Hi John, if the new version is in a different folder will it automatically find my existing database.
Will the older version still have the link to my existing database? Thanks JON John Donnee 910.622.8111 317 Mt. Eden Place Cary, NC 27518 dataplan GmbH Sent from my iPad > On Jul 3, 2017, at 10:31 AM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > > > >> On Jul 3, 2017, at 5:50 AM, John Donnee <jdon...@ec.rr.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, today I received an email about the latest Mac upgrade. >> >> 1. I have not done an upgrade since 2014 >> 2. My system is stable and running well >> >> 3. Does it make sense to do the new upgrade? >> 4. Can I go from my 2014 version directly to this new Mac version. > > Whether it makes sense depends on your usage. We’ve fixed a lot of bugs and > made some things easier to do particularly when dealing with foreign > currencies, but also made a few things harder like getting a trial balance to > balance when one has multiple buys and sells of a stock. > > The data is fully forward-compatible and mostly backward compatible; there > are a few new features that will create data that an older version won’t be > able to read. > > GnuCash on a mac is a self-contained bundle so you can easily try out the new > version without deleting the old one, just keep them in different folders. > After trying it out for a bit just drag the one you don’t want to the trash. > > Regards, > John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
