That looks like a tidbit of information that would be nice to see in the F.A.Q!
On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 10:15 AM Robert Kesterson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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. > >> > > > > > > -- > > Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 > > [email protected] www.ihtfp.com > > Computer and Internet Security Consultant > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ 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.
