I've looked here on the forums and have seen others who need to import from QM2007 to the 2018 version, but I've not seen anyone trying to import from QM2005 as I'm trying to do. I'd be importing from an Intel MacBook running Snow Leopard (which is why QM2005 is able to run on that computer at all, b/c of the utility Rosetta which allows Power-PC programs to run on Intel machines w/Snow Leopard). I would be importing to a MacBook Pro running the latest version of High Sierra. I'm concerned about this conversion b/c again, QM2005 is a Power-PC -based program. I have all the files residing on the MacBook (and also on a thumb drive) I just need to know if they're going to be AT ALL compatible w/QM2018, and if so, how I'd go about transferring the files IF they are. I haven't purchased QM2018 yet, btw.
Running Quicken on a Mac has been a frustrating experience. I’m a longtime Windows user and, in fact, started using Quicken back when it was an MS-DOS application. When I upgraded to Windows, I upgraded Quicken as well to run native under Windows. Now that I use an Apple Macintosh, I still use. (I still have my Quicken 2005 working on my Mac OS X - Version 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard?) I saw a thread of communications back in 2012/13 where you helped a lot of people find ways to get their 2005 data into new versions - something about a $15 purchase.
Any help would be very much appreciated. @MacGeek, To the best of my knowledge, you will need to find someone who has a copy of Quicken 2007 you can use as an interim step. Quicken 2018 will import from Quicken 2007 files (and I believe 2006 files although it's not officially stated) but not Quicken 2005 and before. Quicken (the company) no longer sells nor makes available to users copies of Quicken 2007. So you're going to have to do some sleuthing on the Internet to try to find someone who has a copy you can buy or borrow. (I currently see at least one copy on eBay; there may be others, or you may find other places to source one.) Fortunately for you, because you have a working Snow Leopard Mac, it doesn't matter whether the Quicken 2007 you obtain is the original (which works only up to Snow Leopard) or the updated version (which works on Lion and every macOS since). Once you have Quicken 2007, install it on your old MacBook, make a COPY of your current data file, and then open the data file with Quicken 2007.
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That will update your data file structure into a format that Quicken 2018 can import. You can purchase Quicken 2018 with a 30-day money-back guarantee, so you can get a refund within 30 days should you find it doesn't suit your needs.
But you should find your data imports pretty cleanly. Some things, like saved reports, don't import because the reports in Quicken 2018 are different and incompatible. And there are many differences between 2005/2007 and 2018, some for the better and some for the worse. Also note that if you happen to obtain a copy of Quicken 2007 which is the updated version (known as 'Quicken 2007 Lion Compatible' or 'Quicken 2007LC'), or version 16.1 or later, then this version will actually work on your new MacBook Pro running High Sierra. (There are a couple caveats to that we can discuss should you end up going down that road.) Not that Quicken 2007 is a discontinued product; there is no support for it, and it doesn't get updates. It will likely not work on the macOS after Mojave in fall 2019, and there may be issues on Mojave that haven't been tested yet. Anyone using Quicken 2007 is on seriously borrowed time.
But it does work.