user4398: I have downloaded Bitcoin-Qt for Mac yesterday. I understand that it takes a while to "synchronise" but this site says one can access it whilst this process takes place. I have the Bitcoin in my applications folder but when I click on the icon nothing happens. A friend says he could monitor the progress of the synch, I can't see anything. What am I doing wrong?

user4358: When you open the Mac client, it first displays the loading screen for a while :

After that it displays the main screen and starts synchronizing :

Note that the client is really slow and might take a while to load. If it's still not displaying the loading screen after a minute, try opening it again. As far as I know the Mac client doesn't have any requirements for installation.
To diagnose the issue, please perform these steps :

Go to Activity Monitor (it's in the Utilities folder) and see if Bitcoin-qt is running. It should be.
Open Console (also in Utilities) and see if there are any errors about Bitcoin-qt.
Restart your Mac. It may help.


4398: <p>I have downloaded Bitcoin-Qt for Mac yesterday. I understand that it takes a while to "synchronise" but this site says one can access it whilst this process takes place. I have the Bitcoin in my applications folder but when I click on the icon nothing happens. A friend says he could monitor the progress of the synch, I can't see anything. What am I doing wrong?</p>
 4358: <p>When you open the Mac client, it first displays the loading screen for a while :</p>

<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/iVxyV.png" alt=""></p>

<p>After that it displays the main screen and starts synchronizing :</p>

<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/cesH7.png" alt=""></p>

<p>Note that the client is <em>really</em> slow and might take a while to load. If it's still not displaying the loading screen after a minute, try opening it again. As far as I know the Mac client doesn't have any requirements for installation.</p>

<p>To diagnose the issue, please perform these steps :</p>

<ul>
<li>Go to Activity Monitor (it's in the Utilities folder) and see if Bitcoin-qt is running. It should be.</li>
<li>Open Console (also in Utilities) and see if there are any errors about Bitcoin-qt.</li>
<li>Restart your Mac. It may help.</li>
</ul>
