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Is it possible to use bitcoin core fromon Mac OS Sierra saving the data on the network drive?

I got Mac Book Pro 2015 with Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 (16G29) and 3 TB WD MyCloud network drive. I need to run bitcoin core client saving the blockchain data on this network drive, located on my home network. I created a symlink:

admins-MacBook-Pro:~ admin$ ln -s /Volumes/User/Bitcoin ~/Bitcoin

This worked fine, then tried to run the Bitcoin-qt client:

/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt.app/Contents/MacOS/Bitcoin-Qt -datadir=/Users/admin/Bitcoin/

But got this result: Bitcoin core is probably already running

Deleting the .lock file does not help. No files are created in the directory except the .lock file.

What is the reason and how to make it work?

Update: strange enough, but using the same machine on the same network, but different OS (Windows 10 via Bootcamp) the Bitcoin-Qt application works just fine with the data directory on the network drive. It started syncing.

Is it possible to use bitcoin core from Mac OS Sierra saving the data on the network drive?

I got Mac Book Pro 2015 with Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 (16G29) and 3 TB WD MyCloud network drive. I need to run bitcoin core client saving the blockchain data on this network drive, located on my home network. I created a symlink:

admins-MacBook-Pro:~ admin$ ln -s /Volumes/User/Bitcoin ~/Bitcoin

This worked fine, then tried to run the Bitcoin-qt client:

/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt.app/Contents/MacOS/Bitcoin-Qt -datadir=/Users/admin/Bitcoin/

But got this result: Bitcoin core is probably already running

Deleting the .lock file does not help. No files are created in the directory except the .lock file.

What is the reason and how to make it work?

Is it possible to use bitcoin core on Mac OS Sierra saving the data on the network drive?

I got Mac Book Pro 2015 with Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 (16G29) and 3 TB WD MyCloud network drive. I need to run bitcoin core client saving the blockchain data on this network drive, located on my home network. I created a symlink:

admins-MacBook-Pro:~ admin$ ln -s /Volumes/User/Bitcoin ~/Bitcoin

This worked fine, then tried to run the Bitcoin-qt client:

/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt.app/Contents/MacOS/Bitcoin-Qt -datadir=/Users/admin/Bitcoin/

But got this result: Bitcoin core is probably already running

Deleting the .lock file does not help. No files are created in the directory except the .lock file.

What is the reason and how to make it work?

Update: strange enough, but using the same machine on the same network, but different OS (Windows 10 via Bootcamp) the Bitcoin-Qt application works just fine with the data directory on the network drive. It started syncing.

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Is it possible to use bitcoin core from Mac OS Sierra saving the data on the network drive?

I got Mac Book Pro 2015 with Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 (16G29) and 3 TB WD MyCloud network drive. I need to run bitcoin core client saving the blockchain data on this network drive, located on my home network. I created a symlink:

admins-MacBook-Pro:~ admin$ ln -s /Volumes/User/Bitcoin ~/Bitcoin

This worked fine, then tried to run the Bitcoin-qt client:

/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt.app/Contents/MacOS/Bitcoin-Qt -datadir=/Users/admin/Bitcoin/

But got this result: Bitcoin core is probably already running

Deleting the .lock file does not help. No files are created in the directory except the .lock file.

What is the reason and how to make it work?