<p>I've just fixed the same problem by deleting a circular symlink:</p>

<pre><code>lrwxr-xr-x    1 2can  staff       17 Mar  7  2015 bootstrap.dat.old -&gt; bootstrap.dat.old
</code></pre>

<p>in my <code>data</code> folder. The <code>db.log</code> file contained only one repeating error:</p>

<pre><code>Too many levels of symbolic links
</code></pre>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2016-01-07T18:13:06.713Z
2016-01-07T18:13:06.713Z
2can
<p>I recently downloaded Bitcoin Core for OSX, sent a payment to my wallet address, then waited for the client to complete a sync. About 2 days later and w/ only 8 weeks to go, the client froze. Upon restart, it only gets to "Activating Best Chain" and won't open fully.</p>

<p>I've seen related answers to this question in the forum, but I think they're all for Windows machines.</p>

<p>I do have my wallet encrypted.</p>

<p>I'd like to export my wallet to another client, but apparently am not using the correct inputs in console. Any help much appreciated.</p>

<p>cheers</p>

<p>...and when I try to run:
getwalletpassword "pwd" 600 
the application crashes and I have to restart. So it doesn't look like the standard way to get my privkey out will work.</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-11-11T14:37:36.367Z
Have you looked at the debug.log file?
Nate Eldredge
<wallet><private-key-export>
OSX Bitcoin Core frozen on login while "Activating Best Chain"
Justin J
# OSX Bitcoin Core frozen on login while "Activating Best Chain"

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-11-10)

I recently downloaded Bitcoin Core for OSX, sent a payment to my wallet address, then waited for the client to complete a sync. About 2 days later and w/ only 8 weeks to go, the client froze. Upon restart, it only gets to "Activating Best Chain" and won't open fully.

I've seen related answers to this question in the forum, but I think they're all for Windows machines.

I do have my wallet encrypted.

I'd like to export my wallet to another client, but apparently am not using the correct inputs in console. Any help much appreciated.

cheers

...and when I try to run:
getwalletpassword "pwd" 600
the application crashes and I have to restart. So it doesn't look like the standard way to get my privkey out will work.

**Tags:** wallet, private-key-export

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Have you looked at the debug.log file?  

---

## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2016-01-07. Score: 1

I've just fixed the same problem by deleting a circular symlink:

```
lrwxr-xr-x    1 username_2  staff       17 Mar  7  2015 bootstrap.dat.old -> bootstrap.dat.old

```

in my `data` folder. The `db.log` file contained only one repeating error:

```
Too many levels of symbolic links

```


---

