On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 07:49:44AM -0400, Derek Atkins wrote: > On Fri, April 30, 2021 5:49 am, Neil Campbell wrote: > > Good morning. > > > > I downloaded Gnucash for Mac and it is there in my App folder. When I > > double click on it to load it, it gives a brief “sun-burst” but nothing > > happens. I am using OSX ver 10.15.7 (Catalina). I have tried: > > Just to verify, you downloaded the DMG, opened it, and manually copied the > bundle to /Applications? > > > Loading it from Apps folder using Ctrl Click. The first time I did this it > > asked me if I wanted to load the app and I clicked Yes. Then nothing > > happened. No error message. No nothing. > > > > Using the Terminal with open /applications/gnucash.app. This seems to run > > and then just go back to the curser on the folder that was there. > > > > Security & Privacy allows Mac App Store and identified developers and > > there is no message there to say that it is being stopped from loading. > > > > Finally I ran (in the terminal) /applications/gnucash.app and received the > > following response Permission denied. I then went back to Finder and > > looked at “info” under sharing & permissions and see that it says - You > > can read and write. > > > > I am a loss as to what to do next. Any help will be greatly received. > It's not that it needs eXecute permission is it? I believe the Mac's underlying OS is basically Unix and to allow a program to be run you need execute permission, just read and write is not enough.
I don't know how you'd set this on Mac though I'm afraid. -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ 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.
