Speeding up Ethereum-Wallet initial sync on MacOS X
After experimenting with the Ethereum Wallet client on a linux machine I decided to install on my MacPro with OS X 10.11.5. I installed the latest Ethereum-Wallet 0.8.1 app from github and launched the app. I soon noticed that the sync would appear to freeze at various points and never achieved a full sync. This despite multiple force quits and restarts.
Close, but never closer!
After some poking around I found a nice summary of the problem and a workaround I wanted to share.
StackEchange is my goto source when I have any computer problem and it paid off again today. Under the topic “Help with slow mist sync” I found several good answers and things to try. Caveat: what I’m about the describe worked for me, but I am hardly a knowledgable expert and this may be wrong from a technical perspective.
It turns out that, using the command line interface Ethereum client called geth, you can initiate a fast sync by setting certain flags when the program is run. Details are here. This will only work, however, if it’s the first attempt at a sync. I had made dozens of attempts, so I needed to delete all these files. The first thing I tried worked:
I went to my user Library folder (Finder–>Go–>Go To Folder, then type “~/Library” and select ‘Go’).
Once there, locate the Ethereum folder and open it.
Delete the folder called ‘chaindata’. (Don’t worry. This folder will be recreated when y...
Source: Waking Up Costs - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Clark Tags: Ethereum MacOS < Source Type: blogs