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

[Anita Graves]

Adonay,

Thank you for this information.

I am going to stick with GnuCash, partly because it is not proprietary software, and partly because it is free and I like the friendly help.

Anita

> On 4 Apr 2017, at 8:48 PM, Adonay Felipe Nogueira <adfeno at openmailbox.org> wrote:
> 
> Personally, while there isn't a simpler way do as they say: Open GnuCash
> normally, and go to the menus in GnuCash and tell it to open the files
> you want, but don't user double-click in file explorer.
> 
> As a further suggestions: I would recommend you to stay with GnuCash,
> because it's way better than others because it's free/libre software (as
> in freedom, not price).
> 
> It means that we, as society, can exercise collective control over our
> computing. So, perhaps there might be some people who might be able to
> improve the issue.
> 
> My suggestions are:
> 
> a. Look at phone listings or places where there is "accounting software
>   developer" or "finance software developer" organization. Then ask
>   them if they do customizations to programs in "C language" for macOS
>   users, if they say so, or if they ask which program it is, tell them
>   it's GnuCash. This helps local organizations and people in your city
>   to make a living by contributing to free/libre software. In this case
>   however, some organizations might overlook some issues that
>   free/libre software cares to look for, thus these organizations might
>   cause other issues later.
> 
> b. Hire someone directly related to GnuCash development, so he can make
>   this happen, instead of focusing on other unrelated work. This helps
>   in same deal as (a) and is more error-proof.
> 
> c. Look for local "hackerspaces" or better yet, local LibrePlanet
>   Groups, they might know someone to do what you want to. Some of these
>   might even do it gratis.
> 
> d. Look for local free/libre software events, they might know some
>   person to do what is wanted. Some of these might even do it gratis.
> 
> e. Wait around, people will eventually come up with some solution. This
>   is not recommended in most cases because, finantialy/"accountingly"
>   speaking, although society can acquire free/libre software without
>   paying (gratis), free/libre software has costs associated with
>   maintainance (for the community around it) and adaptation (for the
>   community around it and for the average users).
> 
> I'm not a macOS user, but I do hope this issue can be fixed in a
> friendly way. But please, don't give away your freedom just for the sake
> of convenience.
> 
> 
> Respectfully, Adonay.
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