Finder displays that option only when the current directory is your home directory. That's the one in Users named after your user-id.
I see that you've installed GnuCash and Finance Quote Update to the MacintoshHD directory, aka root. This is unwise, you should move them to some subdirectory. Applications is a common choice. That also applies to other folders in MacintoshHD. Applications should go in the Applications folder and everything else should be in subdirectories of your Home folder. Regards, John Ralls > On Apr 6, 2019, at 2:00 PM, Eric Rathhaus office <e...@ewrlaw.com> wrote: > > Hi John - when I follow your directions and use “show view options” I don’t > find any option of show library file. Perhaps I’m not looking in the correct > place. In Finder, I use the find command which open a box, which I presume > is my home directory, click on the “gear”, and select “show view options.” I > attach a couple of screen shots of what I see > > Kind regards, > > Eric W. Rathhaus > Law Office of Eric W. Rathhaus > 484 Lake Park Avenue, Suite 50 > Oakland, CA 94610 > 415.577.0920 tel > 415.737.0603 fax > > www.ewrlaw.com > > Confidentiality : > > The information contained in this message is legally privileged and > confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named > above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please > be advised that any dissemination, distribution, or copy of the information > in this message, and/or the name(s) of the person(s) it is addressed to, is > prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us by > returning this email to us. If that is not possible, we will reimburse you > for any costs in returning this message to us through other means. > > > >> On Apr 2, 2019, at 8:13 PM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: >> >> Yes, I deliberately wrote them generically. Since you've now specified the >> OS I can further explain that you'll find the book folder in >> ~/Library/Application Support/gnucash and that TextEdit is perfectly fine >> for examining the contents of the directories. In order to get Finder to >> look in ~/Library you'll need to go to your home directory, click the gear >> icon in the toolbar, select "Show View Options" and select "Show Library >> Folder", the last checkbox. >> >> You'll have more success searching for filenames with Finder than with >> Spotlight; the latter looks at file metadata and contents rather than file >> names. >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls >> >> >>> On Apr 2, 2019, at 5:39 PM, Eric Rathhaus office <e...@ewrlaw.com> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks, John. I’m using a Mac. Will your directions still apply? >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> >>> Eric W. Rathhaus >>> Law Office of Eric W. Rathhaus >>> 484 Lake Park Avenue, Suite 50 >>> Oakland, CA 94610 >>> 415.577.0920 tel >>> 415.737.0603 fax >>> >>> www.ewrlaw.com >>> >>> Confidentiality : >>> >>> The information contained in this message is legally privileged and >>> confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee(s) >>> named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, >>> please be advised that any dissemination, distribution, or copy of the >>> information in this message, and/or the name(s) of the person(s) it is >>> addressed to, is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, >>> please notify us by returning this email to us. If that is not possible, >>> we will reimburse you for any costs in returning this message to us through >>> other means. >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Apr 2, 2019, at 5:02 PM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: >>>> >>>> The books directory in GNC_DATA_DIR (see >>>> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations to see where that is >>>> on your OS) will have a file named after each one that you've had open >>>> with a .gcm extension instead of .gnucash. If you left registers open when >>>> you closed the .gnucash file the .gcm file will name the accounts for >>>> those registers, which might help you narrow down which is the one you >>>> want. Once you've figured that out you can use your OS's file-find utility >>>> to locate it. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> John Ralls >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Apr 2, 2019, at 2:27 PM, Eric Rathhaus office <e...@ewrlaw.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, John. My only problem is that I tried opening various files to >>>>> see if I could find the correct one so that the the “good” file won’t be >>>>> on the list of four. Any other ways to find it? >>>>> >>>>> Kind regards, >>>>> >>>>> Eric W. Rathhaus >>>>> Law Office of Eric W. Rathhaus >>>>> 484 Lake Park Avenue, Suite 50 >>>>> Oakland, CA 94610 >>>>> 415.577.0920 tel >>>>> 415.737.0603 fax >>>>> >>>>> www.ewrlaw.com >>>>> >>>>> Confidentiality : >>>>> >>>>> The information contained in this message is legally privileged and >>>>> confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee(s) >>>>> named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended >>>>> recipient, please be advised that any dissemination, distribution, or >>>>> copy of the information in this message, and/or the name(s) of the >>>>> person(s) it is addressed to, is prohibited. If you have received this >>>>> message in error, please notify us by returning this email to us. If >>>>> that is not possible, we will reimburse you for any costs in returning >>>>> this message to us through other means. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Mar 31, 2019, at 7:35 PM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.fremont.ca.us> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mar 31, 2019, at 5:17 PM, Eric Rathhaus office <e...@ewrlaw.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello - I just downloaded version 3.4. When I opened for 1st time, >>>>>>> everything was fine and I began entering transactions into an account >>>>>>> ledger. I wanted to save these transactions but the save button was >>>>>>> greyed out. I thought maybe I needed to point to the correct data >>>>>>> file. When I used “open” from the file menu, and pend the normal base >>>>>>> data file, it in fact was old and had no transactions after 2013. Now >>>>>>> I cannot find my data. All suggestions welcome. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Kind regards, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Eric W. Rathhaus >>>>>>> Law Office of Eric W. Rathhaus >>>>>>> 484 Lake Park Avenue, Suite 50 >>>>>>> Oakland, CA 94610 >>>>>>> 415.577.0920 tel >>>>>>> 415.737.0603 fax >>>>>>> >>>>>>> www.ewrlaw.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Confidentiality : >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The information contained in this message is legally privileged and >>>>>>> confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee(s) >>>>>>> named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended >>>>>>> recipient, please be advised that any dissemination, distribution, or >>>>>>> copy of the information in this message, and/or the name(s) of the >>>>>>> person(s) it is addressed to, is prohibited. If you have received this >>>>>>> message in error, please notify us by returning this email to us. If >>>>>>> that is not possible, we will reimburse you for any costs in returning >>>>>>> this message to us through other means. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> When you started GnuCash it opened the last file you had used. If you >>>>>> entered transactions into it and that didn't light up the "save" button >>>>>> then you were using a SQL backend, probably SQLite3 because otherwise >>>>>> you would have been asked for a password. When you opened the other file >>>>>> that closed the one you were working on. >>>>>> >>>>>> No matter, just click the File menu. At the bottom you'll find the last >>>>>> files you used up to 4 in order of use. Just pick the second one on the >>>>>> list and it will be your "other" file. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> John Ralls >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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. >>>> >>> >> > <Screen Shot 2019-04-06 at 1.58.04 PM.png><Screen Shot 2019-04-06 at 1.57.58 > PM.png><Screen Shot 2019-04-06 at 1.57.44 PM.png> _______________________________________________ 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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