Hey, been checking my ZEC wallet in ZECwallet Lite on Mac desktop app and can’t login anymore - I’m getting a not so helpful error message “Error: Couldn’t get network from server, connection refused. Is the server address correct?”. I can import the wallet elsewhere, but there balance will always show 0. Did I miss something (hadn’t checked for a long time, so maybe over the years things changed)
I tried everything to get my balance to show up in my ZEC wallet - nothing works.
Solutiondesk helpdesk kindly suggested to restore mainnet. Tried to do that through MetaMask, Guarda, Unstoppable. Didn’t work.
In Guarda, my ZEC wallet is consistenly returning “ZEC node maintenance. There may be temporary issues with ZEC operations and balance displays”
my ZEC lite on my desktop is returning “Error: Couldn’t get network from server, connection refused. Is the server address correct?”
I have no issues with any other coin.
Can someone please advise?
There are several posts here on the blog where the same problem has been addressed, search and perform what has been recommended.
ZecWallet Lite is no longer supported, the latest version is 1.8.8, I recommend upgrading to that version, wait to see if the wallet performs the automatic server change and if it doesn’t, try the solutions recommended in those other forum posts.
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Hey @Edicksonjga saw your post on the other thread and followed your suggestion. Works like a breeze - wallet is now syncing - thank you so much 
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Great!
I suggest you don’t continue using ZecWallet because it is no longer supported, so when the sync is complete, migrate your funds to a new wallet that you can create in YWallet, Zingo Wallet, Nighthawk Wallet, etc.
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Will do ; I had this balance sitting there, and hadn’t bothered for a few years - bad practice from my end - thank you for helping me out ; greatly appreciated! Can’t thank you enough…
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Hi! I am having the same issue but I am not able to find the application support files for mac you mentioned.
I also downloaded y wallet using my recovery phrase for my ZEC wallet but it’s empty. How can I fix this? Appreciate your help!
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Should live at
‘/computername/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Zecwallet Lite/’
Similarly with Ywallet
‘…/Library/Application Support/me.hanh.ywallet/databases/’
Importing addresses from zecwallet will work but often times people created new addresses and those ones will not automatically populate. For that specifically, with Ywallet, you use the key tool.
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Do I just click through all the different paths the key tool gives me until I find the right one? I’m pretty new to all this so unsure if Im doing the right thing
If you didn’t know what addresses you’re looking for, then yes. However, it may be possible to recover those with a working zecwallet light and your seed. It would be convenient to use the existing wallet db files for speed, but I’m unsure as to whether or not it will build correctly on mac (it very well may, I’ll try) and the seed by itself will suffice. The latest is here, it’s a recent thing which may allow for up-to-date spending. But, it will definitely work for Zecwallet light address recovery: import the seed, re-create what you think are probably the correct required addresses (they will all be the same from before) and rescan. This also allows you to get any Sapling keys which can be imported into Ywallet and then theres no extra hassle. Orchard addresses must be derived with the seed; theres no key option like with Sapling and Transparent and so, similarly, it’s good to know what address your looking for. Creating new addresses in zecwallet light doesn’t immediately incur a rescan so you can just make them on demand, really, if that’s all you needed it for.
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Also now today, theres there is another tool. I’ll try to build it this wknd.
I do know the wallet address I sent it to based on my transaction when I sent them to my ZEC lite wallet from coinbase…does that help?
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Yes it would help. Were you able to build zecwallet light and import your seed?