My previous post (Importing Windows for PC to Quicken for Mac) and its responses convinced me that Quicken for Mac was not the way to go. So, since I have a Mac with Intel chips, I decided to run Win XP. The method recommended to me was to run XP under the program VMWare Fusion, which I installed and successfully virtualized XP Pro.
Then I installed Quicken. So far, so good. BUT when I tried to load up the data file originally generated by Quicken 2008 H&B on a PC, it told me that the file was from a newer version of Quicken and would not load. So I went to my backup directory and tried to restore my latest backup. Also got the same error message. Now I'm thinking maybe I need a PC just to run Quicken (which I am dedicated to after the many years I have been keeping my finances in this way).
But I'd still like to try a few more times to get Windows Quicken working on my Mac.
Does anybody out there have a clue as to why I may be getting this error message? I don't even know who to contact: Mac, VMWare, Microsoft, Intuit. (As I wrote the last sentence, I'm actually surprised that I got this far with so many levels and sublevels of programs working to get my application going properly.)