[GNC] Migrating to iMac from PC

[Colin Law]

On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 at 10:49, Richard Jones
<richardtrevorjones at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you Robert, Michael, Adrien and John for taking the time and trouble
> to answer and explain.
> This migration would require very careful planning, testing and a backup
> plan if things go wrong. I will have to think hard as to whether it is
> worth risking.

Where is the risk, provided you keep the original machine operational
till you are confident it is all working on the new one?

Colin

> Thanks again
> Richard
>
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 23:39, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.fremont.ca.us>
> wrote:
>
> > 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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