[GNC] Installation on a Mac

[Frederick Bambrough]

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     Jules Levinson <juleslevinson at comcast.net> wrote:

> I have used GnuCash for many years, but only on Windows. My wife has
> decided to give GnuCash a try. She uses a Mac. I've never used one.
> 
> She downloaded the current *.dmg file from the website and then did
> whatever one does on a Mac to install an application. Several times.
> Many times. Installation failed, always in the same way, leaving her
> with, at best, an icon for GnuCash but unable to open the program.
> Unfamiliar with the Mac, I am unable to help her. I hope someone on this
> list will be able to assist me to assist her.
> 
> In search of information, I stumbled across a few forums and queries.
> One resembled her experience closely:
> 
> "The installation process appears to go normally, there's the usual
> warning about 'Opening' a file downloaded from the internet and the
> GNUCash icon is seen 'bouncing' up & down on the lower docking bar, but
> after you 'click' Open the GNUCash icon disappears and the installation
> process halts - nothing! No GNUCash. I've tried several fresh downloads
> and repeated the same installation process without success."
> 
> I read this to her. She replied, "That is what is happening on my
> computer."
> 
> Thanks for whatever help you can offer us.

Drag the contents of the .dmg file to your Applications folder. Right
(option/alt) click on the GnuCash icon and select 'Open'from the menu.
Agree that you do want to open the app. You only need to follow this on
the first occasion, macOS will mark the application so it will open
normally thereafter.