Re: [GNC] MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 - recently updated to GNUCASH 4.0 and then 4.1 = app not opening

2020-08-12 Thread Anne via gnucash-user
Hi Dave, Thanks for your reply. I've started multiple times but the results are the same However,  when the below warning comes up --- ["Gnucash" is an application downloaded from the Internet.  Are you sure you want to open it? (Gnucash is on the disk image "Gnucash-Intel-4.0-2.dmg". Firefo

Re: [GNC] MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 - recently updated to GNUCASH 4.0 and then 4.1 = app not opening

2020-08-12 Thread Anne via gnucash-user
Thanks again for your help!  I will try your suggestions.  Right now, I'm just happy to have access to my data! Anne On Monday, August 10, 2020, 11:58:16 PM GMT+4, David Reiser wrote: I haven’t tried moving something from the HD to Applications recently. It didn’t used to be a prob

Re: [GNC] MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 - recently updated to GNUCASH 4.0 and then 4.1 = app not opening

2020-08-12 Thread Anne via gnucash-user
Hi Dave, Thanks, that did the trick!  Appreciate your help. Anne On Monday, August 10, 2020, 9:57:00 PM GMT+4, David Reiser wrote: You can’t run it from the disk image. Drag it somewhere on your hard disk (usually the Applications folder) and run it from there. Once on your hard

Re: [GNC] MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 - recently updated to GNUCASH 4.0 and then 4.1 = app not opening

2020-08-12 Thread Anne via gnucash-user
Hi Dave, BTW, I moved the app to my HD no problem, but when I tried to move it into my Applications.  The error box showed up=>"The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -8062)." Is this because I can't copy the app from HD into the Applications folder? 

Re: [GNC] GnuCash and Swedish accounting legislation

2020-08-12 Thread Liz Dodd
On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 20:10:44 -0700 Jim DeLaHunt wrote: > First of all, if you think that the vibe in the GnuCash community is > "insulting, arrogant, unyielding"; if you think that the GnuCash > developers are "being real jerks", then you haven't seen nearly > enough of the Internet and of free

Re: [GNC] envelope method, equity sub-accounts, cash vs. hybrid vs. accrual accounting

2020-08-12 Thread Bruce Irving via gnucash-user
First, let me say that I have never in my 50 years of accounting/bookkeeping, been successful setting up and using a budget.  It was just too much work when the information was already in the books as to how much was spent in each account in each period.  The few times I set up a very simple one

Re: [GNC] Difficulty with online price retrieval

2020-08-12 Thread Samantha Payn
John, I am so sorry, I have slightly misled you. It is the "Fetch Rate" button which returns the error message. I only use Gnucash for my business accounts and have no need of the "Get Quotes" button. On 11 August 2020 18:54 John Ralls < [1]jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: Samantha,

Re: [GNC] envelope method, equity sub-accounts, cash vs. hybrid vs. accrual accounting

2020-08-12 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 8/11/2020 8:32 PM, doncram wrote: The idea of "envelope method" then is to mirror the model of budgeting and control done by real life envelopes holding the cash allowed to be spent in each budget area. This is an inspiring model/image. The physical model is very visual, very clear... each e

[GNC] gnucash-4.1.tar.bz2

2020-08-12 Thread Bill Suit
I recently downloaded the subject above. I made the mistake of untarring it! What I don't know now is how to install it. Looking for a pointer to how to accomplish installing it. TIA, Bill ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To up

Re: [GNC] gnucash-4.1.tar.bz2

2020-08-12 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, On Wed, August 12, 2020 3:09 pm, Bill Suit wrote: > I recently downloaded the subject above. I made the mistake of > untarring it! > What I don't know now is how to install it. Looking for a pointer to how > to > accomplish installing it. You downloaded the source code. To install it, yo

Re: [GNC] gnucash-4.1.tar.bz2

2020-08-12 Thread Bill Suit
Thanks Derek. I did not realize this was source code. My os is Linux Mint, v 20. I've been thinking recently of compiling some source on this box. It looks like I've fallen into my next journey. Hopefully I'll come out smelling like a rose and not the other stuff.😎 I'm going to take a day or two an

[GNC] Thank you for list moderation [was: Re: GnuCash and Swedish accounting legislation]

2020-08-12 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Liz, with Moderator Hat On: On 2020-08-12 01:57, Liz Dodd wrote: Jim, and others, I do not approve of posts like doncram's which preceded this. As the Moderator I have intervened and will check future posts from doncram. Kindly note that I do not tolerate coarse language or disparaging others.

Re: [GNC] gnucash-4.1.tar.bz2

2020-08-12 Thread David Cousens
Bill, The Wiki has detailed instructions for building in Linux which were primarily developed from Linux Mint (17-19)/Ubuntu/Debian. They haven't yet been updated to cope with LM20s quirks but you will find some recent posts (last few weeks)re problems with LM20 and ubuntu 20.4 in the developer ma

Re: [GNC] Difficulty with online price retrieval

2020-08-12 Thread John Ralls
Samantha, OK. Please do it when running GnuCash from Powershell with the --log gnc.scm=debug option and paste in the resulting gnucash.trace.XX.log. Regards, John Ralls > On Aug 12, 2020, at 6:54 AM, Samantha Payn > wrote: > > John, I am so sorry, I have slightly misled you. It is the "