Installation

[Maf. King]

Hi Jonathan.

On a Mac, you can't click a file to open it.  It is some weird interaction 
between how MacOS and GC (a linux program ported to work on Mac) see the 
start-up process.

GC on Mac will *always* try to open the most recently used file.  If that file 
has gone away, then it will complain that the file is not found.

Ignore that message, then use the File->Open menu to get to the file you want.  
Next time you start GC, it should remember that file choice and open it 
automatically for you.

HTH,
Maf.



On Monday, 12 February 2018 03:04:06 GMT Jonathan Ames wrote:
> Thanks, all, for advice. Just not happening, though. I can see the latest
> file in a directory, but get "file not found" when clicking on it. By now,
> a lot of lost work. Am I correct in assuming that unlike commercial
> software, gnucash doesn't save itself back to the application
> automatically, even if you "save" automatically? In other words, what
> you're paying for is not to deal with the log files, but to save and then
> later click on the icon and have it be where and as you left it?
> 
> Gnucash is more accessible than Quickbooks from within (e.g., all accounts
> have registers), though the "save" complexity, and existence of multiple
> text files, log files, etc., to be managed aren't mentioned in the
> manual/tutorial. I'm accustomed to assuming that it's all user error, e.g.,
> life itself -- correct in this instance? Is there a patch to save and
> access Gnucash like a commercial, e.g. Intuit, program?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jonathan Ames, PhD
> Clinical Psychologist
> 415 N. Tioga Street
> Ithaca NY 14850
> 607-319-5118 - Office
> 607-227-4792 - Cell
> jnthn.ames at gmail.com
> www.whatnowconnect.com
> 
> 
> <jnthn.ames at gmail.com>
> 
> On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 1:19 PM, Jonathan Ames <jnthn.ames at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am a 71 yo solo psychologist, not particularly patient, unable to
> > install Gnucash: every time I save, another icon appears on desktop;
> > accounts, files I create disappear (“not found”) despite being saved.
> > Wondering if this program requires programming skills to set up: other
> > non-programmers seem it use it. Idea was to link office Windows 10 and
> > home
> > Mac (Sierra) systems through iCloud, replacing Windows-only Quickbooks and
> > Mac Quicken. Is Gnucash basically for the IT-savvy, i.e. getting stable
> > version established on systems so they work like standard software? Also,
> > can Windows and Mac versions maintain same data sets? Will guidebook help,
> > of is it that if you’re having my sort of issues you’re too stupid?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Many thanks,
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Jonathan Ames, Ph.D.
> > 415 N. Tioga Street #205
> > Ithaca NY 14850
> > Office: 607-319-5118 <(607)%20319-5118>
> > Cell: 607-227-4792 <(607)%20227-4792>
> > jnthn.ames at gmail.com
> > www.whatnowconnect.com
> 
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