Awesome thanks John, I'm relatively new to the Mac and MacOS so still learning, learning, learning :-)
Cheers Dave. On Tue, 22 Oct 2019 at 12:32, John Ralls <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dave, > > Showing the extensions (e.g. the .txt in foo.txt) is a preference in > Finder's preferences on the Advanced tab. > > You don't need to double click a text file to read it, you can just select > it and tap the space bar. That actually works for a surprising variety of > file types, not just text. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > > On Oct 21, 2019, at 5:53 PM, David H <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thanks John so they are but I think I'll just keep copying them over > with the app as it's a lot easier than digging down about 5 sub directories > :-) The dmg I have doesn't show them with .txt on the end of the file name > or if they are I've turned it off somehow but they open up when you double > click on them ok. > > > > Cheers Dave H. > > > > > > On Tue, 22 Oct 2019 at 10:30, John Ralls <[email protected]> wrote: > > You only need to copy Gnucash.app. The other files, README.txt, > NEWS.txt, etc. are in the dmg and renamed with the .txt so you can easily > read them with QuickLook. They're also inside Gnucash.app (control-click on > Gnucash.app in Finder and select "Show package contents" from the context > menu) at Contents/Resources/share/doc/gnucash, though those aren't renamed > for QuickLook. > > > > Regards, > > John Ralls > > > > > > > On Oct 21, 2019, at 3:17 PM, David H <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I copy everything to Applications/GnuCash and run it from there, you > can't > > > run it from the dmg. > > > > > > Cheers Dave H. > > > > > > On Mon, 21 Oct 2019 at 20:28, GJS <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> Hi, > > >> I've run 2.6 on previous version of MacOSX but couldn't install 3.6. > > >> Having updated to Catalina none of my 32 bit software works! Thanks > Apple. > > >> Downloaded 3.7-1. Clicking the file opens a folder containing six > files > > >> but not the usual File -> Applications facility. Clicking the Gnucash > > >> icon starts the verification process that loads the disc image on the > > >> desktop, puts an icon in the taskbar and leads to the "do you really > > >> want to open it?" dialogue. Choosing "Open" closes the window and > > >> removes the icon from the taskbar. Only the disc icon is left which > > >> invites one to do it all again ad nauseam. > > >> > > >> Checking Help files, tutorials and various mailing lists has produced > > >> nothing useful. > > >> > > >> I've used Gnucash for years on Windows and Mac with no problems. This > is > > >> so frustrating and time consuming that I'm thinking of going back to > > >> spreadsheets. > > >> > > >> Thanks for your time > > >> Gra Smith > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> 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. > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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. > > > > _______________________________________________ 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.
