GnuCash on a Mac

[Jill Terry]

YIKES!  [sigh]  The PC is sssooo much simpler - just right click and 
create short-cut!

When I double click on this new application I get: "The action “Run 
Shell Script” encountered an error."

I suspect it is because I am not yet ofey with what Mac calls full 
path.  I have:
open -n /Applications/Gnucash.app –args 
/documents/Accounts/All/All_Accounts.gnucash

I also tried including /Users/jillterry/ in the path and then ~ but 
neither of those work either

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Regards
Jill Terry

On 03/01/2016 13:18, Robert Kesterson wrote:
> You can do the same thing on the Mac, it's just a little more 
> complicated.  On windows you make a shortcut and edit the arguments.  
> On the mac you make an application script and change the icon.  Same 
> thing, just in reverse.
>
> 1.  Launch Automator (in the Applications folder).
> 2.  Choose “Application” as the type of document.
> 3.  Type “shell script” in the filter and double click on “Run Shell 
> Script” to add a shell script to the application.
> 4.  On the right you will see a text box with the word “cat” in it. 
> Delete this, then type the following command in the text box: open -n 
> /Applications/Gnucash.app –args /full/path/to/your/data/file/here &
> 5.  Press Apple-s to save it. Name it whatever you like and put in the 
> Applications folder.
> 6.  Now find Gnucash in the Applications folder and single-click it to 
> highlight it (don’t launch the application).
> 7.  Press Apple-i to get the info window on this application.
> 8.  Click on the icon inside the info window.
> 9.  Press Apple-c to copy the icon.
> 10.  Find the Automator Script you saved in step 5 and singleclick it 
> to highlight it (don’t launch the application).
> 11.  Press Apple-i to get the info window on this application.
> 12.  Click on the icon inside the info window.
> 13.  Press Apple-v to paste the icon.
> 14.  Close the info window.
>
> Now you should have a new application in your Applications folder that 
> will run Gnucash with your selected accounts file.  Just click to open 
> like you would any other application.
>
> Credit:  These instructions taken and modified from a blog post at 
> http://blog.alizweb.com/post/44716451471/windows-like-app-shortcut-w-command-line 
> (that post talks about Chrome, I just changed it to be Gnucash instead).
>
>> Jill Terry <mailto:jill at babrees.co.uk>
>> January 3, 2016 at 1:58 AM
>> Just trying to get to grips with the transition from PC to Mac!
>>
>> I have 3 sets of different accounts using GnuCash.  On the PC I had a 
>> short-cut on my desktop for each account and I would just double 
>> click on that to open that set of accounts.
>>
>> I have tried to set this up on the Mac but failed.   I added an alias 
>> for each account on the desktop, but when I double click that GnuCash 
>> simply opens up with the last Accounts used, not the set I clicked 
>> on.   I have tried dragging and dropping the file onto the program 
>> icon and even opening up GnuCash and then dragging the file on to 
>> that, but nothing works.
>>
>> Is the ONLY way to open a specific set of accounts to first open 
>> GnuCash and then File/Open ?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Jill
>>
>>
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