transferring gnucash from ubuntu to mac os x

Thu Apr 21 23:33:47 EDT 2016

David, Colin :

Thank you for your help in this.
I’ve followed your description for step 2, but my ‘Verifying GnuCash” window never completes. Any suggestions ?

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Lyndon Van Wagner - lyndon153 at gmail.com
Favorite OS : Mac OS X, Ubuntu 14.04 LTC
StarTrek V - What does God need with a StarShip ?
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> On Apr 21, 2016, at 10:10 PM, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Lyndon,
> 
> I’m confused.
> 
> You started the thread saying that the balances in your files are not the same when you open them on the Mac. That is decidedly unusual behavior, and not something that others have seen, so some of us began to look at ways in which you might arrive at a variant data set. One such way would be for you to somehow open a different version of your datafile, which is what Colin and I were trying to address.
> 
> With regards to your point 1, if you copied your data file (accounts.gnucash, e.g.) then the balances should not vary. Most of that section deals with getting saved reports and settings migrated along to a new machine. They would have no bearing on your account balances.
> 
> As for point 2, I am a longtime Mac user of GnuCash, and when I download GnuCash (from http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gnucash/Gnucash-Intel-2.6.12-1.dmg <http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gnucash/Gnucash-Intel-2.6.12-1.dmg>), I receive a disk image (dmg) file, which I open by double-clicking. Once I have opened this, it appears as a device in Finder, and I drag GnuCash.app into Applications, and I am ready to go. I do not know how it is that you are getting a directory with files in it*—unless you have in fact downloaded the source for Linux.
> 
> Although I understand that you are probably using MacUpdate to try a different way to install GnuCash, you would be better served going directly to the SourceForge download link (listed above) and getting the program directly from Gnucash.org <http://gnucash.org/>.
> 
> Cheers,
> David
> 
> * I will note that in the Mac world, “files” with the “app” extension are displayed as single files in the Applications folder, but are in fact saved in the operating system as a series of files and folders. These are not normally displayed to the user, however.
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>> On Apr 21, 2016, at 9:14 PM, Lyndon Van Wagner <lyndon153 at gmail.com <mailto:lyndon153 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> 1) The notes I was trying to follow are from “GnuCash Tutorial and Concepts Guide”, Chapter 2 The Basics, 2.7 Migrating GnuCash data.
>> 2) GnuCash v2.6.12 download for intel Mac just expands to a directory with files in it. There is not mention on how to install. And if I try running GnuCash from it, it never stops running.
>> 3) i’ve tried installing that v2.6.10 version in MacUpdate, but that doesn’t seem to run either. It keeps telling me it wants to update instead and flags the install with an exclamation point.
>> 
>> I can no longer run GnuCash on my mac, as I deleted it as part of a trial inatallation of another version. And can no longer get the installs to work.
>> 
>> Any help with re-installing it would be appreciated.
>> 
>> If I can’t get it to run in Mac OS X, I might just install an ubuntu VM and run it there; assuming the data copies over correctly. But at least it would be Ubuntu->Ubuntu.
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>> Lyndon Van Wagner - lyndon153 at gmail.com <mailto:lyndon153 at gmail.com>
>> Favorite OS : Mac OS X, Ubuntu 14.04 LTC
>> StarTrek V - What does God need with a StarShip ?
>> =======================================
>> The Flagon with the Dragon has the poison and the Challis from the Palace has the brew that is true.
>> 
>>> On Apr 15, 2016, at 6:29 PM, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com <mailto:sunfish62 at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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.
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>>> David
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>>>> On Apr 15, 2016, at 4:57 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com <mailto:clanlaw at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>>> On 15 April 2016 at 21:06, Lyndon VanWagner <lyndon153 at gmail.com <mailto: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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