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Share your experience running QM2007 in a Virtual Machine (VM)

If you try running QM2007 in a VM, such as, VMware Fusion, Parallels, VirtualBox, etc, please share your experience with others below.
- what works
- what does not
- quirky behaviour
- etc.
Do specify the following:
- what version of QM2007 you are using
- what VM and what version you are using
- what version of the host macOS
- what version of the client macOS running in the VM.
- what works
- what does not
- quirky behaviour
- etc.
Do specify the following:
- what version of QM2007 you are using
- what VM and what version you are using
- what version of the host macOS
- what version of the client macOS running in the VM.
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user since '92, STILL using QM2007)
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It seems the solution for one person is to make sure the Backup folder is located in the Documents folder INSIDE the VM drive, not in the host OS drive area.
Have you tried this?
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After much trial and error, I was able to solve my problem by compressing the Quicken data file into a .zip file and then importing it into the VM. Success! I really have no idea why this worked but am glad it did.
Glad you have it working now.
BTW, if you do a Get Info of the volume/drive inside the VM, what format is it showing up as, Mac OS Extended or APFS? Also, just to be sure, what version of the client OS did you install; was it macOS 10.14 Mojave?
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Glad to see this link. I too recently move my QM 2007 to a VM on a new Mac Desktop.
App: Quicken for Mac 2007 Ver. 16.2.4
VM: Parallels Desktop 15 for Mac
VM OS: OSX El Capitan v 10.11.6
Host OS. macOS Catalina v 10.15.3
I got the old program turn on and old data transferred in the VM, It is the only app in the VM environment. I even download a El Capitan compatible printer driver. I will ask for help in the printing info later.
One problem I encounter is that whenever I use "QUOTE" to down load Security prices, it wants to registration. But when I click to open the link:
https://registerqt.intuit.com/reg?regclientid.name=QMAC®clientid.version=1.0&licensenumber=&eoc=148125&macsproductid=298518
It fails to open every time. I wonder if the link to no longer supported. Is there a work around?
Thanks for the help?
Thanks for sharing your experience.
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What is a proper file hierarchy for the account and backup files in the VM?
So far, I am relying on backing up the whole computer storage volume rather than backing up Quicken in the VM volume.
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The best would be to track down the preference files and copy them into their respective locations in the VM environment. You may want to ZIP them first before moving them into the VM storage area to avoid any Permissions related issues.
To find and move your preferences file(s), please read this post:
If you give this a try, please report back any results.
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BTW, that "Quote" might have been discontinue as you noted. I discover I can use the "Historical" function to download from one month to 5 years worth of Security prices. Hope that adds to the knowledge base if others are running into the same problem.
I am hoping more people will join this conversation.
Sorry, I should have read your reply more closely. I missed the link you included. I will read that instruction more closely. I'll try to report back later. Thanks again.
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Have you tried this yet? If so, how did it go?
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Quicken behaved itself fine from the start, but I had to revisit the setup of some of my keyboard shortcuts. Fortunately, Parallels does a nice job of managing keyboard shortcuts at various system levels. That allowed me to reassign CMD-H to my primary checking account and restore CMD-R for starting a Quick Report.
I'll do a lot more testing, but so far it looks like I'll be able to continue using Quicken 2007 for Mac for the foreseeable future. After I evaluated all the new competition, I concluded that nothing could touch the efficiency and versatility of the Quicken version I've been using for about 20 years! Amazing.
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Min System requirements: macOS 10.15 Catalina.
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I decided to upgrade when VMware Fusion Player 12 became available for free for home use.
I’m a newby to this process and after significant effort I was able to get Mac Quicken 2007 for Mac to run using my old data file within a virtual machine running Mac OS Mojave.
Hopefully others can have a smoother experience with what I learned.
Hardware: Mac mini (2018) - 3.2 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7 - 64 GB 2667 MHz DDR4 - Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB/2TB flash storage in APFS.
Host macOS: Catalina version 10.15.7.
VM: VMware Fusion 12.0.0.
Client macOS: MacOS Mojave version 10.14.6.
Quicken: Quicken for Mac 2007 version 16.2.3 (initially as that was what I had been using and which worked; then upgraded to 16.2.4 (build 25.886.100) which seems to continue to work).
What I did/found helpful:
Update macOS on host Mac:
- Run Disk Utility on host Mac.
- Backup host Mac.
- Update host macOS.
- Run Disk Utility on host Mac.
Obtain VMware Fusion Player - Personal Use
- Register for a VMware account: https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/evalcenter?p=fusion-player-personal
- Log in: https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/evalcenter?p=fusion-player-personal
- Manually download VMware Fusion 12.0.0 (for Intel-based Macs)
Install VMware Fusion Player - Personal Use
- NOTE: It may have been possible to skip the below install/uninstall/install cycle had I read this first: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2151770?lang=en_US
- Install VMware Fusion Player - Personal Use
- I received the error “Could not open /dev/vmmon: Broken pipe, while launching the Virtual Machine (80467)”. Resolved using: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/80467
- I had to manually uninstall VMware Fusion: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1017838?lang=en_US
- Reinstall VMware Fusion Player - Personal Use
Obtain macOS Mojave
- Link to download macOS Mojave from App Store: Get macOS Mojave on https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210190
- “Install macOS Mojave.app” should be 6.05 GB.
Open VMWare Fusion
Create New Virtual Machine
- Drag “Install macOS Mojave.app” onto “Install from disc or image”
Complete creation of new virtual machine running macOS Mojave.
On host mac, compress the Quicken data file.
- Select Quicken Data and compress this .qdfm file to a .zip file. (CRITICAL ACTION)
On host mac, copy the compressed Quicken data file to iCloud Drive.
- NOTE: copying an uncompressed Quicken data file will NOT copy the entire file as the copy of the file in iCloud is significantly smaller than the source file. This is the cause of the frequently cited “unable to load file” message.
On host mac, copy the Quicken 2007.app to iCloud Drive.
Open Mojave virtual machine.
On Mojave virtual machine, from iCloud drive copy the compressed Quicken data file to the Documents folder on the virtual machine drive.
On Mojave virtual machine, open the compressed Quicken data file to uncompress the file.
On Mojave virtual machine, from iCloud drive copy Quicken 2007 to the Applications folder on the virtual machine drive.
Open Quicken 2007.
Enter name.
Skip “Welcome to Quicken.”
Choose uncompressed Quicken Data file.
Bob’s your uncle.
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