When will "Quicken 2007" Reports be incorporated into "Quicken for Mac" Subscription ?

mrvd

I have used Quicken 2007 (Mac version) for 20 years. With the upcoming OSX version, It will no longer work on Mac Computers so last weekend I decided to "bite the bullet" and subscribe to Quicken for Mac 2019.

The most important feature (to me) has always been the "Reports" section of Quicken 2007.
It is a fantastic piece of software and unfortunately I have not been able to find anything like it anywhere.

Why is it that "Quicken for Mac 2019" has not yet incorporated those Q2007 features into its newest software version ? 

To me, the main advantage of a database (any database)  is to be able to extract useful information from it and to do so easily. This is sorely lacking in Quicken for Mac 2019. 

You have the Q2007 templates, you own the software and the licenses, when will you incorporate those features into your latest software ?

Thank you !
MRVD

jacobs

Hi @mrvd! Yes, you will be able to continue using Quicken 2007, just as you do now, so long as you don't upgrade your macOS beyond the current Mojave. The next version of macOS will not even launch old 32-bit applicaitons, so Quicken 2007 will be literally a non-starter under the next macOS. But as long as you're okay with not upgrading for awhile, nothing really changes. (I manage a lot of Macs at work, as well as two I have at home, and almost all are one or two operating system versions behind; unless there is some compelling feature you're dying to have, there's no problem with keeping your current macOS.)

You will have to periodically dismiss Apple's annoying pop-ups that try to get you to upgrade to the new OS, but that's all there is to it.

That said, as you know, Quicken 2007 is a very old piece of software, and it's prone to occasional database corruptions, so you should take precautions to back up regularly and frequently, and keep many generations of backups, in case you discover at some point that the Quicken 2007 database has messed up something in your data. (I've had this happen, and having a 2- year-old backup helped me figure out what had been lost in my data file.)

The reports in Quicken 2019 are not yet as robustly capable as the Quicken 2007 reports -- but they are making progress in that direction. Quicken 2015, the first release of the re-written Quicken for Mac, included a pretty limited reports engine brought over from the limited 2010-era Quicken Essentials product. After about two years, the developers began tackling the job of writing a new reports engine for the modern Quicken Mac, and over the past two years, they've been incrementally adding new features and functionality. Hopefully, they will continue development of the reports until they are close to Quicken 2007 reports. (There are some things that Quicken 2019 reports can do now which new users often miss because the user interface is not completely intuitive.)

mrvd

Thank you for your input. I do appreciate the clarification . Regards MRVD

smayer97

Also know that as an alternative, you can use QM2007 in a VM (virtual machine) to run a version of macOS that is compatible with QM2007. One example that is free is VirtualBox, or there are paid versions, such as Parallels or VMWare Fusion.

Quicken_Tyka

Hello MRVD,

Thank you for taking the time to come to the Community and post your inquiry.

Unfortunately, there is not a time frame or date that can be offered when and if this will be completed.

There is a long-running thread regarding the 2007 reports that you may want to take a look at
https://community.quicken.com/discussion/7249594/in-quicken-2007-i-can-create-custom-reports-with-categories-and-classes-229-legacy-votes.

mrvd

Thank you. The thread you referred me to, was most interesting in particular a contribution by Jacobs edited October 2018.

Jacobs states (or I believe he states) that even after the new Mac OS (post Mojave) is introduced, Quicken 2007 users would still be able to enter transactions manually and create reports.

If true, this would be wonderful news since I have never relied on Quicken for downloads. I enter all my transactions manually. I only use Quicken for it's budgeting, scheduling and reporting features none of which involve downloads.

My understanding was that when the new Mac OS is introduced, I would not even be  able to start up Quicken 2007 much less enter transactions manually as I have in the past    

If you or anyone else could comment one way or the other, I would be very grateful.

Regards
MRVD

jacobs

Hi @mrvd! Yes, you will be able to continue using Quicken 2007, just as you do now, so long as you don't upgrade your macOS beyond the current Mojave. The next version of macOS will not even launch old 32-bit applicaitons, so Quicken 2007 will be literally a non-starter under the next macOS. But as long as you're okay with not upgrading for awhile, nothing really changes. (I manage a lot of Macs at work, as well as two I have at home, and almost all are one or two operating system versions behind; unless there is some compelling feature you're dying to have, there's no problem with keeping your current macOS.)

You will have to periodically dismiss Apple's annoying pop-ups that try to get you to upgrade to the new OS, but that's all there is to it.

That said, as you know, Quicken 2007 is a very old piece of software, and it's prone to occasional database corruptions, so you should take precautions to back up regularly and frequently, and keep many generations of backups, in case you discover at some point that the Quicken 2007 database has messed up something in your data. (I've had this happen, and having a 2- year-old backup helped me figure out what had been lost in my data file.)

The reports in Quicken 2019 are not yet as robustly capable as the Quicken 2007 reports -- but they are making progress in that direction. Quicken 2015, the first release of the re-written Quicken for Mac, included a pretty limited reports engine brought over from the limited 2010-era Quicken Essentials product. After about two years, the developers began tackling the job of writing a new reports engine for the modern Quicken Mac, and over the past two years, they've been incrementally adding new features and functionality. Hopefully, they will continue development of the reports until they are close to Quicken 2007 reports. (There are some things that Quicken 2019 reports can do now which new users often miss because the user interface is not completely intuitive.)

mrvd

Thank you for your input. I do appreciate the clarification . Regards MRVD

smayer97

Also know that as an alternative, you can use QM2007 in a VM (virtual machine) to run a version of macOS that is compatible with QM2007. One example that is free is VirtualBox, or there are paid versions, such as Parallels or VMWare Fusion.

mrvd

Thank you !