I'm pleased I was able to help you; by the way, you should use "reply-all" to ensure that your response is copied to the entire list. I have done this for this response so that everyone can see where you are.
There is some kind of help for setting up accounts and getting going; I know I used it when I started, but it has been a bit too long ago for me to remember. But welcome to GnuCash! On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 3:17 PM Edwin Booth <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay. I figured how to drag it to the Applications folder. Now it appears > on the screen at the bottom right. I click on it and after the icon > “bounces” once it goes to the opening page in the middle of the screen and > then, immediately, back to that Unsaved Book - GnuCash. I guess now I just > have to enter data. But I’d like to have a tutorial to figure out what to > do. > > On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 2:57 PM Edwin Booth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think that you are probably onto the problem with that. I’m afraid I >> don’t know what the Applications folder is. I have never had to do that. >> I’m pretty new to Mac as well as to GnuCash. Thanks! I’ll try that. >> >> On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 2:41 PM R Losey <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 12:03 PM Edwin Booth <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi. I cannot get GnuCash to work on my MacBook Pro (running Ventura). >>>> I’ve >>>> downloaded the latest version and then, once I’ve tapped on the line in >>>> the >>>> downloads file, it just goes to a page that says “unsaved GnuCash file” >>>> and >>>> asks if I wish to save it or close it. Neither button works; it just >>>> sits >>>> there and does nothing. Also, the GnuCash icon doesn’t seem to come up >>>> again anywhere when I restart my Mac. I have to go back to the download >>>> file to find it. Then it goes to that “unsaved GnuCash file” again and >>>> I’m >>>> stuck there. >>>> >>> >>> I don't want to belabor the obvious, but did you install it? When I >>> download GnuCash for Mac, it comes as a .dmg file, which I then open and >>> have to drag GnuCash to the Applications folder. I then go to the >>> Applications folder and double-click on GnuCash to start it. >>> >>> You mention "...once I've tapped on the line in the downloads file..." >>> (what does that mean?). >>> >>> I have an M1 iMac running Ventura, but I can't believe that my situation >>> would be so different from yours. >>> -- >>> _________________________________ >>> Richard Losey >>> [email protected] >>> Micah 6:8 >>> >> -- _________________________________ Richard Losey [email protected] Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ 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.
