Aside from prioritization and available resources, what makes this difficult is that it touches on many parts of the database and functionality... transaction entry, exchange rate logging and downloading, reports, investments, conversion from other versions, etc... so no small feat. This is an involved feature, especially under the hood.
That said, a rudimentary capability has been implemented... the ability to track each register in a specific currency and to perform transfers between them and record the exchange rate, but only for that transaction, and the two sides of the transfer are not linked (so changes on one side are not updated on the other side). BUT that's it for now.
As a US citizen recently moved to Europe I have discovered that Quicken 2019 for Mac doesn't do enough to continue to be useful for the most used features without multi-currency support.
Without multi-currency I can't get decent results on my budget, my comparison reports year over year, net worth, etc. The top post asked for several things, including:
•ability to apply exchange rates for transfers between accounts in different currencies
•ability to apply exchange rates on reports using accounts in different currencies
Without them it really reduces functionality. Please review this feature again.
If you have not already, be sure to click the little grey triangle under the VOTE count at the top of page 1 in the blue banner, so your vote will count for THIS feature and increase its visibility to the developers by seeking to have the features you need or desire end up in the latest version (it may take a moment for your vote to register).
Full multi-currency support in Quicken Mac is one of the leading feature requests from users. You can cast your vote for this functionality in a longstanding Idea thread [removed self-referencing link]. [This] thread currently has 329 votes ("legacy" votes from the previous forum system plus 18 here); encouragingly, it is marked as "Under Consideration", a status which a limited number of Ideas receive, so there's at least awareness by the development team of the pent up demand for this functionality and reason to hope it may be forthcoming. When? Only the development leadership knows that, and they almost never comment on future plans because the roadmap changes and evolves and they don't want to say something is coming in a certain timeframe and then not deliver.
QMac 2007 & QMac Subscription • Quicken user since 1993
As someone with investments/assets in multiple currencies, it would be fantastic to see Networth Over Time report not only by currency, but a consolidated TOTAL net worth over all currencies.
I just migrated from Windows to Mac.
I miss the Investing, Portfolio View, that combines all accounts in all currencies.
in the Mac I need a separate view for each currency...
So... please add this feature.....
Thank you for bringing this to the attention of the Community!
I went ahead and merged your post with an ongoing Idea for this same feature request. Our developer's review Idea threads to get an idea of what people would like Quicken to offer.
Be sure to add your vote by clicking on the gray triangle right above the current vote count, located in the blue box at the beginning of this thread: Thank you,
This feature is one of the most requested... Full multicurrency integration in every OS and every plataform . Please Quicken, keep an eye on it.. This upgrade would prabably open market for you, bringing a lot of costumers all around the world that think that feature is extremelly necessary.
If I had realized Q MAC did not offer true multi-currency support, I never would have converted from Q WIN.
Nothing works properly without true multi-currency functionality - income, expenses, budgets, net worth, etc. I am seriously considering re-entering a full year of data (2019) into my old version of Q WIN in order to be able to work effectively in the 4 currencies my wife and I deal in - CAD, US$, GBP, and XCB. If it can be done in Q WIN, why the long delay in introducing for Q MAC??
If it can be done in Q WIN, why the long delay in introducing for Q MAC??
I'm not offering any excuses, just some context… Quicken Windows has about 30 years of development behind it; Quicken Mac about 6 or 7. As for why this feature hasn't been developed yet for Quicken Mac: the developers have hundreds of feature requests, and they are making steady -- but slow -- progress. They obviously have prioritized other features higher than this, because things like reports and budgets and loans are used by a greater percentage of users than multicurrency functionality. They did a partial implementation of multicurrency support a few years ago, but have not yet come back around to making it more complete and robust. Hopefully, the more comments and votes this topic continues to get will drive it up the priority list.
QMac 2007 & QMac Subscription • Quicken user since 1993
Just FYI, this IDEA is about the 3rd top requested feature. That said, that alone is not sufficient to set priorities. Because this particular feature impacts many areas (reports, budgets, investments, etc), it may require a lot of design changes and resources to implement. And like @jacobs said, more people want to use other features that are also very high in demand, so those ideas may be taking precedence over this, at this time. At least we have an avenue to keep recording our requests and having visibility to them.
I have previously cast my vote for this. Today I downloaded and took a test drive of macOS Quicken, and while it's really improved, which is great, it's of no use to me without multiple currency support. (I have multiple USD and CAD accounts.)
I guess I'll be running VMWare Fusion on macOS indefinitely - which is perhaps the problem. Quicken has my subscription revenue whether or not I run it on virtual Windows 10 or native macOS.
I am still waiting for a real linked multi currency in the quicken mac version,I am working with an old quicken windows and the new quicken for mac but I miss the multi currency of the windows version,I live in Chile and we use the local currency and us dollars, so its important to have a real multi currency
I switched from Quicken on my PC to my MacBook Air recently, assuming multi-currency support would be included. Quicken support, is there any realistic timeframe for this being available?
@rgengenbach Quicken almost never comments on future features -- if, and especially when, they will arrive.
All you can do is add your vote on the first page of this topic (scroll down under the first post to the blue box, and click the arrow under the counter). This idea is marked as "Under Consideration", which is somewhat hopeful; however, that was a year ago, and it hasn't changed to "Planned" or "Not Planned" in that time. Sigh.
QMac 2007 & QMac Subscription • Quicken user since 1993
I am new to Q Mac. is there no multi-currency capability at all? People work globally and multiple foreign currency transactions are common. it is an essential function.
The ONLY Reason why I have a Windows partition on my MacBook Pro is… Quicken for Windows. And the ONLY Reason why I use Quicken for Windows is … the lack of multicurrency support on the Mac version!
Your (Windows) app is excellent (been using it for over 20 years), your Mac version is slowly getting there, but having a most sophisticated Financial app to follow your international Investments only in one Currency is ridiculous nowadays. If you are serious about your Mac version, it HAS to have the multicurrency support otherwise you mean to say that most users only deal with US$ which is certainly not right.
On Multi Currency reports....
The sidebar, shows all accounts, in various currencies, in the Local currency, (or the home currency, if you so choose).
But...tracking my investments that include a few currencies, the right panel will only show accounts in a single currency. if you want to view accounts in other currencies you have to change the menu entry to show "all EURO accounts", or "all ¥ accounts" etc. there is no option to see a combined "all accounts".
and in the reports page on the top right you have to select the specific currency.... but not all currencies.
all this unlike the Windows Version.......
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That said, a rudimentary capability has been implemented... the ability to track each register in a specific currency and to perform transfers between them and record the exchange rate, but only for that transaction, and the two sides of the transfer are not linked (so changes on one side are not updated on the other side). BUT that's it for now.
- Where to find a Help Guide for Quicken for Mac?
- Quicken Mac FAQ list
- Quicken Windows FAQ list
- Help Guide and FAQs for Quicken Mobile
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Quicken should eliminate the LARGE Ad space when a subscription expires
(Canadian Q user since '92, STILL using QM2007)
Without multi-currency I can't get decent results on my budget, my comparison reports year over year, net worth, etc. The top post asked for several things, including:
•ability to apply exchange rates for transfers between accounts in different currencies
•ability to apply exchange rates on reports using accounts in different currencies
Without them it really reduces functionality. Please review this feature again.
- Where to find a Help Guide for Quicken for Mac?
- Quicken Mac FAQ list
- Quicken Windows FAQ list
- Help Guide and FAQs for Quicken Mobile
COMPLETE list of Product Ideas - Quicken for Mac to VOTE onObject to Quicken's business model, using up 25% of your screen? Add your vote here:
Quicken should eliminate the LARGE Ad space when a subscription expires
(Canadian Q user since '92, STILL using QM2007)
I miss the Investing, Portfolio View, that combines all accounts in all currencies.
in the Mac I need a separate view for each currency...
So... please add this feature.....
Thank you for bringing this to the attention of the Community!
I went ahead and merged your post with an ongoing Idea for this same feature request. Our developer's review Idea threads to get an idea of what people would like Quicken to offer.
Be sure to add your vote by clicking on the gray triangle right above the current vote count, located in the blue box at the beginning of this thread:
Thank you,
Quicken Natalie
Nothing works properly without true multi-currency functionality - income, expenses, budgets, net worth, etc. I am seriously considering re-entering a full year of data (2019) into my old version of Q WIN in order to be able to work effectively in the 4 currencies my wife and I deal in - CAD, US$, GBP, and XCB. If it can be done in Q WIN, why the long delay in introducing for Q MAC??
- Where to find a Help Guide for Quicken for Mac?
- Quicken Mac FAQ list
- Quicken Windows FAQ list
- Help Guide and FAQs for Quicken Mobile
COMPLETE list of Product Ideas - Quicken for Mac to VOTE onObject to Quicken's business model, using up 25% of your screen? Add your vote here:
Quicken should eliminate the LARGE Ad space when a subscription expires
(Canadian Q user since '92, STILL using QM2007)
I guess I'll be running VMWare Fusion on macOS indefinitely - which is perhaps the problem. Quicken has my subscription revenue whether or not I run it on virtual Windows 10 or native macOS.
All you can do is add your vote on the first page of this topic (scroll down under the first post to the blue box, and click the arrow under the counter). This idea is marked as "Under Consideration", which is somewhat hopeful; however, that was a year ago, and it hasn't changed to "Planned" or "Not Planned" in that time. Sigh.
Your (Windows) app is excellent (been using it for over 20 years), your Mac version is slowly getting there, but having a most sophisticated Financial app to follow your international Investments only in one Currency is ridiculous nowadays. If you are serious about your Mac version, it HAS to have the multicurrency support otherwise you mean to say that most users only deal with US$ which is certainly not right.
The sidebar, shows all accounts, in various currencies, in the Local currency, (or the home currency, if you so choose).
But...tracking my investments that include a few currencies, the right panel will only show accounts in a single currency. if you want to view accounts in other currencies you have to change the menu entry to show "all EURO accounts", or "all ¥ accounts" etc. there is no option to see a combined "all accounts".
and in the reports page on the top right you have to select the specific currency.... but not all currencies.
all this unlike the Windows Version.......