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If you find Alan's articles helpful, please consider making a donation to his tip jar. Many of his articles are available on his website, Join us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or Google+, or subscribe to our RSS news feedĪlan Zisman is Mac-using teacher and technology writer based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Hopefully Lion won't catch any other users of older Mac Quicken With luck, I'll be ready to upgrade to Lion when it's released. I do have my financial data running in Quicken's current version so, The company hasn't shown much interest in supporting Mac users (despiteĬlaiming, 'We are committed to supporting Apple products and our MacĬustomers'), so I'm not going to hold my breath. Work to create an Intel-friendly version of Quicken File Exchange. To move Windows Quicken data to your Mac, you're going to have toĬonvert your data files to Quicken Essentials 2010's format Quicken 2007 (the last full-featured Mac Quicken version), or wanting The result - whether running Quicken 2005 like I was, or even PowerPC application, and since it requires Rosetta, it also won't run

And to make matters worse, Quicken Essentials' Quickenįile Exchange Utility - while presumably a current version - is also a Written in Intel-friendly code that will run under Lion, Quicken 2007 The reason? While Quicken Essentials 2010 is Import the qdfx file, and you should be in business.

Install your copy of Quicken Essentials 2010.

The 2007 Quicken will produce a file with a *.qdfx

Install Quicken 2007 and import the qdfm file.

Open Quicken 2005 and Export your account data (it will have a.

Here's the process I had to go through (if you don't have QuickenĢ005, your process will be somewhat different): However, it doesn't support my 2005 version - the only older Mac Quicken Essentials 2010 includes Quicken File Exchange to convertĭata exported by Windows Quicken or older Mac Quicken versions.

Older Mac Quicken version needs to be aware of prior to upgrading to Particularly straightforward - and there's an issue that any user of an However, importing the data from my old version of Quicken wasn't (Some good news - Intuit is currently offering Quicken Mac - I haven't needed the financial institution or tax code supportĪnyway. Instead, I got a copy of the US version of Quicken Essentials 2010 for Intuit notes that it will not 'maintain your transaction history'. Version of Quicken, I would be doing that on a Windows system. Of Quicken or sign on with Intuit's online service. Virtualization software like VMware Fusion) to run the Windows version Intuit Canada'sĪdvice for Mac users: Install Windows on your Mac (perhaps using Released a localized version of its Windows Quicken. Institutions, Canadian tax codes, etc., even though Intuit Canada has Online bill pay or rely on specific reports that might not be presentĪnd while there's a US version of Quicken Essentials, there's noĬanadian version - meaning no support for Canadian financial Ideal if you do not track investment transactions and history, use Mac version of Quicken, Quicken Essentials 2010, but that has beenĬriticized for being less powerful than its current Windows version. Its programs, Quicken, QuickBooks, TurboTax, and more. With long periods where it hasn't bothered to release Mac versions of Intuit has had an on-again/off-again relationship with Mac users, Haven't needed more than a few of even this older version's I haven't bothered upgrading it, since it ranįine on my aluminum MacBook running today's OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard, and I With a G5 iMac I've transferred it, along with my financial data, from I've been running a copy of Quicken 2005 that was originally bundled Intuit's Quicken financial management software proved to be more of an Is easily updated to an Intel-friendly version, but my older version of You're running any applications that are dependent on Rosetta. Of PowerPC Support When Lion Arrives, I showed how to check whether Won't run after users upgrade to the new OS. The result is that those older applications

Reports fromĭevelopers with pre-release copies of Lion are unanimous that Rosetta Processors in 2006, then Intel version of OS X included a utilityĬalled Rosetta, which translates the PPC code into Intel-friendly code,Įnabling users of Intel Macs to run older applications. When Apple switched from PowerPC (PPC) processors to Intel Support older programs compiled for PowerPC processors. The fact that the new operating system version is not expected to (predictions were Thursday, July 14), it's time to get serious about

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