Apple Card and Quicken

Like I said, I had the default card set to my VISA -- from Chase. However I selected my AMEX. The agent trioed to tell me Apple CAsh could not be at the top of the card list in settings. This is a major flaw.

I'm VERY tied to Quicken. I'm NOT tied to my new Apple Card. If Goldman Sachs doesn't add a download feature to this account or I'll probably file this card away for emergency use only.

While privacy is nice, information is important. Quicken keeps up on download security and only access to account info is too common to just write off as unnecessary. No this isn't a floppy drive, Apple. This is information about MY financial account. I'd like to get access to it in a way I can use.

I'm hopeful this will be added in the future, similar to downloadable apps got added to iPhone after a few years.

Good point.

Does anyone have a number for Goldman Sachs or senior Apple Card support? It too me hours of being transferred internally between Apple Card, regular Apple and Goldman Sachs Apple Card support people and don't know how to reach someone senior to discuss this.

I've had Banktivity so long, I'm unable to confirm that import capabilities are the same now. When I left Quicken, Banktivity imported my Quicken file but didn't do a really good job. I left Quicken way back when they stopped supporting Mac so I really had no choice unless I wanted to keep the existing Mac OS forever.

I almost returned but Quicken wouldn't import Banktivity files and I wasn't about to do everything manually. On top of that, we budget quarterly and Quicken did not support that at the time.

Banktivity has a few annoyances but, for me, is at least as good as Quicken and possibly better.

I had a phone conversation with Megan Horton of Apple. They are "considering" support for OSX downloads but no date and they're not even certain that they will do so. Ditto with a plastic card.

I am very anxious for Apple Card to be accessible by Quicken. I would think big orgs like Apple, GS, and Quicken should be able to figure out how to do it. It would really be a major enhancement to the Apple Card experience (at least, for me).

I had a phone conversation with Megan Horton of Apple. They are "considering" support for OSX downloads but no date and they're not even certain that they will do so. Ditto with a plastic card.

Stop and think... all of this hassle just to get the Apple Credit Card to do what every other credit card does. When I found a car that I didn't like, I didn't explain my dislike to the manufacturer. I just bought a different car. Hmmm...

Upon reflection after the dissapointment that the Apple Card won't work for me without a Quicken connect, I belive the target market for the Apple Card is not the Quicken user but the younger generations who do everything on their phone. And for that market, the Apple card is a major improvement from every other card in terms of tracking and paying for purchases. If the majority of the apple target market adopts the new apple card, there will be no incentive for Apple to pursue a Quicken connection. I suspect they will wait and see if the adopiton and use of the Apple Card lives up to their expectations before they put any time or resources to connect Quicken. Afterall, we all know Apple likes to be in total control of everything they do.

But for me, I have gone back to my other Quicken friendly cash back cards! I will wait and see if Apple decides if the market demographic I am in is worth keeping.

I use Quicken to keep track of expenses, particularly when it comes to filing my taxes. Not being able to export my information to Quicken will cause me not to use this card for any deductible expenses. Very frustrating.

Apple evangelicalism is fundamentally ease of use and without the ability to download transactions the Apple Card its usability drops to zero. What is the likelihood The Apple giant can hear this rumble and feel the need to offer the minimum that every card provides.

It happened.

The first Apple Card statement arrived.

The Apple Card is no longer the preferred card that status goes back to

an older card,

a boring cash back card,

a card supporting financial software transaction downloads,

a card to track expenses,

a card for end of year tax records.

Thanks Apple

I agree. Unfortunately the cashback benefit is far outweighed by this Quicken added hassle and not being to have a joint account with >1 user. Guess this goes in the "extra department store card" pocket of my desk with my others, and I stick with cards I'm happy with.