Using Quicken on the Web to sync with two computers running Quicken

mikedr

I'm currently using Quicken 2017 for Windows, and will be upgrading soon. In looking at Quicken on the Web, it appears to do two-way sync'ing between desktop and the web.

I'd like to run Quicken desktop on two machines, a desktop and a laptop. Can I in effect use Quicken on the Web to sync between these two machines? I.e., say the machines are machine A and machine B. I make a change to my data file on B, which gets sync'ed to Quicken on the web, which then gets sync'ed to the data file on A. And vice-versa.

Would this work?

Greg_the_Geek

The Quicken Cloud is not designed to sync 2 Quicken desktops.

smayer97

Cannot answer for QWin but for QMac the answer is yes AND no. In fact, it it was confirmed in an earlier release that this was possible...to some extent. It was quietly announced in the Release notes for one of the versions of QM2017 to be able to sync Asset Accounts between 2 desktop files. No other info or documentation was given.

An SU did experiment to try to figure this out and found that the sync went beyond "asset" accounts BUT the results were mixed. Since then there has been NO mention of this and it is unclear if it still works or that functionality was been pulled for now. Suffice it to say that it was still immature and needed some work.

So this is a feature that Quicken as toyed with but, at least for QMac, it is not ready for prime time. And as has been pointed out, sync to the Quicken Cloud is already complicated and works for some but does not work or work reliably and without risk  for others.

Alin

 i too would like to know the answer here. You would think this would work

mikedr

I'm thinking that the only thing that would prevent this from working is some sort of artificial limitation on the number of computers you can connect at the same time to Quicken on the Web.

Greg_the_Geek

The Quicken Cloud is not designed to sync 2 Quicken desktops.

mikedr

But would it work? I.e., could one successfully set it up and try?

Greg_the_Geek

Who knows? There's too many problems just trying to get Quicken Desktop to sync to the Quicken Cloud without adding a second one. Most SU's (including myself) stay away from the Quicken Cloud.

Ps56k2

Interesting question....
But don't think so - as the Sync has to tag each transaction as to "where" it came from as it gets put into the Quicken Cloud..... So, if a transaction is sent FROM the "desktop world" it would not get downloaded back down to the "desktop world" as that would not make any sense.  Don't forget, the Sync is thinking there is only ONE desktop and has no protocol for handling multiple "desktop" locations - since there is only ONE.

smayer97

Cannot answer for QWin but for QMac the answer is yes AND no. In fact, it it was confirmed in an earlier release that this was possible...to some extent. It was quietly announced in the Release notes for one of the versions of QM2017 to be able to sync Asset Accounts between 2 desktop files. No other info or documentation was given.

An SU did experiment to try to figure this out and found that the sync went beyond "asset" accounts BUT the results were mixed. Since then there has been NO mention of this and it is unclear if it still works or that functionality was been pulled for now. Suffice it to say that it was still immature and needed some work.

So this is a feature that Quicken as toyed with but, at least for QMac, it is not ready for prime time. And as has been pointed out, sync to the Quicken Cloud is already complicated and works for some but does not work or work reliably and without risk  for others.