I run Mac OS X
I created an encrypted .dmg and copied my entire BAY1/users/me/library/application support/bitcoin folder to the .dmg (mounted of course. Then I deleated the original folder. Next, I copied the bitcoin launch button to the same dmg and clicked. No coins and restart of block connections???
Next, I copied the entire folder back to the original location and clicked the original app launch button. Same effect???
What do I do?
I created an encrypted .dmg and copied my entire BAY1/users/me/library/application support/bitcoin folder to the .dmg (mounted of course. Then I deleated the original folder. Next, I copied the bitcoin launch button to the same dmg and clicked. No coins and restart of block connections???
Next, I copied the entire folder back to the original location and clicked the original app launch button. Same effect???
What do I do?
If your wallet.dat file is encrypted, then i think is safe but maybe the application cant access it, as long as is encrypted.
Decrypt it in a secure system and transfer the amount you want to use to another account, maybe in like a linux based system, then move it to an encrypted volume.
Also you want to be extra paranoid delete your files with a software like active eraser for windows, which makes deleted files unrecoverable from disk. But maybe thats just me who does that
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