I dragged the application to my desktop. Frankly I did not think to drag it to the applications folder. I just dragged it from my desktop and everything is working week. Did an eject.
I found the backups. They are in my Users folder under my name. Gentlemen, thanks you for your help. Have a nice day. Best regards, John Donnee 910.622.8111 317 Mount Eden Place Cary, NC 27518 > On Dec 2, 2017, at 1:45 PM, David T. <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > John, > > You don’t say what you did when you downloaded “the latest version” > (presumably 2.6.18, yes?). Once you downloaded it, did you open the dmg file > and drag Gnucash.app into your applications folder? I ask this because you > say there are two Gnucash apps in Applications. As the different versions of > Gnucash on the Mac all use the same file name, I’m not sure how you have two > Gnucash apps in the Applications folder; thus, the new one would have/should > have replaced the earlier one. > > You also seem to be conflating the *program* with *your data*. The two are > not the same, and do not reside in the same location. The program > (Gnucash.app) should be located in /Applications; your data will have been > stored where-ever you told Gnucash to put it. Many of us use a folder in our > “home” folder—perhaps you did as well? > > Regardless, if you delete Gnucash.app, you will only be deleting the > program—which you can always get again by downloading and installing it again > if need be. > > As for your data file, we have no way of knowing where you put your data file > (that’s like asking us to tell you where you put your car keys ;)), I can > only suggest that you open Gnucash, and then select File->Save As, which will > allow you to see where Gnucash has found the current file and what its name > is. Then, you can exit Gnucash and make a backup of this file to someplace > safe. > > For what it’s worth, you may wish to read the FAQ sections regarding files > and backups at > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_do_I_backup_my_data.3F > <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_do_I_backup_my_data.3F> > > Hope that helps, > David T. > >> On Dec 2, 2017, at 11:27 PM, John Donnee <jjdon...@gmail.com >> <mailto:jjdon...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Ok, so I downloaded the latest version of GNUcash and it did point to my >> latest copy and everything came up properly. >> >> I am still confused about a couple of things. >> >> 1. Do I go back in to my iMac and delete old versions of GNUcash? >> a. In the Applications folder all that is showing are 2 GNUcash apps from >> 2014 and 2015. >> b. I have no idea where this latest version is stored and I am afraid to >> delete the two in the App folder >> >> 2. I still cannot find where the newest DB’s are stored on my Mac hard >> drive. Any suggestions? >> >> Thanks >> >> John >> John Donnee >> >> 910.622.8111 >> 317 Mount Eden Place >> Cary, NC 27518 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto: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.
