I plan on permantly changing operating systems from Windows to Mac. My question is: if I buy Quicken for Mac, will the Quicken data files I've created in Windows open in Quicken for Mac? On a side note...same question for TurboTax files. Thanks in advance!
I plan on permantly changing operating systems from Windows to Mac. My question is: if I buy Quicken for Mac, will the Quicken data files I've created in Windows open in Quicken for Mac? On a side note...same question for TurboTax files. Thanks in advance!
****************************************************Never mind...I've been reading horror stories about Quicken for Mac. I'll use Quicken for Windows in a virtual environment.
There are 3 programs I am aware of that emulate Windows on the Mac, and do it admirably well. I use VMWare Fusion (also available: Parallels Desktop for Mac and Cross Over Mac).
I've been Mac now for about 5 years and have been using Fusion all that time. Early in my "transformation" I tried out both versions of both Quicken and TurboTax. In both cases I found the Windows version superior to the Mac version.
So of these programs which are available for both OSX and Win, I run only on Windows are Quicken and TurboTax.
You didn't ask, but for what it's worth, I also run the following programs only on my Win side:
MS Streets and Trips (Google Maps is a Mac-side equivalent, but I just prefer this tripmaker program).
Tag & Rename (for mp3 files, a GREAT program, no Mac equivalent).
AVG 2014 Free (Virus scan, not needed on Mac, there are many others, free and pay, to choose from).
Family Tree Maker (genealogy).
Graph Paper Printer (I'm not aware of a Mac program that draws graph papers as well).
KEDIT (a DOS & Win text editor which I've been using for over 40 years; there are great Mac editors - EMACS, BBEdit and Text Wrangler come to mind - but I have invested in writing hundreds of macros I simply cannot live without nor do I want to recreate).
Other users, depending upon their interests and experience, may have other Windows programs they opt to use; I'll be interested in seeing any other replies to your post.
It might be worth mentioning that your installation of AVG most likely only protects your VM Fusion Windows virtual machine. It would not protect you r Mac from Viruses. I believe it is recommended that you install an anti-v irus package on your Mac (OSX) & each virtual machine.
Bartt: Your first two sentences are absolutely correct. But I've never heard of any recommendation to install an anti-virus package for OS X. I'll try to confirm this.
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