[GNC] Just updated to MacOSX Catalina and GnuCash will not open.

[David H]

Awesome thanks John, I'm relatively new to the Mac and MacOS so still
learning, learning, learning :-)

Cheers Dave.

On Tue, 22 Oct 2019 at 12:32, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

>
> Dave,
>
> Showing the extensions (e.g. the .txt in foo.txt) is a preference in
> Finder's preferences on the Advanced tab.
>
> You don't need to double click a text file to read it, you can just select
> it and tap the space bar. That actually works for a surprising variety of
> file types, not just text.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>
> > On Oct 21, 2019, at 5:53 PM, David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks John so they are but I think I'll just keep copying them over
> with the app as it's a lot easier than digging down about 5 sub directories
> :-)  The dmg I have doesn't show them with .txt on the end of the file name
> or if they are I've turned it off somehow but they open up when you double
> click on them ok.
> >
> > Cheers Dave H.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 22 Oct 2019 at 10:30, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> > You only need to copy Gnucash.app. The other files, README.txt,
> NEWS.txt, etc. are in the dmg and renamed with the .txt so you can easily
> read them with QuickLook. They're also inside Gnucash.app (control-click on
> Gnucash.app in Finder and select "Show package contents" from the context
> menu) at Contents/Resources/share/doc/gnucash, though those aren't renamed
> for QuickLook.
> >
> > Regards,
> > John Ralls
> >
> >
> > > On Oct 21, 2019, at 3:17 PM, David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I copy everything to Applications/GnuCash and run it from there, you
> can't
> > > run it from the dmg.
> > >
> > > Cheers Dave H.
> > >
> > > On Mon, 21 Oct 2019 at 20:28, GJS <gms at kembro.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi,
> > >> I've run 2.6 on previous version of MacOSX but couldn't install 3.6.
> > >> Having updated to Catalina none of my 32 bit software works! Thanks
> Apple.
> > >> Downloaded 3.7-1. Clicking the file opens a folder containing six
> files
> > >> but not the usual File -> Applications facility. Clicking the Gnucash
> > >> icon starts the verification process that loads the disc image on the
> > >> desktop, puts an icon in the taskbar and leads to the "do you really
> > >> want to open it?" dialogue. Choosing "Open" closes the window and
> > >> removes the icon from the taskbar. Only the disc icon is left which
> > >> invites one to do it all again ad nauseam.
> > >>
> > >> Checking Help files, tutorials and various mailing lists has produced
> > >> nothing useful.
> > >>
> > >> I've used Gnucash for years on Windows and Mac with no problems. This
> is
> > >> so frustrating and time consuming that I'm thinking of going back to
> > >> spreadsheets.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for your time
> > >> Gra Smith
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