[GNC] I have a MacBook Pro

[Edwin Booth]

Thank you so much! I am now in the depths of the GnuCash help section,
trying to figure how to proceed. Thank you for your help. Edwin

On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 10:59 PM R Losey <rlosey at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm pleased I was able to help you; by the way, you should use "reply-all"
> to ensure that your response is copied to the entire list. I have done this
> for this response so that everyone can see where you are.
>
> There is some kind of help for setting up accounts and getting going; I
> know I used it when I started, but it has been a bit too long ago for me to
> remember.
>
> But welcome to GnuCash!
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 3:17 PM Edwin Booth <elybeedle at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Okay. I figured how to drag it to the Applications folder. Now it appears
>> on the screen at the bottom right. I click on it and after the icon
>> “bounces” once it goes to the opening page in the middle of the screen and
>> then, immediately, back to that Unsaved Book - GnuCash. I guess now I just
>> have to enter data. But I’d like to have a tutorial to figure out what to
>> do.
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 2:57 PM Edwin Booth <elybeedle at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I think that you are probably onto the problem with that. I’m afraid I
>>> don’t know what the Applications folder is. I have never had to do that.
>>> I’m pretty new to Mac as well as to GnuCash. Thanks! I’ll try that.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 2:41 PM R Losey <rlosey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 12:03 PM Edwin Booth <elybeedle at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi. I cannot get GnuCash to work on my MacBook Pro (running Ventura).
>>>>> I’ve
>>>>> downloaded the latest version and then, once I’ve tapped on the line
>>>>> in the
>>>>> downloads file, it just goes to a page that says “unsaved GnuCash
>>>>> file” and
>>>>> asks if I wish to save it or close it. Neither button works; it just
>>>>> sits
>>>>> there and does nothing. Also, the GnuCash icon doesn’t seem to come up
>>>>> again anywhere when I restart my Mac. I have to go back to the download
>>>>> file to find it. Then it goes to that “unsaved GnuCash file” again and
>>>>> I’m
>>>>> stuck there.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don't want to belabor the obvious, but did you install it? When I
>>>> download GnuCash for Mac, it comes as a .dmg file, which I then open and
>>>> have to drag GnuCash to the Applications folder. I then go to the
>>>> Applications folder and double-click on GnuCash to start it.
>>>>
>>>> You mention "...once I've tapped on the line in the downloads file..."
>>>> (what does that mean?).
>>>>
>>>> I have an M1 iMac running Ventura, but I can't believe that my
>>>> situation would be so different from yours.
>>>> --
>>>> _________________________________
>>>> Richard Losey
>>>> rlosey at gmail.com
>>>> Micah 6:8
>>>>
>>>
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