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[John Ralls]

On Aug 8, 2012, at 11:55 PM, John Warnock <johnboywarnock at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Thanks for that John. Can you confirm that I will still keep my data when I drag the Gnucash to the trash? If not, how do I go about keeping my data to ensure continuity?
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> John
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On 8 Aug 2012, at 16:18, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
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>> On Aug 8, 2012, at 2:31 AM, John Warnock <johnboywarnock at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi guys, I'm looking to update my OS to lion and am worried about losing Gnucash. I read on the web site that I should update my version of Gnucash to the latest but don't understand the instructions. Can anyone talk a non tekkie through it?
>>> Thanks.
>> 
>> Drag the old one to the trash. Empty the trash. Download the new one (2.4.11 is the latest, link is on the webpage). Open the dmg. Drag Gnucash.app to the Applications folder. Done.
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>> In case you meant Mountain Lion instead of Lion, note that the first time you open Gnucash you'll need to do so by control-clicking the icon and selecting Open from the context menu. After you've accepted that it's not a signed application that you downloaded, it will start up, and you can open it by double-clicking after that. Also, if you want to use Finance::Quote, you'll need to drag it to the Applications folder and use the context menu, too -- it won't run from the dmg on Mountain Lion.

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None of your data is in the application bundle. Your account files are wherever you saved them, and the settings are in $HOME/Library/Application Data/gnucash and $HOME/.gconf.

So yes, your data will stay on the disk when you trash the app bundle.

Regards,
John Ralls