Fix corrupted date file
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dmtgs
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I'm on an iMac running Sierra 10.12.6 and have both Quicken 2007 and 2019. In Quicken 2007, after entering an item in the register, Quicken quit. When I reopened the app, and selected the file I was using, I got the message: Quicken has found corrupt date in your file......
Anything I've found so far mentioned validate and repair. I cannot find this option in either Quicken apps. How do I fix this problem?
Anything I've found so far mentioned validate and repair. I cannot find this option in either Quicken apps. How do I fix this problem?
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This was a real Murphy's Law instance. I use Time Machine as backup. When I found that the file was corrupt. my first thought was use Time Machine. When the app couldn't find the hard drive, I discovered that the hard drive crashed. Long story short, I downloaded info from my bank to Quicken 2019. I have some work to do, but I'm now comfortable with what's ahead of me.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR KIND HELP !!0
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Thanks, Rick. I did find that article and none of the suggestions worked. I was able to get back info to 9/4/19. But, still hoping the file can be fixed. I've seen a suggestion of validate and repair (I think that is what it was), but can only find it for Windows, not Mac :(0
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"Validate and repair" is a Windows-only thing. The Windows and Quicken 2007 databases are completely different. Did you do Command-Option-B to rebuild your file indexes? That fixes a lot of apparent date problems.Quicken Mac Subscription • Quicken user since 19930
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RickO said:It sounds like you can't open the file now, so Command-Option-B isn't going to help.
@dmtgs Do you have any backup files, either created by Quicken or via Time Machine or any cloud backup service? If you can revert to a relativelty recent backup and it doesn't show signs of corruption, that may be your easiest path forward.
(If you have no backups, take the pledge now: that you will in the near future set up an inexpensive external hard drive to run Time Machine -- it literally takes about two clicks to set and forget -- and never again have your Mac not backed up going forward!)Quicken Mac Subscription • Quicken user since 19930 -
This was a real Murphy's Law instance. I use Time Machine as backup. When I found that the file was corrupt. my first thought was use Time Machine. When the app couldn't find the hard drive, I discovered that the hard drive crashed. Long story short, I downloaded info from my bank to Quicken 2019. I have some work to do, but I'm now comfortable with what's ahead of me.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR KIND HELP !!0
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