![]() Targ wrote:I can't speak to downloading from / interacting with financial institution data with either Quicken or MD. I've never used those features in either one simply because I would never trust the import to place things where *I* think they should go. I can't speak to downloading from / interacting with financial institution data with either Quicken or MD. I do have a virtual machine on my Mac that emulates my old WinXP box and I installed Quicken on it so I would still have access to those files if I ever needed them. However, I *did* keep my quicken data files and the installation cd. Eventually, I decided that for me, MD was better so I dropped Quicken. I ended up just starting fresh with MD and using both of them for about 3 months so that I could see where things went in MD. The double-entry concept took a while to get my head wrapped around since I was accustomed to Quicken's limited "check register" entry style. One of the reasons, for me, had to do with the fact that MD is a true double-entry accounting program whereas Quicken was not (no idea if it is now). When I first started, with only 5 years or so of Quicken data, I too had several things that did not import correctly. Sadly, your best bet would be to make a clean break and start fresh with MD. Does MoneyDance support that? Other than that, for someone starting fresh, I can believe MoneyDance is every bit as good as Quicken. I didn't look at the transaction download feature. I'm sure some of this is a matter of familiarity but I think there is more to it than that. The general interface is more confusing (busy?) than Quicken's.This may explain some of the odd import results. I noticed that MoneyDance only offered import via QIF file which Intuit has deprecated and suggested that if used, they should only be used for cash accounts. Going though the whole thing to verify all the transactions would be a daunting task. A few transactions with odd-ball dates (year 3168, etc.) These had "unknown" categories and I could not locate the corresponding Quicken transactions. I found some things that didn't import properly.I was surprised that it looked pretty good! It seemed to do a good job of sniffing out transfers from one account to another (like paying credit cards, etc). I highly recommend it to anyone that asks about Quicken. It has good reporting functionality and works well for investment tracking. I bought an IMac and ended up switching from Quicken to Moneydance. ![]() Flossy21 wrote:I was a Quicken user from about 1997 to around 2011 or so. ![]()
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