How to Setup a Garlicoin Core Wallet on macOS

Install Garlicoin Core on macOS

Install Garlicoin-qt (GUI) Core Wallet on ARM or Intel Macs with the pre-compiled binary

Basic Install

• Navigate to garlicoin.io and download the core wallet for MacOS

• Unpack the .tar.gz file by double clicking on it in finder

• Open the garlicoin-0.17.3 folder that was just created

• Open the bin folder

• Control-click garlicoin-qt and choose "Open"

• If the garlicoin wallet opens, proceed to the next step
  • Mac may ask for permission to run the application. To allow macOS to run apps from untrusted developers, please view this article

• You can ignore the file sizes on the first screen. The current block chain size as of 2021-05-02 is about 8gb.

• Navigate the menu to Help > Debug Window > Console

• Run the command addnode freshgrlc.net onetry

• Garlicoin-qt should begin to sync and download the blockchain data. This may take anywhere from 2-8 hours.

• Garlicoin-qt should automatically create a wallet for you on first run

• You can encrypt this wallet with a passphrase by going to Settings > Encrypt Wallet
  • If you lose this password, any GRLC in your wallet will likely be lost forever. Make sure you do not lose this. It is highly recommended you store this password in a safe place.

• Backup the wallet.dat file created in the folder /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Garlicoin/wallets to a safe place

• Create a new address by navigating to File > Receiving Addresses...

• Click New, then give your address a label and click Ok. (The Address field stays blank)

• You can now send GRLC to the address generated

Quick Install with CLI tools

• If you have homebrew, run the following command: brew install wget

• wget https://github.com/GarlicoinOrg/Garlicoin/releases/download/v0.17.3/garlicoin-0.17.3-osx64.tar.gz

• tar xvzf garlicoin-0.17.3-osx64.tar.gz

• cd garlicoin-0.17.3/bin

• ./garlicoin-qt