Dang. I looked a little more closely at that Quicken download, and saw that it is for Windows. That doesn't help.
On September 30, 2026 5:58:30 PM GMT+05:30, "David T. via gnucash-user" <[email protected]> wrote: >Kalpesh, > >Unless later versions of Quicken are different (I left Quicken behind in >2006), there is NO way for the different versions of the program to read data >files from the other platform. So, I don't think that OP can "bring over" >their Mac file to Windows and export. > >When I asked Quicken about this in 2005, they told me that Quicken for Windows >and Quicken for Mac were two completely different programs. Users migrating >from one to the other were advised to export everything as QIF and import on >the other. I figured if I was going through all that, I might as well migrate >to an open source alternative. > >However, I did find <https://archive.org/details/quicken-2007>, which, >combined with your macos images, might allow OP to gain access via a virtual >machine and export to QIF. > >David T. > >On September 30, 2026 3:34:00 PM GMT+05:30, Kalpesh Patel ><[email protected]> wrote: >>In that case MacOS is the only way in Virtual Box instead of Windows OS it >>sounds like. Two possible routes instead of one – 1) Older MacOS running an >>older Quicken version in Virtual Box and then export it out as QIF, or 2) let >>newer version of Quicken on MacOS upgrade that version into modern format, >>and then either export to QIF directly from there or bring it over to Windows >>and export. Note that Windows has been using QDF proprietary format to store >>Quicken data. >> >> >> >>I found number of Vagrant boxes for older MacOS that can run in Virtual Box >>at https://portal.cloud.hashicorp.com/vagrant/discover?query=macos. >> >> >> >>In either case, though, you will end up with export-import cycle which is the >>best route. >> >> >> >> >> >>From: Tom Route36 <[email protected]> >>Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2026 12:08 AM >>To: 'Stephen Lee Phillips' <[email protected]> >>Cc: [email protected]; Kalpesh Patel <[email protected]>; 'David >>T.' <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: [GNC] Download assistance sought... >> >> >> >>Hi Steve, >> >>After I saw Kalpesh's advice, it got me curious about those old versions of >>Quicken, and I decided to run a few tests. If you did get a Windows instance >>up and running, you wouldn't need to worry about which version of Windows it >>was. For my testing here on a current Windows 11 system, I was able to >>successfully install and run both Quicken 2014 and Quicken 2007. >> >>The bad news though is Quicken Windows can't open a Quicken Mac (.qdfm) file. >> So I don't think doing that will help in your case. As David mentioned >>already, you need Quicken (specifically a Mac version of it) to open that >>.qdfm file so that you can export it in one of those generic formats. >> >>A piece of good news for you though is that newer versions of Quicken >>(post-2007) can most likely open your .qdfm file. I tested and confirmed >>that Quicken 2014 can open a Quicken 2007 file. At least it worked for me on >>Windows. So even if you don't have a Mac system with Quicken 2007 anymore, I >>think if you can find someone with a Mac system that has *any* version of >>Quicken, there's a good chance it will be able to read your old .qdfm file -- >>which would then allow you to export it as a .QIF file. >> >>Hope this helps, >>Tom >> >> >> >>On 09/29/2026 07:25 PM, Kalpesh Patel wrote: >> >>Your only and, one and only one real option is run a Windows instance in a >>VirtualBox (Vagarant can provide a lot of plumbing if you know how) where you >>can install Quicken 2006 and export it out as a QIF format (OFX and CSV >>formats for export are not available in Quicken) to import into GNC. Even >>that is not strait forward as semantics of two system differ in many ways. I >>would venture to think that you would probably need either Windows XP or >>Windows 7 as a compatible OS to possibly run that old of a Quicken version. >>You should be able to get a copy of it from the archive machine >>(https://archive.org/search?query=quicken >><https://archive.org/search?query=quicken&tab=all> &tab=all). >> >>I remember writing up good hints to minimize pain to this group many years >>ago from my experience of migrating over two decades of data from Quicken >>2017 into GNC inn 2020 (and I am still fixing up some of that data). >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: David T. <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> >>Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2026 2:32 AM >>To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ; Stephen Lee >>Phillips <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: [GNC] Download assistance sought... >> >>I'm pretty sure you won't find any success getting at that data from outside >>the Quicken universe. Your only option, I believe, is to open the data file >>in Quicken and export your data in a generic format like OFX, QIF, or csv and >>then importing that into another accounting program. >> >>David T. >> >>On September 29, 2026 7:16:35 AM GMT+05:30, Stephen Lee Phillips >><mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>Trying to find conversion for .qdfm (Quicken Data for Mac) file from >>2007 and was directed to GnuCash, however I've been unsuccessful in >>finding, downloading, and extracting/opening the correct iteration to >>run on Intel Mac OS Sonoma 14.8.9: Any suggestions would be most >>gratefully appreciated... >> >>Thank you! >> >>Steve >> >> >> >>*Advocacy • Legislation & Ordinance Preparation* >> >>*Education • Intervention • Transport • FosteringPre-adoptive Home >>Visits • Avocational Bodhisattva* >>_______________________________________________ >>gnucash-user mailing list >>[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>----- >>Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> >> >>David T. >> >>_______________________________________________ >>gnucash-user mailing list >>[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>----- >>Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >gnucash-user mailing list >[email protected] >To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >----- >Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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