Can you use the same data file on a PC and a MAC?

[David T.]

In reply to the original posting on Nabble (which hasn’t yet come through moderation to Gnucash-user),

Because of oddities of how GnuCash is implemented on the Mac, you cannot double-click a file in Finder and have GnuCash open that file. You must actively use File->Open to call up the file. This is a known behavior.

Since GnuCash also automatically opens the last file you accessed when it starts, you will not need to repeat File->Open the next time. Just be sure your flash drive is properly mounted before you start GnuCash, or it will tell you it can’t find the file.

David

P.S. - I have noticed in recent weeks an increase in GnuCash-users subscribers replying directly on Nabble to posts that non-subscribers have submitted. Please be aware that when a subscriber replies to the original post, your reply appears on GnuCash-users *before* the original question, since your reply doesn’t have to viewed by a moderator. Personally, I’d rather you guys would wait until the post passes through moderation to reply, as it is disconcerting to receive the reply before the query, but understand the desire to offer help quickly. Perhaps someone has suggestions on how this might be better finessed?

> On Mar 25, 2017, at 8:06 AM, farleykj <farleykj at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> (1) I believe the file format is the same whether you are using Windows, OS
> X, or Linux.
> (2) You might not be aware that if you have a flash drive that you have
> named "Flashy", it will be mounted on the Mac system as "/Volumes/Flashy"
> and that is where you have to navigate to get to it. Gnucash does not seem
> to provide a "shortcut" in the File->Open menu to the flash drive.
> (3) If you can "navigate directly to the flash drive" that means it was
> successfully mounted.
> (4) Double clicking on a file will start up Gnucash, but does not cause the
> program to open with the file that you have double clicked on.
> 
> As a side note, if I were to do my personal accounting on a work computer,
> I'd get a whole lot of grief. We had a guy (emphasis on had) that was "just
> tracking the expenses of his boy scout troop" and now he is forever referred
> to in the past tense.
> 
> 
> 
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