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If you find that QM2016 does not meet your needs and if you have the Lion Compatible (LC) version of the alternative is to continue to use QM2007. Otherwise, you can obtain and run QM2007 (LC), which will run on Mac OS X 10.6.8 to 10.11 El Capitan (so far) by contacting Quicken support here: http://www.quicken.com/contact-us. Be sure to select Quicken for Mac, Quicken 2007 for Lion, Shopping and Buying, Buying Quicken to avoid a tech support fee. They may charge you $15 for the software.
Thanks - I have 2007 and am happy to keep using it - but I realise that the day will come when it is not longer usable with the latest Mac OS. I find it incredibly disappointing that Intuit can "upgrade" Quicken after 5 years and, in the process, delete the feature that I have found the best - over more that a decade of use - i.e. the flexible reporting feature. To not be able to construct a balance sheet is simply absurd for an accounting package. I will use something else from now on.
I believe that if you are going to continue to use QM2007 you need to have version 16.2.3 and OS X 10.9 or later. This since the cCritical Service Announcement on the new security standards.
Keep in mind tat Quicken 2016 for Mac is a brand new product built from the ground up (starting in 2010) and is NOT a continuation from QM2007 but rather from Quicken Essentials, so there are some features that are still not there or are not as fully developed yet. That is why some important reports are not there yet. Hopefully they will be there sooner rather than later for the very reasons you mention.
[mention://37645 @rtang] since this user already has Mac OS X 10.10, the only thing to consider is having v16.2.3 IF they need to use connected services. Otherwise, they are good to go.
Right. I was concerned that the post you used needs to be updated to reflect the change caused by that announcement. Thanks
Thanks guys. I have 16.2.3 so I am good to keep going. My disappointment is that I was not aware that 2016 was an extension of Essentials. I bought Essentials a few years back and ditched it immediately as total junk. The offer I received via email indicated that 2016 was an update of 2007, which it is not. Again, I have bought a Quicken product that I will junk immediately. False advertising in my view and certainly not going to endear me to Intuit.
Ditto. I just discovered this omission after spending a lot of time and effort converting over to Quicken 2016 for Mac. I think this is a deal killer.
If I had known that I would lose all my reports and the ability to even print a balance sheet -- a simple balance sheet! -- I would never have bought the upgrade. I waited 9 years to upgrade because the reviews were so relentlessly negative. I wish I had switched to a competitor's product.
@bruce you can still opt to continue to use QM2007. What version of Mac OS X are you using?
[mention://232630 @smayer97] I appreciate your positivity in the face of my disappointment. I am running Mac OS 10.10.5. The version of QM2007 that I re-downloaded does not run on this OS. Should I download a different build of QM2007? If not, can I get my money back for Quicken 2016? My accountant is telling me I'll have to upgrade to Quickbooks in order to create a simple balance sheet. When doing research, I didn't see anything explaining that if I wanted a simple balance sheet, I must purchase Quickbooks instead of the now-less-functional Quicken 2016.
See the post here: http://getsatisfaction.com/quickencommunity/topics/how-can-i-get-quicken-for-mac-2007-rd2eywilthsnk
BTW, the columnar-type report is the basis for MANY other reports, as described in detail in this post a little lower; only the selection and formatting criteria are different.
ProGolfer, thanks for sharing your work around. The complexity needed to get even close to 2007 functionality proves why users are so frustrated that there is no preconfigured Balance Sheet or Income Statement.