Is there a way to "Clear all contents/delete all transactions" for a fresh start?

[David T.]

No, Michael,

What I mean is that on the Mac OS, when you double click a properly-identified GnuCash file* in Finder (the Mac equivalent of Windows File Manager), GnuCash doesn’t necessarily open that file. The double click invokes GnuCash.app, but GnuCash opens the last file it accessed. So, if you double-click the last file you had open, it will correctly open, but if you double-click another file, GnuCash will still open the last file opened.

David

* Files in the Mac OS don’t actually need the extension in order to invoke their associated program.

> On Nov 3, 2016, at 6:24 PM, Mike or Penny Novack <mpnovack at mtdata.com> wrote:
> 
> On 11/3/2016 6:54 AM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote:
> 
>> 
>> My initial guess is that you exported, then closed out GnuCash and restarted. GnuCash, however, automatically opens the last file, which would then appear as if your new file had transactions in it. If you are on a Mac, moreover, GnuCash will open the last file even if you double-click the new file in Finder. This is a known issue with GnuCash on the Mac.
>> 
> An issue with gnucash per se?
> 
> Perhaps a more general problem. If a file does not have a file extension OR no association between an extension and the application to be used by default to open that file (when clicked) your computer cannot "know" what application to use. That's true not only with the Mac OS and gnucash but all operating systems and all applications. If by "problem with gnucash on the Mac" what is meant is that the other installations of gnucash do add a file extension to the name and the Mac installation of gnucash does not, or others create the association between extension and application and gnucash does not, a rather minor problem. We very rarely create new sets of books, so no big deal to rename the new file so as to have the expected extension. And if it is the association that is missing, that's a one time fix to add that association manually.
> 
> Michael D Novack
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