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Standard TS stuff. Make a copy of 6.1.2, run it and check for updates. It should bring you the current 6.1.4 update and see what happens. If it crashes, peruse the crash report. Delete it and revert back to the copy.

I do not understand your reply (I asked for your advice on how to "fix it" not how to upgrade Quicken), but here is what I plan to do: since the 16.1.3 & 16.1.4 updates have no relevance to my use of Quicken, I will stay with 16.1.2.

I am just bothered by the anecdotal reports of others who also express problems with Quicken 2007 for Lion since the 16.1.3 update. People who update to Mt. Lion from Snow Leopard, or who purchase a new Mac with Mt. Lion and have problems running their PowerPC copy of Quicken; suggesting to them to purchase Quicken 2007 for Lion from Intuit is problematic if indeed there are problems with 16.1.3 or 16.1.4. You cannot purchase 16.1.2 anymore from Intuit.

Intuit is infamous for slow response to Mac Quicken problems.

It makes it difficult for me to now suggest people purchase Quicken 2007 for Lion when they are upgrading from PowerPC Quicken.

The fact that, anecdotally, your system works flawlessly with Quicken 16.1.3 and 16.1.4 on all OS's is of no value to those who are expressing problems. It just means that in this case you are lucky!

I agree with MichaelLAX. I used Quicken for 20 years with no problems. When I upgraded to Lion and started running Quicken 2007, it never worked right. It would quit unexpectedly at various times, but it always reopened until the day I upgraded 16.1.4, when it went from bad to totally unusable. Even the Quicken person I was dealing with told me to go back 16.1.2, and he send me that version to reinstall. Something is still not right with it,with problems being worse than the original Lion upgrade and a little better than the 16.1.4 version.

It isn't my machine. It is Quicken.

Thanks for all the input from everyone.

At the risk of jinxing myself, i'll repeat as I said earlier, I've used this Quicken on Lion and now ML and had no problems with it. I had problems when in SL and just quit and started a new databae. Since then Quicken has behaved itself. If nothing else bite the bullet, get your figures and start a new database. I'll bet it's a faulty file and God knows Intuit will be of no help. I don't see anything else on the market that works. I don't understand why but that's the fact. I've wondered if the file can't get to big. I thought years back there was a repair program for that file but can't remember what it was. We need a developer like Leister that makes the geneology program "Reunion". They will bend over backwards to help their users with their database.

MlchaelLAX wrote:

I do not understand your reply (I asked for your advice on how to "fix it" not how to upgrade Quicken), but here is what I plan to do: since the 16.1.3 & 16.1.4 updates have no relevance to my use of Quicken, I will stay with 16.1.2.

I gave you the standard trobleshooting steps. One is to start over and see if the issue persists. Two is to resinstall the OS and reinstall Quicken. That's how one determines where the proiblem lies.

I am just bothered by the anecdotal reports of others who also express problems with Quicken 2007 for Lion since the 16.1.3 update. People who update to Mt. Lion from Snow Leopard, or who purchase a new Mac with Mt. Lion and have problems running their PowerPC copy of Quicken; suggesting to them to purchase Quicken 2007 for Lion from Intuit is problematic if indeed there are problems with 16.1.3 or 16.1.4. You cannot purchase 16.1.2 anymore from Intuit.

As noted, I've not seen the problems, so I discount anecdotal reports.

It makes it difficult for me to now suggest people purchase Quicken 2007 for Lion when they are upgrading from PowerPC Quicken.

I have no such compunctions.

The fact that, anecdotally, your system works flawlessly with Quicken 16.1.3 and 16.1.4 on all OS's is of no value to those who are expressing problems. It just means that in this case you are lucky!

Luck has nothing to do with it. I do have three stable OSs and Q for Lion works in all three and has ever since that was released. Look to your installation to solve your problems.

George Chapman wrote:

If nothing else bite the bullet, get your figures and start a new database.

I didn't do that and my database dates bac to 1/1/96. It readily migrated from Q '07 for Mac to Q '07 for Mac Lion. The steps to fix a corrupt database are specified in the help files under

Performing data file maintenance

baltwo wrote:

MlchaelLAX wrote:

I do not understand your reply (I asked for your advice on how to "fix it" not how to upgrade Quicken), but here is what I plan to do: since the 16.1.3 & 16.1.4 updates have no relevance to my use of Quicken, I will stay with 16.1.2.

I gave you the standard trobleshooting steps. One is to start over and see if the issue persists. Two is to resinstall the OS and reinstall Quicken. That's how one determines where the proiblem lies.

I am just bothered by the anecdotal reports of others who also express problems with Quicken 2007 for Lion since the 16.1.3 update. People who update to Mt. Lion from Snow Leopard, or who purchase a new Mac with Mt. Lion and have problems running their PowerPC copy of Quicken; suggesting to them to purchase Quicken 2007 for Lion from Intuit is problematic if indeed there are problems with 16.1.3 or 16.1.4. You cannot purchase 16.1.2 anymore from Intuit.

As noted, I've not seen the problems, so I discount anecdotal reports.

It makes it difficult for me to now suggest people purchase Quicken 2007 for Lion when they are upgrading from PowerPC Quicken.

I have no such compunctions.

The fact that, anecdotally, your system works flawlessly with Quicken 16.1.3 and 16.1.4 on all OS's is of no value to those who are expressing problems. It just means that in this case you are lucky!

Luck has nothing to do with it. I do have three stable OSs and Q for Lion works in all three and has ever since that was released. Look to your installation to solve your problems.

I hope you realize that your attitude is not helpful to those who are experiencing problems with the latest version of Quicken and dangerous as well!

If you are not aware of the danger, please step back and take a deep breath before you continue to breach your 100% approval gospel about Quicken 2007 for Lion.

MlchaelLAX wrote

I hope you realize that your attitude is not helpful to those who are experiencing problems with the latest version of Quicken and dangerous as well!

I haven't a clue what you're implying. If your Q '07 through '05 database is mucked up, best to fix it before trying to update it to Q '07 for Mac Lion. All I post are my known facts and there's no attitude here, whatever the f**k that means or implies, so off your assine high horse.

Too many people are happily running Q '07 for Mac Lion on SL, Lion, and ML for the few outlers to make a dent in its operations.

Just to echo the concerns about See Finance, I've been trying out that application for the past year and have finally concluded to ditch it.

It has a problematic import tool whereby it alerts you if you're about to import duplicate transactions. Theoretically, it allows you to unselect duplicates so they don't get imported but the user interface is limited. But I discovered when preparing my tax return that a bunch of key transactions hadn't imported successfully. Admittedly, this could've been due to user error on my part but the headache of having to manually enter certain transactions (let alone figure out they were missing!) has turned me off from See Finance once and for all.

The opinions voiced in this thread leave me wondering what to switch to, however...

That's why I stay with Quicken.There is nothing else to switch to. I don't understand with all the interest Intuit won't rewrite the thing. 15 or 20 years ago they said they were dropping Apple products then came back and released something now again they won't rework the product. Wasn't their CEO or someone on the Apple Board years back? I don't understand their business strategy.

That's right. It is Campbell and as I remember from the Jobs book he was a big buddy of Jobs. I don't understand his business philosophy not supporting Apple products then. Too bad somebody can't bend his ear.

Back when Steve Jobs returned to Apple, Intuit announced that they were going to drop further updates to Quicken for the Mac.

Jobs invited Bill Campbell, a former executive of Apple, who was then the CEO of Intuit to come see the prototype of the newly developed iMac.

Campbell agreed to continue to update Quicken and Apple agreed to bundle a copy of Quicken '98 with every new iMac.

Campbell, while no longer the CEO of Intuit, still sits on the board of Apple and continues to advise Intuit:

http://www.iclarified.com/29117/apple-board-member-bill-campbell-talks-about-fut ure-products-video

Intuit just has never really cared much for its Mac base of customers.

Personally I was surprised with the release of Quicken 2007 for Lion in March, 2012; pleasantly surprised 🙂!

As I may have mentioned above, I was a longtime user of Quicken Deluxe 2002 and happy not to upgrade (or "downgrade" as that case may have been) as I was involved in the stock market in those days and QD2002 was very helpful in tracking my trades.

I have never switched over to OFX type of account updating; I prefer to import QIF's.

So when Lion entered my life, I contined to run QD2002 after developing my method of installing Snow Leopard into Parallels 7 for use in Lion. I still use that method, now with Snow Leopard Server, for running other PowerPC applications.

I of course moved over to Quicken 2007 for Lion, but an very concerned about other users who continue to announce problems with versions 16.1.3 or 16.1.4; as I remain with 16.1.2. How can they obtain 16.1.2, when Intuit now only sells 16.1.4 for download?

Last time I checked, not much new has been developed in the accounting world since 2007, so why do I need a Quicken 2013 for the Mac?

I tried Mint and kind of liked it, but was also concerned about having all my financial data online. I still have a Mint account and am considering using Mint regularly. What is great about Mint is that it has up to the minute balances for all your accounts, and you don't have to download to get that, plus there's an app.

And get this--even though Mint is an Intuit product, I could not transfer my Mint records to Quicken! There is no was to transfer those files! One more strike against Intuit.

ShariPotter wrote:

I tried Mint and kind of liked it, but was also concerned about having all my financial data online. I still have a Mint account and am considering using Mint regularly. What is great about Mint is that it has up to the minute balances for all your accounts, and you don't have to download to get that, plus there's an app.

And get this--even though Mint is an Intuit product, I could not transfer my Mint records to Quicken! There is no was to transfer those files! One more strike against Intuit.

I got fed up with Intuit and went to Mint (before Intuit bought it), now, just like a bad penny Intuit are back.