[GNC] Migrating to iMac from PC

[John Ralls]

Unfortunately on Windows preferences live in the registry. On Macs they live in a Plist in ~/Library/Preferences. There are probably programs out there that will extract from the registry and write the Plist, but I don’t know about them.

Other user metadata like book state files (what windows and tabs are open, window positions, etc.) and saved report configurations are stored in the user’s configuration directory, see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations> for where that is on each OS.

Regards,
John Ralls


> On Nov 28, 2018, at 5:17 AM, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
> 
> Richard,
> 
> As Robert noted, your data file should open just fine. (caveat on double-clicking assumed)
> 
> For the preferences issue he brought up, take a look at the wiki where preference and config file locations are stored on each operating system.
> 
> Be sure to find them on your Win10 system and copy them to the relevant locations on your Mac.
> 
> Then launch GnuCash, use File > Open and find your data file.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Adrien
> 
>> On Nov 27, 2018, at 7:47 AM, Richard Jones <richardtrevorjones at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I know gnucash runs on both Macs and PCs but I cannot find anything about
>> the migration procedure.
>> I have gnucash 3.3 on Windows 10. I am considering buying an Apple iMac.
>> Can my files from the PC be used on the iMac easily?
>> Thanks
>> Richard
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