Is Quicken for Mac 2007 (QM2007) Compatible with Mojave (macOS 10.14)?

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Jill15

Scott Saylor said:

I'm running QM 2018 5.6.3 (Build 56.22447.100) and recently installed Mac OS Mojave 10.14 Beta (18A314k) on a late 2014 Mac Mini 2.6 GHz i5. The root drive was converted to APFS but 3 external Seagate USB drives (media, backup & spare) were left alone in HFS+. The media drive was mounted in the upgrade (presumably because of iTunes & Photos libraries) but the backup and spare drives were left unmounted. I just mounted them both and am doing a backup so it looks like everything is functional for me.  

Quicken will not backup my files with the new Mojave version. I have Quicken 2017

jacobs

Scott Saylor said:

I'm running QM 2018 5.6.3 (Build 56.22447.100) and recently installed Mac OS Mojave 10.14 Beta (18A314k) on a late 2014 Mac Mini 2.6 GHz i5. The root drive was converted to APFS but 3 external Seagate USB drives (media, backup & spare) were left alone in HFS+. The media drive was mounted in the upgrade (presumably because of iTunes & Photos libraries) but the backup and spare drives were left unmounted. I just mounted them both and am doing a backup so it looks like everything is functional for me.  

@Jill15, since your problem is about a very different product (Quicken 2017), I'd suggest you start a new thread (click New Post at the top of the page) about your problem. There should be no problem backing up files for Quicken 2017 on Mojave. (One quick thing: have you checked Quicken Preferences and made sure that the option to automatically backup fore file is checked.)

Jill15

Scott Saylor said:

I'm running QM 2018 5.6.3 (Build 56.22447.100) and recently installed Mac OS Mojave 10.14 Beta (18A314k) on a late 2014 Mac Mini 2.6 GHz i5. The root drive was converted to APFS but 3 external Seagate USB drives (media, backup & spare) were left alone in HFS+. The media drive was mounted in the upgrade (presumably because of iTunes & Photos libraries) but the backup and spare drives were left unmounted. I just mounted them both and am doing a backup so it looks like everything is functional for me.  

It will not do it automatically because I have Mojave. That is what the message said

smayer97

jacobs

Scott Saylor said:

I'm running QM 2018 5.6.3 (Build 56.22447.100) and recently installed Mac OS Mojave 10.14 Beta (18A314k) on a late 2014 Mac Mini 2.6 GHz i5. The root drive was converted to APFS but 3 external Seagate USB drives (media, backup & spare) were left alone in HFS+. The media drive was mounted in the upgrade (presumably because of iTunes & Photos libraries) but the backup and spare drives were left unmounted. I just mounted them both and am doing a backup so it looks like everything is functional for me.  

Jill, could you please clarify if you have Quicken 2017 (what you typed) or Quicken 2007 (which can't do automatic backups on Mojave). Based on your answer, we can direct you in the right direction.

Jill15

Scott Saylor said:

I'm running QM 2018 5.6.3 (Build 56.22447.100) and recently installed Mac OS Mojave 10.14 Beta (18A314k) on a late 2014 Mac Mini 2.6 GHz i5. The root drive was converted to APFS but 3 external Seagate USB drives (media, backup & spare) were left alone in HFS+. The media drive was mounted in the upgrade (presumably because of iTunes & Photos libraries) but the backup and spare drives were left unmounted. I just mounted them both and am doing a backup so it looks like everything is functional for me.  

Sorry, I have Quicken 2007

smayer97

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Okay.... think I am really late in the game here... been using Quicken 2007 for a long time and really want to stay with it... comfortable and fluid... so how do those of who like this version figure to continue in a year?

smayer97

jacobs

Stephen Bernstein said:

Okay.... think I am really late in the game here... been using Quicken 2007 for a long time and really want to stay with it... comfortable and fluid... so how do those of who like this version figure to continue in a year?

Stephen, @smayer97 has essentially answered the question simply enough above. (I'd possibly add a "1a" option, if you have an aging Mac: keep your current Mac, running whatever macOS you use today, as a machine just for Quicken, as you replace your Mac with a new model for all you other work.)

To expand on the don't-upgrade-your-macOS option, ask yourself if you have a compelling reason to upgrade your macOS when Apple release a new one. I've been a Mac user since the earliest days, have several Macs at home and manage 70 Macs at work -- and I rarely have any of them on a new macOS when it's released, and I often lag up to a year or even more behind in upgrading the OS on all of them. These days, each annual release tends to be mostly incremental and the new features are not, for me or my work, mission critical. So, again for me, it's easy to not rush to install Apple's newest OS. You may use your Mac differently and have reasons you want to or need to upgrade, but if not, the easiest answer to your question is to stick with macOS Mojave and to not upgrade to whatever comes next. That strategy can likely buy you a few more years before other software and browser compatibility problems might begin to cause you problems, or before you need to replace your Mac and be forced to run a newer OS.

Now, if we could look into a future a year, two years, three years and tell whether the new Quicken Mac will be substantially similar enough to Quicken 2007 to be a suitable replacement, then standing pat could be a good strategy. Conversely, if we could look that far ahead and find the modern Quicken Mac still having significant holes as a replacement for Quicken 2007, then the best strategy would probably be to look for an alternative now and build a new future with whatever product that might be. Of course, we can't see the future and know which course would be the best today, which is why wait-and-see still makes sense.

Many, many  longtime Quicken 2007 users have already made the switch to the modern Quicken and find it somewhere on a scale between tolerable and excellent. A smaller number of Quicken 2007 users are still holding on (and I've been in this group), waiting for one or more key features to come to the modern version -- and having the hope that it will, eventually, get where it needs to be.

And like all things Quicken, there won't be a universal answer for everyone; the developers will never replicate 100% of the functionality of Quicken 2007, because in some cases they have deemed their new way better (or at least an equal alternative), and in some cases they have deemed an old feature too inconsequential to spend time building. So while many of us longtime Quicken Mac users will hopefully find the new Quicken good enough for our needs in a year to two, if not today, I'm sure there will be a few users who will not.

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Stephen Bernstein said:

Okay.... think I am really late in the game here... been using Quicken 2007 for a long time and really want to stay with it... comfortable and fluid... so how do those of who like this version figure to continue in a year?

Of course, if you use QM2007 for taxes with TurboTax or some other tax software, in the future, that tax software might require to be run on the later 64 bit Mac OS software.  Then what do you do.  I have found that by clicking on “share balance” in the column icon in the investment section of the latest Quicken for Mac software, that I can show the accumulated reinvested dividends, and that has finally shown me that the new Quicken for Mac software software is a satisfactory replacement for QM2007, at least for me.
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jacobs

smayer97

Jill15

Stephen Bernstein said:

Okay.... think I am really late in the game here... been using Quicken 2007 for a long time and really want to stay with it... comfortable and fluid... so how do those of who like this version figure to continue in a year?

What is VM?

jacobs

Stephen Bernstein said:

Okay.... think I am really late in the game here... been using Quicken 2007 for a long time and really want to stay with it... comfortable and fluid... so how do those of who like this version figure to continue in a year?

“VM” is short for “virtual machine”, which is software that allows a computer to run one or more alternate operating systems as an application under the native operating system. A typical example is a Mac user who need to run one or more Windows applications; “virtual machine” software running on the Mac can provide a Windows environment to run Windows apps. You need the VM software, which may be free or paid, and a Windows license to install (which in some cases can be bundled with the purchase of the VM software). Some VM software allows you wide latitude over the choice of operating environments you can create, so one can have a Mac running a VM with another version of the Mac operating system.

Jill15

Stephen Bernstein said:

Okay.... think I am really late in the game here... been using Quicken 2007 for a long time and really want to stay with it... comfortable and fluid... so how do those of who like this version figure to continue in a year?

Thank you very much. I think that will help me with another problem. I own a business and I need to access their computer but they don't have Apple. I need Log me In but it doesn't work with my Mac.

jacobs

Jill15

Stephen Bernstein said:

Okay.... think I am really late in the game here... been using Quicken 2007 for a long time and really want to stay with it... comfortable and fluid... so how do those of who like this version figure to continue in a year?

Mac OD Mojave 10.14.12

Jill15

Stephen Bernstein said:

Okay.... think I am really late in the game here... been using Quicken 2007 for a long time and really want to stay with it... comfortable and fluid... so how do those of who like this version figure to continue in a year?

Sorry...OS

jacobs

Stephen Bernstein said:

Okay.... think I am really late in the game here... been using Quicken 2007 for a long time and really want to stay with it... comfortable and fluid... so how do those of who like this version figure to continue in a year?

So why do you say Log Me In doesn't work for your Mac? It should. Perhaps it's a configuration problem with that software, or between your Mac and the Windows computer you're trying to connect to. I don't use Log Me In personally, so I can't offer any troubleshooting help with it, but I don't see why that wouldn't work on your Mac.

Jill15

Stephen Bernstein said:

Okay.... think I am really late in the game here... been using Quicken 2007 for a long time and really want to stay with it... comfortable and fluid... so how do those of who like this version figure to continue in a year?

Thanks so much for all your help! I wish I had your knowledge! Someone told me that Mac wouldn't work with Windows for Log Me in.

jacobs

Stephen Bernstein said:

Okay.... think I am really late in the game here... been using Quicken 2007 for a long time and really want to stay with it... comfortable and fluid... so how do those of who like this version figure to continue in a year?

If I had a nickel for every time someone told me something couldn't be done on a Mac, I'd... maybe have enough to buy one share of Apple stock.

Here's a link to info on how Log Me In works, and how to install and connect with it. Good luck.

Jill15

Stephen Bernstein said:

Okay.... think I am really late in the game here... been using Quicken 2007 for a long time and really want to stay with it... comfortable and fluid... so how do those of who like this version figure to continue in a year?

Thank u do much. U r very kind!

MGM0

O.K. from this conversion as of April 2019, Quicken 2007 will function with MAC OS Mojave.. Except for the auto backup.  I have been using 2007 and 2019 Quicken on my MAC  using OS 10.13.06 ... I really like some of the features  in 07 ... any other problems please let me know as i will be purchasing a new MAC soon.  Not sure how long Quicken 2007 will last...