Nick, Where you save your file is entirely your choice, regardless of operating system.
Personally, I would (and do) save my GnuCash file in its own folder in the user documents folder. There, it is easily located when you go looking, and you can include it in backups easily by backing up your main documents. David T. On October 6, 2026 7:29:28 PM GMT+05:30, Nick Bonomo <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi, can you guys help me how to best save GnuCash the real cash file, so that >I can find it and use it in case of crash, or something else? I work with a >Mac! >Thank you >Nick >Sent from Nick's iPhone 17 Pro Max > >> On Oct 6, 2026, at 4:46 AM, Wm Tarr <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 2026-10-04 16:28, David T. wrote: >>> Wm, >>> >>> It's not quite clear what you're looking for (I'll admit I gave up on >>> classes when I left Quicken 20+ years ago). >> Do you miss them is part of the question, I suppose. If not then you won't >> need to analyse them >>> Are you looking for what kind of terms people are using? Or where they are >>> placing these terms? >>> >> Both. >>> WRT terminology, I imagine that those who use these (Adrien?) have their >>> own systems, and you might be best to allow user input for those or provide >>> a Group By. >>> >> I'm actually thinking of doing all the matching on an RE and producing a >> table to load into a spreadsheet where the user can pivot, filter, group by, >> sum, avg, etc at will limited only by the spreadsheet's capabilities. >>> As for location of these terms, I suspect a lot are using memo (either at >>> the transaction or, more likely, the split level) because these can be >>> leveraged in transaction reports. However, I've seen others wishing that >>> the Action field could be used in such reports, suggesting that if you >>> provided that functionality, people might be drawn to your work. >>> >> also the Notes field, etc of accounts. >> >> Wm >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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.
