Mac users have a huge problem, I think! Gnucash won't open anything now

[Greg Feneis]

Hi Anita,

I'm not a Mac user, but I've seen this question answered before as it does
come up from time to time.

For a reason I'll leave to others to explain, clicking on a GnuCash data
file starts GnuCash as it should, but instead of loading the file that was
clicked on, GnuCash tries to load the last file it opened (or, perhaps the
last file it saved?).  If the file GnuCash tries to open has been moved or
renamed or deleted, GnuCash will claim that it cannot find the file.  If
this is your case, acknowledge the error and then manually open the file
you want to open from within GnuCash.



Kind regards,

Greg Feneis





On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 9:13 AM, Anita Graves <anitagraves at mac.com> wrote:

> Dear Folks who always are helpful,
>
> Please tell me why I can’t open anything now.  The Gnucash app just tells
> me it can’t find an old file I clicked on to try to open it.
>
> I’m not used to this kind of treatment.  As a Mac user, I can open
> anything I click on.  Except Gnucash files.  I have a folder on my desktop
> with lots and lots of Gnucash files in it, some are .gnucash and some are
> .log files.  I try to open only the .gnucash files, but the app won’t open
> them.  It says it can’t find the file.
>
> What can I do so that I can open any Gnucash file I want to open anytime I
> want to open it???
>
> The app doesn’t even give me the last four files I worked with.
>
> Thanks for the much appreciated feedback.
>
>
> > The important thing is not to stop questioning.
> >   - Albert Einstein
>
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