Jim— I let it sit yesterday after adding that one simple transaction, and it was over 12 hours before it finished and returned back. I now added two more transactions, clicked Save, and it’s churning again. Letting it sit and finish has done nothing.
My storage location is 100% local, not distributed or shared anywhere. It’s on my local NVMe drive, which is working fine elsewhere. I’ve also restarted the machine several times, but still nothing. I’m thinking I may revert back to a previous version from my last 4.9 run since I do save for 30 days and let it try again. If that doesn’t work, I’m at a loss. Perhaps I’ll setup 4.14 on my new laptop arriving today which I will setup with Linux and see what happens. All— If anyone else has any recommendations, I’m all ears since I don’t want to have to abandon my data file or be stuck on 4.9! Best, Michael Weber > Hello, Michael: > > On 2026-02-16 07:37, Michael Weber wrote: > > I have been using GNUCash for many years and had been using 4.9 for quite > > some time. In preparing for a computer migration from MacOS to Linux, I > > decided I would upgrade, taking the migration path suggested of the latest > > v4 build (4.14) and then migrating to the latest v5 build. > > > > I installed the 4.14 version and ran the repair of all my transactions, > > which was very fast and did not require a save. I believe everything was > > fine. > > > > However, now when I make any change and click the Save button, saving takes > > minutes… a lot of minutes… and CPU at 100%. Moments ago, I added one > > transaction and clicked save, and I’m currently at 24 minutes and counting, > > and the save has not finished.... > > I too have been using GnuCash on macOS for quite some time. I am now on > the nearly-current version 5.12, but I was using GnuCash 4.x on macOS > while it was the latest version. I do not recall having a problem of > very slow saving. > > Some suggestions for troubleshooting, based on my macOS experience. > > 1. Patiently let the current save finish, before taking further > troubleshooting steps. If you end up with a file partially saved, > that just gives you another obstacle to overcome. > 2. See if the storage location for your book file might be an issue. > Are you storing it on a cloud drive of some sort? If so, try > quitting GnuCash, moving the book file to the home storage volume of > your Mac, and then running GnuCash and opening that file from its > new location. > 3. I do have experience of some part or another of the macOS system > getting wedged. Quitting the app, and if trouble persists, > restarting macOS, are a hassle but clear up many slowdowns. > > I hope this helps. > > I think you are doing well to upgrade first from your previous 4.x > version of GnuCash to version 4.14, before upgrading GnuCash to version > 5.x. > > Best regards, > —Jim DeLaHunt _______________________________________________ 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.
