Once the program starts with the undesired data file loaded, you can use the program's file menu to select another (more recent) data file or backup file to see if you can find the right one. You can do this successively to try various files until you find the one you want. Once you've established which file is the one you expect, save it as <filename>.gnucash using the same file menu. I recommend making sure <filename> is unique so you don't risk overwriting other data. Then, I believe if you close the program, the following times you start the program, it should try to load that file you just named/saved. IE, typically GnuCash loads the last file it was made to save, if I understand correctly.
Kind regards, Greg Feneis On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 4:16 AM Neil Campbell <neilcam...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am using GNUCash v4.8.2 which I upgraded to yesterday on a MacBook Pro > (operating system 10.15.7 Catalina). I did a months accounting entries for > the month of September and ran reports such as P&L - no problem. > > When I come to use GNUCash this morning it automatically loads a data > file, but the last transaction on this data file is 31 May 2021. I seem to > have “lost" the latest backup (and the three previous months) plus > everything that was posted for June, July, August, September each month > having about 200 transactions. I cannot find any trace of any data file > later than 7 June 2021 on my computer. > > Can anyone please tell me what has happened to my data files for the > previous months? > > Neil > neilcam...@gmail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.