[GNC] gnucash won't start on Mac

[John Ralls]

Leslie,

Is GnuCash in the Dock? If not, several users with this problem found that putting it there worked around the issue.

Regards,
John Ralls


> On Oct 10, 2018, at 5:51 AM, Robert Kesterson <robertk at robertk.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
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