[GNC] Can't get GNUCASH to work on OSX

[David H]

When I open the dmg there's 5-6 files so I just copy them all over and yes
CMD not CTRL - Windows muscle memory taking over :-)  Using Big Sur 11.1
these days so I guess the prompts have changed somewhat

Cheers David.

On Wed, 30 Dec 2020 at 10:00, Michael Hendry <hendry.michael at gmail.com>
wrote:

> > On 29 Dec 2020, at 20:58, David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Ralph,
> >
> > Go to system prefs under Security and Policy and see if there's  a
> prompt to allow Gnucash to run - working from memory here so I think that's
> where it used to show up for me.
> >
> > Michael,
> >
> > Check your system prefs under Security and Policy - I have "Allow apps
> downloaded from:" set to "App Store and identified developers" and don't
> get prompted to allow a new version to run.
>
> Thanks, David.
>
> I have mine set to “Anywhere”, which I would imagine is a superset of “App
> Store and identified developers”, but I still get the prompt.
>
> >  All I ever do is mount and open the dmg, CTRL-A to select all files and
> in Applications CTRL-V to paste and select copy over if I already have
> Gnucash installed.
>
> I mount and open the DMG, then drag the App into the Applications folder,
> opting to overwrite the existing copy. As far as I can tell, there’s no
> need to “select all” and copy.
>
> (Presumably you use <Cmd>-a and <Cmd>-v on your Mac, not the CTRL-A etc?)
>
> Michael
>
>