download and install gnucash on iMac OSX

[Patrick Doyle]

Don't put the .dmg file in your Applications folder -- go ahead and
leave it in your downloads folder (or on your desktop or wherever you
downloaded it).

When you double click on the Gnucash-Intel-2.6.5.6.dmg file it will
open a Finder window a bunch of files like AUTHORS.txt, COPYING.txt,
etc...
One of the files you will see is Gnucash -- drag THAT file to your
Applications folder.  The first time you try to run that program, you
may be presented with a message that says something like "Gnucash is
an application downloaded from the internet.  Are you sure you want to
run it?"  Go ahead and click on Yes (or Accept, or whatever), assuming
of course, that you downloaded the file from the Gnucash website.

Hope that helps.

--wpd



On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Eldon Fredericks <freder at purdue.edu> wrote:
> Help! I am attempting to use gnucash on my Mac running Yosemite OS X. After downloading gnucash from the website I have placed the file:
> Gnucash-Intel-2.6.5.6.dmg
> in my applications folder.
>
> Then when I open that file I am taken back to the original web site from which I downloaded the file and it eventually opens the program on my computer after warning me that I am downloading something from the web.
>
> What have I done wrong or what more do I need to do to make this software operate on my computer without going to the website to load?
>
> I have read various tutorial and manual pages and watched several youtube tutorials but they do not address initial installation on Mac.
>
> Can someone help, please?
>
> Eldon Fredericks
>
>
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