In QuickBooks for Mac, choose File > Open Company, select the.qbb file, and then click Open. Click OK on when asked if you want to restore a QuickBooks for Windows file. Enter a name for the restored file, and then click Save.
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If your company has been using Quicken but is transitioning to QuickBooks, you don't have to lose your important Quicken data. The QuickBooks program features a conversion tool through which you can convert your Quicken files for use in QuickBooks. Intuit also offers a free program called Quicken Converter through which you can convert Quicken files so that they can be opened in QuickBooks.
In Quickbooks
1.
Launch QuickBooks, click the 'File' menu, and then click 'Utilities.'
2.Highlight 'Convert,' and then select 'From Quicken' to launch the conversion dialog.
3.Browse to the location on your computer where your Quicken QDF file is stored, double-click it, and then follow the onscreen prompts on the conversion dialog to convert your Quicken file.
Quicken Converter
1.Download the Quicken Converter from Intuit's website (link in Resources).
2.Launch the downloaded Quicken Converter file, click 'Next,' click 'I Accept the terms in the license agreement,' and then click 'Next' again.
3.Click 'Next | Install | Launch Quicken Converter | Finish.'
4.Click the 'I am transferring data from Quicken for Windows' radio button, and then click 'Get Started.'
5.Click the 'Open a data file located on this computer' radio button, and then click the 'Select File' button.
6.Browse to the location on your computer where the Quicken file is stored, and then double-click it.
7.Click 'Convert it,' followed by 'OK,' and then click 'Save' to save your converted file.
Warnings
- To convert Quicken files in QuickBooks, the version of QuickBooks to which you are converting must be newer than the version of Quicken. You can't, for example, convert from Quicken 2010 to QuickBooks 2009.
- You may need to fine-tune your Quicken data after importing it into QuickBooks (see Resources).
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