Newbie (new to bitcoin and alt) here-
I have started accumulating florincoin. I have downloaded my coins to my desktop wallet.
What are my options to back up the wallet? Is a regular macintosh time capsule backup sufficient?
Are there any other wallet options worth considering?
Thank you all for this great thread!
You'll want to show all files on Mac OS like this link explains...
http://ianlunn.co.uk/articles/quickly-showhide-hidden-files-mac-os-x-mavericks/Then navigate to System/Users/Your username/Library/Application Support/florincoin/wallet.dat
The wallet.dat is what you want to protect and backup.
I don't suggest revealing hidden files on your Mac. It's overly complex for most people and can potentially lead to people losing files that are important (which is why they're hidden in the first place).
There are a couple of easier ways to do this. One is to just use the Backup Wallet feature built right into most QT or Core based wallets in the File menu. I demo it in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JNBD5RN-pMOr you can easily get to the hidden folder containing the wallet.dat file by going to the Go menu in the Finder, which will give you a list of commonly accessed folders.
While the menu is open, hold down the Option key and a new item Library will appear about half-way down the menu. Click this and look for Application Support in the window that opens. Inside of that, look for Florincoin and either back up that entire folder (which will give you a copy of the blockchain, any .conf settings file, etc. in addition to the wallet.dat file) or open the folder up and copy the wallet.dat file from there.
Make sure to *copy* the file and not move it by holding down the Option key on the keyboard, and do any of these steps only when the wallet application is not running.
You can also use the Go menu in the finder and click the option near the bottom labeled "Go to Folder" and type or paste the following into the window that opens up
~/library/Application Support/Florincoin
and it will take you straight to the Florincoin folder.
I also strongly recommend encrypting your wallet before doing this as anyone who can get access to that wallet.dat file would then have access to your funds! I show how this works in this tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBK60Zaq-dMBoth of the above are using BitSeeds as the example, but it works the same way in most altcoin wallet applications including Florincoin.
Hope that makes sense, and helps, lidude.
