[GNC] since Catalina, unable to open gnucash

[Adrien Monteleone]

Why are you storing your book in /opt?

That should more likely be in your /Users directory along with the rest of your own files. (or on some other volume)

Catalina separated your internal system drive into 2 partitions. Check Disk Manager. It will now show (default names) ‘Macintosh HD’ and ‘Macintosh HD-Data’.

The first one contains the OS and all system directories. Normally, you can’t touch these without admin credentials. (which you’d have to enter every time for that access, not just logged in as an admin level user)

The other is for your data.

Try moving your data to somewhere in your /User tree or any other user controlled volume like a thumb drive, external, or network drive. (there are issues with those some times as well, so maybe just try your /User area first)

You should be able to reliably save after the move.

Regards,
Adrien



> On Jan 25, 2020 w4d25, at 6:20 PM, sherwood kaip <skaip799 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>     I have used gnucash many years.  I don't know whether it has anything
> to do with the new Catalina operating system or it's another problem
> entirely.  Attached are messages I have received when trying to open
> gnucash.  In the past I have had the message about not having the lock but
> when I clicked 'open anyway' all went well.  The fact that I'm told it
> can't save a backup is new.
>     If I click 'open anyway' the program will open and I can add
> transactions but it won't save them and next time (possibly after a force
> quit?) the added transaction won't be there.
> 
> I am not sure where to look for the helpful answers that will probably be
> provided.  If someone feels like it, please email me (skaip799 at gmail.com)
> the link to where answers will be posted.
> S. Kaip
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