[GNC] Upgrade installation question

[Gerry Starnes]

Hey John,

What I meant was in the Finder menu, click on go, then open the
Applications option. When I did that, the DMG of the app was there, not the
program.
Of note, I did drag the program file from the folder that opened when I
clicked on the DMG, not the DMG itself. I did that several times. Why that
happened was confounding.

Nonetheless, your suggestion of opening a separate Finder window and
copying from there worked. It DID copy and now runs without the DMG on the
desktop.

Thanks!

Gerry


On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 8:30 PM john <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

>
>
> > On Oct 4, 2021, at 5:03 PM, Gerry Starnes <gerrystarnes at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Re: Gnucash on Mac OS Big Sur
> > I recently upgraded from 3.7 to 4.7. I downloaded the DMG, opened it and
> > there were several files, including the Gnucash program. I dragged the
> > program file directly into the Go > Applications directory and it ran.
> The
> > problem is that it is still connected to the Gnucash-4.7 volume. If I put
> > that in the trash, Gnucash won't run.
> >
> > When I restarted the computer due to another unrelated issue, I had to
> dig
> > the Gnucash DMG out of the Downloads folder and run it again or the
> program
> > can't be found.
> >
> > There must be a step I'm missing, but I can't figure it out. Your help is
> > appreciated.
>
> Dunno what you mean by Go > Applications, but if it runs immediately it's
> not copying. Open another Finder window, navigate to Applications in that,
> and drag Gnucash from the dmg window to that window. It should pause for a
> couple of beats then put up a little box showing progress as it copies the
> app bundle to the Applications folder. When that finishes, eject the dmg
> and launch GnuCash from the other Finder window.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>
>