[GNC] couple questions

[Adrien Monteleone]

Heide,

It would likely be safest and easiest to upgrade in these steps:

1. 2.6.21 (the last 2.6.x version)
2. 3.11 (the last 3.x version)
3. 4.9 (the current version)

I'm fairly certain, you don't need to upgrade to lower releases of each 
major version first. (such as 3.0 or 3.1, and 4.0 or 4.1) You should be 
able to go straight to the last release of each major version.

After EACH upgrade, from the main Accounts tab, be sure to go to the 
Actions menu and choose the Check & Repair > Check & Repair All option.

This will conform your data file to the new version. Some things will be 
fixed automatically upon opening the file, but this will ensure this 
gets done correctly, just in case something went wrong with the 
automatic process.

And as the others noted, make a backup before each step. You can delete 
the extra backups once you are confident all went well.

Regards,
Adrien

On 1/17/22 12:10 PM, Heide Wang wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have couple questions. I started using Gnucash in 2015 to keep basic financial record of a trust account. I am using Gnucash 2.6.18 (I know it is old version), and my mac operation system is 10.14.6. My computer is about 9 years old. Although everything is working fine now, but I know I need to upgrade my computer soon. When I up grade my computer, I will download the newest version of Gnucash. How can I transfer all the data to the newer version of Gnucash?? I would like to get a step by step instruction so I wouldn’t loss my old data.