John, Glad to hear.
Just as a final note: the files in your home folder aren’t “backups.” They are your actual data files. If you want backups, you’ll have to make them yourself. David T. > On Dec 2, 2017, at 11:53 PM, John Donnee <jjdon...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I dragged the application to my desktop. Frankly I did not think to drag it > to the applications folder. I just dragged it from my desktop and everything > is working week. Did an eject. > > I found the backups. They are in my Users folder under my name. > > Gentlemen, thanks you for your help. Have a nice day. > > Best regards, > > John Donnee > > 910.622.8111 > 317 Mount Eden Place > Cary, NC 27518 > >> On Dec 2, 2017, at 1:45 PM, David T. <sunfis...@yahoo.com >> <mailto:sunfis...@yahoo.com>> wrote: >> >> John, >> >> You don’t say what you did when you downloaded “the latest version” >> (presumably 2.6.18, yes?). Once you downloaded it, did you open the dmg file >> and drag Gnucash.app into your applications folder? I ask this because you >> say there are two Gnucash apps in Applications. As the different versions of >> Gnucash on the Mac all use the same file name, I’m not sure how you have two >> Gnucash apps in the Applications folder; thus, the new one would have/should >> have replaced the earlier one. >> >> You also seem to be conflating the *program* with *your data*. The two are >> not the same, and do not reside in the same location. The program >> (Gnucash.app) should be located in /Applications; your data will have been >> stored where-ever you told Gnucash to put it. Many of us use a folder in our >> “home” folder—perhaps you did as well? >> >> Regardless, if you delete Gnucash.app, you will only be deleting the >> program—which you can always get again by downloading and installing it >> again if need be. >> >> As for your data file, we have no way of knowing where you put your data >> file (that’s like asking us to tell you where you put your car keys ;)), I >> can only suggest that you open Gnucash, and then select File->Save As, which >> will allow you to see where Gnucash has found the current file and what its >> name is. Then, you can exit Gnucash and make a backup of this file to >> someplace safe. >> >> For what it’s worth, you may wish to read the FAQ sections regarding files >> and backups at >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_do_I_backup_my_data.3F >> <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_do_I_backup_my_data.3F> >> >> Hope that helps, >> David T. >> >>> On Dec 2, 2017, at 11:27 PM, John Donnee <jjdon...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:jjdon...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Ok, so I downloaded the latest version of GNUcash and it did point to my >>> latest copy and everything came up properly. >>> >>> I am still confused about a couple of things. >>> >>> 1. Do I go back in to my iMac and delete old versions of GNUcash? >>> a. In the Applications folder all that is showing are 2 GNUcash apps from >>> 2014 and 2015. >>> b. I have no idea where this latest version is stored and I am afraid to >>> delete the two in the App folder >>> >>> 2. I still cannot find where the newest DB’s are stored on my Mac hard >>> drive. Any suggestions? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> John >>> John Donnee >>> >>> 910.622.8111 >>> 317 Mount Eden Place >>> Cary, NC 27518 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-user mailing list >>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>> <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user> >>> ----- >>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
