[GNC] New User on MacBook

[Jim DeLaHunt]

On 2024-08-04 12:48, Sumar Patel via gnucash-user wrote:

> Hi I am new to GnuCash and am trying to save the data file to DropBox but can’t see DropBox when I click “SaveAs” button; all I see are locations on the local computer. When I go to Finder I do see DropBox. How do I save the data file to DropBox when I can’t see DropBox when I click “SaveAs” button?

Hello, Sumar, and welcome to GnuCash!

I also use GnuCash on macOS. GnuCash is based on a toolkit called Gtk, 
which displays macOS special folders differently from most mac apps. 
Generally what works for me is to navigate to the path in a file system 
where the special folder resides.

In your case, I bet it will help you to find the file system path to 
your Dropbox folder. Fortunately, Dropbox has published a help page, 
"How to find the Dropbox folder on a computer" 
<https://help.dropbox.com/installs/locate-dropbox-folder>. The relevant 
part seems to be:

> This article describes how to find the Dropbox folder on a computer 
> once you’ve downloaded the Dropbox desktop app…, and logged in.…
>
> To open your Dropbox desktop app preferences:
>
>  1.     Click the Dropbox icon in your …menu bar (Mac).
>  2.     Click your avatar (profile picture or initials) in the
>     top-right corner.
>  3.     Click Preferences.
>  4.     Click Sync in the left sidebar.
>  5.     Scroll to the Dropbox folder location section.
>  6.     [Read] the path displayed [which is] your Dropbox folder location.
>
Then in GnuCash, use the File… Open or File… Save as commands. A File 
Open or File Save dialogue opens.

In the left pane of the dialogue, click Home. The ribbon across the top 
displays a Mac icon, then Users, then your username. The pane on the 
lower right displays the folders in your home directory.

The path given in step 6 probably starts with '/Users/your_username/'. 
Follow through the remainder of the path, '/'-separated piece by piece. 
For each piece, click on the corresponding folder icon in the GnuCash 
dialogue. The dialogue redraws the ribbon across the top and the folders 
in the lower right to display the new folder.

Does that answer your question?

Best regards,
      —Jim DeLaHunt