Greetings -- I did not see a reply to David Carlson's question, but I might have missed the response.
It occurs to me that Jens Jensen is using a Mac, and may not be aware that when one double-clicks a GnuCash file on a Mac, GnuCash will launch, but stubbornly attempt to re-open the previously opened file, even if the file has moved, and regardless of which GnuCash file one double-clicked. It has been a long-standing issue. SO on a Macintosh, my understanding is that one must launch GnuCash and then use the File--> Open command to navigate to the file. This could explain the "missing" data -- GnuCash might just be looking for the data in its old location rather than opening whatever file you double-clicked. If this could explain your situation, please respond to the list (using either reply-all or reply-to-list in your email program). Since I have not used a Mac in recent decades, current Mac-using folks on the list can advise. On Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 7:32 AM David Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: > Jens, > Please reply to the group, not to individuals. > How can you tell that your data is corrupted? > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Jens Ingemann Jensen <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 11:40 AM > Subject: Re: [GNC] All data gone > To: David Carlson <[email protected]> > > > Dear David. > > > > Thank you for offering to help. > > > > I have used GnuCash for years without problems and been happy with it as it > gives me a feeling of control of my finances. > > > > I have used it on a Mac Intel silicon desktop running MacOS 13.7.8, but > also wanted to use it on my portable MacBook Pro with Apple silicon running > MacOS 26.3 and I wonder if that is the reason for my problems. For > portability I kept the files on a USB stick, but I had forgotten that > another USB stick was connected at the back of the computer (out of sight > out of...) and both of them had current files on them. The same problem > showed up whichever stick I tried. Every time I moved the stick I had to > close the file, so now there are a whole lot of inaccessible files on the > sticks. Trying to open an older file resulted in that one being corrupted > too, so I stopped that practice. > > > > I used to be computer literate in the days of Teletypes, paper tape, punch > cards and DOS, but I have not kept up now that everything is hidden behind > windows and ikons. I have a quite limited exrerience with Unux on DEC > systems (I wrote my thesis on such a system) which the research lab I > worked in ran those systems, but I know about permissions and the like. > > > > If you can help me get years of data back I shall be very happy. > > > > Kind regards > > > > Jens > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Carlson <[email protected]> > Sent: Feb 16, 2026 4:05 PM > To: Jens Ingemann Jensen <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [GNC] All data gone > > > Jens, > Hopefully the transactions aren't actually gone. Did you verify that you > opened the correct data file on the correct USB stick when you went back to > the old computer? > Also, if both computers are not running the same operating systems there > may be differences in methods to open files, etc. to be aware of. > > On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 2:48 PM Jens Ingemann Jensen < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > I wanted to transfer Gnucash to another computer and had the file on a > USB > > stick. When I opened it on the new computer I received the message > > “expense account is read only”. I checked and it the “placeholder” box > was > > not checked. I then tried the old computer again but now all the > > transactions were gone. Thank you for any help. You can give. > > T > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > 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. > > > > -- > David Carlson > > > > > -- > David Carlson > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] 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.
