download and install gnucash on iMac OSX

[Tommy Trussell]

> > On Jan 16, 2015, at 4:57 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 15 January 2015 at 21:34, Eldon Fredericks <freder at purdue.edu> wrote:
> >> ...
> >> Click on the Accounts tab so that you see list of all the accounts.
> >> Click on the one that is giving the problem and click on the icon in
> >> the toolbar with a bank(?) and a pen on it, it shows Edit Account when
> >> you hover over it.  There you should see a checkbox for Placeholder.
> >> Did you set that when you created the account though?  Which account
> >> are you having the problem with?
> >>
> >> Well, I could not find any icon that looks like a bank with a pen on it.
> >
> > First check you are on the Accounts tab (that shows a list of
> > accounts).  You should see a toolbar with Save, Close and the bank
> > icons there.  If there is no toolbar then select the View menu and
> > ensure that Toolbar is checked.
> >
> > Colin
>

 On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Eldon Fredericks <freder at purdue.edu>
 wrote:

> Thanks! That solved the problem. I am still a bit confused about how this
> program runs. It is running stand-alone because when I unplugged my
> ethernet connection GnuCash came up and ran. However, I continue to get the
> warning that this is connecting to the internet and asks me to accept.
>
>
I am curious about this "warning" -- do you have some sort of anti-malware
(anti-virus) software running on your Mac? If so it's very likely this is a
false positive. I recall this error used to be a complaint for some Windows
users because some code (triggered by GnuCash but outside of GnuCash's
control) would open a connection to 127.0.0.1 -- which is a networking
synonym for the machine the software is running on. Not the "Internet."

ALSO just to be absolutely certain, you said you downloaded the .dmg from
"the web site" -- did you get it via http://www.gnucash.org or some other
site?