> On 19 Jul 2019, at 09:47, Maf. King <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thursday, 18 July 2019 11:48:37 BST Mary wrote: >> Hi, I have just installed GnuCash v3.6 on my MacBook Air. How do I set up 2 >> companies on GnuCash? I have tried creating new directories (1 and 2) and >> launching from them separately but it just loads the same chart of accounts >> and data! >> Many thanks >> >> > > > Hi Mary, > there's something weird about GC on MacOS - clicking on a data file doesn't > open that file; GC always resumes with the last used file.... > > Just File-> open and navigate to the other file. > > once you've done that once, you should just be able to go file -> [recent > files > list] to get the data you want... > > HTH, > Maf.
Hi, Mary & Maf. This happens with other open-source, multi-platform software as well (e.g. LibreOffice, Frescobaldi), and I think must arise from the way in which Mac OS passes the “file-to-open” to the appropriate program when you double-click. It’s not an insoluble problem - if I double-click a file whose default program is MacVim, MacVim will start up and open the chosen file - but then MacVim isn’t raw VI. I’ve found that if LibreOffice is already running when I double-click one of its files, it will open that file OK, but LibreOffice s expects to have more than one file open at a time, and I haven’t tried double-clicking one GnuCash file when another is already open - too scared of possible side-effects! Michael _______________________________________________ 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.
