Convert QDF to QDFM?

Posted by Ed Kearns on November 29, 2008, 5:15 pm

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in article C555B2FF.184A6%kearnser@gmail.com, Ed Kearns at
kearnser@gmail.com wrote on 11/28/2008 2:38 PM:

> in article da599596-ed41-466a-aa6a-3223db3dc3fc@x8g2000yqk.googlegroups.com,

> danbrown at db37215@yahoo.com wrote on 11/28/2008 10:26 AM:

>> Is the Mac new enough that it has an Intel chipset (as opposed to the

>> original Motorola chipset), and thus can run Q/Win?

>> If you were going to run Q/win on both machines, you'd need to make

>> sure that the 2 iterations of Q/Win were from the same year. They

>> don't necessarily need to be the same version (e.g., Deluxe and

>> Deluxe), but they WOULD need to be the same year.

>> db

> Unfortunately,the Mac is not that new, so it doesn't have the Intel chipset.

> Also, from what you say, it might not work anyway, as my Mac Quicken is

> 2004, and the Win version is 2009. So am I out of luck? I thought I moved

> the QDFM from the Mac to the Win, but maybe I didn't.

> Ed

What if I exported a QIF from either Win or Mac? Could that then be used by
either?

Ed

Posted by John Pollard on November 29, 2008, 8:30 pm

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Ed Kearns wrote:

> What if I exported a QIF from either Win or Mac?

> Could that then be used by either?

I believe you could do this on a one-time basis: but I do not
think it would be feasible as an ongoing approach.

The two Quicken's are significantly different; and the
export/import process would be painful, at best.

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