It sounds like at some point you created a new empty file with the same
name, but on a different stick.
Solution:
Delete the empty file so there is no further confusion. (or rename it if
you are skittish, though the file size should be a hint)
Optionally, also re-label the good stick in Disk Utility to something
like "GnuCash" or "Finances" so it is obvious as to which one to use or
is being used.
Regards,
Adrien
On 3/5/26 4:46 PM, 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.
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