On a Mac, the Gnucash support files are either in the app bundle itself, or in ~/Library/Application Support/Gnucash, so it takes a little work to move them from Windows/Linux to a Mac. -- Dave Reiser dbrei...@icloud.com
> On Dec 2, 2018, at 3:15 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 <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>> wrote: > On Dec 2, 2018, at 12:17 PM, Jules Levinson <juleslevin...@comcast.net > <mailto: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 <mailto:dbrei...@icloud.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user> > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists > <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.
