Where are preferences on Mac?

[John Ralls]

On 2011-09-23, at 11:57, Nadine Hwa wrote:

> Please help, it would be so appreciated. In transferring my Gnucash document from one Mac to another, I can copy my individual Gnucash document, but I lose my preferences and custom reports once I launch the document on the new computer. Should I locate my preferences for these somewhere on the original computer--and WHERE are they? I've looked in my Preferences folder in my Library, and there are no Gnucash preferences.
> 
> Also: Is there another place I can email someone for technical support when needed? Is there a team answering questions (what is the email address?), or an online community where questions are answered, which I can browse? Would love to know.
> 
> Thank you very much. I really like your product.

Gnucash doesn't use Apple defaults at this point, so the prefs aren't in ~/Library/Preferences. Some Gnucash stuff (including your custom reports) is in ~/Library/Application Support/Gnucash, but the preferences are maintained by GConf and are in ~/.gconf. You'll have to use Terminal to copy it to your new mac, or to rename it to something that Finder can see, use Finder to copy it, then use Terminal again to rename it back on the new system.

Regards,
John Ralls