[GNC] How do I Upgrade from 2.6.12 to v4?

[Glenn Serre]

Good afternoon,

Reminder: The first step should be to back up your data if you haven't
already, especially if you are running on a dying PC.

-- Glenn S.

On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 1:21 PM Gyle McCollam <gmccollam at live.com> wrote:
>
> Martin,
> Sorry to hear your PC is dying, but the upgrade is ot a complicated as you think.  1st, what version of Windows are you running on the PC?  Next it is recommended that you upgrade to a version 3.x, then run under "Actions" Check and Repair.  After you have done that, you can upgrade to version 4.x and run Check and Repair again.  You don't have to export or import at all.  When the new version is installed, it will remove the old program, but NOT your data.  The new version will be able to pick up right where you left off.  To get to the right place, click on Help then About within GNUCASH.  Near the bottom you will see a link to "Visit the GnuCash website."  There you will see links to version 3.11 which you could use to upgrade from your current version.  If your computer can handle it you will then be able to upgrade to the current version.  Same thing applies to a Mac.  There is no importing or exporting required, all you would have to do is install GnuCash on the Mac, transfer your data files to the new machine and GnuCash will take it from there.  If you have any reports saved on your old Gnucash that could pose other difficulties.
>
>
> Thank You,
>
> Gyle McCollam
>
> Gyle McCollam
>
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> From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail.com at gnucash.org> on behalf of Martin Taylor <martin at martintaylor.nz>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 3:48 PM
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: [GNC] How do I Upgrade from 2.6.12 to v4?
>
> Hi
>
> I’m a not very technical user whose been successfully running 2.6.12 on my dying PC for about 8 years (since the imminent demise of MS Money!).
>
> I’m looking at migrating from PC to a Mac laptop and found that in the meantime that several newer versions of GnuCash have been released.
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> I’m assuming that it would be smart to upgrade before I migrate to the new platform.
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> Within 2.6.12 I can’t find where or how to upgrade to a new version.  My guess is that I simply download the latest version 4 for PC and then export accounts and transactions from 2.6 and import them into 4. Am I on the right track?
>
> Having got that done, I would then imagine that I download the equivalent version 4 for Mac to my laptop and again export and import the data.
>
> Fingers crossed that I’m sending this to the correct user forum and that someone can provide me with some advice
>
> Martin
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