Adrien, John Ralls provided advice that, because the OP had not used Gnucash much in version 2.x, he might, in fact, be able to jump directly from that to 4.4. That advice, as I noted, is non-standard, but may work-- and if it does, then there's no real problem.
David T. -------- Original Message -------- From: Adrien Monteleone <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> Sent: Thu Jan 14 20:01:52 EST 2021 To: gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Best way to upgrade from an old version (2.6.14) to current I think you misunderstood. No, you should not 'update' your GnuCash installation *with your existing GnuCash file* straight from 2.x to 4.x! You have two paths: 1. retain your existing GnuCash file and go through the multi-step update process outlined in this thread and in the wiki. Then when at 4.4, start incrementally importing your Quicken/Quickbooks data from where you last left off when you imported to GnuCash. (note, you may have edited that old data in the other app, so that might not be a good idea) 2. ditch the (as you noted) 'stale/old' GnuCash file entirely (maybe save a backup in case), remove GnuCash 2.x, install GnuCash 4.4, and then start incrementally importing your Quicken/Quickbooks data - from the beginning of your use of Intuit's software into a fresh GnuCash file. Which one you choose depends on how much you've been using the two side-by-side and how much you've invested in the existing GnuCash file. I seem to recall from your original post, it was imported long ago, you played around with it lightly, and you are just getting back to it now to make a permanent switch. If that is the case, I would go for option #2 as there will be no data loss and you'll get better quality imports now with 4.4. Regards, Adrien On 1/13/21 2:16 PM, brad wrote: > I'm a bit confused as to the best update method. These seem to be > differing methods, incrementally updating GC (3 steps), or jump to 4.4 > (1 step) and let it do the data update in one step. Is the JR one > step method reliable for a big file with many accounts? _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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 gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.