On MacOS, to run two instances simultaneously, open the first one in the
usual way, then for the second, open a shell and type:
open -n /Applications/Gnucash.App your_data_file.gnucash
That assumes Gnucash is in the Applications folder. Change
“your_data_file.gnucash” to the real path to the data file you want
to open in the second instance. If you don’t specify that, it will
try to open the last open file, which is already open in the first
instance. That will give you an error about the file being locked,
which you have to cancel and then load the file you wanted for the
second instance instead. Giving the filename on the command line avoids
that problem.
You can also make a script to do this so you don’t have to drop to the
shell every time. I set up quick launch workflows in Alfred for mine so
it just takes couple of keystrokes to launch whatever set of books I
need, and they can all be open at once.
On 24 Apr 2020, at 9:58, Derek Atkins wrote:
HI,
GnuCash doesn't allow multiple data files to be open.
Do do what you want you need two instances of GnuCash running in
parallel.
How you do that is definitely OS specific.
I honestly don't know if MacOS allows you to run two instances
simultaneously.
-derek
On Fri, April 24, 2020 10:51 am, Eric Beversluis wrote:
I’m running GnuCash 3.7 on Mac 10.12.6.
I can’t figure out how to open two files at once. I need to copy
entries
from my LLC acct to my personal account, but when I have the LLC
GnuCash
file open I can’t get the personal LLC file open.
What’s the trick? When I click on the file under GnuCash->File, it
closes
the first file. WHen I try to open it from the Finder, nothing
happens.
I know I’ve done that in the past, when I was operating on a Linux
box.
Eric Beversluis
Short fiction at www.ericbeversluis.com
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