I am a dinosaur! I am retired and do not enjoy spending money on new subscription based programs. My OS of choice is El Capitan. Does Anyone know how to install quicken 2017 without the installation trying to access the internet ?
I'm afraid you may not be able to do what you want, Mr. Dinosaur. 😂
Installing Quicken 2017 from an installer disc requires an Internet connection to load the login box, and the URL is is wired to connect to is at an Intuit.com address which no longer exists (resulting in a blank/white window). There's no way around that, because the old Intuit server it's trying to connect no longer exists.
BUT… if you still have access to your old Mac, may be able to succeed by manually copying the "already logged in" status file over to your new Mac, bypassing the login screen. I don't know for sure whether this will work, but here's what you can try:
Now, when you launch Quicken 2017 on the new Mac, it should bypass the registration window (which doesn't work) and open directly to your local data file.
Another possibility (which I'm more doubtful about) is to try to force Quicken 2017 into offline mode. Disconnect from the Internet completely and launch Quicken 2017. When it cannot reach the (non-existent) old web server, it will fail immediately and should give you the option to "Sign in as a different user" or "Use Offline". Select Use Offline and see if it then opens for data file. Once you have the file open, reconnect your Mac to the Internet, and I don't believe it will ask you to sign in after that point.
I will say that I still have a copy of Quicken 2017 on my Mac, and it has survived being transferred from one Mac to another once or twice as part of using Apple's Migration Assistant, without requiring me to log in again. But if neither of those work, I'm afraid you may be out of luck.
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I will say that if you hit a dead end trying to run Quicken 2017, and if you're willing to give in to the subscription version, you'll find Quicken Mac has had a lot of improvements and new features added over the past 9 years; whether they're valuable enough to you to be worth the annal subscription cost is something only you can answer for yourself.
Also, you should be aware of the risks you're taking running the more-than-decade-old macOS El Capitan. If/when your current Mac dies, you won't be able to run Quicken 2017 or much of your current software when you buy a new Mac. Please make sure you have multiple backups of your important data, from Quicken to photos to documents, in a format and location you'll be able to access if you suddenly lose your old Mac, and keep those backups up-to-date. Meanwhile, the web browser(s) on your old Mac aren't supported by many financial institutions at this point, and the list will get longer over time, so if you use your Mac for online banking or bill paying, your continued use of a browser and operating system which hasn't received security updates for the past 8 years is likely to be increasingly difficult.
