It does happen when running from the dmg and then eject it, but the OP specifically noted they were running it from Applications.
Regards, Adrien > On Jun 14, 2018, at 3:33 PM, Eric Sokolowsky <esok...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have seen this behavior with gimp. I believe it happens because the > application is run from the dmg. If you copy it to applications or the > desktop from the dmg the problem might go away. I'm going to try this with > gimp too. > > Eric > > On Thu, Jun 14, 2018, 3:30 PM Adrien Monteleone > <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Try creating another user account on the Mac. Add GnuCash to dock and see if > the problem persists. It might be an issue with prefs files for your user > account. If you don’t want to go that route, or in conjunction with doing so, > when the question mark appears, try either Force Quitting (technically > relaunching) Finder from the apple menu, and/or execute a “killall Dock” > command from a terminal. That might give you the reset needed. Also, keep > Console.app running and check it when the question mark appears to see if > there are any related entries. > > Regards, > Adrien > > > On Jun 14, 2018, at 2:15 PM, Glen Byram (Gmail) <glen83...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Yes, it certainly is annoying. As we speak, Gnucash has just got its grey > > question mark. The machine has been woken up for about the 10th time since > > I last did "Keep in Dock". No full restart in that time (I rarely do with > > the mac). No issue at all the previous 9 or so "wake-ups. I am starting to > > think that something is wrong with this specific Mac. I would definitely > > think that was the case if other apps had the same issue, but they all work > > fine. > > Regards > > Glen > > > > > > On 14/06/2018, 15:07, "gnucash-user on behalf of Adrien Monteleone" > > <gnucash-user-bounces+glen83501=gmail....@gnucash.org on behalf of > > adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > > > I don’t think a second executable is the issue. I frequently see this > > problem with Firefox. Occasionally after it updates and re-launches, it > > will drop a new icon on the far right of my dock for that updated instance. > > I just close it and relaunch it as normal with the original icon. (which > > uses the updated instance, there is no older executable anywhere, even if I > > clicked that original icon while the other was still open.) > > > > I don’t have even a guess as to why this is happening though once > > GnuCash’s launcher is stored in the dock via right-click and ’keep in dock.’ > > > > Regards, > > Adrien > > > >> On Jun 13, 2018, at 6:56 AM, David T. via gnucash-user > >> <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > >> > >> My dock works, and has worked for a decade. Perhaps you are using GnuCash > >> from two places: Applications, and the dmg? I say this because the “?” > >> could happen after restart if the dock item were linked to a dmg file, and > >> the dmg weren’t reloaded on restart. > >> > >> Similarly, a second dock item would suggest a second executable in a > >> different location—although how the dock item could reference a different > >> executable is beyond me. > >> > >> David T. > >> > >>> On Jun 13, 2018, at 5:56 AM, Glen Byram via gnucash-user > >>> <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > >>> > >>> I am running macOS Sierra 10.12.6 > >>> > >>> I cannot get Gnucash to reside in the mac dock like other apps. I may > >>> have reported this issue before but I can’t find anything in gnucash-user > >>> and whatever solution I thought I had was only temporary. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> 1) The normal process for placing an app into the dock permanently is to > >>> just drag it from the place it is installed (usually the Applications > >>> folder) to a position on the dock that you want. > >>> > >>> Once this is done, you should be able to launch the app from the > >>> resulting dock icon. The same icon should bounce as it launches, then > >>> stop with a dot under the icon to show it is active. > >>> > >>> The behaviour I see is that a duplicate Gnucash icon appears at the end > >>> of the dock and it is this one that bounces/indicates active app. > >>> Although functionally OK, I don’t want 2 icons for the same app when its > >>> running one instance. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> 2) I have tried the alternate method of keeping Gnucash in the dock; Make > >>> sure there are no Gnucash dock icons then launch it directly from the > >>> Applications folder. Once launched, right click on the active dock icon > >>> and select Options->Keep in dock. After that, I can move the icon to the > >>> position in the dock I want it to be. It now appears to work perfectly. > >>> Unfortunately, after I log out, or after some periods of sleep (not sure > >>> on the number-seems random) the Gnucash icon gets overlayed with a > >>> question mark indicating that the location of the app is now unknown – > >>> even though it has not changed and is still in the Applications folder. > >>> If I restart the machine when the Gnucash icon is working as expected, I > >>> get a grey question mark in the dock without even the Gnucash icon. > >>> Mousing over the grey question mark gives a Gnucash tooltip but of course > >>> it won’t launch as the location of Gnucash is unknown. The only option is > >>> to right click on the icon+question mark or question mark (by itself) and > >>> select Options->Remove from Dock. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> As far as I can tell Gnucash is the only App I have that exhibits this > >>> behaviour. At the start, I thought I had fixed it using method 2 above. > >>> Then after several days the dreaded question mark appeared over the icon. > >>> > >>> Other things I have tried include making an Alias for Gnucash and > >>> dragging that to the dock. It didn’t work and behaved like 1) above > >>> (duplicate app icon on launch). > >>> > >>> I decided maybe the dock was corrupt so I did a reset to default: > >>> Terminal command; “defaults delete com.apple.dock; killall Dock” > >>> > >>> This meant I had to rebuild my preferred dock from scratch. There was no > >>> difference. All other app icons behaved as expected apart from Gnucash. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> My conclusion is that Gnucash must have a launch process different to > >>> other apps and/or the drag/drop to dock processing must be different. > >>> > >>> For the time being I tend to stick to Option 2 above as I prefer a single > >>> launch icon on the dock. When Gnucash eventually gets it’s inevitable > >>> question mark I remove it from dock then re-instate it as per 2) above. > >>> But it would be nice to have no need to do that. It’s not urgent or a > >>> matter of life and death but something to ponder. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Cheers > >>> > >>> Glen > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> gnucash-user mailing list > >>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > >>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > >>> ----- > >>> 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 > >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > >> ----- > >> 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 > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > > ----- > > 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 > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > 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 To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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