As an example, I have an iCloud 'Shared' folder in my Finder sidebar,
dragging that icon to a Terminal.app window reveals the true location as:
/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/SharedDocuments.cannedSearch
Unfortunately, that doesn't work for the iCloud Drive location folder
itself. But I'm sure a web search would turn up the proper result. (and
even that 'location' above isn't real, as it just invokes a 'find' type
of operation rather than revealing a mount-point)
The short of all of this is: navigate to the *real* mapped location in
the filesystem tree (rather than looking for the sidebar shortcut) and
you *should* be able to find your files.
Many other folks here use MacOS as well, and some store their files on
iCloud for access from other locations so they might be able to offer
more concrete/specific assistance.
Regards,
Adrien
On 2/18/23 10:00 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
I have not tried using iCloud or any other non-local storage for my data
file (I consider a 'LAN' as 'local') but this *might* be an issue with
Gatekeeper and permissions to access other storage locations. I recall
being pestered by MacOS when it was implemented to approve of various
applications having access to this or that storage folder and in
particular my music apps having access to my music files which I stored
on an external drive. A similar situation could be the case with GnuCash
and your iCloud folder.
MacOS *should* ask you for permissions for an app the first time you
attempt to access a location from within said app, but that might not
always happen, and in the case of GnuCash, not being technically MacOS
native, it might not always trigger that permission request.
Try navigating to (Apple Menu) > System Preferences > Security & Privacy
> Privacy (tab) and if necessary unlock the tab with the padlock icon
and your password (bottom left corner of the window) and then make sure
GnuCash has permissions for the iCloud folder. That may or may not solve
the problem right off, but I suspect the issue is related and this
*should* set you on the right path to solve it.
Note, there are some locations that are easily visible from Finder but
that technically reside in a special part of the 'file tree' on your
system. iCloud might be one of those (I suspect it is) and so finding
out where it is, you might be able to navigate to it from its real
original path via the file chooser within GnuCash. (I haven't done so
myself as I noticed, this is just a guess)
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