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TLDR: where can bitcoin.conf be found on Mac running Bitcoin Core v25?

Context: I have Bitcoin Core v25 on Mac and run into a "Error: Prune mode is incompatible with -txindex" when opening the Application. Before closing the app, I had set the a parameter txindex=1 in bitcoin.conf using the GUI, as well as selecting pruning.

Now that I cannot access the GUI because of the error message, I'm unclear how to work around this issue. I've looked at past posts and it isn't clear where bitcoin.conf lives on Mac.

I've checked the files in /Applications/Bitcoin-Qt.app/Contents.

I was following the guideline from the Inscriptions Ordinals handbook: https://docs.ordinals.com/guides/inscriptions.html

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  • I ran `find / -name "bitcoin.conf" 2>/dev/null` and found 2 files with `bitcoin.conf`. After editing them to remove the `txindex` parameter, the Bitcoin Core Application is still returning the issue. – Will D May 28 '23 at 18:46
  • If you want to use ord, why would you want to remove txindex? – Mercedes May 29 '23 at 20:24
  • This was a mistake, I shouldn't have selected pruning. Now I'm unable to open the Bitcoin Core app (GUI and CLI) – Will D May 30 '23 at 04:00
  • Unmount all network and external drives and run `sudo grep -ri txindex / &> /Users/.../Desktop/list` – Mercedes May 30 '23 at 14:48
  • Thanks, I did that and found 4 matches which also contain "bitcoin" in the file name. These are binary files and opened them with Hex Fiend. Unclear what's required next... – Will D May 31 '23 at 22:43

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