Can you open GnuCash without an active data file? You do this from a terminal window using the --nofile option.
David T. On Aug 4, 2025, 10:47 PM, at 10:47 PM, Jacob Wegelin <[email protected]> wrote: >Sherlock, > >Thank you for your reply. > >The latest backup is JAW.gnucash.20250803224255.gnucash, do I just open >it >or do I first get rid of the current >JAW.gnucash >and rename >JAW.gnucash.20250803224255.gnucash >to that name? > >Jacob > >On 2025-08-04 Mon 19:36, Sherlock wrote: >> Jacob, >> >> Have you tried opening recent backups saved of the gnucash file saved > >> before the issue appeared? >> >> Regards, >> >> Sherlock >> >> >> On 8/4/25 7:19 PM, Jacob Wegelin wrote: >>> I have been using gnucash for about 20 years on macos for personal >>> bookkeeping. >>> Suddenly today, it refuses to open with the following message: >>> >>> GnuCash could not obtain the lock for /Users/qg/u/Household/ >>> GnuCash/wip/JAW.gnucash (which is my file which it also opens). >>> >>> The database may be in use by another user, in which case you >>> should not open the database. What would you like to do? >>> >>> When I clicked "open anyway," the application looked like it was >loading >>> and then it went away---the application was not open. >>> >>> I tried deleting gnucash.LCK and it just made another one. >>> >>> I reinstalled gnucash, updated my macos and rebooted the computer. >>> >>> I changed the permissions on JAW.gnucash so it is readable and >>> writeable by everybody. Exactly the same message. >>> >>> I tried reinstalling it again after the macos reboot, as follows: >>> >>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Installation >>> >>> >https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20%28stable%29/ >>> click: download latest version Gnucash-Arm-5.12-1.dmg (184.3 MB) >>> >>> I made gnucash.LCK read,write,execute by everybody, but the same >result. >>> >>> How do I get GnuCash working again? I use it every day. >>> >>> Thank you >>> >>> Jacob Wegelin >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> 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 >[email protected] >To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >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 [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: 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.
