Quicken 2012 Sunsets on 4/30/15

Gdetrailer wrote:

joebedford wrote:

sherlock62 wrote:

joebedford wrote:
We were on Quicken 2011 when they disabled the online functionality which is a must have for us. I guess we have another couple of years before they disable our 2014.

I HATE them for that. If there was any alternative with equivalent functionality we'd switch in a flash.

April 2017 and your Quicken 2014 will sunset and thus no online capability. Will be time for you, as a Quicken 2014 user, to move to a newer version of Quicken.

By the way, I totally understand why they sunset Quicken.

I totally understand why they disable online functionality too. I just hate the way they do it. It's a PITA for us to have to 'upgrade' a program that addresses our needs completely then have to deal with a learning curve and whole other set of bugs. I'd pay more to keep the old version. I use the Canadian version and they don't support us nearly as well as the US version - I want to keep the one that works for me.

There IS something better..

Pen and paper is my top way of keeping finances..

Second is why not simply put together a spreadsheet..

Doesn't need constant "upgrades" it doesn't "sunset"..

Is portable and if you really must have "clouds" you can put it there also..

We have a spreadsheet that we use for all our bills.. One stop shop and we can see our heating bill, electric bill and so on..

With a little bit of work you can take a spreadsheet a bit further and put together a database which IS what "Quicken" is.. Make it yourself and never need to be a "slave" to sunsets..

I KNOW you're kidding. If I were to do it your way, I'd use a database not a spreadsheet.

NOT better and too much work. Too much manual transcription = prone to error.