# Missing Mailpit on Mac running Apple Silicon

**URL:** <https://community.localwp.com/t/missing-mailpit-on-mac-running-apple-silicon/51520>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** mailpit\
**Created:** [October 15, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/missing-mailpit-on-mac-running-apple-silicon/51520 "2025-10-15T15:05:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 10:40am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/missing-mailpit-on-mac-running-apple-silicon/51520/8 "2025-10-17T10:40:31Z")

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Also important to fully clear the old Intel mailpit folder and restart Local so it’s recreated with the Apple Silicon binary if you still see messages about missing Mailpit 1.24.1.

> [@MailPit not starting On OSX](https://community.localwp.com/t/mailpit-not-starting-on-osx/41889/6):
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> 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-1.24.1+0’, but leave the Finder window open. Make sure …

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