I'm having what I thought was a similar problem. In my case it turned
out to be an issue with Dropbox in macOS 12.3. I keep my Gnucash data
in a shared directory on Dropbox because I sometimes run it on both
Linux and macOS. The syncing is pretty much broken right now. The
files are there on the Ma
Hmm is right. I just tried to duplicate the issue and couldn't. It
must be something a little more subtle, or GC got into some bad state.
On 3/5/22 12:53, john wrote:
Hmm.
I have for many years kept my books in an encrypted disk image (dmg) that I
back up on Google Drive. After a restart I
Hmm.
I have for many years kept my books in an encrypted disk image (dmg) that I
back up on Google Drive. After a restart I have to remount the dmg, something I
occasionally forget to do before starting GnuCash and when I do GnuCash pops up
that dialog. I've always told it no. I usually quit Gn
I think I have this sorted out. I did try File->Open, but it didn't
work. I did know about the 'Known Mac Thing', so annoying.
Something not obvious, probably a bug. When GC fails to open the last
file, because it isn't there or the Sambashare hasn't been mounted yet,
a GUI pops up sayin
If you are getting a crash, you should file it on bugs.gnucash.org and
attach your crash report there.
Also, check the wiki about obtaining a TraceFile. That might be helpful
as well.
But first...
I'm guessing you can start GnuCash since it crashes on exit.
Can you navigate to File > Open a
't
open...
Original Message
From: brad
Sent: Fri Mar 04 21:07:22 EST 2022
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] mac fails to open gnucash file
Upgraded to 4.9. It still fails to open. Also when closing GC it
crashes. I don't know if the list will allow it, but I&#x
Upgraded to 4.9. It still fails to open. Also when closing GC it
crashes. I don't know if the list will allow it, but I'll attach the
crash report.
On 3/4/22 17:48, William Prescott wrote:
There was a problem with 4.8 on Monterey. I don't remember the symptoms, but
upgrading to 4.8-2 or 4
There was a problem with 4.8 on Monterey. I don't remember the symptoms, but
upgrading to 4.8-2 or 4.9 fixed it. Either should be compatible with 4.8 on
Linux.
Will
On 2022 Mar 4, at 03-04 18:39:04, brad wrote:
I suddenly can't open a gnucash file (it worked recently) on Mac. Gnucash 4.8.
I suddenly can't open a gnucash file (it worked recently) on Mac.
Gnucash 4.8. The Mac recently updated to 12.2.1, Monterey & that may
have broken gnucash.
It will have an error msg like: 'Can't parse the
URL/Volumes/.../brad.gnucash'
We usually run it on a Samba share, but I copied it over to
