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Quote from: jkirwin on November 10, 2015, 04:09:02 PM

I did that...it doesnt seem to work

I put in %APPDATA% and there is no Bitcoin folder

See screencast

http://www.screencast.com/users/kirwin2009/folders/Default/media/e29aec26-8526-4897-a819-89b443a650ca

Have you started Bitcoin on the Windows machine so it could create the directory etc?

Once you have it running on the Windows machine, you would use your older wallet.dat instead of the newly created one.

Also, what is in the _Bitcoin-MAIN folder?

jkirwin

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I did that...it doesnt seem to work

I put in %APPDATA% and there is no Bitcoin folder

See screencast

http://www.screencast.com/users/kirwin2009/folders/Default/media/e29aec26-8526-4897-a819-89b443a650ca

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Quote from: jkirwin on November 10, 2015, 02:03:25 PM

Its not working. I went to Start and put %APPDATA%\Bitcoin in the field and nothing comes up "No items match your search"

I have folders set to show hidden folders

I have Bitcoin core loaded on the computer...not open but the blockchain is not updated. Does that matter?

If I go down the tree there is no Bitcoin folder under C:Users/USerName/Appdata/Roaming/Bitcoin

Any ideas why I can't see it

Thanks so much

Open Windows Explorer (the file explorer) and type in %APPDATA% into the bar at the top. If you scroll down, you should see the Bitcoin folder.

jkirwin

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Its not working. I went to Start and put %APPDATA%\Bitcoin in the field and nothing comes up "No items match your search"

I have folders set to show hidden folders

I have Bitcoin core loaded on the computer...not open but the blockchain is not updated. Does that matter?

If I go down the tree there is no Bitcoin folder under C:Users/USerName/Appdata/Roaming/Bitcoin

Any ideas why I can't see it

Thanks so much

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Quote from: jkirwin on November 10, 2015, 11:15:42 AM

I am trying to open(import) my wallet.dat file that is backed up onto a flash drive and can't see how to do it
1) I created the wallet.dat using Bitcoin core on a Mac
2) Long story short....I have been unable to open Bitcoin Core on my Mac (Error message is " Bitcoin Core has closed unexpectedly")
I have tried everything (Unistalling included)
3) Now I am trying to open my stored Bitcoins on a different computer that is windows based.

Can I open a backup that was created on Mac in a windows environment

If Yes....How do I do it...because I am a newbie and I don't see a restore backup or even an open option within bitcoin Core that I have successfully installed and opened on my windows computer?

Thank you

Yes, you can.

Go to the data directory (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Data_directory) and copy the wallet file to there. If a wallet file is already there, you can delete it if it doesn't have any bitcoin. Otherwise, just rename any existing wallet file and copy it to a safe place. Then start up bitcoin core and it should have all of your bitcoin there.

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I am trying to open(import) my wallet.dat file that is backed up onto a flash drive and can't see how to do it
1) I created the wallet.dat using Bitcoin core on a Mac
2) Long story short....I have been unable to open Bitcoin Core on my Mac (Error message is " Bitcoin Core has closed unexpectedly")
I have tried everything (Unistalling included)
3) Now I am trying to open my stored Bitcoins on a different computer that is windows based.

Can I open a backup that was created on Mac in a windows environment

If Yes....How do I do it...because I am a newbie and I don't see a restore backup or even an open option within bitcoin Core that I have successfully installed and opened on my windows computer?

Thank you

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Quote from: ummina on July 22, 2015, 01:03:00 PM

may be you should to change your pasword in wallet blockchain,
and or you back up your wallet. or you can update your smadav, avira or the other guys.

Someone please change the subject to:

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may be you should to change your pasword in wallet blockchain,
and or you back up your wallet. or you can update your smadav, avira or the other guys.

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Quote from: jkirwin on May 31, 2015, 12:40:17 PM

I have Bitcoin core loaded and 5 bitcoins in the Bitcoin Core wallet. Passwords kept offline. I was updating the blockchain and my computer got hacked. My balance now says 0 and unconfirmed says 5. Here are my questions

1) Are my coins actually gone or can I still recover them if they are "UNconfirmed"
2) I have several hundred lightcoins and I would like to know what precautions I need to take to stop from having those stolen if I try to update the lightcoin block chain

Thanks

John K

your bitcoins are safe.. it's seems to be a btc core sync issue.. as you show them as unconfirmed.

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Quote from: jkirwin on July 21, 2015, 03:43:38 PM

Hi Thanks for your help.

Unfortunatley, (as outlined in my string) I have been through a long saga with Bitcoin Core....Can get it to open, can't reload it. Finally deleted it and reloaded it and I still get the same error message. I have upgraded my OS X to the latest operating system and have finally tried changing to Multi bit HD Unfortunately they require some words to restore an existing wallet which I never created so I was told "go make a blockchain.info account and then transfer....Instead of having to do that.....

Is there any other utility that will allow me to open a .dat file (created in Bitcoin Core) that will not require secret words and any intermediate steps?

Thanks in advance

John

You could try pywallet. It allows you to see the stuff inside a wallet.dat file. You can get the private keys out of the wallet and import it elsewhere. I would recommend that you use Electrum as a wallet. It works well and allows you to import private keys which MultiBit does not allow. You can find pywallet here: https://github.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet

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Hi Thanks for your help.

Unfortunatley, (as outlined in my string) I have been through a long saga with Bitcoin Core....Can get it to open, can't reload it. Finally deleted it and reloaded it and I still get the same error message. I have upgraded my OS X to the latest operating system and have finally tried changing to Multi bit HD Unfortunately they require some words to restore an existing wallet which I never created so I was told "go make a blockchain.info account and then transfer....Instead of having to do that.....

Is there any other utility that will allow me to open a .dat file (created in Bitcoin Core) that will not require secret words and any intermediate steps?

Thanks in advance

John

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Quote from: jkirwin on July 18, 2015, 11:47:05 AM

Hi Thanks for your help......isnt there a different utility that will allow me to import the .dat file? This is all very overwelming to me and Im trying to make this as simple as possible

Thanks from a newbie

Unfortunately there is no easy way to convert wallet.dat files to multibit wallet files.

Have you tried Bitcoin Core on Yosemite yet?

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Hi Thanks for your help......isnt there a different utility that will allow me to import the .dat file? This is all very overwelming to me and Im trying to make this as simple as possible

Thanks from a newbie

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Quote from: jkirwin on July 18, 2015, 09:18:51 AM

Hi Stlll having trouble...I updated my OS X to Yosemite and loaded Multibit HD....I was hoping to restore the .dat files I have on a flash drive that were created in Bitcoin Core....However....Multibit is requireriung "Wallet Words" to start the restore process so I can import my coins from my flash.....Problem is I don't have any wallet words.....I only have a password for those coins. How do I do a restore if I don't have the wallet words it is requesting. I never made any wallet words

MultiBit is annoying in that you can't import private keys from other wallets. It also can't read from a wallet.dat file. Instead, make a blockchain.info account and import the wallet.dat file there. Then send all of your Bitcoin to an address from MultiBit. The "wallet words" are the seed phrase it uses to deterministically generate addresses.

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Hi Stlll having trouble...I updated my OS X to Yosemite and loaded Multibit HD....I was hoping to restore the .dat files I have on a flash drive that were created in Bitcoin Core....However....Multibit is requireriung "Wallet Words" to start the restore process so I can import my coins from my flash.....Problem is I don't have any wallet words.....I only have a password for those coins. How do I do a restore if I don't have the wallet words it is requesting. I never made any wallet words

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Quote from: jkirwin on July 16, 2015, 02:48:02 PM

Hi

I just tried to do a work arouind and load Multibit HD instead of Bitcoin COre....I got the same error message "....can't use this version of Multi bit with this version of Mac......I ran the Mac updates but its not updating to the newest version.....I dont understand the last post....so what do I do? Huh

You either need to use older versions of the software or change your OS. You could upgrade to the latest version of OS X and all of the current software should support it. Or you can install a different OS such as a distribution of Linux or a copy of Windows.

The last post was discussing hardware issues. Since Bitcoin core is very hardware intensive, it is a good test of whether your hardware is failing or not. Apple has diagnostics to check your hardware, but you should also use other tools to check also. 2112 used diagnostics from Debian due to his suspicions of hardware failure.

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Hi

I just tried to do a work arouind and load Multibit HD instead of Bitcoin COre....I got the same error message "....can't use this version of Multi bit with this version of Mac......I ran the Mac updates but its not updating to the newest version.....I dont understand the last post....so what do I do? Huh

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Quote from: achow101 on July 16, 2015, 01:16:31 PM

Quote from: jkirwin on July 16, 2015, 01:10:36 PM

I have Mac version 10.6.8

That might be the problem. You are using an old unsupported os.

Bitcoin Core 0.10.2 works without any problems on Mac OSX 10.6.8.

The "quit unexpectedly" error is for sure not caused by the combination of software. I've been running this version of OSX and various version of Bitcoin on many Macintoshes without a problem. The only problem that I had with this combination was related to the bad disk drives that kept passing various Apple diagnostics until I grew suspicious and booted Debian Linux and run its diagnostics (badblocks).

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Quote from: jkirwin on July 16, 2015, 01:27:35 PM

Are you able to recommend a different wallet?

MultiBit and Electrum are two very good wallets. They use SPV so you won't have to store the entire blockchain on your computer.

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Are you able to recommend a different wallet?

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