Mac upgrade, "There was an error parsing the file ..."

[davelist at mac.com]

On Jun 12, 2010, at 6:34 PM, David Dannemiller wrote:

> On Jun 12, 2010, at 1:41 PM, David T. wrote:
> 
>> You will also want to read through
>> 
>> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Can_a_new_GnuCash_release_still_read_my_old_data_file.3F
>> 
>> 
>> The section "Major Releases" covers going from (e.g.) 1.8.12 to 2.2.9 and notes that one would open in a 2.0.x version before going to 2.2.9.
>> 
>> David
> 
> Thanks for the link to the FAQ.  I looked in the downloads area, but didn't see anything older than 2.2.0.  Where can I obtain 2.0.x, preferably pre-built for Mac or Linux?
> 
> David Dannemiller


If you have a spare PC that's a few years old or have VMWare or Parallels for your Mac, one thing you could try is installing an older version of some Linux distribution that came with gnucash 2.0.x (looks like ubuntu 6.10 did) and use it to read and save the file and then copy the file to your Mac.

Dave