Clearly I am doing several things wrong. Probably since I switched from Manjaro 
to Zorin in about October.

I have no un-numbered copy in my folders on either backup device. I do not yet 
know if the Linux drive is salvageable. So I agree that seems to be where to 
look, but I am unlikely to find it there. I will likely see only what the 
backup shows. But I guess there must be something somewhere on the Linux drive 
(and maybe the backup?) since it opens properly there. If it isn't fried.

I had been keeping only the last several files (I thought), but there is a gap 
from October 2025 to April 2026.

The banks are reconciled to January 1st 2026 and projected transactions entered 
to end of April.

It seems I am subscribed to the list using 
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 so [email protected] is not a member.

On Friday, May 15th, 2026 at 8:29 AM, David T. <[email protected]> wrote:

> You're doing fine with list etiquette. Reply-All works best.
>
> The file you opened is a backup from October 28, 2025. How do I know this? 
> Check out 
> <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_What_are_all_these_.gnucash_and_.log_files_filling_up_my_directory.3F>
>  where you'll see that a file that has that long number embedded in it is 
> actually a dated backup copy.
>
> Find the one in your folder that *doesn't* have those numbers, and you'll 
> find your current details.
>
> David T.
>
> On May 15, 2026 5:35:48 PM GMT+05:30, Stephen Camidge <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>
>> First, I am very rusty on using this list. I mostly read it but forget. I 
>> receive the digest. Do I reply to you or only to [email protected] ? 
>> When I tried yesterday a moderator had to approve it as I am not a member. 
>> But I receive the message digest, so I am confused.
>>
>> To answer your questions. I am not a hardware person, so I cannot remove the 
>> internal Linux drive and test it. I backup daily the folder where I store 
>> the datafile to a flash drive automatically using grsynch. I did it twice 
>> yesterday and also back it up to an external Linux drive. The pop and power 
>> loss happened during the second drive backup, so that one is incomplete. The 
>> second flash drive was done first and completed.
>>
>> So I copied the flash drive folder to my Mac and double-clicked the Camidge 
>> Accounting GNU Cash.gnucash.20251028182223.gnucash (not a log file). Data 
>> was there but incomplete.
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> On Friday, May 15th, 2026 at 6:48 AM, David T. <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Well, this is not really a "Linux to Max problem" so much as "I can't 
>>> locate my most recent data file" problem.
>>>
>>> I'd start by double checking that you actually have the file you were using 
>>> on the Linux box.
>>>
>>> When you say that you moved backup data to an old Mac, how did you do that? 
>>> Did you pull the hard drive from the dead machine and connect it to the 
>>> Mac? Or was it an actual backup that you made? If this, when was that 
>>> backup made?
>>>
>>> David T.
>>>
>>> On May 15, 2026 2:33:02 AM GMT+05:30, Stephen Camidge via gnucash-user 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have been using the lastest version of GnuCash on Zorin 18.5 (Linux). 
>>>> That machine today made a loud pop and is dead until I can get it fixed.
>>>>
>>>> I moved backup data to an old Mac. When I open it with GnuCash for Mac 
>>>> 5.14-1, it loads the data until January even though it is today's backup.
>>>>
>>>> What do I need to do to fix it?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you
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