[GNC] gnucash won't start on Mac

[Robert Kesterson]

If you don’t have multiple monitors then that setting probably doesn’t appear. It is only used for how to handle the second monitor.  I guess it’s something else happening in your case. 

> On Oct 10, 2018, at 7:37 AM, Leslie Jensen <jensen.leslie at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Den ons 10 okt. 2018 kl 14:06 skrev Robert Kesterson <robertk at robertk.com>:
>> 
>> Do you have multiple monitors?  The latest version would not open for me
>> on my multi-monitor Mac at first either.  From looking at the crash
>> reports, I surmised that it was trying to get a screen size or something
>> and failing.  On a hunch, I turned off “displays have separate
>> spaces” in my system preferences, logged out and back in, then started
>> GnuCash.  It opened fine.  I then re-enabled “displays have separate
>> spaces”, logged out and back in, and GnuCash has worked fine ever
>> since.
>> 
>>> On 10 Oct 2018, at 6:31, Leslie Jensen wrote:
>>> 
>>> Den ons 10 okt. 2018 kl 12:57 skrev Frederick Bambrough
>>> <mlist at ypical.myzen.co.uk>:
>>>> 
>>>> On 10 October 2018 11:26:22 BST, Leslie Jensen
>>>> <jensen.leslie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi
>>>>> 
>>>>> I just downloaded gnucash for Mac latest version. When I try to
>>>>> start
>>>>> the program I get the normal warning of it not being a known
>>>>> program.
>>>>> I click open and then nothing happens.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm using MacOS Mojave 10.14
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> 
>>>>> Les
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>>>> I'm still on High Sierra but have noticed a change in behaviour. In
>>>> this situation I find that if I click on the app a second time after
>>>> selecting 'open', it will run normally thereafter.
>>>> --
>>>> Fred
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>>> 
>>> Hi Fred
>>> 
>>> Thanks for answering :-)
>>> 
>>> Unfortunately it's not the case here. It doesn't matter how many times
>>> I start the program. After the warning it just goes away. I can't see
>>> any process in the Activity monitor either.
>>> 
>>> Les
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> 
> Hi Robert
> 
> No! One screen only with four desktops! I'm not able to find the
> setting you're referring to. Will you give me some more detail on
> where to find it?
> 
> Thanks :-)
> 
> Les