[GNC] gnucash won't start on Mac

Wed Oct 10 12:54:20 EDT 2018

> 10 okt. 2018 kl. 16:02 skrev John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>:
> 
> 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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Hi John

I’ll try to ad it to the dock. 

Les