[GNC] gnucash won't start on Mac

[Leslie Jensen]

Den ons 10 okt. 2018 kl 16:07 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
> >>>>> @ypical ink
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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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You where right John!

I put GnuCash in the Dock and there it was. Up like a charm.

Thanks for your advise :-)

Les