[GNC] No install is needed

W. Neal Lewis wnlewis at southwind.net
Tue Jan 11 21:53:15 EST 2022


Thank you Alton.

I will do what you recommended.

Neal Lewis

On 1/11/22 7:34 PM, Alton Brantley wrote:
> 1. Download the Mac software from Gnucash.org
> You will get a DMG file which you then open
>
> 2. Create a directory named “gnucash” in your /Application folder
> 3. Drag the contents from the opened DMG file ( which should contain a number of files, but in particular one named Gnucash) to the /Applications/gnucash folder
> 4. Close and dismount the DMG file
> 5. Click on /Applications/Gnucash/Gnucash
> After it starts, in the dock, the icon will show up. I suggest right-clicking and keeping the link in the dock for easy access
>
> Don’t save your data file on the Desktop or in Documents, but save the data file in a folder Documents/gnucash
> The appliccation keeps versions of the data file and a lock file in the save directory.
> --Alton Brantley
>



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