[BZ]

I must admit, I am a quicken junkie. I have been buying it for years and use it a ton (have data going back to 1995).

So, when 2004 is announced, I pounce (got the email last Wed)

From the email:
- NEW Portfolio tracking tools-- with 5 new performance indicators
- NEW Quick access to news headlines related to your portfolio(1)
- NEW Emergency Records Organizer for legal, medical, and other vital records
- NEW Track upcoming bills in iCal(2)
- IMPROVED! Download data from more than 1,000 banks, brokerages, and credit card companies--and eliminate tedious typing(1)
- IMPROVED! Data protection delivers industry-standard authentication and encryption technologies
- Optimized for Mac OS X
- And Much More

Plus:
- $10 Instant Rebate
- FREE! iClean for Macintosh (a $29.99 value)
- FREE Shipping!


Anyway, I am not extremely happy with the new feature set, but have already pre-ordered.

Anyone else?

BZ

[cpac]

Quicken 2003 still feels like a bad carbon port. (2002 was worse, but it's still got a long way to go).

I've been encouraging/sending feedback to the developer of iBank who seems to have the best looking/most functional cocoa Quicken alternative out there, but the more I look into my problems with Quicken substitutes, the more I appreciate the way in which Quicken has the basics down - the way they've done categories, the way those are kept track of, the way accounts interact, etc. are all well thought out compared to most products out there.

If only they'd put a little more time/effort into the OS X version, we could have a really great app!

[SciFrog]

They still haven't fixed 5 bugs in Q2003, mostly esthetic, since Quicken 98, even though I was beta testing and reporting these...

Some of them have quite big effects on results displayed, for example my net wotrh is off by $10,000 on 2 different displays... And don't even get me started on the portfolio view, the return numbers are just way off if you try to sell some stocks at some point.

Then let's say you have an investement in some type of fund that make or lose money every month. You cannot book a long or short term cash loss in these account .

Still it is the only decent bank program. What a shame, and $40/60 to upgrade every year? Come on.

[thefamousmred]

Originally posted by SciFrog:
Still it is the only decent bank program. What a shame, and $40/60 to upgrade every year? Come on.

What, you think you're entitled to free upgrades? The world doesn't work that way...

I agree that it's the only decent one out there, though, which is a real bummer. Fortunately old versions don't die as soon as new ones come out. I'm still running 2002, and Intuit's not getting a dime out of me for 2004 (fix the damn bugs already, guys!).

[kentuckyfried]

^ is 2002 version sufficient or is this a good time to upgrade?


I noticed that alot of my banks and stuff didn't have their stuff together at the time when I bought it, so I ended up getting frustrated and giving up.

I need to learn how to invest better and track my those accounts, so I need to learn this at some point.

[SciFrog]

I wish they had a demo version. If they fixed the bugs I might get it.

Actually they have a 30 days refund period, mmm.

[Mr. Blur]

Originally posted by SciFrog:
Still it is the only decent bank program. What a shame, and $40/60 to upgrade every year? Come on.

i use quicken every day....maybe my stuff is not so complicated but it always seems to work okay for me. having said that, i certainly do not upgrade it every year....every 3 or 4 maybe.....

[malson]

I did the beta testing for Quicken 2004 and received my official release copy yesterday. Everything works great. Lots of updates and improvements everywhere. I definitely advise you update!

[mogura]

I am also a die-hard Quicken fan, and jumped on this version mostly due to the iCal intergration. Unfortunately, when I select a transaction I'd like to put into iCal, the iCal icon does not appear where Intuit says it should be (at the bottom of the account window.)

I'm running OS 10.2.6, with iCal 1.0.2 like Intuit says is required, but no iCal.

Anyone have any ideas?

[BZ]

How did you get it already? I didn't think it shipped.

BZ

Originally posted by mogura:
I am also a die-hard Quicken fan, and jumped on this version mostly due to the iCal intergration. Unfortunately, when I select a transaction I'd like to put into iCal, the iCal icon does not appear where Intuit says it should be (at the bottom of the account window.)

I'm running OS 10.2.6, with iCal 1.0.2 like Intuit says is required, but no iCal.

Anyone have any ideas?

[mogura]

I thot it wasn't shipping yet either, but did a google search and found it was available for purchase via download or cd-rom.

http://www.shop.intuit.com/commerce/...00000005944404

Seems it was released on Aug 15th.

http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/...10/quicken2k4/

I still haven't gotten it working with iCal yet tho. Maybe I'll reinstall without iCal running at the time?

[BZ]

Hmm... should have downloaded it.. although I do like a good CD for backup.

Guess mine is shipping.

BZ

[mogura]

Yea, I thot about getting a cd-rom and box, but then I always have those things lying around when they go out of date. Also I didn't get a free copy of iClean with it.

Anyway, I installed Quicken on a computer without any previous Quicken documents and the iCal feature shows up. Maybe the .plist file has to be trashed or data needs to be imported to a new quicken file.

Having all your bills and such in iCal will be good for remote monitoring (its so easy to forget to pay something!)

[lexhair]

Originally posted by malson:
I did the beta testing for Quicken 2004 and received my official release copy yesterday. Everything works great. Lots of updates and improvements everywhere. I definitely advise you update!

I hope you're right. I've done even year (98, 00, 02) updates only so I'm due.

[geekwagon]

I wish they had a demo. I don't want to actually buy it until I know if my favorite bug is fixed. When you import a .qfx file (downloaded from your bank) if the dollar value matches any transaction in your register it will try to match it to the old transaction, even if the old one was cleared. Quicken for Windows doesn't do this (I thought that was the point of using qfx instead of qif!) and it made my life a living hell of lost transactions and manual data entry.

Also, I wonder if it can import from the Windows version natively now, or do you still have to do the whole .qif file export/import song and dance. That's a lot of fun when you have accounts that you transfer between a lot.

[mogura]

I'm still frustrated with iCal intergration. I've tried deleting all remants of Quicken on the hard drive, reinstalling, and the iCal feature still does not appear on my copy of Quicken here on my home computer, either in my original file or in a new one. At work it does, so I'm a little perplexed as to how it works; to what it could be conflicting with so as to make it not appear on certain installs?

I'm using Mac OS X.2.6 and iCal 1.0.2 so it should work.

As for Geekwagon's inquiries, I've been spending so much time figuring out the iCal problem I haven't looked into too much else, like if they've fixed the Scheduled Transaction "Scheduling: Stop After" bug.

My guess on the Windows conversion is that they haven't.

[rlorenc]

When I connected to my bank to download my transactions, Quicken said (after the first connection) that next time I linked up that I needed to change my PIN. Each subsequent attempt at connection, however, says the same thing and no dialog box comes up prompting me to change the PIN. When I click on the "Bypass PINVault" button it brings me to the screen that I am familiar with as I have used it for this reason in the past, but when I enter in all of the information (old PIN and the new PIN, twice) the "OK" button is still dim and I cannot continue.

Any ideas? Is this a bug? Is there any way to bypass this?

I am using Quicken 2004 on a 10.2.6 eMac. Thanks!

[CatOne]

Originally posted by BZ:
I must admit, I am a quicken junkie. I have been buying it for years and use it a ton (have data going back to 1995).

So, when 2004 is announced, I pounce (got the email last Wed)

From the email:
- NEW Portfolio tracking tools-- with 5 new performance indicators
- NEW Quick access to news headlines related to your portfolio(1)
- NEW Emergency Records Organizer for legal, medical, and other vital records
- NEW Track upcoming bills in iCal(2)
- IMPROVED! Download data from more than 1,000 banks, brokerages, and credit card companies--and eliminate tedious typing(1)
- IMPROVED! Data protection delivers industry-standard authentication and encryption technologies
- Optimized for Mac OS X
- And Much More

Plus:
- $10 Instant Rebate
- FREE! iClean for Macintosh (a $29.99 value)
- FREE Shipping!


Anyway, I am not extremely happy with the new feature set, but have already pre-ordered.

Anyone else?

BZ

So that feature set looks like it could be implemented by 1 developer in about 2 weeks (allowing for testing, etc.). Where do they get off charging everyone $40 or whatever to upgrade, every year?

At least add some new functionality to the program to get it on par with the Windows version. "Can download news related to your quotes!" damn the PC version has had that for 4 years or more :-/

[iDriveX]

Is there a way in Quicken 2004 to download the WebConnect files from inside Quicken? Or do I have to go Washington Mutual's website every day and download the QFX file and then open it in Quicken? It'd be real great, if, in Quicken, I could click a button and it would check for new transactions...Someone mentioned something about a PIN Vault?

[Hydra]

Question: I have a dual G5 on order and I have no doubt it will run FCP and Photoshop very well but will Quicken 2004 finally feel snappy? I like Quicken and keep updating with each new version in hopes of an interface that doesn't feel like cold molasses. In an insane attempt to get a smooth feeling Quicken I ordered a dual G5 and hope I am not disappointed

All kidding aside, is the new Quicken actually any snappier? I actually did order a Dual G5 and it is sad that I'm more worried about Quicken performance than graphics/video software I just wish an ounce more effort was expended on the product by Intuit. It must sell OK, I just noticed it knocked the Dual G5 down to #8 on the Apple Store hot list.

-Jerry C.

[geekwagon]

Originally posted by iDriveX:
Is there a way in Quicken 2004 to download the WebConnect files from inside Quicken? Or do I have to go Washington Mutual's website every day and download the QFX file and then open it in Quicken? It'd be real great, if, in Quicken, I could click a button and it would check for new transactions...Someone mentioned something about a PIN Vault?

You must do this from a browser even in the Windows version of Quicken (although, due to the application linking of Windows IE runs "inside" Quicken). Part of the reason is that WaMu, and all the other banks that don't have Quicken direct-connect, don't have a uniform method for getting the .qfx file downloaded. Intuit obviously doesn't feel like making a automation script for each and every bank (100s..) that will only give info via a .qfx file.

There are banks out there that allow you to direct-connect with quicken to your account though. If you have one of those banks, you can automate it to download transactions on a schedule, etc. Most of those banks charge for the service, however.

I've always meant to find some way of automating the process of downloading a .qfx file from WaMu. Never actually did it though. I wonder if Safari is AppleScript-able enough

[iDriveX]

That would be awesome if you did do that...You could run the Apple Script from your desktop, it would ask you your WaMu login and password (or remember it, but there's some security issues there), then it would go out to the website, do it's thing...I guess the hardest part would be the entering of the login and password...It's actually got to be kinda easy upon thinking about it...

You could go really above and beyond and have it so that once it's done downloading it launches Quicken for you. You could also set up a schedule....Bundle it as an app, call it "WaMu Direct Connect for Quicken" and charge about $5.00 for it. I'd pay $5.00 for a little more convenience.

[Gandhi]

Originally posted by malson:
I did the beta testing for Quicken 2004 and received my official release copy yesterday. Everything works great. Lots of updates and improvements everywhere. I definitely advise you update!

Is there multi-currency support yet ?

[Gandhi]

Originally posted by Gandhi:
Is there multi-currency support yet ?

I found the user-manual for download on the Intuit website, and the answer to my own question appears to be no, if anyone cares.

[alligator]

I just purchased a 1.8 G5, and I'll be transferring everything from my PC to the G5. Has anyone ever converted from the PC version of Quicken? How does it go?

I normally upgrade on the odd years ('99, '01, '03, etc.) so I'm not really due this year except for having a new G5 and not wanting to have to use the old slow PC anymore.

(Also, does anyone know if Microsoft will let me trade in Office 2000 for the Mac version? If not, any good online sites to do this type of trade at?)

Thanks!

[BZ]

POS!!!!

So, I got it.. installed it and when it went to open my data file (after entering my password) it crashed. This was an upgrade from 2003 which worked fine (at least would not crash).

- Tried to re-install - CRASH
- Tried to run it from the CD - CRASH
- Tried to create a new file - CRASH
- Tried to export everything from 2003 and import.. CRASH (2004)
- Tried deleting preferences - CRASH
- Deleted and re-installed - CRASH!

Tech Support? NO
"Live Chat"? - been waiting for 50 minutes
Email Support - NO JUST A FORM

I have the crash log if anyone wants to have some fun!

(here is one of them)

**********

Date/Time: 2003-08-23 14:30:43 -0400
OS Version: 10.2.6 (Build 6L60)
Host: DBG4.local.

Command: Quicken 2004
PID: 870

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0x4d7c7c1b

Thread 0 Crashed:
#0 0x9068ba54 in objc_msgSend
#1 0x90131f64 in CFRelease
#2 0x9013dd40 in CFDictionaryRemoveAllValues
#3 0x9013db70 in __CFDictionaryDeallocate
#4 0x90132084 in CFRelease
#5 0x9016b41c in synchronizeXMLDomain
#6 0x9016b37c in _CFPreferencesDomainSynchronize
#7 0x9016b33c in CFPreferencesSynchronize
#8 0x005be934 in 0x5be934
#9 0x005928f0 in 0x5928f0
#10 0x0058a5b4 in 0x58a5b4
#11 0x00211a84 in 0x211a84
#12 0x005b992c in 0x5b992c
#13 0x005b9360 in 0x5b9360
#14 0x005ba428 in 0x5ba428
#15 0x005b5950 in 0x5b5950
#16 0x005b269c in 0x5b269c

Thread 1:
#0 0x90073c08 in mach_msg_trap
#1 0x90005ed0 in mach_msg
#2 0xc0007758 in __ape_internal
#3 0xc0001160 in __ape_agent
#4 0x90020c88 in _pthread_body

Thread 2:
#0 0x9003ea08 in semaphore_wait_signal_trap
#1 0x9003e824 in _pthread_cond_wait
#2 0x90232754 in TSWaitOnSemaphoreCommon
#3 0x90247ecc in AsyncFileThread(void*)
#4 0x90020c88 in _pthread_body

Thread 3:
#0 0x90073c08 in mach_msg_trap
#1 0x90005ed0 in mach_msg
#2 0x90252958 in AwaitSchedulingToken
#3 0x9023b13c in CooperativeThread
#4 0x90020c88 in _pthread_body

Thread 4:
#0 0x90073c08 in mach_msg_trap
#1 0x90005ed0 in mach_msg
#2 0x90252958 in AwaitSchedulingToken
#3 0x9023b13c in CooperativeThread
#4 0x90020c88 in _pthread_body

Thread 5:
#0 0x90073c08 in mach_msg_trap
#1 0x90005ed0 in mach_msg
#2 0x90252958 in AwaitSchedulingToken
#3 0x9023b13c in CooperativeThread
#4 0x90020c88 in _pthread_body

Thread 6:
#0 0x90073c08 in mach_msg_trap
#1 0x90005ed0 in mach_msg
#2 0x90252958 in AwaitSchedulingToken
#3 0x9023b13c in CooperativeThread
#4 0x90020c88 in _pthread_body

Thread 7:
#0 0x90073c08 in mach_msg_trap
#1 0x90005ed0 in mach_msg
#2 0x90252958 in AwaitSchedulingToken
#3 0x9023b13c in CooperativeThread
#4 0x90020c88 in _pthread_body

Thread 8:
#0 0x90073c08 in mach_msg_trap
#1 0x90005ed0 in mach_msg
#2 0x90252958 in AwaitSchedulingToken
#3 0x9023b13c in CooperativeThread
#4 0x90020c88 in _pthread_body

Thread 9:
#0 0x90073c08 in mach_msg_trap
#1 0x90005ed0 in mach_msg
#2 0x90252958 in AwaitSchedulingToken
#3 0x9023b13c in CooperativeThread
#4 0x90020c88 in _pthread_body

Thread 10:
#0 0x90073c08 in mach_msg_trap
#1 0x90005ed0 in mach_msg
#2 0x90252958 in AwaitSchedulingToken
#3 0x9023b13c in CooperativeThread
#4 0x90020c88 in _pthread_body

Thread 11:
#0 0x90073c08 in mach_msg_trap
#1 0x90005ed0 in mach_msg
#2 0x90252958 in AwaitSchedulingToken
#3 0x9023b13c in CooperativeThread
#4 0x90020c88 in _pthread_body

Thread 12:
#0 0x90073c08 in mach_msg_trap
#1 0x90005ed0 in mach_msg
#2 0x90252958 in AwaitSchedulingToken
#3 0x9023b13c in CooperativeThread
#4 0x90020c88 in _pthread_body

Thread 13:
#0 0x90073c08 in mach_msg_trap
#1 0x90005ed0 in mach_msg
#2 0x90252958 in AwaitSchedulingToken
#3 0x9023b13c in CooperativeThread
#4 0x90020c88 in _pthread_body

Thread 14:
#0 0x90073c08 in mach_msg_trap
#1 0x90005ed0 in mach_msg
#2 0x90252958 in AwaitSchedulingToken
#3 0x9023b13c in CooperativeThread
#4 0x90020c88 in _pthread_body

Thread 15:
#0 0x90073c08 in mach_msg_trap
#1 0x90005ed0 in mach_msg
#2 0x90252958 in AwaitSchedulingToken
#3 0x9023b13c in CooperativeThread
#4 0x90020c88 in _pthread_body

PPC Thread State:
srr0: 0x9068ba54 srr1: 0x0000d030 vrsave: 0x00000000
xer: 0x20000000 lr: 0x90131f64 ctr: 0x9068ba3c mq: 0x00000000
r0: 0x90131f4c r1: 0xbfffe9e0 r2: 0x28804242 r3: 0x0444f0f0
r4: 0x906ca0d0 r5: 0xa067ade0 r6: 0x901c8504 r7: 0x00002628
r8: 0x00000000 r9: 0x00000000 r10: 0x901c850c r11: 0x00000000
r12: 0x4d7c7c1b r13: 0x00000001 r14: 0x00b12088 r15: 0x00bc8ce0
r16: 0x00000001 r17: 0x00000000 r18: 0x00000001 r19: 0x00000000
r20: 0x00000000 r21: 0x00000000 r22: 0x00bb7bce r23: 0x04433320
r24: 0xa0135614 r25: 0xa0135644 r26: 0x044333b0 r27: 0x00000008
r28: 0x9068ba3c r29: 0x0444f0f0 r30: 0xa0130da0 r31: 0x90131e98

**********

[mogura]

Ok, so I'm not the most indepth user of Quicken. All I use it for is to keep track of how much I have in my bank accounts and how much I owe to credit cards or what not.

After getting the iCal button to appear in the windows, I find that while indeed it does add the item to iCal, iCal makes an alert sound, and then quits without any alert dialogue box, not even the "application unexpectedly quit" one. Ok fine, whatever.

But the most simple bug that has been around for at least four years now (count that four versions), or more is this:

In Upcoming Bills and Scheduled Transactions, the Scheduling portion of that feature "Stop after" and "Unlimited" still don't work. The only way to get that transaction to be posted is to toggle it everytime you post it, whenever it's scheduled, meaning that feature is useless as it just resets the "Stop after xx transactions" to 12.

Bloody Brilliant.

Oh and don't even mention support, you might as well just stick your head in the ground...you'd get more response that way.

I hope you (BZ) made a backup copy of your data file and have gone back to Quicken 2003, or maybe another app all together.

All I can say is good luck to us all. Seems Intuit got someone on this for maybe a day or two and repackaged it.

Pfft!

[BZ]

Oh yeah..... I made a back up.. well, actually more like 5 or so. I have Quicken backup up to 9 of the last copies. I also copy my /Documents/ directory nightly to another harddrive AND I use Backup to back up my stuff ot .Mac nightly.

I must say, I have generally been a fan of Quicken for years (since 1995) but this might be one I just return and ask for my money back. I will spend the $60 next year when they really put some work into it.

I agree with some other poster, it looks like they spent about 2 weeks doing development on this with one person.

Guess Intuit is going to lose a 8 year old customer who always bought and upgraded every year in advance.

BZ

Originally posted by mogura:


I hope you (BZ) made a backup copy of your data file and have gone back to Quicken 2003, or maybe another app all together.

All I can say is good luck to us all. Seems Intuit got someone on this for maybe a day or two and repackaged it.

Pfft! [/B]

[jasong]

Actually, Quicken 2004 is working great for me, except for one thing (which didn't work in 2002 - 2003 either). My Citibank AAdvantage card won't download my transactions through Direct Connect. I keep getting a Quicken could not connect to internet error. It then tells me to check my connection which is fine. Anyone else had any luck with a Citibank credit card? My other cards work fine.

-- Jason

[spiney]

Quicken 2004 fixed a problem that
I had with 2003 with crashing when entering epayments using the little window that looks like a check. I spent about an hour on the phone with tech support and nothing helped. Upgraded to 2004 and it works like new again.

[as2]

I would love to get Quicken 2004, as I've got 2003 and use it loads...

Only problem is there is no UK version at all for mac os X. As it is I just have to take the $ sign to mean �.

[aabernathy]

Originally posted by BZ:
I have the crash log if anyone wants to have some fun!

Your crash log indicates that the crash is happening when preferences are being synchronized. The actual crash is in sending an Objective-C message (interesting), which suggests to me a corrupt or uninitialized variable.

I would try moving aside your Quicken preferences (should be something like ~/Library/Preferences/com.intuit.quicken.plist) then launching the app again. If that works, then there's something in your preferences that Quicken or the standard preferences-handling code can't handle, and you probably want to go ahead and delete the moved-aside preferences. (Actually, you might want to send them to Intuit and tell them that they crash the app so Intuit can debug with your preferences and hopefully fix the bug.)

-andrew

[Arkham_c]

We do our Quicken on my wife's old PC, but we always get Quicken for free every year after rebate when we buy Turbotax for $20 after rebate. So for $20 we get Turbotax plus Quicken plus free electronic filing. It's a great deal.

[ryarber]

Originally posted by alligator:
I just purchased a 1.8 G5, and I'll be transferring everything from my PC to the G5. Has anyone ever converted from the PC version of Quicken? How does it go?

I normally upgrade on the odd years ('99, '01, '03, etc.) so I'm not really due this year except for having a new G5 and not wanting to have to use the old slow PC anymore.

(Also, does anyone know if Microsoft will let me trade in Office 2000 for the Mac version? If not, any good online sites to do this type of trade at?)

Thanks!

I'll be doing the exact same thing. I'm getting a 1.8 G5 and will be moving my quicken data from my PC to the mac. Here is a link to the Quicken FAQ that includes instructions on how to migrate from PC to Mac:

link

Hope this helps.

BTW, landware says that pocket quicken already works with Quicken Mac 2004. Can anyone confirm this?

[Mr. Blur]

Originally posted by as2:
I would love to get Quicken 2004, as I've got 2003 and use it loads...

Only problem is there is no UK version at all for mac os X. As it is I just have to take the $ sign to mean �.

really? ...and i thought intuit canada was bad by offering v2002 as their latest....

[todrain]

Quicken is one of the few things that I still use my PC for. I guess because they have that competition from Microsoft Money, they put much more effort into their Windows versions.

Maybe this year I'll run Quicken 2004 in Virtual PC and maybe next year 2005 for the Mac will be a decent product? (I still get my account balances messed up when I convert from PC to Mac. I've kept records since 2000, so I don't want to lose all that data)

[rldillon]

IRR reporting no longer functions. Worked fine under 2003 - now the report just says N/A for Avg. Annual Total Return and the chart under Insights is blank.

[sxltrex]

I was a beta tester for 2004. I cannot tell any difference between 2003 & 2004, and Intuit failed to address a single one of the bugs that I reported. Their development efforts on this release is basically a giant FU to mac users. If you have 2003, don't waste any money on this "upgrade."

[alligator]

Wow, looks like I won't convert from my PC to Quicken for Mac. Look what does not exist in the Mac version taken from here.:

The following components of your Quicken for Windows data file will not convert to Quicken for Mac:

Scheduled Transactions
QuickFill Transactions
Loan Setups
Online Account Setups
Online Payee Lists
Memorized Reports
Security Price Histories
Account types that do not exist in Quicken for Mac follow:
401(k)
ESPP
ESOP
Accounts Receivable
Accounts Payable
Home & Business specific features
Tax status of Investment accounts

[Mr. Blur]

Originally posted by alligator:
Wow, looks like I won't convert from my PC to Quicken for Mac. Look what does not exist in the Mac version taken from here.:

The following components of your Quicken for Windows data file will not convert to Quicken for Mac:

Scheduled Transactions
QuickFill Transactions
Loan Setups
Online Account Setups
Online Payee Lists
Memorized Reports
Security Price Histories
Account types that do not exist in Quicken for Mac follow:
401(k)
ESPP
ESOP
Accounts Receivable
Accounts Payable
Home & Business specific features
Tax status of Investment accounts

what that is telling you is that the conversion will not work on those particular bits, not that they do not exist on the mac version.

[BZ]

NICE!!!

That was it... moved all my preferences over and it started right up.

Thanks!

BZ

Originally posted by aabernathy:
Your crash log indicates that the crash is happening when preferences are being synchronized. The actual crash is in sending an Objective-C message (interesting), which suggests to me a corrupt or uninitialized variable.

I would try moving aside your Quicken preferences (should be something like ~/Library/Preferences/com.intuit.quicken.plist) then launching the app again. If that works, then there's something in your preferences that Quicken or the standard preferences-handling code can't handle, and you probably want to go ahead and delete the moved-aside preferences. (Actually, you might want to send them to Intuit and tell them that they crash the app so Intuit can debug with your preferences and hopefully fix the bug.)

-andrew

[nobitacu]

I am also thinking about getting this program for my banking needs, hoping this would make my life a little bit easier...

Ming

[alligator]

Can anyone confirm 2004 for Mac can have these accounts:

401(k)
ESPP
ESOP

[cashg]

Hey, does anyone know if Quicken 2004 will allow viewing accounts and Web entry on Quicken.com?

[wreising]

Does anyone know if it is possible to have Quicken 2004 report itself as the Windows version?

My bank supports Direct Connect for Windows but not for the Mac, so if Quicken could report itself as the windows version, It should work.

[alligator]

Hey, answer my question first. What is this thread hijacking?

[wallinbl]

Originally posted by wreising:
My bank supports Direct Connect for Windows but not for the Mac, so if Quicken could report itself as the windows version, It should work.

I'm in the process of changing banks to one that supports DirectConnect for Mac versions of Quicken. I've been asking my bank for Mac support (other than the lousy .QIF download) for two years. We're finally getting rid of our PC, so we're switching banks.

I'm sure they don't care much about losing one account, but hopefully they're keeping track of why people leave and it will add up.

[yellowdog]

It is my understanding that the data file transfer is the same regardless of what platform you are using. They don't care what you are using to access the data. As an example, I use Quicken on Mac, and Quicken and MS Money on my PC to download my bank data and it works just fine. Just tell your bank you have a PC version of Quicken and have them enable your online accounbt and give you the login info. Then just use that info to set up your online account on your MacQuicken. When I wanted to switch from Money to Quicken, I talked to the support at my bank to see how I go about it, I was told they didn't care what program I was using since the data file format was the same. Worked for me.

[alligator]

Yeah, but what do you do when your bank doesn't even show up in the list of online banks in the Mac version? It does in the Windows version, but not on my Mac.

[kentuckyfried]

It's still supposed to be a useful program (if you enter in the numbers manually), but I don't even have the patience to use it when my bank's not supported. I have the same problem too.

Originally posted by alligator:
Yeah, but what do you do when your bank doesn't even show up in the list of online banks in the Mac version? It does in the Windows version, but not on my Mac.