Migrating Gnucash to iMac

Derek Atkins derek at ihtfp.com
Tue Sep 17 10:14:05 EDT 2013


Hmm..  And what's the name of your data file?
Are you sure it has the correct permissions?

-derek

On Tue, September 17, 2013 10:04 am, Bruce Schindler wrote:
> I put it in the Home folder. The Gnucash search function found the folder,
> but showed nothing in it. At the moment, it is on my desktop. Gnucash sees
> my desktop and can see the Parallels app but nothing else.
>
> I did the procedure via Terminal to be able to see otherwise 'invisible'
> files for system, etc. That was the only way I could find the folder in
> the first place.
>
>
> On Sep 17, 2013, at 8:54 AM, "Derek Atkins" <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Tue, September 17, 2013 9:41 am, Bruce Schindler wrote:
>>> I did File->Open a number of times. It simply cannot find it. I even
>>> tried
>>> moving the file to areas I knew it recognized, e.g. desktop.
>>
>> Okay...  Where did you put the data file?
>> What do you mean by "it simply cannot find it"?  Are you looking in the
>> right place?  When you use the File -> Open dialog and go to the right
>> folder where you file is, what does it show?
>>
>>> I am not familiar with SQLite. Apparently, it is part of a number of
>>> applications. At this point, I am using the Safari browser.
>>
>> I'm not sure what Safari has to do with anything...
>>
>>> -Bruce
>>
>> -derek
>>
>>> On Sep 17, 2013, at 8:10 AM, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, September 17, 2013 8:52 am, Bruce Schindler wrote:
>>>>> That got me several steps closer. The .gnucash file now knows it
>>>>> should
>>>>> open with Gnucash. The app itself cannot find it. I have attempted
>>>>> opening
>>>>> it from both directions (opening the program and trying to find the
>>>>> data,
>>>>> and also clicking on the data, which knows it should open with
>>>>> Gnucash.
>>>>> When I do the latter, Gnucash launches, but only shows "unsaved
>>>>> book."
>>>>> What am I missing?
>>>>
>>>> Unlike the other platforms, the Mac implementation of GnuCash doesn't
>>>> understand the system file-open intents.  What this means is that
>>>> unlike
>>>> other systems, on a Mac you cannot click on a datafile and have
>>>> GnuCash
>>>> open *that* datafile.  What will happen is that GnuCash will start as
>>>> you
>>>> expect, but it will still open the last datafile you opened, which in
>>>> your
>>>> case is "none".
>>>>
>>>> What you need to do is start GnuCash and then File -> Open and tell
>>>> gnucash where your data file is.  Are you saying that you tried this
>>>> and
>>>> it didn't work?  If it didn't work, did you by any chance use SQLite
>>>> as
>>>> your backend?
>>>>
>>>> -derek
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 16, 2013, at 9:31 PM, Parameswaran S Prem <premps at sg.ibm.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Bruce,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have done it couple of time.  Moving from Windows to MAC and MAC
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> Windows.  I only moved .gnucash file.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is what I did,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1.  Copy the .gnucash file to your preferred folder.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2.  Install GnuCash.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 3. Right Click the .gnucash file and select "Open With" and choose
>>>>>> Gnucash.app.  If Gnucash.app is not listed, cliek "Other...." and
>>>>>> select
>>>>>> it from the applications menu.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Next time when you open GnuCash, it will default to the .gnucash
>>>>>> file.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With best regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> P S Prem
>>>>>> GMU(AP) System z Software, IM Technical Lead
>>>>>> IBM Software Group Asia Pacific, Growth Market Unit,
>>>>>> Tel : +65-6418 4454 (DID)
>>>>>>       +65-9750 8390 (Mobile)
>>>>>>          6 919-4454   (Tie Line)
>>>>>> eMail : premps at sg.ibm.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> From:        Bruce Schindler <bruceschindler at gtmc.net>
>>>>>> To:        gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>>>>>> Date:        17/09/2013 06:40 AM
>>>>>> Subject:        Migrating Gnucash to iMac
>>>>>> Sent by:        gnucash-user-bounces+premps=sg.ibm.com at gnucash.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have copied the .gconf and .gnucash files from my old PC. The
>>>>>> files
>>>>>> currently reside on both a thumb drive and on my desktop. Gnucash
>>>>>> cannot
>>>>>> see them. I see instructions on where they are to go in the Mac file
>>>>>> system, but do not know how it should be done.
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