Hello Gyle Thank you for that. Unfortunately overnight my computer (Apple Mini M1) rebooted for some unknown reason and I lost it all anyway. But thanks for your help. Yes, I did upgrade too soon, and should have known better. It was my mistake, not theirs.
I just want to add that, like you, I am extremely grateful for the work done by all the developers to keep GNUCash updated. I am a retired Accountant and find it excellent for small business accounting which I do in a small way to help small businesses get on their feet. Best regards Neil > On 26 Jun 2023, at 18:28, Gyle McCollam <[email protected]> wrote: > > Changing to saving the file uncompressed by changing it in preferences is the > best temporary solution. That is one of the problems with upgrading too > soon. The developers do their best, but no one is prefect. I for one am very > grateful for their efforts. > > > > Sent from Samsung Galaxy smartphone. > > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Neil Campbell <[email protected]> > Date: 6/26/23 12:43 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GNC] gnucash - Can't Save file > > > The bug has been reported. Gnucash can't save to a compressed file, the > > fix is due any day now. However, 5.1 work fine if you want to upgrade now. > > Really? Please tell me how I can recover over 2 hours of work on GnuCash ver > 5.2? I mean, is there any way I can recover my changes/input which I will > lose if I now go back to ver 5.1? I am in limbo at present. > > Neil Campbell > > > > On 26 Jun 2023, at 17:00, [email protected] wrote: > > > > Send gnucash-user mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [email protected] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [email protected] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of gnucash-user digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: Upgraded to v5.2- now can't save (Gyle McCollam) > > 2. Re: Problem saving data file in GNUcash 5.2 > > (Michael or Penny Novack) > > 3. Advice before posting a problem (was: Problem saving data > > file in GNUcash 5.2) (Stan Brown) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2023 12:34:06 +0000 > > From: Gyle McCollam <[email protected]> > > To: Ira Fuchs <[email protected]>, Gnucash <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [GNC] Upgraded to v5.2- now can't save > > Message-ID: > > > > <ph0pr10mb55611eab018d7cc0a3e2fefcca...@ph0pr10mb5561.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > The bug has been reported. Gnucash can't save to a compressed file, the > > fix is due any day now. However, 5.1 work fine if you want to upgrade now. > > > > > > Thank You, > > > > Gyle McCollam > > > > Gyle McCollam > > > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> email > > > > ________________________________ > > From: gnucash-user <[email protected]> on > > behalf of Ira Fuchs <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2023 8:19 AM > > To: Gnucash <[email protected]> > > Subject: [GNC] Upgraded to v5.2- now can't save > > > > I just upgraded to v5.2 and I can no longer save changes. I get this error: > > > > Could not write to file /Users/if/Documents/GnuCash folder/ > > gnucash_transactions.gnucash.20181105195638.gnucash. > > 20211205203910.gnucash. Check that you have permission to write to this > > file and that there is sufficient space to create it. > > > > I have gone back to v4.13. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2023 11:31:18 -0400 > > From: Michael or Penny Novack <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [GNC] Problem saving data file in GNUcash 5.2 > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > > > On 6/26/2023 8:23 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Today updated to version 5.2 but now unable to save any changes to my entry > >> stating that I do not have any permissions to do so. Have tried changing > >> location to another folder on the C:\ drive and also an external drive but > >> does not work. > >> > >> > >> > >> I do have full permissions and have since saved non-GNUcash files to these > >> locations. > > > > > > Sort of general advice for any help list (not specific to gnucash) > > > > Whenever you have a problem, before posting your request for help, LOOK > > at recent entries to the list, say the last week or so. You want to see > > if there have been a number of people reporting the same problem that > > you have and are receiving answers about it. If so, these is no need to > > add your plea for help to all the others. Not particularly helpful. > > > > Yes, there is a problem with 5.2 > > > > Yes there are suggestion about what to do > > > > Michael D Novack > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2023 08:41:14 -0700 > > From: Stan Brown <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [GNC] Advice before posting a problem (was: Problem saving > > data file in GNUcash 5.2) > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > > > On 2023-06-26 08:31, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > > > >> Sort of general advice for any help list (not specific to gnucash) > >> > >> Whenever you have a problem, before posting your request for help, LOOK > >> at recent entries to the list, say the last week or so. You want to see > >> if there have been a number of people reporting the same problem that > >> you have and are receiving answers about it. If so, these is no need to > >> add your plea for help to all the others. Not particularly helpful. > >> > >> Yes, there is a problem with 5.2 > >> > >> Yes there are suggestion about what to do > > > > +1 > > > > Thank you, Michael. You said what I was thinking, but phrased it better. > > > > Stan Brown > > Tehachapi, CA, USA > > https://BrownMath.com <https://brownmath.com/> > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Subject: Digest Footer > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > gnucash-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > End of gnucash-user Digest, Vol 243, Issue 40 > > ********************************************* > > Neil > [email protected] > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. 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