Also posted this on another forum section - link below contains log file. Thanks so much!

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=113452.msg1225156#msg1225156

Any help is appreciated. I can basically navigate a terminal window or monkey with some code otherwise if need be, but I would need a little handholding.

Thanks so much.

http://pastebin.com/YbR54nkt

Hi-

I have the latest version of Multibit running on my Macbook. Wanted to know how to generate a paper wallet. Does Multibit even have that capability?

Thanks

I have a MacBook running OS 10.6.8 and I think this sounds to me like the only really secure solution.

First, is this do-able (I'm guessing creating the bootable USB drive itself is - I understand that a USB drive that's around 16-32GB minimum would probably suffice), and second, does this sound viable (or necessary) for the purposes of running an optimally secure Bitcoin client/wallet setup (short of buying a cheap netbook, strictly limiting it's online time, and otherwise encrypting it and firewalling the hell out of it)?

As a perhaps easier alternative, I was thinking there might be a way to store just the wallet.dat file (and other necessary files like the blockchain, database files, whatever, not the program itself) on a non-bootable USB drive so that Bitcoin Qt could only run properly when the USB drive is mounted. Is that possible or adviseable? How?

Thanks again

I run a Mac using 10.6.8 and the wallet.dat file (plus some various other database and assorted files) seem to be occupied on user/library/application support/bitcoin.

Is it possible to run Bitcoin locally on your computer but have these files located on a USB drive? The idea would be that in the unlikely scenario someone hacked my computer remotely, they couldn't just copy the wallet file and either crack it or open it themselves.

Thanks and apologize if the question sounds dumb.

What does "out of sync" mean? I upgraded to Bitcoin-Qt 7.0 (a beta, which probably explains it) and I got that error no matter what I did. I reverted back to the last stable (not beta) release and it got rid of it.

Just curious.

Also, exactly why is Dropbox not a great candidate for online wallet file backups? And can someone suggest another free site that might be good for online wallet file backups?