1. The account download locks up periodically. The program becomes 'unresponsive' and must be killed using Task Manager.
2. The data transfer from my old version (Quicken 2015) didn't work correctly so my Bill Pay module is now missing many monthly bills. I used to rely on this feature heavily. Now I can't.
3. The Bill Pay section is a FUBAR. They try to get you to 'Link' accounts online but it doesn't work and if tried you will find that it takes minutes to update. I'm trying to use the Manual bill pay method that they put back in as an afterthought. It is lousy. My old Q2015 was rock solid on bill pay. Now, in Q2018, it is broken. Bills I've paid still show as unpaid. Bills that are unpaid are simply gone. This module is almost useless now. I had to make a spreadsheet to make sure I paid my bills on time because I can't rely on Quicken anymore to help with that. Very disappointing.
4. I have one account, home mortgage, that when I try to open it, it crashes the program.
5. The calendars in Bill Pay don't show more than 90 days no matter what I do.
6. The Projected Balance graph goes out 90 days and then drops to zero. I used to rely on this graph but if bills are missing, it is not accurate.
7. If it runs into an error on downloading account info, you cannot fix it without crashing the program. Manually accessing the same account web site shows no issues with logging in.
It is a shame that Quicken is the only program out there that allows money management to the degree it was designed to. It is also a shame that it is such a mess. I used MS Money for a time until MS stupidly removed support for it. Then back to buggy Quicken.
Also, why isn't this in the cloud? I've tried Mint but it doesn't have nearly the features Quicken has but I need to revisit that. So we are stuck with a buggy program that hasn't improved even though Quicken separated from Intuit. My brother uses Q2017 and doesn't see any of these issues. I received an update this week. I just checked some of the known issues above and see that the Projected Balance is now working. But none of these other bugs have been fixed. If I could find a program, in the cloud or desktop that does bill pay, interfaces with my online bank, brokerage and credit card accounts and reliably reports on all, I would change in a heartbeat. FYI the only reason I bought this 'subscription' is because I was using Q2015 and Quicken stops supporting their programs after three years. This means no account downloads so no choice but to upgrade. Other reviewers that have granted 4 and 5 stars to this program must be Quicken employees or simply don't use it or rely on it heavily like I do. BTW, I have the Home, Business and Rental Property version. I haven't tried the rental property module yet but plan on doing so before tax filing time. Hope that works as that's why I bought this version.
Update. I spent the afternoon after writing this and being fired up, organizing my accounts in Mint. Mint now has bill pay and it works slick. I was bound to Bank of America, a company I have an attitude about, because they had Direct Connect to Quicken. With Mint you can connect and draw on any checking account at any bank to pay any bill. Big deal for me. Had all my accounts connected along with any online billing account with 90 minutes. I’m impressed.
Q2018 Update: Found more bugs. If Q2018 decides that it can't connect to a previously working account, there is NO WAY to fix it. Repairing the account in Tools doesn't work. Deactivating the account doesn't work either. I had to change an account login name for Mint which totally messed up the account in Quicken as there was NO WAY to change login ID, in view of the above. In order to fix this, I ADDED the account to Q2018. In the process, I was offered a Link to an existing account, which I expected. So I linked it to my dead credit card account and sure enough, Q2018 duplicated 1226 transactions. All of that will have to be fixed before tax reporting season.
Another bug. Q2018 has suddenly forgotten some of my categories for account assignments. Now when I download account info, it puts in {[] square brackets in the category field.
Another bug. My car and home insurance is debited from my checking account and has been for years. Suddenly Q2018 has entered these transactions in one of my credit card accounts instead of checking.
An new bug: Cleared transactions in checking suddenly don't show cleared. I reconcile checking at least once/week. Found these errors in checking account downloading from BOA. Even bills paid through Quicken 2018 with proper catefories assigned, are changed when updated by a bank download. I've been with BOA for 17 years so nothing new there. And, it worked in Q2015.
My transaction categories are getting more and more corrupt. Checking account data is going into credit card accounts. This thing is totally out of control and unreliable. Still impressed with Mint even though have used it for less than two weeks.
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The average lifespan of a business computer is three to five years, and when the computer gives up the ghost, it often comes suddenly, without any warning. When that time comes, recovering financial records and business operations data has the highest priority. If you use Intuit’s Quicken in your business, you can recover lost data and restore your Quicken data files.
Restore Data Using Quicken’s Built-in Functions
2.Locate the last backup device. This may be a flash drive, diskette or external hard disk. Mount the device. If backups were performed to the local drive, and that drive is damaged, you will be unable to restore your Quicken files in this manner and will need to use your most recent external backup.
Quicken Mac 2018 is a glorious flaming waste of time if you want a semblance of tracking investments. I have been using Quicken Mac since 2004. I have diligently been forced into upgrading purely because mac has improved with time and no longer can run older versions of Quicken. MAC apparently does not create or use.QDF file, but instead uses/creates.QDFM. I cannot find any way to get that file into my Windows Quicken. How to Change a Username in Quicken Vault. HOME » Computers. Use a Mac computer and have recently upgraded to Quicken 2007, you may need to convert your older Quicken files to the newer. Change the 'Qdata' file name that Quicken, by default, assigns to saved data files. You have the option of modifying this file name to.
3.Click “File,” then “Backup and Restore” and then “Restore” to open the restore window. Enter the drive letter of the backup device, then click “Enter.” After a minute or so, the data will be restored and it should show in your main Quicken window.
4.Enter any transactions that occurred since the last backup.
Restore Files from Backup Media
1.Locate your backup media and install any software necessary to retrieve the data.
3.Start your backup/restore software or explore the backup device and locate the folder “My DocumentsQuicken.”
4.Restore or copy the data found in the Quicken folder from the backup into the new “My DocumentsQuicken” folder.
5.Start Quicken and click “File,” then “Open.” Browse to the new “My DocumentsQuicken” folder and select the file with the extension QDF, which is the Quicken Data File. If there are more than one of these files, open each until the most recent checks appear.
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Enter any transactions that occurred since the last backup.
Tip
- Earlier versions of Quicken saved the data in a variety of folders. If “My DocumentsQuicken” does not exist on the backup, try “Program FilesQuickenData” or search for files with the extension QDF.
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