Jens , If you want to run GnuCash on multiple computers it is often easier to use a cloud syncing service like dropbox and share the GnuCash files to both machines via dropbox. If you only require to shar it over a LAN then a network storage device linked to both computers works as well but you need some network skills to set it up. I have shared my files between 3-4 computers using dropbox without any problems for well over 10 years.
On Thu, 2026-03-05 at 22:46 +0000, Jens Ingemann Jensen wrote: > David, > What I did was to take the USB stick on which I had saved the GNC file, > plugged it into my MacBook, and then opened > GNC. It said it could not find the usual file, so I went to "File" → > "Open" clicked on the file on the USB > stick, and it opened a file with the standard expense categories and zero > balances and telling me it was "read only". > Then I went back to my iMac and now when I opened GNC the same happened. > Both computers run GNC 5.1 > There was a second USB drive plugged into the iMac of which I had been > unaware, and it turned out that the files had > been saved there too, but trying to open them from there resulted in the same > scenario. > This all happened on the 15th, and today I plugged in only the second USB > stick on my iMac, and I was able to find a > file with a time stamp from the 13th on this drive. I opened GNC and opened > this file via the file menu. It opened > and came up with all the missing information. Miracle. The first USB stick > did not have any files with time stamps > earlier than the 15th. Now I am leary of trying again to run GNC on two > computers, but I will try to copy that good > file onto a third USB stick and see if it will open on the MacBook. I travel > a bit, therefore the desire to run it on > two computers, so I can stay on top of my finances. > Even if I got my data back, I am still curious what I did wrong. > Thank you to everyone who has tried to help. > Jens > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David T. <[email protected]> > Sent: Mar 5, 2026 4:19 AM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]>, Jens Ingemann Jensen > <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [GNC] Fwd: All data gone > > > Jens, > > Can you clarify for me: you say you copied the file to usb and it wouldn't > load on the new machine. Did you copy this > file from the USB stick onto the new machine? Or did you try to load the data > file directly from the USB stick? > > What happens if you copy the file to your Documents folder on the new machine? > > What about the original file on the older machine? Does that still load? > > David T. > > > On Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 09:33:10 AM GMT+5:30, Jens Ingemann Jensen > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have found all the replies on Gnucash-user, but I have not yet solved the > problem. I did open GnuCash, went to > ”Files” → “Open” and found one of the files to > open but it did not change anything. > Previously when I opened GNC it also came up with the filename and asked if > it should open it, which went fine all the > time. I never tried to open GNC by doubeclickeing on a file. As said I > wanted to use GNC on both my Intel silicon > (desktop) and Mac silicon (laptop) computers running McaOS 13.7.8 and 26.3 > respectively. GNC on my laptop is vs. 5.10 > and 5.14 on the desktop. > I still hope to find a way to get my data back. > Kind regards > Jens > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
