OOPS -- I hit Reply instead of Reply List, and didn't notice till after I clicked Send. Michael, if you have a reply please send it to the list, not just to me.
On 2021-02-27 11:34, Michael Margolis wrote: > I have been using GnuCash on my early 2015 MacBook Pro. GnuCash has been placing logs on my desktop. Lots of them! When I have tried to move them, I have “lost” data in GnuCash. As a result, I am gun-shy about trying to move them without some advice. > > Can I create a folder and direct GnuCash to store and find the logs there? Or some other workaround that doesn’t require a lot of technical knowledge? No, unfortunately GnuCash insists on writing all log files to the same folder where the data file is located. (Your question is probably the most commonly asked one, for what comfort that may be.) It seems natural to put a frequently-used file like your accounting database on the desktop, but as you've discovered GnuCash is the exception. All you can do is set a preference for those files to be auto-deleted after a specified number of days, so at least they don't go on accumulating indefinitely. For this reason, most people dedicate a folder solely for GnuCash database(s). To move your GC database to a different folder, first create the folder. Then open the file as you usually do, and click File » Save As to save it to your new folder. Form then on, log files will be created in that folder. After checking that everything is okay, you can delete all the GC files from your desktop. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com https://OakRoadSystems.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.
