Computing : Mac 07 Sep 2006 10:22 pm
Another Reason Quicken Sucks
Since both me and my wife use Quicken, I’ve put the data file out on a network drive so that we both can access it. I’ve had decent luck (though it is dog slow) accessing the file using CIFS (SMB), but cannot access it on the same server using AFP (Apple Filing Protocol, or AppleShare). I contacted Intuit about this issue.
The first response I got back suggested that I copy the file to the Desktop before trying to open it, which just misses the point of having it on the shared drive to begin with. So I tried again, and got this response:
When a file is transferred over a network, it is broken into small packets at the transmitting end and reassembled at the receiving end. This usually causes damage to the Quicken data file as well.
To protect the integrity of your data, we do not recommend or support this procedure.
Apparently transferring a file over a network can cause irreparable damage. Who knew?
on 09 Jun 2007 at 12:00 pm 1.Steveo said …
Heh. Just googled “quicken sucks”. This is number 4 out of about 246,000.
Ain’t monopolies grand?
on 23 Jun 2007 at 10:00 pm 2.a said …
Out of pure frustration I googled quicken sucks as well and came across this site. It really, really does suck. I ended up upgrading to quicken after they told me that getting online updates was no longer supported. There really aren’t any worthwhile new features so they have to strongarm users into upgrading now. This version is extremly buggy. After having issues upgrading (tech support was absolutely no help) I finally started reentering years worth of investments - very tedious and painful. Now after all that work I find that Quicken 2007 has issued a patch R5 which makes it impossible to download quotes on Vista. All that work for nothing - maybe time to go to Microsoft - either that or back to 2004.
For years I really liked Intuit and was really happy to support them both with purchases of Quicken and Turbo Tax - I’m done. Intuit will never get another cent after all of this!