ISSUE RESOLVED,

thank you NotATether!!!

Thank you for the help here!

I tried replacing the settings.json file with the code you suggested and I'm now getting a new error that says:

"You need to rebuild the database using -reindex to go back to unpruned mode.  This will redownload the entire blockchain.

Do you want to rebuild the block database now?"

When I click "ok" I then get a message that says "Error opening block database"

Any suggestions???

Hi all,

I had recently created a new wallet using Bitcoin Core however, before I had a chance to copy my private key the application stopped working and I am locked out of my wallet with a significant amount of crypto inside!

I keep receiving the following error message which is stopping the application from starting up:

 "Error initializing settings: Failed loading settings file:
- Unable to parse settings file /Users/johnslappy/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/settings.json"

Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can access my private key from the data that has been saved on my laptop? Or if I can somehow get the application working again?