Yes, it is very worrisome not to be able to open older files. Usually, I don’t want to edit them, I just want to copy and paste things from the files, so I just need LyX to be able to open them.
I think it must have something to do with LyX installation on Monterey. On Oct 20, 2022, 12:39 AM -1000, Gordon Watson <gordon.wat...@me.com>, wrote: > 1. I also seek to resolve the “lyx2lyx” problem when opening my old LyX > files. Example message: > > /Users/gordonwatson/Desktop/LyX files/BTR19.lyx is from an older version of > LyX and the lyx2lyx script failed to convert it. > > 2. I am using LyX Version 2.3.6.2 (7 January 2021) on a Mac with MacOS > Monterey, version 12.6 (21G115). > > 3. More recently, I found, at > https://latex.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&p=117963: > > "Through the LyX forum, the result that worked was the following > > /System/Volumes/Data/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx > -v oldfile.lyx > newfile.lyx > > BUT I have no clue what this means. > > 4. And when I went to https://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/ > the required correction was unclear to me. > > 5. In part, the above meanderings are because I have hundreds of files at > risk, AND I am very nervous about losing them! > > 6. Question: Should I download LyX Version 2.3.6.2 (7 January 2021) again? > If so, what precautions do I first need to take? > > Thanks. > > > > > > On 19 Oct 2022, at 5:24 am, ahostmadsen--- via lyx-users > > <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> wrote: > > > > I appreciate the feedback I have received, but I’m still left with a > > somewhat non-functioning LyX installation. To repeat > > > > 1. I cannot open older LyX formats. > > 2. Instant preview does not work. > > > > This happened recently. Can anyone suggest how I can get LyX to work again? > > -- > > lyx-users mailing list > > lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > > http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users >
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