I was having the same issues no matter where I put it. I was able to finally get it to run by dragging it to the dock and then launching. Works fine for me now.
On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 2:16 PM Gerry Starnes <gerrystar...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had the same problem with 3.3. I had to add a couple of steps though. > > 1) renamed the old folder in Applications to GnuCash 2.2 > 2) created a new folder for GnuCash 3.3 in the Applications folder. > 3) copied all of the files in the window that opened when I double clicked > the installer volume to the new GnuCash 3.3 folder > 4) clicked on GnuCash in the new folder > > This opened GnuCash correctly and it also found my previous data files. > Seems to me that something about the installation does not actually put the > executable and support files in the Applications folder. > > Gerry S > > On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 1:21 PM David Reiser via gnucash-user < > gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > > On Dec 2, 2018, at 12:17 PM, Jules Levinson <juleslevin...@comcast.net> > > wrote: > > > > > > I have used GnuCash for many years, but only on Windows. My wife has > > > decided to give GnuCash a try. She uses a Mac. I've never used one. > > > > > > She downloaded the current *.dmg file from the website and then did > > > whatever one does on a Mac to install an application. Several times. > Many > > > times. Installation failed, always in the same way, leaving her with, > at > > > best, an icon for GnuCash but unable to open the program. Unfamiliar > with > > > the Mac, I am unable to help her. I hope someone on this list will be > > able > > > to assist me to assist her. > > > > > > In search of information, I stumbled across a few forums and queries. > One > > > resembled her experience closely: > > > > > > "The installation process appears to go normally, there's the usual > > warning > > > about 'Opening' a file downloaded from the internet and the GNUCash > icon > > is > > > seen 'bouncing' up & down on the lower docking bar, but after you > 'click' > > > Open the GNUCash icon disappears and the installation process halts - > > > nothing! No GNUCash. I've tried several fresh downloads and repeated > the > > > same installation process without success." > > > > > > I read this to her. She replied, "That is what is happening on my > > computer." > > > > > > Thanks for whatever help you can offer us. > > > > > > Jules B. Levinson > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > If the gnucash is in the Applications folder (usual place to install apps > > on a mac), and that is where it gets launched the first time when the > > system asks you if you want to run an app downloaded from the internet, > > when you say “Yes, run it”, the Mac fails to open the app. If you go back > > to the Applications folder and double click Gnucash again, it will open > > Gnucash as expected (without asking again if you’re sure). That’s what > has > > been happening for me for many version releases, maybe even before the > 3.x > > versions. After that first aborted launch for a new download, I have not > > had any launch failures. > > > > So, plan to have to open Gnucash twice on a Mac the first time you try > > running a newly downloaded copy. > > > > Keep in mind, though, that double clicking on any gnucash data file on a > > mac usually results in gnucash opening with the last data file it used, > > even if that wasn’t the file you double-clicked in Finder. Use File>Open > > from within Gnucash. Just launch Gnucash directly if you want to use the > > last file it had open. > > -- > > Dave Reiser > > dbrei...@icloud.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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.
