[GNC] Best way to upgrade from an old version (2.6.14) to current

[Adrien Monteleone]

I think you misunderstood.

No, you should not 'update' your GnuCash installation *with your 
existing GnuCash file* straight from 2.x to 4.x!

You have two paths:

1. retain your existing GnuCash file and go through the multi-step 
update process outlined in this thread and in the wiki. Then when at 
4.4, start incrementally importing your Quicken/Quickbooks data from 
where you last left off when you imported to GnuCash. (note, you may 
have edited that old data in the other app, so that might not be a good 
idea)

2. ditch the (as you noted) 'stale/old' GnuCash file entirely (maybe 
save a backup in case), remove GnuCash 2.x, install GnuCash 4.4, and 
then start incrementally importing your Quicken/Quickbooks data - from 
the beginning of your use of Intuit's software into a fresh GnuCash file.

Which one you choose depends on how much you've been using the two 
side-by-side and how much you've invested in the existing GnuCash file. 
I seem to recall from your original post, it was imported long ago, you 
played around with it lightly, and you are just getting back to it now 
to make a permanent switch. If that is the case, I would go for option 
#2 as there will be no data loss and you'll get better quality imports 
now with 4.4.

Regards,
Adrien

On 1/13/21 2:16 PM, brad wrote:
> I'm a bit confused as to the best update method.   These seem to be 
> differing methods, incrementally updating GC (3 steps), or jump to 4.4 
> (1 step) and let it do the data update in one step.    Is the JR one 
> step method reliable for a big file with many accounts?