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Temp solution for running Quicken 2007 Mac under El Cap on 13" white 2009 MacBook has been to use System Pref's "Zoom" feature under the Accessibility panel. That requires hitting "Cmd-Opt-8" each time Quicken is opened to toggle Zoom on. I marked those keys w/ a green Sharpie for my octogenarian friend, but still looking for a more permanent solution until we can get VMWare Fusion working on an M1 Monterey iMac.
Trouble w/ MacBook is its diminutive size, which is already at Quicken's minimum resolution so no longer making it bigger by lowering the resolution like on the old iMac (and its future home on the M1 iMac). Any tips/tricks/hacks/workarounds to make Quicken 2007 Mac's display fonts bigger w/o having to toggle? Evidently there are app specific solutions for windoze, but Mac seems to be OS driven for such mods.... until y'all can post the new ropes. Thanks.
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I'd hook the Macbook up to a big monitor.
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Buzz,
I found VMWare Fusion problematic when trying to install Mojave onto a virtual machine. Parallels, on the other hand, was easy peasy. Given the choice, if emulation and virtual machines are truly necessary, go with Parallels. It is available in both subscription and non-subscription form.
That said, why is he still on Quicken 2007? The only reason to stay on it is if you need a specific feature unavailable in newer versions. If that isn't a factor, your friend should be using a newer version of it. You can still buy stand-alone non-subscription older version of it or just spend the bucks for the subscription flavor.
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C(-)ris-- had he not traded in his 2013 iMac for $160 towards the M1 iMac, that woulda been an easy-peasy option w/ a KM switch.
As it is, it's not practical to try to use the MacBook and a monitor on the computer desk.
Rob'M-- I've thrown Parallels out as an option, but he's leery, in the hopes of a "better" solution, at least as it rattles around in his geezer brain.
He uses a couple of "vital & necessary" reports from the 2007 rev that aren't available in newer editions.... a high school/college kid that's well versed in whatever newer, standalone rev of Quicken that works under Monterey on an M1 iMac could probably recreate those two reports, but that means he'd have to learn the new Quicken UI, too. There's something about old dogs and new tricks that comes into play here.
I was thinking of "borrowing" a 17" MBP, and seeing if down-rez'ing the resolution would make the data entry screens big enough for his old eyes. Also wish there was an easy screen sharing utility that could put the small MacBook screen onto the bigger iMac screen, and effectively enlarge stuff, but unfortunately that's an ease of use issue nowadays.
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