Update version of Quicken Mac 2015 from Intel to Apple Silicon processors

Samir Trad

I use Quicken 2015 Version 2.9.7 (Build 29.14856.100) in a MacBook Pro with M1 Pro processor and macOS 26.4.1 (25E253) without any problems.

Apple has informed that the App in use is, in fact, an Intel-based app which runs in Apple silicon (M1) through an internal software called Rosetta. Support for Rosetta will end in a future version, so any Intel-based app will stop working. Apple recommends checking the app's developer for an updated version. Here is the announcement:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/102527

So, here are my questions:

1. Is there an updated version of Quicken 2015 able to run in Apple silicon?
2. If not, which existing version of Quicken is the most "equivalent" to Quicken 2015?

Thanks in advance.

NotACPA

ALL support for your product ended many years ago, as did any/all updates for that product.

SO, I'd be astonished if the "updated version" exists or will ever exist.

And, "most equivalent" depends upon what features you want/need … and what you're willing to pay for them.

Here's the display of the current Q products.

https://www.quicken.com/products/pricing-comparison-classic/

Chris_QPW

The last version of Quicken Mac that used Rosetta was Quicken Mac 2007.

And the "updated version of Quicken Mac" would be the current one that most people just call Quicken Mac Subscription since that is how you now pay for it, which the link that @NotACPA point to.

John_in_NC

You only have 2 options: upgrade to the current latest QMac subscription, or not upgrade your M1 Mac that ends Rosetta support for Intel apps.

(And yes, there were two variants of "Rosetta"-the one @Chris_QPW speaks of was the first one. You are dealing with the second one for Intel Chips.)

You are not going to find a release of 2015 that will run on your M1 machine after the next major OS update.

Jon

The subscription version of Quicken has had native Apple Silicon support since 2020. None of the pre-subscription versions of Quicken that pre-date Apple Silicon have been updated with Apple Silicon support; I think there’s absolutely no chance that will change. If switching to the subscription version is not an option for you then you’re going to have to stick with MacOS 27 in order to keep using Quicken 2015 with Rosetta.

Chris_QPW

Thanks @John_in_NC I wasn't aware of the fact that there was in fact two "Rosetta"s.

jacobs

I wasn't aware of the fact that there was in fact two "Rosetta"s.

@Chris_QPW The original Rosetta was Apple's remarkable translation layer software which enabled Macs to make a seamless transition from Motorola PowerPC processors to Intel processors circa 2006 while running older software with no speed penalty.

Then when Apple decided to make another processor transition from Intel chips to the ARM-derived Apple M-series processors 14 years later, they developed a new translation layer and called it Rosetta 2.

Pulling off not one but two major hardware architecture changes, and the software to make it completely unnoticeable to users, is one of the amazing technology stories of the personal computer era.

Now that Apple has been selling M-series Macs for nearly 6 years, they are giving users and developers long advance notice that macOS 28 — not this fall's macOS 27, but next fall's macOS 28 — will drop support for Intel Macs, and with it, the Rosetta 2 software.

@Samir Trad You can continue using your current Mac and Quicken for another year and a half until Apple drops support for Intel Macs. And then you con continue longer; you just won't be able to upgrade to macOS 28 and run Intel-native apps like Quicken 2015. Quicken has been continually upgrading the software since 2015, so you can smoothly move to the current version whenever you're ready (and willing to pay for the software subscription).

smayer97

And then there are virtual machines (several are free; VMWare Fusion, VirtualBox, UTM)… which can run macOS 12 and newer, so you can still run older software, including QM2015.