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When I try to compile my document (see MWE below) it doesn't use the numeric style and the following message is produced in the prompt of TeXstudio:

Prozess gestartet: biber "MWE_05"

INFO - This is Biber 2.16
INFO - Logfile is 'MWE_05.blg'
INFO - Reading 'MWE_05.bcf'
INFO - Found 1 citekeys in bib section 0
INFO - Processing section 0
INFO - Looking for bibtex format file '../../shared/Quellen/Test.bib' for section 0
INFO - LaTeX decoding ...
INFO - Found BibTeX data source '../../shared/Quellen/Test.bib'
Prozess endete mit Fehler(n)

I am a little puzzled too because it tells me something about BibTeX even though I use BibLaTeX?

MWE:

\documentclass{scrreprt}

\usepackage[%
backend=biber,
bibencoding=utf8,
style=numeric, % numeric
%citestyle=numeric,
sorting=none
]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{../../shared/Quellen/Test.bib}


\begin{document}


\cite{Test}


\printbibliography


\end{document}

.bib file:

%% This BibTeX bibliography file was created using BibDesk.
%% https://bibdesk.sourceforge.io/

%% Created for user at 2021-06-28 13:04:24 +0200


%% Saved with string encoding Unicode (UTF-8)


@book{Test,
    author = {Autor Nachname},
    date-added = {2021-06-28 13:03:30 +0200},
    date-modified = {2021-06-28 13:04:05 +0200},
    publisher = {Test Verlag},
    title = {Test Titel},
    year = {2021}}

for BibDesk I closed the program, downloaded the file for BibLaTeX and saved it as stated here under "BibLateX Types and Fields" (no fields in the program's GUI changed though).

Lukas
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    when the biber log stops like this, it often indicates a faulty cache. Run biber --cache on a terminal to get the location, delete the cache and then try again. biber will then unpack itself anew. – Ulrike Fischer Jun 28 '21 at 11:34
  • The data format that biblatex is using is the same format as bibtex has used like forever. You can see that it mentions a .bib file. – daleif Jun 28 '21 at 11:40
  • this was the response I got from running the cache command @UlrikeFischer: 
    INFO - This is Biber 2.16
INFO - Logfile is 'cache.blg'
ERROR - Cannot find 'cache.bcf'!
INFO - ERRORS: 1
    – Lukas Jun 28 '21 at 11:45
  • did you use the two hyphens before cache? – Ulrike Fischer Jun 28 '21 at 11:48
  • yes I used them in the command – Lukas Jun 28 '21 at 11:49
  • Do I have to change directories before I use that command as I have used it directly after opening the Terminal (macOS)? – Lukas Jun 28 '21 at 11:56
  • sorry but your output looks as if you entered biber cache and not biber --cache. – Ulrike Fischer Jun 28 '21 at 11:58
  • I am sorry, there was a space too much after both hyphens (there should be none), now I got a location. Do I have to delete all files in this directory or just some specific ones? – Lukas Jun 28 '21 at 12:01
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    you can delete the whole directory. – Ulrike Fischer Jun 28 '21 at 12:11
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    See also https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/543837/35864. It is a known issue that the Biber cache gets corrupted on Mac OS from time to time. Alas it appears to be a very tricky issue to investigate, so I don't think a fix is easy to come by. – moewe Jun 28 '21 at 15:39
  • @UlrikeFischer, would you please write your solution as an answer, so that I can mark this post as answered? – Lukas Aug 17 '21 at 17:21

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when the biber log stops like this, it often indicates a faulty cache. Run

 biber --cache

on a terminal to get the location, delete the cache and then try again. biber will then unpack itself anew. –

Ulrike Fischer
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