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