<p>I am on macOS 12 on (MacBook Air M1) with the latest updates applied.</p>
<p>I have installed Bitcoin Core from the bitcoin org website and currently it is downloading the whole blockchain and it will for a few days according to the sync pop up.</p>
<p>The problem is that I have an old wallet.dat file but I don't know where to copy it so I can select it from the menu of the Qt Bitcoin-Core app when selecting <code>File &gt; Open Wallet</code>. Currently I see only my test-wallet I have created jsut so there is something while the app is downloading the blockchain.</p>
<p>Google search suggested to go to <code>Library &gt; Application Support &gt; Bitcoin</code> but the problem is that I don't see any Bitcoin folder there. I have tried to clean up by name in that folder but nothing has changed. Here is my screenshot:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/ay2NK.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ay2NK.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>Any idea how can I tell Bitcoin Core app to use my old wallet.dat file on my MacBook Air?</p>

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2022-04-01T09:05:51.620Z
Does this answer your question? [Where is Bitcoin information (wallet.dat) stored on OS X?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/1350/where-is-bitcoin-information-wallet-dat-stored-on-os-x)  -- note the mention of a *hidden* folder.
RedGrittyBrick
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2022-04-01T09:13:55.127Z
No,, could it be that I have it downloading to my exterrnal harddisk? Because I see a test-wallet folder that contains wallet.dat file there. Should I create e.g. "old-wallet" folder on the same folder level as "test-wallet" and upload my old wallet.dat file there? By the way where I can find some guide how to do these importing of old wallet.dat file without reading some blog posts full of adds? Is there a wikipage for that? Also should I cope cahinstate, database, db.log, debug.log peers.dat wallet.dat from my old folder or just wallet.dat?
fegax
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2022-04-01T09:28:22.093Z
I would download Bitcoin core from https://bitcoincore.org/en/download/ not from bitcoin.org. I would follow the instructions at https://bitcoincore.org/en/download/ for verifying the software. I can't comment on your other questions.
RedGrittyBrick
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2022-04-01T09:38:07.837Z
@RedGrittyBrick thanks, :D seems like Bitcoin domain-parasite things is even a bigger anarchy in 2022 than in 2014. How can normies use it is beyond my understanding. It's so difficult. In 2014 I was told it will improve, but it the opposite. It's deception and fog on every BTC google search.
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Unable to find a directory where to put wallet.dat file from my old wallet when I am on my Mac
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# Unable to find a directory where to put wallet.dat file from my old wallet when I am on my Mac

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-04-01)

I am on macOS 12 on (MacBook Air M1) with the latest updates applied.

I have installed Bitcoin Core from the bitcoin org website and currently it is downloading the whole blockchain and it will for a few days according to the sync pop up.

The problem is that I have an old wallet.dat file but I don't know where to copy it so I can select it from the menu of the Qt Bitcoin-Core app when selecting `File > Open Wallet`. Currently I see only my test-wallet I have created jsut so there is something while the app is downloading the blockchain.

Google search suggested to go to `Library > Application Support > Bitcoin` but the problem is that I don't see any Bitcoin folder there. I have tried to clean up by name in that folder but nothing has changed. Here is my screenshot:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/ay2NK.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/ay2NK.png)

Any idea how can I tell Bitcoin Core app to use my old wallet.dat file on my MacBook Air?

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, wallet.dat, mac

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Does this answer your question? [Where is Bitcoin information (wallet.dat) stored on OS X?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/1350/where-is-bitcoin-information-wallet-dat-stored-on-os-x)  -- note the mention of a *hidden* folder.  
> **username_0**: No,, could it be that I have it downloading to my exterrnal harddisk? Because I see a test-wallet folder that contains wallet.dat file there. Should I create e.g. "old-wallet" folder on the same folder level as "test-wallet" and upload my old wallet.dat file there? By the way where I can find some guide how to do these importing of old wallet.dat file without reading some blog posts full of adds? Is there a wikipage for that? Also should I cope cahinstate, database, db.log, debug.log peers.dat wallet.dat from my old folder or just wallet.dat?  
> **username_1**: I would download Bitcoin core from https://bitcoincore.org/en/download/ not from bitcoin.org. I would follow the instructions at https://bitcoincore.org/en/download/ for verifying the software. I can't comment on your other questions.  
> **username_0**: @username_1 thanks, :D seems like Bitcoin domain-parasite things is even a bigger anarchy in 2022 than in 2014. How can normies use it is beyond my understanding. It's so difficult. In 2014 I was told it will improve, but it the opposite. It's deception and fog on every BTC google search.  

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