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Using 0.6.6.2 on a mac mini; has been running for 56 hours now, still not fully synchronised; is there a way to monitor whether the program is actually doing something or just stuck? would the 0.8.x be faster?
Is there a way to monitor what bitcoin-qt is doing on a mac os x?
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It takes forever and a day to have Bitcoin-Qt sync up with the Blockchain for the first time. Also try executing "netstat -n -P TCP | grep '.8333'" in a terminal window to see if you have eight concurrent socket connections into the Bitcoin network.
Yep. it's usually much, much faster to ask for the block-chain to be delivered to you on a DVD, or to download it - there are some torrents for it. Of course, theoretically you could be receiving a tampered blockchain, or a virus/trojan, etc. In practice, it's usually safe – Joe Pineda – 2014-01-19T13:18:10.197
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Open a terminal window and enter this command:
tail -f ~/Library/Application\ Support/Bitcoin/debug.log
You will get a scrolling log of all the detailed activity of bitcoin-qt.
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Run bitcoin-qt from command line and redirect the error and the standard output to a file :
bitcoin-qt 2>&1 /path/to/your/log/file
check your log file to find what's going on ..
You can see the log file in real time on screen by typing :
tail -f /path/to/your/log/file
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You could also go to Help -> Debug Window to see if you have active Connections and if the blocks are moving.
1Ah, one is supposed to hover the cursor around the spinning wheel in the lower right corner, then a notification appears ... – astroboy – 2013-12-19T14:05:43.250