<p>It takes forever and a day to have Bitcoin-Qt sync up with the Blockchain for the first time. Also try executing "netstat -n -P TCP | grep '.8333'" in a terminal window to see if you have eight concurrent socket connections into the Bitcoin network.  </p>

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2014-01-19T13:18:10.197Z
Yep. it's usually much, much faster to ask for the block-chain to be delivered to you on a DVD, or to download it - there are some torrents for it. Of course, theoretically you could be receiving a tampered blockchain, or a virus/trojan, etc. In practice, it's usually safe
Joe Pineda
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2013-12-20T05:43:20.750Z
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skaht
<p>Open a terminal window and enter this command:</p>

<pre>
tail -f ~/Library/Application\ Support/Bitcoin/debug.log
</pre>

<p>You will get a scrolling log of all the detailed activity of bitcoin-qt.</p>

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2013-12-20T05:18:20.767Z
2013-12-20T05:18:20.767Z
hsmiths
<p>You could also go to Help -> Debug Window to see if you have active Connections and if the blocks are moving.</p>

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2013-12-20T10:13:45.577Z
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Matt
<p>Run bitcoin-qt from command line and redirect the error and the standard output to a file :</p>

<pre><code>bitcoin-qt 2&gt;&amp;1 /path/to/your/log/file
</code></pre>

<p>check your log file to find what's going on ..</p>

<p>You can see the log file in real time on screen by typing : </p>

<pre><code>tail -f /path/to/your/log/file
</code></pre>

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4m1nh4j1
<p>Using 0.6.6.2 on a mac mini; has been running for 56 hours now, still not fully synchronised; is there a way to monitor whether the program is actually doing something or just stuck? would the 0.8.x be faster?</p>

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2013-12-19T14:05:43.250Z
Ah, one is supposed to hover the cursor around the spinning wheel in the lower right corner, then a notification appears ...
astroboy
<bitcoin-core><synchronization><mac>
Is there a way to monitor what bitcoin-qt is doing on a mac os x?
astroboy
# Is there a way to monitor what bitcoin-qt is doing on a mac os x?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-12-19)

Using 0.6.6.2 on a mac mini; has been running for 56 hours now, still not fully synchronised; is there a way to monitor whether the program is actually doing something or just stuck? would the 0.8.x be faster?

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, synchronization, mac

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Ah, one is supposed to hover the cursor around the spinning wheel in the lower right corner, then a notification appears ...  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-12-20. Score: 1

It takes forever and a day to have Bitcoin-Qt sync up with the Blockchain for the first time. Also try executing "netstat -n -P TCP | grep '.8333'" in a terminal window to see if you have eight concurrent socket connections into the Bitcoin network.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Yep. it's usually much, much faster to ask for the block-chain to be delivered to you on a DVD, or to download it - there are some torrents for it. Of course, theoretically you could be receiving a tampered blockchain, or a virus/trojan, etc. In practice, it's usually safe  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2013-12-20. Score: 0

Open a terminal window and enter this command:

```

tail -f ~/Library/Application\ Support/Bitcoin/debug.log

```

You will get a scrolling log of all the detailed activity of bitcoin-qt.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2013-12-20. Score: 0

You could also go to Help -> Debug Window to see if you have active Connections and if the blocks are moving.


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### Answer by username_5 on 2013-12-20. Score: 0

Run bitcoin-qt from command line and redirect the error and the standard output to a file :

```
bitcoin-qt 2>&1 /path/to/your/log/file

```

check your log file to find what's going on ..

You can see the log file in real time on screen by typing :

```
tail -f /path/to/your/log/file

```


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