[GNC] Gnucash program disappeared

[R Losey]

On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM Owen Willows <info at breathelife.org.my>
wrote:

> Dear Gnucash,
>
> I have a problem.
> Tried to open the program to find that it is entirely missing. Tried every
> option to get it back without success.
> When clicking on the Gnucash icon, it opens a blank window headed “Unsaved
> book - Gnucash”
> I am using a MacBook Air M2 - 13 inch. I am running Mac OS Sequoia 15.5.
> The download file reads: Gnucash-Arm-5.11-2.dmg.
> I have been using Gnucash for a few years and would hate to lose all my
> financial records
>
> PLESASE HELP.
>
> Owen Willows.
>


It sounds like you have the GnuCash program, if it opens to a blank window.
What it sounds like is that it cannot find the data file where your records
are stored.  Was that a local storage on your computer's hard drive? Was it
on an external drive? Was it on Dropbox? In the cloud somewhere?

If you *know* where your data file is, you can "Open" it from GnuCash.
GnuCash also keeps a list of the most recently used files, but if it can't
find it once, it asks if it should be removed... if you said yes, it won't
be in the MRU list.

If you don't know where you keep your data file, you will need to find it
(or, use a backup). The data file has a file extension of ".gnucash" -- the
file name is set by you.

GnuCash creates backup files that look like "<your file
name>.gnucash.<timestamp>.gnucash".

But finding your file would be better... did you, perhaps, accidentally
delete it? Have you looked in the trash can?

Others may have even more ideas.

Best wishes!



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