[GNC] determining which Gnucash version last ran/MacOS

[Adrien Monteleone]

I would hazard that as a safe bet as MacOS would have offered you the 
choice it knows of which is what you have installed. If you don't know 
if ran Check & Repair yet for that version, it doesn't hurt to run it again.

Did you manage to install them all side-by-side? (3, 4, & 5)

I would install them one at a time as you migrate and perform Check & 
Repair. You can see which version is installed by viewing your 
installation folder (most likely /Applications) in Finder with column 
view. The info pane to the right should show the version of the app when 
you select it.

You can also see this info in a System Report from the Apple menu for 
any software including dates of installation.

That won't tell you what version of an app you last opened a file with 
though.

Also note, you only need to jump to the last release of a version before 
making a backup/copy of your file and jumping versions.

If there is a command to see what last app version was used for a file, 
that would be good to know.

Regards,
Adrien

On 6/20/23 4:04 PM, Eric Theise wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I overstayed my time with 2.6.21 and recently downloaded a few versions in
> the 3, 4, and 5 families to start a cautious upgrade. Thing is, a few busy
> weeks intervened and now I can't remember how far I got. I'd hoped Finder
> would populate "Date Last Opened" but that's empty for all versions
> including 2.6.21.
> 
> Getting info on my gnucash file results in "Open with: 3.11-1" and I'm
> willing to believe that's where I left off. But if there's a more certain
> way to determine the last version I ran I'd love to know what it is. I'm
> comfortable at a unix command line.