Hi there
Very new to this, but here goes.
I installed Syncthing 0.11.22 using Homebrew on my Mac, following the auto startup guide in the documentation (adding the plist to the Launch Demon to get it starting automatically). So far so good. I connect another device of mine (a Windows 7 machine running 0.11.22 as well), works like a charm: The folders are syncing perfectly.
A few hours go by, and I see that my Windows machine is “Disconnected” in the web GUI of my Mac. Last seen: 4 hours ago, back when things were working fine. I decided to check for an upgrade from the console, but get this error:
$ syncthing -upgrade-check
FATAL: Upgrade: upgrade unsupported
and
$ syncthing -upgrade
FATAL: Upgrade: upgrade unsupported
Okay, decided to shut Syncthing down:
$ syncthing -no-restart
INFO: Database block cache capacity 65536 KiB
FATAL: Cannot open database: resource temporarily unavailable - Is another copy of Syncthing already running?
Okay. My Mac needed a reformatting anyway, so reformatted and reinstalled Mac OS. Installed Homebrew and Syncthing, now version 0.11.23. Set up my device, everything works. A few hours later, the same thing happens: Can’t connect to the device, and it seems that Syncthing insists that multiple copies are running.
How do I prevent this from happening? Is this a result of using Homebrew to install syncthing? (Perhaps multiple Launch Demons loading syncthing at the same time?)
I can confirm that my Windows machine is working 100% - it talks happily to other Windows devices on my network. It’s definitely this Mac that fails to connect after a while, losing connection to all other devices.
Thanks!