Your post helped my recovery my lost BTC too. By looking in the debug logs I discovered on what date I made the transaction and on what computer. I could now retrieve a functional backup. Thanks!
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Topic: Wallet with bitcoins in disappeared from Multibit! how to recover? (RECOVERED) (Read 1210 times)
April 23, 2014, 05:10:50 AM
Glad to hear!
April 22, 2014, 04:05:59 PM
Your post helped my recovery my lost BTC too. By looking in the debug logs I discovered on what date I made the transaction and on what computer. I could now retrieve a functional backup. Thanks!
April 22, 2014, 06:47:46 AM
SUCCESS!
April 22, 2014, 06:41:52 AM
Update:
I restarted my computer and found some wallet files in the Application Support folder (that wasn't there before). Importing wallets now.
I restarted my computer and found some wallet files in the Application Support folder (that wasn't there before). Importing wallets now.
April 22, 2014, 05:27:36 AM
I just tried looking for the user data directory in the application support section where the 'view-messages' in multibit says it should be and it's not there (nor in the external HD application support section). Don't know if that's of any relevance.
April 22, 2014, 05:09:13 AM
I have been keeping a stash of bitcoins in multibit with a very strong password and it's worked fine for the last year but today when I opened Multibit my wallets where gone and the balance was 0. I've tried following the troubleshooting advice but I've been unsuccessful.
I followed these instructions"
"Where MultiBit stores your data
MultiBit stores user specific data such as logs and the default multibit.wallet in a "user data directory". This directory can be worked out as follows:
Check the the very top of the "Messages" tab for a message like "The user data directory is '/Users/jim/Library/Application Support/MultiBit'"
Navigate to the MultiBit installation directory and check for a file called "multibit.properties". This file is not there. These are the only files I can find there
authors.txt
configuration.md
COPYING
multibit-exe.jar
multibit.checkpoints
readme.txt
release_notes.txt
I then attempted the technical approach but failed to find anything.
I used these commands in Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder
hidden files did appear but nothing containing "multibit" or "wallet"
I tried hitting hitting Command+Shift+Period but nothing happened.
I tried using Terminal using "ls -a" command and various filed appeared but nothing containing "multibit" or "wallet".
I have an external HD which I used to make backups, or so I thought, I just plug it in and let time machine do its thing every so often, but if I try the same process on there nothing comes up either. The Multibit icon is there in the backed up applications folder but if I open it it's empty too and none of the searches reveal anything.
Please help!
I followed these instructions"
"Where MultiBit stores your data
MultiBit stores user specific data such as logs and the default multibit.wallet in a "user data directory". This directory can be worked out as follows:
Check the the very top of the "Messages" tab for a message like "The user data directory is '/Users/jim/Library/Application Support/MultiBit'"
Navigate to the MultiBit installation directory and check for a file called "multibit.properties". This file is not there. These are the only files I can find there
authors.txt
configuration.md
COPYING
multibit-exe.jar
multibit.checkpoints
readme.txt
release_notes.txt
I then attempted the technical approach but failed to find anything.
I used these commands in Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder
hidden files did appear but nothing containing "multibit" or "wallet"
I tried hitting hitting Command+Shift+Period but nothing happened.
I tried using Terminal using "ls -a" command and various filed appeared but nothing containing "multibit" or "wallet".
I have an external HD which I used to make backups, or so I thought, I just plug it in and let time machine do its thing every so often, but if I try the same process on there nothing comes up either. The Multibit icon is there in the backed up applications folder but if I open it it's empty too and none of the searches reveal anything.
Please help!
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