[GNC] Installation on a Mac

[Jules Levinson]

Thanks to everyone who is trying to help us install GnuCash. Never having
used a Mac, and also never having had any trouble with GnuCash on Windows
(I am no fan of Windows, but GnuCash does run on my machines without
difficulty), I am surprised to learn that others have experienced
such issues and completely at a loss for solutions. At least I now know,
and can report to my wife, that she's not alone. We will persist until we
resolve this successfully.

Jules

On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 1:49 PM Jason Psenak <jpsenak at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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