> > It’s not clear whether “data files” is meant to refer to *your* data files, > or *the application’s.* Adrien is right that you can easily load multiple > versions of the application simply by naming one “Gnucash 2.6.19.app” and the > other “Gnucash 3.4.app” That is what I have done; I’ve also put both on my > dock and use them regularly. > > Both of them, however, will default to opening the same data file, again > since the same configuration files are used. You could work around this by > installing the different versions under different users on MacOS.
I did this as well when 3.x came out. Here was my workflow for installation: Download both versions. Open GnuCash 2.6.19.dmg, rename Gnucash.app to Gnucash-2.app, drag it to /Applications Open GnuCash 3.x and drag it to /Applications This produced two ~/Library/Application Support/GnuCash folders, one for each version, so my configurations were not the same (I made them so eventually) and my data file pointer was different because I intentionally first opened different files with each version. I never had issue with one version opening the other’s data file, though I occasionally did this on purpose to test data integrity. Note though, I didn’t regularly jump back and forth. I only used this to test and triage some bugs before I reported them. I’ve since removed all traces of 2.6.x and solely use 3.4 now. Regards, Adrien _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
