Move GnuCash from PC to Mac

[John Ralls]

> On Jan 2, 2016, at 4:36 AM, Jill Terry <jill at babrees.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hi John.  Thanks for the link.   
> 
> On opening GnuCash again, I realised that the reports tab is not showing at all.  Perhaps I didn't install it correctly, not sure.  Installing is so much more involved on a Mac!
> 
> The instructions in the GnuCash docs say to just drag the downloaded file into the applications.  I don't think that's correct.  Anyway, I opened the downloaded file which in turn opened a folder and I dragged the GnuCash file in that folder into Applications.  Then double clicking on that file opens GnuCash.    Does that sound correct?
> 
> It all seems to work except that I do not have a reports tab.  
> 
> Looking at the link you gave me I went to ~/Library/Application Support/ but there was no folder for gnucash.  Can't see how to set he file manager to show hidden files though, so wonder if it's hidden.
> 
> Have I done it incorrectly?

Sounds like you installed it correctly.
~/Library/Application Support/Gnucash is created the first time you run GnuCash. It's not hidden. Perhaps you looked for it before running GnuCash the first time?

Reports tab? Each report will open in a tab, but you have to run it from the Reports menu first. If you had one open when you quit GnuCash the last time on your PC then GnuCash's knowledge of that is in that .gnucash directory, so once you get its contents copied into ~/Library/Application Support/Gnucash it should appear the next time you open GnuCash.

Regards,
John Ralls