Re: Here Is What I Did

2017-12-02 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
You should have a file named “mydata.gnucash” (where “mydata” is whatever you called it. That’s your data file. The other is a log of changes since your last save. You can go to the wiki page I referenced and learn all about Gnucash’s various files. David T. > On Dec 3, 2017, at 12:31 AM,

Re: Here Is What I Did

2017-12-02 Thread John Donnee
Looks like two files. Is it the log file or the other file. Or should I just make a backup of both. Thanks John On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 1:56 PM David T. wrote: > John, > > Glad to hear. > > Just as a final note: the files in your home folder aren’t “backups.” They > are

Re: Here Is What I Did

2017-12-02 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
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 wrote: > > I dragged the application to

Re: Here Is What I Did

2017-12-02 Thread John Donnee
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

Re: Here Is What I Did

2017-12-02 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
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