[GNC] macOS Mojave 10.14.3 cannot open GNUCASH

[suk wah Bernstein]

good news is it is working so long as it stays open.
not so good news is it intermittently quits unexpectedly.

is there a way to stabilize? thanks so much for everything.

On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 6:49 PM suk wah Bernstein <sukwahbernstein at gmail.com>
wrote:

> yay! it opened, quit suddenly, reopened...
>
> what great support! such amazing community! so much connection, such
> love💞😘👏👍🌹
>
> blessings
> suk wah
>
> On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 5:19 PM John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.fremont.ca.us>
> wrote:
>
>> Maf's right, 2.4.7 is very old and is indeed too old to run on Mojave.
>> The _inflate_validate error message is consistent with trying to run too
>> old a version of GnuCash. If it's still spinning the beachball then by all
>> means force-quit. Then drag Gnucash to the trash and empty the trash.
>>
>> You can download the latest release of GnuCash from
>> https://www.gnucash.org.
>>
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>>
>> > On Mar 20, 2019, at 2:07 PM, suk wah Bernstein <
>> sukwahbernstein at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > I am trying to download Gnucash 3.4, still failing at opening it.
>> >
>> > Meanwhile, in Applications Folder, there is a hardrive icon, under the
>> old Gnucash icon, titled Gnucash-Intel-2.4.7
>> > Wild guess, it may be to do with the Gnucash version that I have been
>> using and working well before upgrading to Mojave. don't know for sure.
>> >
>> > On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 1:58 PM Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net> wrote:
>> > On Wednesday, 20 March 2019 19:52:28 GMT suk wah Bernstein wrote:
>> > > fyi FINDER not responding. force quit?
>> > >
>> > > On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 11:34 AM suk wah Bernstein <
>> > >
>> > > sukwahbernstein at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > > fyi color wheels still spinning in desktop where icon is and
>> Applications
>> > > > after several hours. email working.
>> > > >
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I don't know Macs, but it sounds like a reboot might be a good idea.
>> >
>> > I am a bit confused, though.  You said you had downloaded Gnucash 3.4,
>> but
>> > then you mention GC 2.4.7  -  which is *very* old.  have you got some
>> old
>> > partial installation of an old GC lying around?
>> >
>> > Maf.
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