[GNC] macOS Mojave 10.14.3 cannot open GNUCASH

[John Ralls]

First let's see if we can figure out why it's quitting. Open /Applications/Utilities/Console and select User Reports from the sidebar. Are there any whose names start with Gnucash?

Regards,
John Ralls


> On Mar 21, 2019, at 8:11 AM, suk wah Bernstein <sukwahbernstein at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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 <
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> > > sukwahbernstein at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > fyi color wheels still spinning in desktop where icon is and Applications
> > > > after several hours. email working.
> > > > 
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> > 
> > 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?
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> > Maf.
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