[GNC] Missing transactions

[Sebastian Aguilar]

Thank you Derek, I used File -> Open to open a back-up file (instead of double -clicking on it) and it worked and my data is there. 
Not sure why it opened an old file automatically but I’m back on track now.
Thanks again!
S

> On Dec 7, 2022, at 10:27 AM, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, December 7, 2022 1:20 pm, Sebastian Aguilar wrote:
>> For some reason, when I opened GnuCash today, 3 years of transactions were
>> missing. I went to recent backup files but when I open them, they are also
>> not showing the missing data.
>> What could be happening?
>> I am using Version: 4.8. - Build ID: 4.8a+(2021-09-28) on a 2016 MacBook
>> Pro with macOS Monterey version 12.6
>> Thanks for any help!
>> S.A.
> 
> How do you normally open GnuCash?
> Keep in mind that on the Mac, GnuCash will *ALWAYS* open the most recent
> file you had open the last time you used GnuCash.  If you double-click on
> a file, it WILL NOT open that file (unless it happens to be the last file
> you used).
> What this means is that the /ONLY/ way to change file on a Mac is via File
> -> Open.
> My guess is that you double-clicked on File A, and entered data thinking
> it was file A, but really it was file B -- and therefore you data is in
> File B.
> 
> The best way to figure this out is to look at your files and look at the
> last-modified times of all of them, to figure out which one(s) may have
> your data.
> 
> It is unlikely your data is gone, but it IS likely that it might be spread
> across multiple files, or not in the file you think it is in.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
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> -derek
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