop postgresql
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9If you have a specific version, make sure to suffix the version. For example:
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11brew services start postgresql@10

1pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres start
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1brew services start postgresql
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1brew services stop postgresql
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1brew services start postgresql@10
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