Something is weird with your system. In general, localhost should *always* be available.
What happens when you run the following in Terminal with wifi off? Press CTRL+C to stop once it's running.
ping localhost
Message: 3Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 09:39:55 +0200From: Maurice Moncozet <mauricemoncozet@gmail.com>To: pd-list@lists.iem.atSubject: [PD] Start Pd 0.51-4 without internet connectionMessage-ID: <CADc-AwGb99vMOE+VcSbsnvA3vuTGgQquDc5Ay_DHi+9=uCD3vg@mail.gmail.com>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"Hello,When I have no internet connection I can start Pd 0.52-2 (iMac Mojave) withthe Terminal by going through Contents/resources/Bin/pd.But it does not work with Pd 0.52-3 and Pd 0.52-4.This is what the Terminal reports :Last login: Tue Jul 6 09:30:01 on ttys000mauricemoncozet-1:~ moncozetmaurice$/Applications/Pd-0.51-4.app/Contents/Resources/bin/pd ; exit;localhost not found (inet protocol not installed?)nodename nor servname provided, or not known (8)logoutSaving session......copying shared history......saving history...truncating history files......completed.[Op?ration termin?e]What setting should I make?Thank you for your response.
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