PC vs MAC

Posted by Jan Groshan on June 7, 2009, 10:24 pm

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I am currently using Quicken 2009 on a PC. I am considering purchasing a
MAC. Will my data convert to MAC format (I know I would have to buy Quicken
for MAC).

Posted by Bionic Man on June 8, 2009, 1:06 pm

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> I am currently using Quicken 2009 on a PC. I am considering purchasing a

> MAC. Will my data convert to MAC format (I know I would have to buy Quick=

> for MAC).

Jan:

Mac is a good choice for a new computer. You won't be disappointed. As
for converting files, the 2-3 year old information I've seen said that
it does convert, but the process is somewhat tedious, and some people
have not had good results. Perhaps someone here will have better and
more up to date news.

Posted by Andy on July 6, 2009, 11:54 am

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> I am currently using Quicken 2009 on a PC. I am considering purchasing a

> MAC. Will my data convert to MAC format (I know I would have to buy Quick=

> for MAC).

There is no good way to convert. Quicken 2007 Mac lags far behind
Windows, and there's no direct conversion - you have to export to QIF
in 2009, then import that into Q2007Mac.

The replacement for Q2007Mac, "Quicken Financial Life for Mac" is far
behind schedule (Intuit has recently removed the product info page
from their site & replaced it w/ a redirect to Q2007Mac) and it has
not received good feedback from beta testers. I haven't heard of any
clean import process there either - even from Q2007Mac to QFLM. Intuit
has really botched this product line.

If you're going to go to those lengths to, make a clean break and
switch to iBank, MoneyDance, etc.

I've resigned myself to running Quicken Windows 2009 in a virtual
machine on my Mac.

Posted by Sharx35 on July 6, 2009, 9:10 pm

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>> I am currently using Quicken 2009 on a PC. I am considering purchasing a

>> MAC. Will my data convert to MAC format (I know I would have to buy

>> Quicken

>> for MAC).

> There is no good way to convert. Quicken 2007 Mac lags far behind

> Windows, and there's no direct conversion - you have to export to QIF

> in 2009, then import that into Q2007Mac.

> The replacement for Q2007Mac, "Quicken Financial Life for Mac" is far

> behind schedule (Intuit has recently removed the product info page

> from their site & replaced it w/ a redirect to Q2007Mac) and it has

> not received good feedback from beta testers. I haven't heard of any

> clean import process there either - even from Q2007Mac to QFLM. Intuit

> has really botched this product line.

> If you're going to go to those lengths to, make a clean break and

> switch to iBank, MoneyDance, etc.

> I've resigned myself to running Quicken Windows 2009 in a virtual

> machine on my Mac.

That being the case, what's the big deal? You have to accept the FACT that
for as long as you use a Mac you will have to use the virtual machine to
have an acceptable range of software.

Posted by Andy on July 7, 2009, 3:19 pm

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> >> I am currently using Quicken 2009 on a PC. I am considering purchasing=

> >> MAC. Will my data convert to MAC format (I know I would have to buy

> >> Quicken

> >> for MAC).

> > There is no good way to convert. Quicken 2007 Mac lags far behind

> > Windows, and there's no direct conversion - you have to export to QIF

> > in 2009, then import that into Q2007Mac.

> > The replacement for Q2007Mac, "Quicken Financial Life for Mac" is far

> > behind schedule (Intuit has recently removed the product info page

> > from their site & replaced it w/ a redirect to Q2007Mac) and it has

> > not received good feedback from beta testers. I haven't heard of any

> > clean import process there either - even from Q2007Mac to QFLM. Intuit

> > has really botched this product line.

> > If you're going to go to those lengths to, make a clean break and

> > switch to iBank, MoneyDance, etc.

> > I've resigned myself to running Quicken Windows 2009 in a virtual

> > machine on my Mac.

> That being the case, what's the big deal? You have to accept the FACT tha=

> for as long as you use a Mac you will have to use the virtual machine to

> have an acceptable range of software.

The big deal is that at present there is only one application I use
which has no analogue in MacOS - thus requiring me to keep a
virtualization environment and a copy of Windows around if I want to
keep track of my money without having to re-enter years of data, deal
with an improper conversion process, and reconfigure dozens of
accounts.

It's not an "acceptable range of software" - it's a SINGLE PROGRAM. A
program which, if Intuit did it right, would be head and shoulders
above any competitors on the platform. Instead, they have left their
Mac customers in a terrible place (and given potential PC to Mac
converts the finger) and can't even make their own products read each
others' data.