Lorrie, you should have replied to All because I do not have a Mac, and I cannot help you. Others here can.
David C On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 12:32 AM, Lorrie E Clemens <lorrie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi David, > No, I have a Mac. > Lorrie > > On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 8:49 PM, David Carlson < > david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Lorrie, >> >> Welcome to GnuCash. >> >> For this discussion I am assuming that you have installed GnuCash onto a >> Windows computer. You only need to do that once. >> >> First, create a folder under My Documents called LorrieGnuCashData or >> something like that. >> >> If you have your file explorer set to show file extensions then your >> Gnucash data files will have .gnucash extension or .gnucash with a 14 digit >> number and either a .log or .gnucash extension. yes, there are a lot of >> them but they are all backups except for the newest one with the short >> extension name, which is your actual data file. There is a setting for how >> long to keep the backups. You will want to make a separate backup now and >> then for the day that your hard drive fails. >> >> Then undelete all those files that GnuCash cluttered up your desktop with >> and move them to to that new folder. >> >> Finally, pick the newest file that has a simple .gnucash file extension >> and double click on it. >> >> Thereafter you can either double click that filename or the GnuCash Icon. >> >> David C >> >> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 7:45 PM, Lorrie E Clemens <lorrie...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> I am new to GnuCash. >>> I was able to download all of my information and balance my accounts >>> earlier this month and I did make a copy. >>> While I was doing all of the input I ended up having a lot of GnuCash >>> folders on my desk top. I put them into the trash but have not deleted >>> them. >>> I wanted to put in more payments today, but I am not sure how to access >>> my >>> data. If I click on Gnucash-Intel it cannot pull up my account. >>> So I do I get back into my account and how do I prevent scores of GnuCash >>> folders from downloading on my desktop? Also, how do I install the >>> GnuCash >>> app so that it stays on my computer? Or do I have to go on line to >>> reinstall every time? >>> Sincerely, >>> Lorrie Clemens >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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. >>> >> >> > _______________________________________________ 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.
