[GNC] Lost all my transactions on Gnu cash

[Georgina Hunter-Jones]

Ah, it said it was read only a page or so ago. I keep fiddling with it,
hoping to get back to my accounts, but I seem to be making it worse. If I
can get the read only thing back I’ll take a screenshot. Sorry. I’m getting
a bit lost here.

On Tue, 22 Jan 2019 at 21:00, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> So if that didn't work -- how is it telling you that it is read-only?
> Could you supply a screen shot?
> Maybe a step-by-step of what you do and what happens?
>
> I'm at a loss for what else would cause a read-only situation here except,
> perhaps, you opening a placeholder account.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -derek
>
> On Tue, January 22, 2019 3:55 pm, Georgina Hunter-Jones wrote:
> > Thanks, sadly it did not work. Sorry that replies are so slow, Im not
> > always with the old computer. Thanks
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 2:38 PM Georgina Hunter-Jones <
> > helicopterlife at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks, i’ll Try that. Georgina
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 2:00 PM Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Dear Georgina,
> >>>
> >>> [snip]
> >>> > Op dinsdag 15 januari 2019 12:52:50 CET schreef Georgina
> >>> Hunter-Jones:
> >>> >> Dear Geert,
> >>> >> Thank you, that helped to a certain extent. I can now see lines of
> >>> >> information with the account details. However, it appears to be
> >>> 'read
> >>> >> only'
> >>> >> and I cannot enter any further data. I also cannot see anything more
> >>> >> than
> >>> >> an overall view of the account, ie no dates etc.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Anything I can do to change that? Thank you very much for your help
> >>> so
> >>> >> far.
> >>> >> Best wishes, Georgina
> >>>
> >>> This sounds like it could be a permissions problem, although I'm not
> >>> familiar enough with MacOS permissions to know how best to fix it.
> >>> Hopefully a MacOS expert will come in.  But it really sounds like when
> >>> you
> >>> copied your data file you put it into a directory that your current
> >>> user
> >>> does not have access to write new files.
> >>>
> >>> Can you try this:
> >>>
> >>> Make a new folder from the Finder
> >>> Copy your data file to the new Folder
> >>> Open GnuCash
> >>> File -> Open the data file from the new folder
> >>>
> >>> Does this help?
> >>>
> >>> >> On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 8:31 AM Geert Janssens
> >>> >> <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> wrote:
> >>> >> > A few other suggestions:
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > 1. Which files did you transfer ? While that sounds obvious, it is
> >>> not
> >>> >> > always
> >>> >> > so. So this question is to ensure you really did copy your gnucash
> >>> >> data
> >>> >> > file
> >>> >> > to the older computer.
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > 2. How have you tried to open your gnucash data file ? It's
> >>> important
> >>> >> to
> >>> >> > realize that on MacOS double-clicking on a random gnucash data
> >>> file
> >>> >> > doesn't
> >>> >> > necessarily mean that file will be opened. GnuCash will always
> >>> reopen
> >>> >> that
> >>> >> > previously last opened file (which may be different from the one
> >>> you
> >>> >> > double-
> >>> >> > clicked on). To fix that you can:
> >>> >> > - Start the gnucash application
> >>> >> > - Select File->Open
> >>> >> > - Navigate to your gnucash data file and open it this way
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > Will that bring your data back ?
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > Regards,
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > Geert
> >>>
> >>> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> >>> > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
> >>>
> >>> -derek
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>>        Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
> >>>        derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
> >>>        Computer and Internet Security Consultant
> >>>
> >>>
> >
>
>
> --
>        Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
>        derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
>        Computer and Internet Security Consultant
>
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