Can't register Q for Mac 2007 on new machine

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I have a new iMac running OS 10.12.6 and I just set up my Q for Mac 2007 (yes, I know this is an old setup, but the newer versions never have matched what is it the good old QFM 2007...it is why I am not upgrading to OS 10.13). Every time I go to investments to download quotes, it pops up a register window, but when I say yes, it never connects to the server (I assume they have shut it down for registering old versions). How do I kill this pop up? I still have my old iMac that was registered. Is there a file I can grab from it and put in my new iMac system folder somewhere?

smayer97

It is still a great set-up...Do you still have access to the old Mac where QM2007 was installed, or a backup of that computer, especially the Library folder? If so, you can try copying the Preferences files for QM2007.

The Quicken 2007 Preferences file is located in ~/Library/Preferences/Quicken 2007 Preferences
- see this link for a few ways to access that folder:
https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/access-hidden-user-library-files.html

OR you can search for the preferences as follows:

0. First make sure you quit Quicken
1. Go to Mac OS X Finder
2. select Find from the File menu
3. click on the This Mac in the search window
4. click on File Name
5. click on the "Kind" menu and change it to "System Files"
6. change the "aren't included" menu to "are included"
7. Type Quicken in the Search for field
8. look for all the files that have Quicken in the name that are not the application. Each one should be found in a subfolder in your User folder
9. move all the files to a known location, like the desktop (see the list of files I found below)
10. open Quicken and create a new file. After all is open (you do not need to create any registers, quit Quicken)
11. Restore all the files you removed back to their original location to restore all the preferences.

This may eliminate the error messages.

List of files I found (you may not need to move/copy all of these but it worked for me):
Quicken Folder in Users/.../Library/Application Support (it was empty)
com.intuit.quicken Folder in Users/.../Library/Caches
com.intuit.ero.plist file in Users/.../Library/Preferences
com.intuit.HomeInventory.LSSHaredFileList.plist file in Users/.../Library/Preferences
com.intuit.HomeInventory.plist file in Users/.../Library/Preferences
com.intuit.quicken.plist file in Users/.../Library/Preferences
Quicken Folder in Users/.../Library/Preferences
Quicken 2007 Preferences file in Users/.../Library/Preferences (***THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE ***)
Quicken Quote, found in Users/.../Shared/Quicken Conversion Data

/.../ represents your user Home folder

To migrate, simply copy your QM2007 app and data file from your old Mac.
To preserve your Quicken set-up preferences, you can also copy your Quicken 2007 preference file and place it in the same place on the new iMac.

Your app should be located in the Applications folder, your data is wherever you decided to store it, and your Quicken 2007 preferences file is located in ~/Users/Library/Preferences folder.

To make the Library folder visible in Mac OS 10.7+, press CMD-Opt-click the Go Menu.

smayer97

It is still a great set-up...Do you still have access to the old Mac where QM2007 was installed, or a backup of that computer, especially the Library folder? If so, you can try copying the Preferences files for QM2007.

The Quicken 2007 Preferences file is located in ~/Library/Preferences/Quicken 2007 Preferences
- see this link for a few ways to access that folder:
https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/access-hidden-user-library-files.html

OR you can search for the preferences as follows:

0. First make sure you quit Quicken
1. Go to Mac OS X Finder
2. select Find from the File menu
3. click on the This Mac in the search window
4. click on File Name
5. click on the "Kind" menu and change it to "System Files"
6. change the "aren't included" menu to "are included"
7. Type Quicken in the Search for field
8. look for all the files that have Quicken in the name that are not the application. Each one should be found in a subfolder in your User folder
9. move all the files to a known location, like the desktop (see the list of files I found below)
10. open Quicken and create a new file. After all is open (you do not need to create any registers, quit Quicken)
11. Restore all the files you removed back to their original location to restore all the preferences.

This may eliminate the error messages.

List of files I found (you may not need to move/copy all of these but it worked for me):
Quicken Folder in Users/.../Library/Application Support (it was empty)
com.intuit.quicken Folder in Users/.../Library/Caches
com.intuit.ero.plist file in Users/.../Library/Preferences
com.intuit.HomeInventory.LSSHaredFileList.plist file in Users/.../Library/Preferences
com.intuit.HomeInventory.plist file in Users/.../Library/Preferences
com.intuit.quicken.plist file in Users/.../Library/Preferences
Quicken Folder in Users/.../Library/Preferences
Quicken 2007 Preferences file in Users/.../Library/Preferences (***THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE ***)
Quicken Quote, found in Users/.../Shared/Quicken Conversion Data

/.../ represents your user Home folder

To migrate, simply copy your QM2007 app and data file from your old Mac.
To preserve your Quicken set-up preferences, you can also copy your Quicken 2007 preference file and place it in the same place on the new iMac.

Your app should be located in the Applications folder, your data is wherever you decided to store it, and your Quicken 2007 preferences file is located in ~/Users/Library/Preferences folder.

To make the Library folder visible in Mac OS 10.7+, press CMD-Opt-click the Go Menu.