someone answer me please

So the hard fork is happening in July. Will you have to download the new Monero GUI update from getmonero.org and reinstall the program all over again, or will you be able to do any necessary update straight from the GUI ?

I really don't feel comfortable and safe downloading the GUI again to have to put my seed in again. I would feel much better if we could just do the update straight from the GUI, or continue using the GUI without having to make any updates. It's a stressfull process.

will we have to download the gui all over again for the fork ? please someone tell me we wont have to

selsta: u here

yes

ok so

the monero gui will download a brand new file on the computer

then you open the file

and whats on the file?

is it a brand new monero gui?

if so, will the previous monero gui be overwritten

Furthermore, when you say "you dont have to enter you seed again, you can open the same wallet file" do you suggest we copy our wallet file from the monero gui directory and just paste it on the new gui directory

selsta: bump

wait lol

did you use the installer or the .zip?

im using the monero gui on macos

.dmg file

ok, then open the .dmg

drag and drop it over the existing GUI

and you are done

that will just overwrite my previous monero gui though ???

and ill lose alll my data unless i saved my wallet file somewhere

???

selsta: ?

no, the wallet is saved in a different place

where is it saved

it won't overwrite the wallet file, just the monero-gui

should i make a copy of the wallet on my desktop just to be safe

by default it's in your home folder and then Monero

how do i put my wallet on the new GUi once downloaded ? will it detect my wallet automaitcally

What home folder?

how do i access it on macos

if you open Finder it's the default folder

it will detect it automatically

theres no default folder... is it on documents, downloads, what is it on

i opened finder

its not anywhere there on finder

ok, open monero-gui

yes i opened it

then open your wallet, go to settings -> info

and then click on wallet path

wallet path

it will open the folder

i found it

there it's saved

i found it

theres my wallet name, its called "blue". Then theres "blue.keys" "blue_view" and "blueviewonly.keys"

which one is the wallet

the .keys file

the other is the wallet cache

save both files

selsta: should i make a copy of them on my documents folder

can i copy all of them on my documents folder to be safe

yes

selsta: btw another question

when i download the new gui through the app do i have to verify the binaries

no, it will verify it automatically

how will it verify if its being overwritten?

selsta: pls explain

it gets verified during download

within the GUI?

but is it not possible for an attacker to inject malware into this

theyve done it in the past for electrum

we made it quite secure

you can also verify it yourself if you want after it got downloaded

selsta: please can u teach me how to do it on macos the only tutorial i found was for windows on the main website

you don't have to if you download it inside the gui

selsta: but if i want to do verify the hashes anyways and be extra safe please just teach me how

search for macos

or just mac

<selsta> "getmonero.org..." <- he steps for both Linux and Mac are the same. From a terminal, get the SHA256 hash of your downloaded Monero binary. As an example this guide will use the Linux, 64bit GUI binary. Substitute monero-gui-linux-x64-v0.15.0.1.tar.bz2 with the name of the binary that you downloaded in section 4.1.

shasum -a 256 monero-linux-x64-v0.15.0.1.tar.bz2

this step got me super confused

s/he/The/

What do they mean by 'Substitute monero-gui-linux-x64-v0.15.0.1.tar.bz2 with the name of the binary that you downloaded in section 4.1.'

i dont get it

you have to enter the name of the .dmg

monero-gui-mac-v0.17.3.1.dmg for example

Open Terminal

enter: shasum -a 256

and then drag and drop the .dmg into the Terminal

so that it looks like:

shasum -a256 ~/Downloads/monero-gui-mac-v0.17.3.1.dmg

then press enter and compare it with the number in the hashes.txt file

selsta: why do they say you have to "substitute" then?

if all you have to do is drag and drop why do they say you have to substitute

substitute means replace

you replace monero-gui-linux-x64-v0.15.0.1.tar.bz2 with monero-gui-mac-v0.17.3.1.dmg in the example

you can either type it yourself or you can drag and drop it

yes but why are you replacing e monero-gui-linux-x64-v0.15.0.1.tar.bz "with the name of the binary" ?

its super confusing

why not just say "drag and drop the download"

why do they have to say replace

it adds so much confusion for no reason

Either way, is that all you have to do ? selsta

did you try it?

ok

i just re-read the whole thing

and now i get it

i was super confused at the 'substitute' line, but after your explanation , i re-read the thing and now i get it

i was super confused on the context