Se você estiver usando Mac com brew
Para iniciar:
brew services start postgresql
Parar:
brew services stop postgresql
Usando pg_ctl
Para iniciar:
pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start
Parar:
pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log stop
