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Posted by John Pollard on March 27, 2008, 1:52 pm
Please log in for more thread options nanox2000@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi, you seem really helpful and I have a situation I could
> really use
> help with!
>
> I'd like to get some information from Quicken on my old XP
> computer
> onto my new MAC.
>
> I realize Quicken Windows and MAC are different and require a
> fairly
> intricate migration under ideal circumstances.
>
> My circumstances are not ideal, as the XP computer is dead and
> I'm
> accessing the hard drive direct via USB from my MAC.
>
> Also, I never exported or backed anything up while using
> Quicken in
> Windows.
>
> I can view the Quicken folder, but obviously I can't run it.
> I was
> hoping there would be an obvious filename, for example my
> account name
> or something, but there is not.
>
> The good news is I used Quicken for EXTREMELY basic
> operations, to
> keep track of how much money in, out, for what, and when. In
> other
> words, I never left the simple, main page accounting ledger or
> did any
> computations or anything (aside from the balance it calculates
> automatically).
>
> I think/hope this simple information is somehow viewable --
> even in a
> messy text file I could put it together and that would be
> great.
>
> I've tried opening some .dat files with text viewer in MAC but
> they
> come up blank.
>
> Is there any way I can retrieve this information in any
> format?
Here is a link to a Quicken knowledge base article on converting
data from Quicken for Windows to Quicken for the Mac.
http://tinyurl.com/ypzumv
If it isn't readily apparent from the kb article: you need to be
able to "run" Quicken for Windows in order to extract the data
to convert to the Mac. [And even then, the process is
cumbersome, flakey, and will not get all your data.]
I believe that there is at least one product for the Mac that
will allow you to run Windows programs (sorry, my Mac knowledge
is almost zero, and I don't remember the name of the product).
If you have the CD containing Quicken for Windows, you could
install Quicken for Windows to the Mac software that runs
Windows programs, use Quicken for Windows to do the extract from
the Windows Quicken data, and import to your Mac file.
--
John Pollard
First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
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