# Help| setup cluster on same mac

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-setup-cluster-on-same-mac/173806>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 25, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-setup-cluster-on-same-mac/173806 "2019-03-25T17:44:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-setup-cluster-on-same-mac/173806/6 "2019-03-27T16:47:52Z")

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As you can see, your logs are not correctly formatted.  
Please format your code, logs or configuration files using `</>` icon as explained in [this guide](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21) and not the citation button. It will make your post more readable.

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There's a live preview panel for exactly this reasons.

About your issue, please try again but remove the data dir first. Note that it will remove all existing data but I guess that you are just trying things locally, right?

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