[gui error report] SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input: dyld: Symbol not found: _SecT

[bronzeagepuppy]

👉️ Please describe what you were doing when this error happened.

I just downloaded IPFS for mac, but am unable to open it. Every time I try I get the message 'IPFS desktop has shutdown because of an error'. Is there any way I can fix this?

Specifications

• OS: darwin 16.7.0
• IPFS Desktop Version: 0.27.0
• Electron Version: 19.1.9
• Chrome Version: 102.0.5005.167

Error

SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input: dyld: Symbol not found: _SecTrustEvaluateWithError
  Referenced from: /Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/go-ipfs/go-ipfs/ipfs
  Expected in: flat namespace

    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at Daemon._getConfig (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/ipfsd-ctl/src/ipfsd-daemon.js:368:21)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
    at async Daemon.init (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/ipfsd-ctl/src/ipfsd-daemon.js:158:9)
    at async getIpfsd (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/daemon/daemon.js:63:7)
    at async startDaemon (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/daemon/daemon.js:210:17)
    at async startIpfs (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/daemon/index.js:48:17)
    at async setupDaemon (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/daemon/index.js:116:3)
    at async run (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/index.js:85:5)

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[whizzzkid]

Thanks for submitting this issue @bronzeagepuppy, is this the first time you downloaded ipfs-desktop? Can you check if ~/.ipfs directory exists? It sounds like you have a missing/corrupt config which is not being read properly? Removing ~/.ipfs directory and restarting might help.

But before you do that can you please attach additional logs that can be found here so that it can be diagnosed better. Also, share the findings after removing the ~/.ipfs dir.

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[SgtPooki]

@bronzeagepuppy FYI, the version of Darwin showing for require('os').release() for you indicates you might be on macOS Sierra, which is not supported. You can see ipfs/npm-kubo#57 for more information.