Installing on iMac

[David T.]

John—

Is it possible that Michael is encountering the Apple warning about opening an app from an unknown developer? I have always encountered that when installing/upgrading GnuCash. 

Perhaps it will suffice to Ctrl-Click on Gnucash.app in Finder, and select Open from the context menu.

David

> On Jan 5, 2016, at 5:47 PM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
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>> On Jan 5, 2016, at 1:45 PM, Michael Ellenbogen <michael at eonscreative.com> wrote:
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>> Thank you John.
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>> I am planning to read a book about accounting and also have seen that there is a book specific to GnuCash. Will that one book be enough to get a basic understanding of my basic accounting needs?
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>> Also, I did mean that I was going to set up different accounts for business, non-profit, and personal… only that in each one there are multiple accounts (i.e.. Cash, stocks, etc that I want to connect as they relate to the main accounts); I assume GnuCash will handle this well.
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>> Your directions below concern me a bit however as they point to what appears to be a user with a “developer” background… for example - I do not believe I use “Terminal” in my day to day use of OS X.
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>> Sorry to be high maintenance but could you send me something more “dumb” to install the program?
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>> Or, is it possible this may be too much for me? I was frustrated by Quickbooks shortcomings with OS X environment years back and stopped using it… now I’d like to return to accounting but was researching for something better suited to MAC and that’s how I found out about GnuCash.
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> If reading books is generally sufficient for you and the book is a good one then it should be enough. Be sure to get help from an accountant if at any point you feel over your head: It's a lot cheaper to get help setting up than cleaning up!
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> Sorry that the instructions for checking the certificate are too techy for you, but AFAIK Apple hasn't provided another way to check the code signature. This stack exchange article: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/82587/how-can-i-determine-if-a-certain-app-file-is-signed has a link to a third-party program that is supposed to do that, but I don't know anything about it.
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> If that's too high a barrier for you then perhaps its enough for you to know that the official Gnucash.app is signed with a current paid-up Apple Developer certificate and if GateKeeper alarms then you have either gotten a corrupt copy or downloaded it from somewhere you shouldn't have.
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> For that matter, your use of the term "install" suggests that you've gotten something other than the official application bundle. Gnucash.app is a drag-and-drop installation: You download the dmg, open it, and drag Gnucash.app to your Applications folder. GateKeeper doesn't care about any of that. When you double-click to open it you will normally get a warning that you downloaded it from the Internet (as opposed to the App Store) and ask if you want to continue. Then it checks the certificate; since Gnucash.app is signed it should start up without any further warnings. If the GnuCash you downloaded required that you run an installer then it's not from us.
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> Since you say that you were frustrated with Quickbooks shortcomings with [the] OS X environment, I should point out that GnuCash is not a native OS X application, so it has a rather ugly look to it and doesn't always behave the way a native program would. If that's important to you then you'll have to look elsewhere. I suggest the App Store.
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> Regards,
> John Ralls
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