[rfmansfield]

Jeffrey, I would have liked to have seen a screenshot of the new register. Did they not want you to include that?
Also, will the new Quicken import our old Quicken Mac files? I currently use Quicken 2006.

[outdo13]

"All I need is a checkbook ledger; that's all I use Quicken 2006 for. But I have to run it under Rosetta as it is a PowerPC app."

--MichelleEris

What is the problem here? I run it in Leopard (10.5.6) on an Intel iMac and it runs fine (given the limits of the app itself).

[MichelleEris]

I'm looking to the future when Rosetta is no longer supported.

[hikerdave]

I talked with Intuit at MacWorld and though the new version of Quicken looked promising they said it will not have bill pay when it is released. This kills the upgrade for me. I know I can go through my bank, but I like having it built in.

[josquin021]

Has anyone figured out if the new Quicken Financial Life for Mac will import Windows Quicken files? As someone said in this thread, it's inexcusable that the current versions of Quicken won't interchange data, and I'm hoping that the new version will remedy that.

That said, Intuit's software to date for the Mac has been cruddy, so I'm not expecting much. And, I don't want any touchy-feely Oprah-rific finance software... I want accuracy and ease of use!

[chuckbo]

Sorry, Intuit, you had your chance and blew it. I've been using Quicken since something like the mid or late 90s. I'm finally fed up with the upgrades that don't do anything new, the features I need that aren't there, the missed deadlines, the unresponsiveness of Intuit on their forums, and how they turn off features that were in the version I paid for and hold them for ransom unless I upgrade again. (Yes, I remember how you "sunsetted" Quickbooks for Canadian users, and I worry that you could decide to do something like that here -- put a time bomb in the program so it won't let me have access to my data at some point unless I buy your subscription.)
I looked at iBank and Money 2 and MoneyDance and Moneywell and Liquid Ledger, and there's things to like in all of them, but none do quite what I want, so after thinking about it for a year to see if Intuit would get their act together with QFL, I finally gave up waiting and decided to write my own last December, and now I'm about 25% done. And by my project plan, working alone, coding about ten hours/week, I'm going to finish before QFL comes out! Then I'll give away my version. That's how disgusted I am with Quicken.

[andrewrodney]

>On the bright side, early indications suggest that Quicken Financial Life may be worth the wait.
Boy, the reports from the beta's on the forums are pretty harsh and negative. Looks like I may be using Quicken 2007 till it breaks. The bad news is, Intuit goes out of its way to make older version break. I think it was either the last version or the version prior that stopped working for on-line banking (which I use), forcing an update.

[aine]

Quicken for the Mac is almost pointless unless it includes (1) feature parity with Windows version, and (2) a way to seamlessly migrate to and from the Windows version.

I have used Quicken for Windows for more than 10 years. It's the only thing I need Windows for anymore. IT drives me crazy that this is the one major consumer app on the planet that refuses to even take a baby step toward platform interoperabiilty.

Word, Excel, iTunes, Firefox, Skype, Photoshop, Quicktime, etc. -- all are cross-platform.

C'mon Intuit - devise a way to migrate from Quicken for Windows to Quicken for Mac, without losing information and without losing features.

[macmanmk]

Is this product in open beta? I went to Intuit's website last Friday, saw a request for beta testers, signed up and immediately received a download link.

[rfmansfield]

macmanmk said:

Is this product in open beta? I went to Intuit's website last Friday, saw a request for beta testers, signed up and immediately received a download link.

Wow, I didn't think it was supposed to be. I applied for the beta a LONG time ago, and only got a recent letter letting me know I couldn't participate. Then I read your post above. I thought it was someone yanking our chain, but I went there again, filled out the form, and it gave me the link for the second beta. I've got it downloading now. I think I might make a good backup of my current Quicken 2006 data and see if I can use the new version.

[rfmansfield]

Okay, I downloaded the beta, converted my Quicken 2006 file over (yes, there is a conversion utility) and opened it up.

It looks interesting, although I'd prefer the old register for my accounts as opposed to the new look.

But this beta is not ready for primetime yet. I tried downloading new transactions (which it did just fine), but the software did not match up my downloaded transactions with the entries where I had already recorded them. So that resulted in double entries.

Fortunately, none of this process damaged my original Quicken 2006 file which is still intact (plus backed up!).

Maybe when beta 3 rolls around...

[rfmansfield]

Correction. It does do something freaky to your original file. Make sure you back it up. I was glad I did.

[Slartibartfast]

Well there's hoping you built it in Cocoa and NOT Carbon. :)

[philomath777]

Bill Campbell, formerly of Apple and former CEO of Intuit, is on Apple's board and Chairman of Intuit's board. Surely he must know the frustration of Apple users... Why no action? Intuit's Mac efforts have been inconsistent, conflicting and arrogant. Do they ever listen to Mac users?