Is there a way to monitor what bitcoin-qt is doing on a mac os x? Using 0.6.6.2 on a mac mini; has been running for 56 hours now, still not fully synchronised; is there a way to monitor whether the program is actually doing something or just stuck? would the 0.8.x be faster?
It takes forever and a day to have Bitcoin-Qt sync up with the Blockchain for the first time. Also try executing "netstat -n -P TCP | grep '.8333'" in a terminal window to see if you have eight concurrent socket connections into the Bitcoin network.