How to automate stock price update?

Question

Since Quicken Mac will not automatically update prices each day, can this be done with IFTTT? Automator? Alfred?  Has anyone created one of these workarounds that you could share?

Chris_QPW · Answer

I'm a little baffled at what the problems is here that needs to be solved.

If you request to download quotes it can get daily quotes for 30 days.  After that they get spaced out farther the farther back in time you go.  So basically updating at least once a month should do it.  So I don't really see the purpose of getting quotes once a day if you don't even intend to look at them until another day.

Rick Grossman · Answer

Thanks good information.

Does Quicken update when it opens?

(I want to be able to look at historic valuations, particularly on heavy trade days, so I would like it daily.)

Does/can it link with Quicken Online to do that? Or is that a whole separate program that I'd need to pay for?

Instead of the circle, can't  I select Accounts/Update Accts?

One last wrinkle...I prefer to keep Quicken Password protected....any issues with  KM, IFTTT, or Automator?

I used to do macros years ago in Microsoft products, but I haven't quite understood the model used in ifttt or automator.  Old age has crept up.

You didn't refer to Automator or IFTTT....not familiar with them, or don't think they'd be good?

Rick Grossman · Answer

Oh, any downsides?  Would it work just to open and then close Quicken?