They're not really backups. They're more like safety copies created by
GnuCash in preparation for updating the database. Back in the olde days
the probability of a system r/w error when writing out a big file was a
lot higher than it is now, and even today it is far from zero.
Do what David says: preferably onto another physical storage medium;
desirably on a different server/computer entirely; ideally onto a
different machine at a physically different location. Just having
another copy of the data file on the same disk in the same machine isn't
much backup at all.
Ron Morse
On 12/02/2017 08:44 AM, David Reiser wrote:
Doesn’t matter. Right click on your current DB file and select Duplicate from
the pop-up.
All my gnucash-generated backups and log files are in the same directory as the
data file itself.
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Dave Reiser
dbrei...@icloud.com
On Dec 2, 2017, at 9:38 AM, John Donnee <jjdon...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi David, in what directory on my iMac is the backups kept?
ThanksJohn
John Donnee
910.622.8111
317 Mount Eden Place
Cary, NC 27518
On Dec 1, 2017, at 10:16 PM, David Reiser <dbrei...@icloud.com
<mailto:dbrei...@icloud.com>> wrote:
Well, do you know what version you have? 2.6.1 was released in January 2014,
and 2.6.18 should read any 2.6.x file easily. And I don’t think there were
significant problems going from the last couple 2.4.x to 2.6.1.
The easiest way to find out is to make a copy of your DB. Download the newest
version of gnucash, and try launching the new version. I’m pretty sure it’s
going to try to open the last file you had open — that’s why you make a copy
first.
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Dave Reiser
dbrei...@icloud.com <mailto:dbrei...@icloud.com>
On Dec 1, 2017, at 7:54 PM, John Donnee <jjdon...@gmail.com
<mailto:jjdon...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi David, will it recognize my existing DB?
Thanks
John
On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 7:52 PM David Reiser <dbrei...@icloud.com
<mailto:dbrei...@icloud.com>> wrote:
On Dec 1, 2017, at 7:38 PM, John Donnee <jjdon...@gmail.com
<mailto:jjdon...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I have used GNUCash since 2013. Just upgraded to Mac High Sierra and the
application will not launch. I need help.
Thanks
John Donnee
910.622.8111
317 Mt. Eden Place
Cary, NC 27518
dataplan GmbH
Sent from my iPad
download and install GnuCash version 2.6.18
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Dave Reiser
dbrei...@icloud.com <mailto:dbrei...@icloud.com>
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John J Donnee
317 Mount Eden Place
Cary, NC 27518
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