user30466: 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.

user31753: I've just fixed the same problem by deleting a circular symlink:
lrwxr-xr-x    1 2can  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


30466: <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>
 31753: <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>
