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<li><p>Close Bitcoin core so that the program is not running. </p></li>
<li><p>Go to /Users/{yourusername}/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/ and there you will see much of the blockchain data, and a wallet.dat file. </p></li>
<li><p>If there is a wallet.dat file here that you also need, save it elsewhere by copying and pasting.</p></li>
<li><p>Put your backup.dat in this directory, and rename it to wallet.dat.</p></li>
<li><p>Start Bitcoin-QT with the -rescan option so that it will go and look for any coins that your received in the blockchain.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>That's it!</p>

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2014-12-03T13:51:43.720Z
morsecoder
<p>the bitcoin wallet backup.dat file is in my documents
but I'm not an advanced computer user
I have the complete bitcoin qt on my computer but don't know how to restore from the backup</p>

<bitcoin-core><wallet.dat>
How in laymans terms do I restore a .dat BTC backed up wallet file on my mac please?
Darren Leigh Arkless
# How in laymans terms do I restore a .dat BTC backed up wallet file on my mac please?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-12-03)

the bitcoin wallet backup.dat file is in my documents
but I'm not an advanced computer user
I have the complete bitcoin qt on my computer but don't know how to restore from the backup

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, wallet.dat


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-12-03. Score: 0

1. Close Bitcoin core so that the program is not running.
2. Go to /Users/{yourusername}/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/ and there you will see much of the blockchain data, and a wallet.dat file.
3. If there is a wallet.dat file here that you also need, save it elsewhere by copying and pasting.
4. Put your backup.dat in this directory, and rename it to wallet.dat.
5. Start Bitcoin-QT with the -rescan option so that it will go and look for any coins that your received in the blockchain.

That's it!


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