[GNC] Migrating to iMac from PC

Robert Heller heller at deepsoft.com
Thu Nov 29 05:56:44 EST 2018 

At Wed, 28 Nov 2018 14:03:44 -0600 Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:

> 
> Richard,
> 
> It's not as difficult as it might appear.
> 
> 1. Copy over your data file.
> 2. Start GnuCash
> 3. File > Open and select your data file.
> 4. GnuCash > Preferences - and set them the same as on the Win10 machine. (no need to try to convert registry keys, just make the changes manually, should take about 3-5 minutes)
> 5. File > Properties - make these match as well.
> 6. IF you have custom reports, copy those to the proper location on the Mac. The wiki has this info as I noted.
> 7. IF you have a custom css file (or an .ini file) - again, copy these to the relevant location. (I don’t think Mac’s use .ini, but you can likely enter that content in the css file, or a plist file - check the wiki)
> 8. ...
> 9. Profit
> 
> Worst case after the above steps is that any dialog warning boxes you may
> have dismissed in the past, will once again start alerting you. Just dismiss
> them again if desired.
> 
> Of course, ALWAYS make a backup first.

Trivial option: you will probably be using the thumb drive to transfer the 
files.  That thumb drive is itself a backup copy.

> 
> To help with #4 and #5, if for some reason you won't have the two side by
> side, either write them down, or print/save a screen shot of the various
> settings.

Most of the time your preferences will be the default, or be something 
obvious -- eg you will recognize the setting.

> 
> I think that's about it unless John or someone else knows of something I
> forgot or am not aware of.
> 
> Regards,
> Adrien
> 
> > On Nov 28, 2018, at 4:45 AM, 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.
> > 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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