cicko,
Thanks for adding this to the wiki. However, the circumstances you describe are
not a function of backing up gnucash, but are rather a general issue associated
with using gnucash on macs.
Because of this, I will recommend that your notes be moved into the FAQ page on
using gnucash for
Thanks, Maf. That's some useful info for Mac users. I'll add this to the wiki
(section on restoring the backups).
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On 4/5/2019 7:48 PM, Fuchs Ira wrote:
Conversely, if I move the current .gnucash to another machine that only has
this file (and gnucash app) and open it, I don't see any recent transactions
(only transactions from several years ago when I last used this test machine).
Does the .gnucash file
On Fri, 5 Apr 2019 19:48:45 -0400
Fuchs Ira wrote:
> Put another way, how would I migrate the current state (or an earlier
> state) to another machine?
I recommend the excellent wiki page
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Backup
Liz
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Thanks. That was the problem. I mistakenly thought that dragging the .gnucash
file over the Gnucash app would Open the file (as is normally the case for Mac
apps) but apparently you MUST use the File Open...
> On Apr 5, 2019, at 8:04 PM, Ira Fuchs wrote:
>
> Yes.
>
> On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at
On Saturday, 6 April 2019 01:04:22 BST Ira Fuchs wrote:
> Yes.
>
OK, that probably explains your problem.
On Macs, you can't open a GC file by clicking on it. GC *always* opens the
last-used data file.
to swap files on a Mac, you have to use File -> Open and navigate to the file
you want to
On Saturday, 6 April 2019 00:25:12 BST Fuchs Ira wrote:
> I wanted to go back to a saved .gnucash file but when I open it, it contains
> transactions that were entered after the date of the file. What am I doing
> wrong or how do I return the ledger to a saved point in the past?
Are you using a
I’d say you got which file was which mixed up.
You may have inadvertently opened the older file and kept working in it. That
would now be your current file.
If it is missing transactions the other contains (and vice versa) then you’ll
have to pick one of them that has the least missing data
Conversely, if I move the current .gnucash to another machine that only has
this file (and gnucash app) and open it, I don't see any recent transactions
(only transactions from several years ago when I last used this test machine).
Does the .gnucash file not contain everything? Put another way,
I wanted to go back to a saved .gnucash file but when I open it, it contains
transactions that were entered after the date of the file. What am I doing
wrong or how do I return the ledger to a saved point in the past?
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