Sync Mac <-> Online <-> Windows versions

enterfornone

I have been using the standalone versions of Quicken for Win for decades. I've never used the online features, as I'm living in Europe, only manual accounts.
Few years ago I moved partially to Mac, but kept my old Windows Quicken using on a virtual machine. Also I used another Quicken on a Windows machine for reports printing and used same file through a dropbox folder.

Now I (maybe prematurely, without reading this forum) decided to jump to the 2019 version and chose the Mac install. After my file was converted, I discovered that the reports are next to unusable - mostly that for some reason I cannot do multiple currencies in a single repoirt. Then I found that there is no way back to windows. My new file is not compatible (why a SQL database cannot be opened from both Mac and Win???) and the export functionality is unreliable and restricted.

So here is what I think as a workaround:

- There is no restriction for installations on Quicken, as long as they are on a single ID. So I install one on my Mac and one on my Windows
- What if I sync my new Mac Q2019 file to the online service - (already done, although I have doubts as in some places it shows $, where I should see €)
- And then sync again FROM the cloud TO an empy windows file?
- Will those versions then, trough the online sync of accounts be in sync (so I can continue running reports from the Win version and do my daily work on the Mac)?

Any ideas for stoppers?
I seem to see only that the history on the online account spans only two years, but I can live with that.

Quicken Kathryn

Hi enterfornone,
Unfortunately, the current capabilities of Quicken Cloud Sync do not include the transfer of data; your cloud data is a snapshot of your synced desktop data, but cannot be downloaded into a new Quicken file; the cloud data can only be synced to the desktop file where it originated.

If you still have Windows on a virtual machine, your subscription gives you access to both the Mac and Windows downloads of the subscription program.  If you sign in to Quicken.com, you'll see the option to download the Windows product.  You can then restore a backup of your Windows data on your Windows machine.

Hope this helps,
Quicken Kathryn

Quicken Kathryn

Hi enterfornone,
Unfortunately, the current capabilities of Quicken Cloud Sync do not include the transfer of data; your cloud data is a snapshot of your synced desktop data, but cannot be downloaded into a new Quicken file; the cloud data can only be synced to the desktop file where it originated.

If you still have Windows on a virtual machine, your subscription gives you access to both the Mac and Windows downloads of the subscription program.  If you sign in to Quicken.com, you'll see the option to download the Windows product.  You can then restore a backup of your Windows data on your Windows machine.

Hope this helps,
Quicken Kathryn