Heide, I just checked and discovered that I did 23 updates going from 4.8 to Gnucash Arm-5.10-1. However, I would be very surprised if you have any problems going directly between them.
As noted by Brad, the FAQ could be clearer but the main point is that you can always upgrade to a higher numbered release. If there were a lot of major versions in between, you would probably need to do them one major version at a time, e.g 2.x to 3.x, then 3.x to 4.x etc. Since you are talking about just one major version newer, 4.x to 5.x, you will have no problem. It is always a good idea to back up your data before making any major change. I always just rely on the automatic backups that Gnucash creates. There is one for most every day of the past month, probably every time I made a change to something. Best wishes, Will On 5 Feb 2025, at 18:39, Brad Morrison <bradmorri...@sonic.net> wrote: Hi Heide, Derek, & GNUCash users, https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Using_Different_Versions.2C_Up_And_Downgrade - goes over the process for upgrading & downgrading GNUCash versions, although maybe someone should edit that for clarity... --- Thanks, Brad - https://www.facebook.com/brad.morrison.12327/ & https://nextdoor.com/profile/01mP46jj8KCzj3sP4 & https://norcal.social/@BradMorrison On 2025-02-05 10:48, Derek Atkins wrote: > I am fairly sure you can safely go from 4.9 to 5.x > > -derek > Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos. > On February 5, 2025 13:36:31 Heide Wang <heide...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, Can I update my Gnucash from 4.9 to 5.10.1 directly? After I update my >> Mac operating system to Sequoia 15.3, my Gnucash will not open, when I >> click open anyway, the Gnucash crashes. Thanks for any help. >> Regards, >> Heide >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> ----- >> 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 > ----- > 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 ----- 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
