Ok, have new version, followed directions on establishing .conf file and renaming it appdata folder (in Mac).  I copied this "

addnode=node1.cloakcoin.com
addnode=node2.cloakcoin.com
addnode=node3.cloakcoin.com
addnode=node4.cloakcoin.com
addnode=node5.cloakcoin.com
addnode=node6.cloakcoin.com
addnode=node7.cloakcoin.com
addnode=node8.cloakcoin.com
addnode=node9.cloakcoin.com
addnode=node10.cloakcoin.com

"
and used that as the text in the .conf file.  This is the only text I have in the .conf file.

I deleted peer.dat. 

Also referred to this post for guidance

http://forum.cloakcoin.com/threads/wallet-is-out-of-sync.4/

I got an error message "CloakCoin-Qt quit unexpectedly."

Not sure where to take it from here or just wait for the new wallet