I gave up and fired up the PC, backed up the .dats onto USB, DVD.

It's quite a shame though. The Maxcoin team doesn't respond to anything, expects absolute novices to know how to work around their wallet syncing problems and it's founder forgets it like an ADHD sufferer.

Remember Piratemyfilm? That's ditched. I wouldn't be surprised if Maxcoin will be or isn't already.