John, GnuCash on the Mac ALWAYS opens the last file it had open—even when you double-click on another GnuCash file. This is a long-known issue with how the Mac handles the GnuCash startup.
File->Open will get you to your second set of accounts. David > On Nov 24, 2017, at 8:00 AM, John Nightingale <johnn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am treasurer of two quite different organisations. I have kept accounts for > both using gnucash, but on two different Macs. Now I have only one Mac. Both > sets of accounts are primarily held on a USB stick, one for each organisation. > > Why can I not open the accounts on the USB stick that used to be opened on > the older Mac, now deceased? I attempt to open via double-clicking a file > (I’ve tried them all) of the desired accounts, but always the other set of > accounts opens. I have also tried to open from the opened accounts by closing > all windows, but that merely makes the app quit. > > I have also tried to duplicate the app and locate it in the folder containing > the second set of accounts, but that doesn’t work either. > > Is there a way to resolve this? > John N. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
