I was running quicken essentials 2011? on mac mini before loading OS Sierra. I didn't realize essentials was not supported. Are my old quicken files hidden somewhere in Sierra? I don't see the familiar backups. I will purchase q 2016 if my old data is actually there and can be loaded into q 2016.
Mac mini (Late 2012), macOS Sierra (10.12)
Quicken 2016 will open Essentials data (I had the same issue as you, I had essentials and had to update Quicken, and while it still *****, 2016 is better than essentials).
You dont need to restore from a backup either, quicken 2016 can open you existing quicken file. It should be in the same place you had it before Sierra update
Thanks so much. I'll hold my nose and purchase Q16 and hope for the best
Just as described the merge was simple and complete. What a relief!
That's great! Glad to hear it!
I too found Quicken Essentials "un-horsed" by Sierra. I have solved it for now by buying Quicken 2016 which seamlessly imported the Essentials data and seems to have picked up just where I left off. I am sure there are some quirks in Quicken 2016, yet to come. Very quick learning curve.
I am cautiously optimistic about the "new" Quicken company which has purchased the individual user business from Intuit and just may support the product and its users. I have come to seriously dislike Intuit over the years for its disregard for its customers and the shoddy products and support.
One other recommended solution was the product from Banktivity which seems to get high marks. And I might just have switched due to dislike of the Quicken/Intuit experience. However, as I understand it, Banktivity requires that you first EXPORT data from Quicken Essentials into a Quicken 7 format before it can be imported into Banktivity. Since Quicken Essentials no longer runs on my machine, that is not easily accomplished. If they imported directly from "Essentials" then I could likely have gone with their product. Hope this helps others.
I've tried to import the Quicken Essentials file into the new Quicken, but I get "an error occurred during persistent store migration." Does that mean the data is completely corrupted and I have no hope in recovering it??
migrate quicken essentials to OS Sierra
