<p>Just to avoid people missing the key information about the wallet and blockchain - one is very private information and one is public information.  In copying as said here: <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/10787/how-to-transfer-only-the-blockchain-to-a-friends-computer">How to transfer only the blockchain to a friend&#39;s computer?</a> </p>

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  <p>"To be more specific, you need to transfer the blocks and the chainstate directory. Don't transfer the database directory as it may contain remains from wallet.dat such as private keys. – rumpus" </p>
</blockquote>

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2016-06-28T22:29:06.533Z
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Dennis Ng
<p>See <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Data_directory">https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Data_directory</a></p>

<p>Copy over your <code>%APPDATA%\Bitcoin</code> directory to <code>~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/</code></p>

<p>Your AppData directory should be:</p>

<pre><code>C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Application data\Bitcoin (XP)

C:\Users\YourUserName\Appdata\Roaming\Bitcoin (Vista and 7)
</code></pre>

<p>If not, you can always run <code>explorer %APPDATA%\Bitcoin</code> in Command Prompt (Super-R, type <code>cmd</code>, hit "Run") to find it.</p>

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2013-04-29T05:16:52.210Z
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Manishearth
<p>I have a bitcoin wallet on my PC  but I just recently downloaded the MAC version of it.  I would like to initialize it with the blockchain from my PC so that I don't have to download it all over again.  Is that possible?</p>

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Transfer blockchain from PC to Mac
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# Transfer blockchain from PC to Mac

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-04-29)

I have a bitcoin wallet on my PC but I just recently downloaded the MAC version of it. I would like to initialize it with the blockchain from my PC so that I don't have to download it all over again. Is that possible?

**Tags:** blockchain, wallet, mac


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2013-04-29. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

See https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Data_directory
Copy over your %APPDATA%\Bitcoin directory to ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/
Your AppData directory should be:
C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Application data\Bitcoin (XP)

C:\Users\YourUserName\Appdata\Roaming\Bitcoin (Vista and 7)

If not, you can always run explorer %APPDATA%\Bitcoin in Command Prompt (Super-R, type cmd, hit "Run") to find it.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2016-06-28. Score: 1

Just to avoid people missing the key information about the wallet and blockchain - one is very private information and one is public information. In copying as said here: [How to transfer only the blockchain to a friend's computer?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/10787/how-to-transfer-only-the-blockchain-to-a-friends-computer)

> "To be more specific, you need to transfer the blocks and the chainstate directory. Don't transfer the database directory as it may contain remains from wallet.dat such as private keys. – rumpus"


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