# Latest Local version on Mac is not longer starting sites after they are stopped **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Tags:** mac\ **Created:** [May 1, 2025, 4:32am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/latest-local-version-on-mac-is-not-longer-starting-sites-after-they-are-stopped/49960 "2025-05-01T04:32:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/latest-local-version-on-mac-is-not-longer-starting-sites-after-they-are-stopped/49960/6 "2025-05-06T14:17:14Z")
I think you might be running into a similar issue as the poster in the link below @easypropertylistings. To resolve could you try the steps outlined in this comment that fixed things up for them? > [@MailPit not starting On OSX](https://community.localwp.com/t/mailpit-not-starting-on-osx/41889/6): > > Thanks for sharing your sites.json, @sebastian. It looks correct to me. One thing you can try is to force Local to recopy the mailpit binary on startup (steps below assume macOS, Windows users reading this should [follow these instructions instead](https://community.localwp.com/t/missing-mailpit/41815/4)). Stop any running sites. Quit Local. Open the Finder and choose Go → Go To Folder… Enter ~/Library/Application Support/Local/lightning-services and press Enter. Delete the folder named ‘mailpit-1.12.1+0’, but leave the Finder window open. Make sure … --- _[View the full topic](https://community.localwp.com/t/latest-local-version-on-mac-is-not-longer-starting-sites-after-they-are-stopped/49960)._