Quotes have stopped downloading for Q Mac 2007

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This discussion was created from comments split from: Quicken 2007 16.2 freezes, stock quotes updates [edited: title expanded].

J_Mike

QMac 2007 has reached "sunset" stage with the release of Catalina OS for Mac.
All online activity has ceased to function.
You can continue to use 2007 in manual mode as long as you stay with Mojave OS or earlier.
Mac 2007 will not run under Catalina.
Finally, no, there are no further  updates planned for 2007.

See this notice;
https://www.quicken.com/support/update-quicken-mac-2007-support-policies-may-2016

smayer97

Meanwhile, you can still do one of the following:

1. import stock prices using QIF import.

2. If you cannot find a QIF export of data, you can easily convert a CSV into QIF... All you need are 3 columns of data:

Ticker Symbol, price, date

A data file must be plain ASCII, or simple text, with no other formatting.

To change a CSV or ASCII file into a QIF file for price import do the following things:

1. on the first line of the price list file, type !Type:Prices
2. on the last line of the list, type ^
3. Make sure there is no data or delimiters after the date on each line
4. save the file as CSV.
5. Change file extension as .qif
6. use File > Import > Import from QIF

So the price list will look like:

!Type:Prices

ABT,83.74,11/21/19

MINDX,25.82,11/21/19

^

For acceptable price formatting of the file, see this article

https://www.quicken.com/support/how-import-historical-security-data-quicken

3. And finally, in the worst case, you will have to manually enter the data.

dboltson

No quotes downloaded to my quicken 2007 mac 16.2.4 since last Thursday 11/14/19 [no mutual funds], and Friday 11/15/19 [no nothing: no funds, stocks or ETFs]. Is there another update in the works to restore access to the quotes server for us 2007 mac users?

J_Mike

QMac 2007 has reached "sunset" stage with the release of Catalina OS for Mac.
All online activity has ceased to function.
You can continue to use 2007 in manual mode as long as you stay with Mojave OS or earlier.
Mac 2007 will not run under Catalina.
Finally, no, there are no further  updates planned for 2007.

See this notice;
https://www.quicken.com/support/update-quicken-mac-2007-support-policies-may-2016

danglin44

Same here. Last update was 11/12/19, 6:12 PM EST. The support policies don't indicate that quotes download would be disabled. It talks about transaction downloads.

At one time, I tried to convert database to Quicken for Windows but that failed due to differences in date and transaction handling.

jacobs

All download services were ended. (In some of their legal agreements, they define transactions to be anything that's downloaded, so quotes are a type of transaction.)

The quote server was run by Intuit, Quicken's former parent. Quicken paid them -- and cajoled them -- to keep it running as long as they did in order to meet the needs to the ever-dwindling ranks of Quicken 2007 users. But the service would have apparently needed security updates that made it impractical for a long-discontinued product. 

drcuddy

Thanks for the explanation.
As reported by others here, I've also found that quote downloads have ceased. But transaction downloads from my bank are still working (knocks on some nearby wood..)

jacobs

drcuddy said:

Thanks for the explanation.
As reported by others here, I've also found that quote downloads have ceased. But transaction downloads from my bank are still working (knocks on some nearby wood..)

That's surprising, as my understanding was that any server connected with Quicken 2007 online services was being shut down. If it works for you now, you're lucky, but you should assume it will stop working sometime soon. Quicken 2007 should be viewed as only suitable for people willing to enter all their transactions manually.

smayer97

Meanwhile, you can still do one of the following:

1. import stock prices using QIF import.

2. If you cannot find a QIF export of data, you can easily convert a CSV into QIF... All you need are 3 columns of data:

Ticker Symbol, price, date

A data file must be plain ASCII, or simple text, with no other formatting.

To change a CSV or ASCII file into a QIF file for price import do the following things:

1. on the first line of the price list file, type !Type:Prices
2. on the last line of the list, type ^
3. Make sure there is no data or delimiters after the date on each line
4. save the file as CSV.
5. Change file extension as .qif
6. use File > Import > Import from QIF

So the price list will look like:

!Type:Prices

ABT,83.74,11/21/19

MINDX,25.82,11/21/19

^

For acceptable price formatting of the file, see this article

https://www.quicken.com/support/how-import-historical-security-data-quicken

3. And finally, in the worst case, you will have to manually enter the data.