[GNC] URGENT help needed

[David Reiser]

You’ll have to download the new version from a web browser. The link for the newest Apple Silicon version points to sourceforge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20%28stable%29/5.10/Gnucash-Arm-5.10-1.dmg/download
Dragging the new app version to your Applications folder will install it. I think the new version will read the old data file. Changing the app itself doesn’t touch the data.

To be safe, rename the old version of gnucash just to keep it around, and make a copy of your data file before you attempt to open it in gnucash 5.10.

Make sure you know which version of gnucash is which, so you don’t open the older version unless your certain you want to.

--
Dave Reiser
dbreiser at icloud.com





> On Feb 7, 2025, at 22:04, Owen Willows <owillows at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear David,
> I am using a MacBook Air 13”, M2 running OS Sequoia 15.3 
> The GnuCash version is 4.13.
> 
> I cannot find an update option on Gnucash. Should I uninstall and reinstall the latest version?  If so, will it automatically upload all my data? 
> Sorry to appear so challenged in this area but I am very nervous about losing almost a years data.
> Thanks so much for your advice. Really appreciated.
> Owen.
> 
> 
>> On 8 Feb 2025, at 10:37 AM, David Reiser via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>> 
>> You’re using an old version of gnucash. What system version of macOS are you using? You might have to upgrade gnucash (currently at 5.10). Make sure you don’t have the gnucash file open already, and if gnucash crashes when you click the “open anyway” button, then you certainly have a system version/gnucash version incompatibility.
>> --
>> Dave Reiser
>> dbreiser at icloud.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 7, 2025, at 19:10, Owen Willows <owillows at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Dear Gnucash,
>>> Please help me with the problem below. I am close to submitting my audited filings and cannot afford for this to be not functioning.
>>> This is the error message when I try to open Gnucash.
>>> <Screenshot 2025-02-07 at 8.44.04 AM.png>
>>> 
>>> Please advise,
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