[GNC] Installation on a Mac

[Jason Psenak]

I was having the same issues no matter where I put it. I was able to
finally get it to run by dragging it to the dock and then launching. Works
fine for me now.

On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 2:16 PM Gerry Starnes <gerrystarnes at gmail.com> wrote:

> I had the same problem with 3.3. I had to add a couple of steps though.
>
> 1) renamed the old folder in Applications to GnuCash 2.2
> 2) created a new folder for GnuCash 3.3 in the Applications folder.
> 3) copied all of the files in the window that opened when I double clicked
> the installer volume to the new GnuCash 3.3 folder
> 4) clicked on GnuCash in the new folder
>
> This opened GnuCash correctly and it also found my previous data files.
> Seems to me that something about the installation does not actually put the
> executable and support files in the Applications folder.
>
> Gerry S
>
> On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 1:21 PM David Reiser via gnucash-user <
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>
> > On Dec 2, 2018, at 12:17 PM, 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.
> > >
> > > Jules B. Levinson
> > > _______________________________________________
> >
> >
> > If the gnucash is in the Applications folder (usual place to install apps
> > on a mac), and that is where it gets launched the first time when the
> > system asks you if you want to run an app downloaded from the internet,
> > when you say “Yes, run it”, the Mac fails to open the app. If you go back
> > to the Applications folder and double click Gnucash again, it will open
> > Gnucash as expected (without asking again if you’re sure). That’s what
> has
> > been happening for me for many version releases, maybe even before the
> 3.x
> > versions. After that first aborted launch for a new download, I have not
> > had any launch failures.
> >
> > So, plan to have to open Gnucash twice on a Mac the first time you try
> > running a newly downloaded copy.
> >
> > Keep in mind, though, that double clicking on any gnucash data file on a
> > mac usually results in gnucash opening with the last data file it used,
> > even if that wasn’t the file you double-clicked in Finder. Use File>Open
> > from within Gnucash. Just launch Gnucash directly if you want to use the
> > last file it had open.
> > --
> > Dave Reiser
> > dbreiser at icloud.com
> >
> >
> >
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