My advice is if you're doing it on a VPS also specify -daemon to avoid that problem with bitcoind! 
Topic: rescan trouble mac (Read 957 times)
If you're doing this locally the -rescan option should be fine. I was doing it to a VPS and my connection dropped midway through and I had to start all the way from the beginning. Then the connection dropped again My advice is if you're doing it on a VPS also specify -daemon to avoid that problem with bitcoind!
My advice is if you're doing it on a VPS also specify -daemon to avoid that problem with bitcoind! 
The command "bitcoin-qt -rescan" needs to be run in your operating system's terminal, not the debug window in Bitcoin-Qt.
Enter terminal in finder?
How do you "open terminal"?
How do you "open terminal"?
i am trying to rescan but every time i open terminal to paste in code, bitcoin qt just opens and i cant paste. how do i open terminal without the client opening?
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