On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 4:50 PM Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user < [email protected]> wrote:
> On 1/22/2026 1:19 PM, R Losey wrote: > > The file in which your data is saved is platform-independent. Just copy > it > > to the new machine, and you're done. > > > > If you have saved reports, you will either need to re-create them or copy > > them from their separate saved location... this is in the manual, as > > someone else pointed out. > > IF you have all these saved reports in one directory (file folder) you > should not have to copy them individually. Just that entire directory. > > BESIDES -- if you are doing this sort of migration, not just gnucash > data you want moved. Don't you want ALL your user data moved? Moving > gnucash data would be just a small part of that, yes? When I migrate to > a new machine I usually am copying over ONE directory (in which I have > put all the directories I am bringing over) > > Michael D Novack > Well, you're right... to my mind, the most important is the data file; I can re-create reports and I can reset the settings for what I want, but I cannot afford to lose the data file, and that was dominating my thinking. -- _________________________________ 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.
