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Eunice Beady
Thank you forreaching out on the community and telling us about your issue. When it comes to moving from an older version to a newer one there are steps that you need to take to move your file to a more recent version of quicken. The article down below goes through the process of moving to a newer version of Quicken. You'll have to convert a couple of times over depending on which version you're looking to use.
quicken.com/support/how-and-when-use-intermediate-version-convert-older-versions-quicken
As it goes for a web based option Quicken is still primarily a local disk based program. We do have another program called Simplifi that is web/cloud based that does behave similarly to Quicken. It doesn't have all the tools that Quicken has so depending what you're looking for it may not be the product for you. It also does not let you bring your Quicken data over as well so you'd be starting fresh with a new file. If you would like to look at Simplifi I'll leave you a link down below.
The main data file ends in .QDF. All Quicken versions prior to QW2010 store your data in a series of files all sharing the same filename but with different extensions like - .QDF .IDX, .QEL, .QPH and all 4 of those files were rolled into a single-file .QDF starting in 2010.
The only "current version" of Quicken available to you is the subscription version, there's no "one time price" version available. If you're basically doing your accounting just fine with 2003 you might want to stick with that.
Thank you for reaching out to the Community and telling us about this issue. I'm sorry to hear you're running into this problem. If you want to revert to a previous version of Quicken, you can use this article to download the version you want. Once you download the patch, open it and it should automatically execute and request permission to make changes. That should roll Quicken back to the earlier version you chose. Please note that it may want to automatically update to the current version again. If you get the prompt to do so, decline it.
Did the crashing start immediately after you upgraded to R50.15? Is there anything in particular that seems to trigger Quicken to crash? What happens when it crashes (eg: does it just refuse to open, does it freeze then unexpectedly close, or some other behavior)? Have you restarted your computer since the issue started? Did you try reinstalling R50.15 to see if that resolved the issue?
After installing subscription Quicken on the new computer, all you need to do is make a Quicken Backup (File menu) of the data file on the old computer (using a thumbdrive to move it) and restore it on the new computer/Quicken (File menu).
With respect to restarting doing downloads, it is the financial institution that decides how far back the initial download goes, the user has no means of changing that. You undoubtedly will get some duplicates. The easiest way to clean them up is to sort the register by "Date entered" which puts all of the new stuff at the bottom of the register. You can then delete the duplicates leaving only the new ones that you have not previously entered manually.
My PC crashed. I wasn't able to repair Win 10 and had to reinstall it. This forced me to reinstall Quicken 2016. When I try to launch it, I get a blank registration screen. This is a known issue that doesn't have a solution. It seems that my only option is to upgrade to Quicken Classic subscription. I have a copy of my latest QDF file saved by Quicken 2016. The question is, will I be able to open it in the latest version without doing backup and restore?
I found an old hard drive that used to run Win10 on the same PC. I upgraded the drive a few years ago. The old drive had a good copy of QUICKEN.INI in C:\ProgramData\Intuit\Quicken\Config. I copied the file to the same location on the new hard drive and that did the trick. I'm able to run the new install of Quicken 2016 without getting a blank registration screen. Phew, crisis averted.
It wasn't me, I try to keep things relatively up to date & not hang on to old programs; I've done that before & it never ended well for me. But yes, you should be able to run an old copy of Mac OS in a virtual machine & hang on to 7.4.2 if that's your preference. I don't know much about the details, I think @jacobs knows more about it.
I will finally be updating my Mojave iMac because too many web sites won't load correctly on this Mac, as both Safari and Chrome won't update to recent versions. I'm pretty sure jumping up to Sonoma or Ventura on this Mac will break other things in addition to the 32-bit software I know about, like my very old printers which keep working but certainly don't have modern print drivers, so I've been holding off setting the upgrade dominos in motion (including replacing my old Apple Airport Express WiFi repeaters) for a long time, but I know it's finally time to get up-to-date. It's on my to-do list for this end-of-year period.
If (and that is a big "if") Quicken UK has some compatibility with the US or Canada softwares you would need to go through several steps to convert your data files but it would be safe to say that any features/functions that are unique or specific to the UK would very likely be lost. You can read up on the process to converting old Quicken US versions to newer ones here:
Is there some reason you are concerned about security with your Quicken software? Since it cannot connect with the Internet it is solely contained on your computer so the only security risk that I can think of might be with your computer itself, not with the Quicken software. Make sure you have the Windows security updates and anti-malware software updates and your Quicken software should be relatively secure.
The good news is that this is possible. Search this forum for such efforts. In particular, look for posts by @Dan Glynhampton, a UK-based superuser that used to hang out here and has helped with this in the past. I know there has been success in updating to the US-based version, starting with the upgrade path mentioned by @Boatnmaniac
If you need to convert to a newer version you need to go through one or more intermediate versions. If you don't want to download or import transactions you can stick with Quicken 2013. I'm using 2013. It's the last good version before they started requiring an ID.
Currently have a mac and can run windows apps if needed and I"m in Canada and deciding on subscribing to Quicken however, I'm not too sure which Quicken I can use. I have rental properties and own a business so that leaves me with really one option - Quicken Home & Business (Canadian/Windows version) correct? Be that as it may, I have been looking at the US site and it does say this:
"Home & Business" is now called "Business & Personal". I'm sure someone at Quicken got paid a lot to come up with that important marketing change. ? There used to be separate business and rental property management levels, but they folded those together several years back. Also, what has always been just "Quicken" software is now called "Quicken Classic"; it was another marketing name change to allow them to more clearly differentiate the legacy desktop applications from their online-only Quicken Simplifi service.
Chris summarized your options well. Quicken Mac had never in its history offered the expanded business features until they released a Business & Personal version in December. At this moment, it's still a "version 1.0" work in progress, as they plan to add features incrementally rather than waiting months or years to build and release a "complete" Mac version. They have confirmed that invoicing is coming in the future; we don't know whether they will build the rental property features as well. (Although the basic product allows you to define multiple businesses for each of your properties in order to track income and expenses for each, which might be sufficient for many users with a few rental properties.)
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