Thanks, i’ll Try that. Georgina On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 2:00 PM Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote:
> Dear Georgina, > > [snip] > > Op dinsdag 15 januari 2019 12:52:50 CET schreef Georgina Hunter-Jones: > >> Dear Geert, > >> Thank you, that helped to a certain extent. I can now see lines of > >> information with the account details. However, it appears to be 'read > >> only' > >> and I cannot enter any further data. I also cannot see anything more > >> than > >> an overall view of the account, ie no dates etc. > >> > >> Anything I can do to change that? Thank you very much for your help so > >> far. > >> Best wishes, Georgina > > This sounds like it could be a permissions problem, although I'm not > familiar enough with MacOS permissions to know how best to fix it. > Hopefully a MacOS expert will come in. But it really sounds like when you > copied your data file you put it into a directory that your current user > does not have access to write new files. > > Can you try this: > > Make a new folder from the Finder > Copy your data file to the new Folder > Open GnuCash > File -> Open the data file from the new folder > > Does this help? > > >> On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 8:31 AM Geert Janssens > >> <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be> > >> > >> wrote: > >> > A few other suggestions: > >> > > >> > 1. Which files did you transfer ? While that sounds obvious, it is not > >> > always > >> > so. So this question is to ensure you really did copy your gnucash > >> data > >> > file > >> > to the older computer. > >> > > >> > 2. How have you tried to open your gnucash data file ? It's important > >> to > >> > realize that on MacOS double-clicking on a random gnucash data file > >> > doesn't > >> > necessarily mean that file will be opened. GnuCash will always reopen > >> that > >> > previously last opened file (which may be different from the one you > >> > double- > >> > clicked on). To fix that you can: > >> > - Start the gnucash application > >> > - Select File->Open > >> > - Navigate to your gnucash data file and open it this way > >> > > >> > Will that bring your data back ? > >> > > >> > Regards, > >> > > >> > Geert > > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > -derek > > -- > Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 > de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com > Computer and Internet Security Consultant > > _______________________________________________ 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.
