Thank you so much! I am now in the depths of the GnuCash help section, trying to figure how to proceed. Thank you for your help. Edwin
On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 10:59 PM R Losey <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
