transferring gnucash from ubuntu to mac os x

[David T.]

Adding on to Colin’s points:

1) On the Mac, you cannot double-click the data file in Finder and have that file open in GnuCash; GnuCash will insist on opening whatever file was your last-opened data file on OS X. So, if you have opened, say, GnuCash file “A” on the Mac previously, *that* file will open when you double-click on GnuCash file “B”. Following Colin’s File->Open suggestion will address this. This is a known GnuCash-on-Mac idiosyncrasy.

2) Are you trying to do this on a regular basis? It sort of sounds like you are; if so, perhaps putting the file in a cloud location (e.g., DropBox) might alleviate your problems long term. The usual caveats regarding data security on the cloud and simultaneous access to the data file should be heeded of course.

David

> On Apr 15, 2016, at 4:57 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 15 April 2016 at 21:06, Lyndon VanWagner <lyndon153 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi.
>> 
>> I've followed the documentation for transferring GnuCash data from Linux
>> (ubuntu) to Mac OS X.
>> However, when I launch it on both systems, many of the accounts have
>> different balances in them.
>> What gives ?
> 
> Are you sure you are opening the same file in each case?  Use File >
> Open and browse to the file to make sure.  Obviously that is after
> copying the file from one machine to the other.  When I say 'file' I
> mean the file that your accounts are stored in, accounts.gnucash or
> something similar, whatever you called it when you saved it.
> 
>> 
>> Is there a better way to transfer the data between computers ?
> 
> Difficult to say since you have not told us which documentation you
> are following.  In terms of the accounts themselves all you need is
> the one accounts file.  If you have saved reports then it gets a bit
> more complex.
> 
> Colin
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