I don’t think a second executable is the issue. I frequently see this problem with Firefox. Occasionally after it updates and re-launches, it will drop a new icon on the far right of my dock for that updated instance. I just close it and relaunch it as normal with the original icon. (which uses the updated instance, there is no older executable anywhere, even if I clicked that original icon while the other was still open.)
I don’t have even a guess as to why this is happening though once GnuCash’s launcher is stored in the dock via right-click and ’keep in dock.’ Regards, Adrien > On Jun 13, 2018, at 6:56 AM, David T. via gnucash-user > <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > My dock works, and has worked for a decade. Perhaps you are using GnuCash > from two places: Applications, and the dmg? I say this because the “?” could > happen after restart if the dock item were linked to a dmg file, and the dmg > weren’t reloaded on restart. > > Similarly, a second dock item would suggest a second executable in a > different location—although how the dock item could reference a different > executable is beyond me. > > David T. > >> On Jun 13, 2018, at 5:56 AM, Glen Byram via gnucash-user >> <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: >> >> I am running macOS Sierra 10.12.6 >> >> I cannot get Gnucash to reside in the mac dock like other apps. I may have >> reported this issue before but I can’t find anything in gnucash-user and >> whatever solution I thought I had was only temporary. >> >> >> >> 1) The normal process for placing an app into the dock permanently is to >> just drag it from the place it is installed (usually the Applications >> folder) to a position on the dock that you want. >> >> Once this is done, you should be able to launch the app from the resulting >> dock icon. The same icon should bounce as it launches, then stop with a dot >> under the icon to show it is active. >> >> The behaviour I see is that a duplicate Gnucash icon appears at the end of >> the dock and it is this one that bounces/indicates active app. Although >> functionally OK, I don’t want 2 icons for the same app when its running one >> instance. >> >> >> >> 2) I have tried the alternate method of keeping Gnucash in the dock; Make >> sure there are no Gnucash dock icons then launch it directly from the >> Applications folder. Once launched, right click on the active dock icon and >> select Options->Keep in dock. After that, I can move the icon to the >> position in the dock I want it to be. It now appears to work perfectly. >> Unfortunately, after I log out, or after some periods of sleep (not sure on >> the number-seems random) the Gnucash icon gets overlayed with a question >> mark indicating that the location of the app is now unknown – even though it >> has not changed and is still in the Applications folder. If I restart the >> machine when the Gnucash icon is working as expected, I get a grey question >> mark in the dock without even the Gnucash icon. Mousing over the grey >> question mark gives a Gnucash tooltip but of course it won’t launch as the >> location of Gnucash is unknown. The only option is to right click on the >> icon+question mark or question mark (by itself) and select Options->Remove >> from Dock. >> >> >> >> As far as I can tell Gnucash is the only App I have that exhibits this >> behaviour. At the start, I thought I had fixed it using method 2 above. Then >> after several days the dreaded question mark appeared over the icon. >> >> Other things I have tried include making an Alias for Gnucash and dragging >> that to the dock. It didn’t work and behaved like 1) above (duplicate app >> icon on launch). >> >> I decided maybe the dock was corrupt so I did a reset to default: Terminal >> command; “defaults delete com.apple.dock; killall Dock” >> >> This meant I had to rebuild my preferred dock from scratch. There was no >> difference. All other app icons behaved as expected apart from Gnucash. >> >> >> >> My conclusion is that Gnucash must have a launch process different to other >> apps and/or the drag/drop to dock processing must be different. >> >> For the time being I tend to stick to Option 2 above as I prefer a single >> launch icon on the dock. When Gnucash eventually gets it’s inevitable >> question mark I remove it from dock then re-instate it as per 2) above. But >> it would be nice to have no need to do that. It’s not urgent or a matter of >> life and death but something to ponder. >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> Glen >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> ----- >> 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 > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > 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 To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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