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Lion OS X 10.7 and Quicken 2007

Anyone know if it is true that if you upgrade from SL 10.6 to Lion 10.7 you no longer can use Quicken for Mac 2007? I saw that here:


http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2015353039_ptmacc18.htm l


If so what are some solutions other than not upgrading the O.S?


There is not nor will not be any updated versions of Quicken for Mac.


You can run Quicken for PCs on Bootcamp or in Windows on your Mac as a virtual machine. But, if you want to get away from using Windows?


This alone would stop me from updating to Lion but, eventually I’ll need to update the Mac OS. (New computer, need a future feature, etc.)


It would be nice to find an alternative to Quicken or another solution.


iMac 24, Mac OS X (10.6.7), 4 GB RAM, LaCie d2 Quadra 500 GB HDD (Win XP Pro-Boot Camp)

Posted on Jun 18, 2011 8:13 PM

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Posted on Jun 18, 2011 8:22 PM

If so what are some solutions other than not upgrading the O.S?

iBank.

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Jun 20, 2011 6:15 AM in response to growler62000

You can also run http://www.neooffice.org/
It is a great spreadsheet, and so is http://docs.google.com/
Both are freely available, and both are Universal. With a spreadsheet while the initial setup is a little more complicated, you have much more control over customizing it to meet your needs than any financial software. Initial conditions are easy to setup without creating dummy accounts that serve no other purpose than being a place holder. Spreadsheets were the first "killer" app in the 80s for businesses, and still work wonders.

Jun 20, 2011 9:00 AM in response to growler62000

I purchased QEM some time ago, but just set it up yesterday to replace Q 2007 when Lion comes on line. However, found out Wells Fargo does not support QEM and stopped permitting direct connect on May 31st. Contacted them this am and they stated QEM would be supported eventually, whatever that means. They did say I can use web connect until Direct connect is up and working. Not good, but what can you do.

Jun 20, 2011 9:13 AM in response to gkink26946

Just don't upgrade to Lion, upgrade to Lion on its own partition, and leave Snow Leopard on another partition. No software as of yet that I know about requires Lion. If Wells Fargo doesn't support you when you do need to upgrade, drop Wells Fargo and go to a bank that doesn't have a platform limit. Wells Fargo seriously needs to read http://www.anybrowser.org/ regarding web accessibility. For 17 years, the web has had people who have tried as hard as possible to make the web completely agnostic as to what browser or platform anyone is using, and there are still companies that don't care, and only develop for specific platforms. In doing so they make your money less secure, because anything that is one platform only is easier to hack.

Jun 20, 2011 9:49 AM in response to Allan Eckert

Quicken Essential does not support investment tracking. I have over 15 years of checkbook, stock/fund investments and Quicken 2007 tracks all my costs, gains, lots and exports that data to TurboTax at Tax time for my schedule D. Spreadsheet Solutions don't support bill pay as Quicken 2007 does. I simply enter the transaction into my quicken register, enter SEND instead of a check number and Quicken transmits the payment request to my bank. No double entry and no requirement to use my bank's web bill pay.


I can draw a net worth chart going back to the early 1990s because ALL my accounts and assets have been tracked since then in Quicken version up to 2007. Unfortunately, I'm held hostage by their database format. I don't know of any management tool that completely accepts a transfer of all my Quicken data.

Jun 20, 2011 10:39 AM in response to Justan Oldfart

Justan Oldfart wrote:


Try See Finance first at http://scimonocesoftware.com/seefinance/. Just as good as iBank and maybe better. It has a very liberal trial and no restrictions other than a 5 second delay when started.


I don't want to hijack the thread but I want to thank Justan as this actually is the first Mac software that seems promising to replace MS Money (which is a discontinued product) and the only reason I run a Windows virtual machine.


It all depends on your needs: I don't need automatic downloads, payment requests or tax forms, but advanced options to manage stock options. And yes, I evaluated, and often bought almost all of the personal finance software available for Mac OS X.


I have given up on Quicken years ago, but I can understand that there is a large user base, especially in the US. As for Quicken and Lion for those who have faith in Intuit:


http://www.macrumors.com/2011/06/16/quicken-2007-may-run-on-os-x-lion-even-with- rosetta-dead/


Eric


P.S. And I suggest everyone reads the post above mine of a brody, except the first sentence to which I disagree. He makes a very, very essential point here.

Lion OS X 10.7 and Quicken 2007

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