<p>Yes, no config file is created by default. If you want one, you need to create it yourself.</p>
<p>Without config file, all settings stay at their built-in default values.</p>

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Pieter Wuille
<p>I installed a full node on my old Mac (running on Catalina 10.15.7) and though running well it looks like it will go over my ISP's monthly data limits. I was thinking I'd try changing the maxconnections in the bitcoin.conf file, but I'm not seeing that file under Application Support, even when I reveal hidden files. Do I need to create it or should I be looking elsewhere?</p>
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<bitcoin-core><mac><bitcoin.conf>
No bitcoin.conf file on my (Mac) node?
Keith Moore
# No bitcoin.conf file on my (Mac) node?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-06-30)

I installed a full node on my old Mac (running on Catalina 10.15.7) and though running well it looks like it will go over my ISP's monthly data limits. I was thinking I'd try changing the maxconnections in the bitcoin.conf file, but I'm not seeing that file under Application Support, even when I reveal hidden files. Do I need to create it or should I be looking elsewhere?

Full Node Noob

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, mac, bitcoin.conf


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-06-30. Score: 0

Yes, no config file is created by default. If you want one, you need to create it yourself.

Without config file, all settings stay at their built-in default values.


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