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Hi, I am a new Mac user and just got CheckBook Pro. I am unable to import my Quicken data files though. They are on my PC in the .QDF format, and I converted them to .QXF using Quicken Essentials for Mac. But I can't import either one of them. I tried changing the letters to .QIF and that didn't work either. Any suggestions?

You should be able to import the QFX file as an OFX under the import menu. importing the QFX file as a QIF file will not work. Let us know if this works for you.

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Randy Knoble
Splasm Software
www.Splasm.com

Hi Randy, thanks, but that doesn't work either. I keep getting an error message "CheckBook Pro quit unexpectedly." It is a QXF file, not a QFX, if that makes any difference. I used the Quicken Converter from the (evidently useless) Quicken 2010 program that I wasted my money on to convert it from the QDF format.

Yes, unfortunately there is a difference between QXF and QFX. Is there any other import options on your pc version of Quicken, such as exporting directly to QIF for QFX?

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Randy Knoble
Splasm Software
www.Splasm.com

OK, I think I can get that to work.... There was something on my Quicken 98 that let me change it to a QIF file. I tried it with one account and will play around with that for a while before I try the rest. Thanks so much.

I have one other question which maybe is obvious. Is there a way to create separate columns for deposits and withdrawals? It confuses me too much to have them in the same column even though the color is different.

CheckBook displays both in the same column to make efficient use of horizontal space. Right now there is no way of separating the column and have it use the space of 2. We will consider that a request and put it as a tally on the request list.

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Randy Knoble
Splasm Software
www.Splasm.com

I like that suggestion (of separate columns for debits and credits), but think it should be in Checkbook Preferences for the user to choose. Personally, I have no issue with the one column solution, but when you think about it, separate columns is how the activity appears on my bank's site.

I had the same problem last night when i was attempting to convert my Windows file to Mac. I had lost heart in converting my QIF to QXF, but after 4 hours of searching, I found this link on Intuit:

http://quicken.intuit.com/support/artic ... /7629.html

It is a FREE program that you download onto your Windows machine that will convert the old QIF to QXF. You then send that QXF file to your Mac and drag and drop it onto Quicken essentials. (Thank God I have gotomypc so that I could access my PC from my office and get this done.)

I spent way too much time trying to find this. Intuit needs to learn to be more loyal to their loyal users and not send them on a wild goose chase for something so simple when they've already spent a ton of money on their products. It's just good business.

At any rate, I hope any of you users out there that are in the same boat I was can find this post and not go through what I did.