Here Is What I Did

[John Donnee]

Looks like two files. Is it the log file or the other file. Or should I
just make a backup of both.

Thanks

John

On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 1:56 PM David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> John,
>
> Glad to hear.
>
> Just as a final note: the files in your home folder aren’t “backups.” They
> are your actual data files. If you want backups, you’ll have to make them
> yourself.
>
> David T.
>
> On Dec 2, 2017, at 11:53 PM, John Donnee <jjdonnee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
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>
> 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
>
> Hope that helps,
> David T.
>
> On Dec 2, 2017, at 11:27 PM, John Donnee <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
>
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