Will Quicken for Mac 2015 work with Sequoia? [Edited]

Question

We're trying to confirm we use Quicken '15 and it's safe to upgrade to MacOS Sequoia - I've used Quicken since the BF introduced me to it in version '07

Then some change happened and that wouldn't work  after an OS upgrade and we were forced to try a friend's copy of '15, which works but  - now we're nervous about any updates/upgrades because, while not as good as '07, '15 is still the most acceptable financial management app available

jacobs · Answer

I have my old copy of Quicken 2015, and it still appears to launch and run fine on my Mac running Sequoia 15.3. It has not failed through all nine macOS upgrades since 2015. (Note that I don't actually use it; I only open it on occasion to see how something looked back in that version.) So I agree with the posts above that if the program is installed and functional and you're doing an incremental macOS upgrade, it will likely still work, as it does for me; but if you need to install a new OS and restore data from a backup, or otherwise re-install Quicken 2015, that definitely will not swork.

As @John_in_NC said, if you miss functionality from the legacy Quicken 2007, you would find there have been a lot of improvements in modern Quicken Mac over the nearly 10 years since your version of Quicken 2015. I tested Quicken 2015 back during that year, but stayed with Quicken 2007 for a few more years because I found there was too much missing functionality, but once I upgraded to the current generation Quicken Mac, I have newer looked back and been very happy with the program. Yes, you'd have to pay for it, after having a free ride for many years. 😉 But think about whether working with a much-improved Quicken Mac might be worth roughly a dollar a week.

John_in_NC · Answer

Howdy, DavidK.

I have most all of the older versions/installers of Quicken, but Jon's question of what you are running is important.

If you are a running a recent OS and are incrementally upgrading, then 2015 might work.  (Monterrey is latest I can confirm.)  But, I really question if you were are running a recent OS and are about to upgrade to Sequoia-you likely wouldn't be asking this if coming from Sonoma.

If you intend on installing 2015 on a newer machine that has never seen that program, forget it. It will fail to register. I tried running 2015  on a M2 MPB running Sequoia, and it was a no go as it's looking for servers that don't exist anymore.

It might be time to upgrade. I know you and your friend liked 2007. The recent version is much closer to that in features than 2015.

Jon · Answer

What OS are you using now? I don't have a copy of 2015 anymore, but if it worked under Sonoma, Ventura, Monterey, or Big Sur, then I'd say it has a decent chance of working in Sequoia too.

It might be a good idea to try installing Sequoia to an external drive & booting off that to check compatibility before upgrading the OS on your internal drive.