# Desktop and daemon **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Tags:** ipfs-desktop\ **Created:** [July 29, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/desktop-and-daemon/14874 "2022-07-29T16:48:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gigiflower](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/gigiflower/32/6770_2.png) [@gigiflower](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/gigiflower)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/desktop-and-daemon/14874/1 "2022-07-29T16:48:09Z")
![Screen Shot 2022-07-29 at 12.42.15 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/ipfs1/original/2X/a/ad06af77cac3398d223bbe9c63660f17cec7f6bb.jpeg) Hello, I’m trying to use IPFS desktop. I followed the instructions but got a “could not connect to the ipfs api” message on the app (image 1). I also run “ipfs deamon” and it says that the “address is already in use” on my terminal. I’m using an iMac M1-based. Thank for your help! ---
**Author:** ![leichenlager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/leichenlager/32/5127_2.png) [@leichenlager](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/leichenlager)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/desktop-and-daemon/14874/2 "2022-08-01T02:07:07Z")
Did you exhaust each of those 3 suggested points in your debug/troubleshooting? If you did it would be helpful to show the results of that so others may have a sense of what is going on. As it is you have made a very vague post and it that is why nobody has replied. Please post what you’ve done so far that has failed and I can help you. You are using a Mac which I am only familiar with the Unix aspects of the OS X. When you ran the daemon did you do that from command line or ? It could need to be restarted. That would explain why it says that the address is in use already. Or it could be because IPFS desktop is using it … see the issue with no documentation or screencaptures ? Can’t eliminate possible sources of error and have to trust that you did a proper remedial action. Another possible source of duplication that I have observed on my own PCs is the installation of Brave browser, especially beta version. It creates an IPFS node (IPFS/IPNS gateway) in its application path. I believe that there can only be ☝ IPFS daemon/desktop/gateway/node per machine. Or physical network interface (NIC). A multihash is created of HWID or NIC and that is your machine’s “Peer ID”. This is a Unique ID and therefore there should only be ☝… I run a Dell Poweredge server that has two dual GbE NICs (a Broadcom and an Intel). I installed both IPFS Desktop and Brave Beta browser as well as Kubo (Go-IPFS), IPFS cluster CLI and IPFS Daemon. Therefore I have a .IPFS directory on the disk AND a /UserProfile/AppData/Local/Brave/IPFS Path but still the same ☝ Peer ID that references it. ---
**Author:** ![gigiflower](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/gigiflower/32/6770_2.png) [@gigiflower](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/gigiflower)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/desktop-and-daemon/14874/3 "2022-08-02T13:09:50Z")
1. Yes I exhausted each of those 3 suggested points, but see point 3. 2. I did run the daemon from the command line. I restarted my computer. 3. But I think you identified the problem. I do have Brave browser installed. When I run “ipfs id” on my terminal, I have an ID, PublicKey, kubo/0.14.0, ipfs/0.1.0… 4. I have not installed ipfs cluster CLI, should I? 5. I have a .ipfs hidden directory (/userprofile/.ipfs) 6. I also have a unix executable file located: /userprofile/.local/bin/ipfs 7. But can’t find any IPFS file in: /userprofile/Library/ApplicationSupport/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/ Should I move a folder? Uninstall Brave? Execute this command “export IPFS\_PATH=/path/to/ipfsrepo”? Thank you so much for your help! ---
**Author:** ![leichenlager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/leichenlager/32/5127_2.png) [@leichenlager](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/leichenlager)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/desktop-and-daemon/14874/4 "2022-08-04T13:48:23Z")
I suggest that you uninstall Brave browser to eliminate the conflict it has a hidden IPFS node within its installation. I don’t know what is analogous in Mac file system as I use Linux and Windows. But remove the conflict before anything else is installed. After Brave is removed cleanly you won’t have a conflict. I would only install cluster-CLI if you plan to span your IPFS nodes across multiple machines on different networks. I found that I had major difficulties trying to run multiple nodes from my residential IP. I even introduced a VLAN switch which helped but I was still working against myself. So what I did was go back to my original setup which was a private network of 3 nodes bootstrapped with one another. ---
**Author:** ![gigiflower](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/gigiflower/32/6770_2.png) [@gigiflower](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/gigiflower)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/desktop-and-daemon/14874/5 "2022-08-06T16:20:18Z")
Thank you! I will try this out.