Actually I’m a MacHead. =) The GnuCash installation is not clear and different programs install differently. It doesn’t do the usual “Drag this to Applications” kind of instruction. Some open source programs use a variety of installation procedures. Just glad I figured it out.
Gerry S > > On Dec 2, 2018 at 8:32 PM, <David T. (mailto:sunfis...@yahoo.com)> wrote: > > > Dave, > > > I'm pretty sure Gerry was not talking about configuration files. His > references to folders in Applications suggests that. The terminology he uses > suggests he is more familiar with Windows or Linux than the Mac, since (as > John notes elsewhere) the only installation one needs to do for Gnucash on > the Mac is drag the executable into Applications. > > > > FWIW, Gerry, you can install different versions of gnucash on a mac simply by > changing the name of the app in the Applications folder. I have 2.6.21 and > 3.3 side by side on my machine. Increasingly, I open 3.3, but I keep 2.6.21 > because the look is more to my taste. > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 4:58, David Reiser via gnucash-user > > > > <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > > > > > On a Mac, the Gnucash support files are either in the app bundle itself, > > or in ~/Library/Application Support/Gnucash, so it takes a little work to > > move them from Windows/Linux to a Mac. > > -- > > Dave Reiser > > dbrei...@icloud.com (mailto:dbrei...@icloud.com) > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 2, 2018, at 3:15 PM, Gerry Starnes <gerrystar...@gmail.com > > (mailto:gerrystar...@gmail.com)> wrote: > > > > > > I had the same problem with 3.3. I had to add a couple of steps though. > > > > > > 1) renamed the old folder in Applications to GnuCash 2.2 > > > 2) created a new folder for GnuCash 3.3 in the Applications folder. > > > 3) copied all of the files in the window that opened when I double > > clicked the installer volume to the new GnuCash 3.3 folder > > > 4) clicked on GnuCash in the new folder > > > > > > This opened GnuCash correctly and it also found my previous data > > files. Seems to me that something about the installation does not actually > > put the executable and support files in the Applications folder. > > > > > > Gerry S > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 1:21 PM David Reiser via gnucash-user > > <gnucash-user@gnucash.org (mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org) > > <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>> wrote: > > > On Dec 2, 2018, at 12:17 PM, Jules Levinson > > <juleslevin...@comcast.net (mailto:juleslevin...@comcast.net) > > <mailto:juleslevin...@comcast.net>> wrote: > > > > > > > > I have used GnuCash for many years, but only on Windows. My wife > > has > > > > decided to give GnuCash a try. She uses a Mac. I've never used one. > > > > > > > > She downloaded the current *.dmg file from the website and then did > > > > whatever one does on a Mac to install an application. Several > > times. Many > > > > times. Installation failed, always in the same way, leaving her > > with, at > > > > best, an icon for GnuCash but unable to open the program. > > Unfamiliar with > > > > the Mac, I am unable to help her. I hope someone on this list will > > be able > > > > to assist me to assist her. > > > > > > > > In search of information, I stumbled across a few forums and > > queries. One > > > > resembled her experience closely: > > > > > > > > "The installation process appears to go normally, there's the > > usual warning > > > > about 'Opening' a file downloaded from the internet and the > > GNUCash icon is > > > > seen 'bouncing' up & down on the lower docking bar, but after > > you 'click' > > > > Open the GNUCash icon disappears and the installation process > > halts - > > > > nothing! No GNUCash. I've tried several fresh downloads and > > repeated the > > > > same installation process without success." > > > > > > > > I read this to her. She replied, "That is what is happening on my > > computer." > > > > > > > > Thanks for whatever help you can offer us. > > > > > > > > Jules B. Levinson > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > If the gnucash is in the Applications folder (usual place to install > > apps on a mac), and that is where it gets launched the first time when the > > system asks you if you want to run an app downloaded from the internet, > > when you say “Yes, run it”, the Mac fails to open the app. If you go back > > to the Applications folder and double click Gnucash again, it will open > > Gnucash as expected (without asking again if you’re sure). That’s what has > > been happening for me for many version releases, maybe even before the 3.x > > versions. After that first aborted launch for a new download, I have not > > had any launch failures. > > > > > > So, plan to have to open Gnucash twice on a Mac the first time you try > > running a newly downloaded copy. > > > > > > Keep in mind, though, that double clicking on any gnucash data file on > > a mac usually results in gnucash opening with the last data file it used, > > even if that wasn’t the file you double-clicked in Finder. Use File>Open > > from within Gnucash. Just launch Gnucash directly if you want to use the > > last file it had open. > > > -- > > > Dave Reiser > > > dbrei...@icloud.com (mailto:dbrei...@icloud.com) > > <mailto:dbrei...@icloud.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gnucash-user mailing list > > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org (mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org) > > <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > > > > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user> > > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists > > <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 (mailto: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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