Here Is What I Did

[John Donnee]

I dragged the application to my desktop. Frankly I did not think to drag it to the applications folder. I just dragged it from my desktop and everything is working week. Did an eject.

I found the backups. They are in my Users folder under my name.

Gentlemen, thanks you for your help. Have a nice day.

Best regards,

John Donnee

910.622.8111
317 Mount Eden Place
Cary, NC 27518

> On Dec 2, 2017, at 1:45 PM, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> John,
> 
> You don’t say what you did when you downloaded “the latest version” (presumably 2.6.18, yes?). Once you downloaded it, did you open the dmg file and drag Gnucash.app into your applications folder? I ask this because you say there are two Gnucash apps in Applications. As the different versions of Gnucash on the Mac all use the same file name, I’m not sure how you have two Gnucash apps in the Applications folder; thus, the new one would have/should have replaced the earlier one.
> 
> You also seem to be conflating the *program* with *your data*. The two are not the same, and do not reside in the same location. The program (Gnucash.app) should be located in /Applications; your data will have been stored where-ever you told Gnucash to put it. Many of us use a folder in our “home” folder—perhaps you did as well?
> 
> Regardless, if you delete Gnucash.app, you will only be deleting the program—which you can always get again by downloading and installing it again if need be.
> 
> As for your data file, we have no way of knowing where you put your data file (that’s like asking us to tell you where you put your car keys ;)), I can only suggest that you open Gnucash, and then select File->Save As, which will allow you to see where Gnucash has found the current file and what its name is. Then, you can exit Gnucash and make a backup of this file to someplace safe. 
> 
> For what it’s worth, you may wish to read the FAQ sections regarding files and backups at https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_do_I_backup_my_data.3F <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_do_I_backup_my_data.3F>
> 
> Hope that helps,
> David T.
> 
>> On Dec 2, 2017, at 11:27 PM, John Donnee <jjdonnee at gmail.com <mailto:jjdonnee at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Ok, so I downloaded the latest version of GNUcash and it did point to my latest copy and everything came up properly.
>> 
>> I am still confused about a couple of things.
>> 
>> 1. Do I go back in to my iMac and delete old versions of GNUcash?
>> a. In the Applications folder all that is showing are 2 GNUcash apps from 2014 and 2015.
>> b. I have no idea where this latest version is stored and I am afraid to delete the two in the App folder
>> 
>> 2. I still cannot find where the newest DB’s are stored on my Mac hard drive. Any suggestions?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> John
>> John Donnee
>> 
>> 910.622.8111
>> 317 Mount Eden Place
>> Cary, NC 27518
>> 
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