Thanks! MYM, unfortunately, does not rigidly enforce the double entry aspects of financial recording. As a for instance, 401(k) contributions from my paycheck would not automatically transfer to the account; I've had to manually adjust the cash balance of the investment to record the contribution.
On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 1:20 AM David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Welcome to GnuCash! > > I found the user group called "MYM users" on Facebook and the forum on > https://www.starkeysoftware.com/MYM/. I recall that MYM was very nice > when > I used it, and I think it was rather rigidly double-entry, so it should > import into GnuCash rather easily if it can make good QIF exports. Since > it basically is limited to one or two years' data in a data file, you would > probably want to convert one file at a time and keep them separate rather > than concatenating them into a "huge" single data file. While GnuCash > doesn't have the DOS limits, from personal experience I can tell you that > it still gets slow with a decade long data file. > > I have some old MYM data files on some old hard drive if I ever have time > to fire it up, or really old floppies but I can't find them right now. > > GnuCash is rigidly double-entry but it can keep basic investment records as > well as checkbook records. It is limited as a budgeting tool, tho. > > It does have a bit of a learning curve, but I like it better than the > others that I have tried. > > David Carlson > > On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 12:21 AM Dennis Powless <dpowless...@pobox.com> > wrote: > > > I can say the migration process wasn't easy, but wasn't too hard. I was > > able to do it and got it up and running with all my old quicken data. I > > can't remember the number of years of quicken data, maybe 5-10 years or > > more. I've probably been with gnucash for about 10 years maybe. > > > > After all is said and done, I'd NEVER go back to quicken. Gnucash has > done > > everything I need (I don't have complicated stocks or investments). I > only > > use it for my personal finances, not a business, so can't comment on > that. > > > > > > I'm not familiar with MYM12, so don't know about that migration. > > > > Gnucash is a great program and open source, the devs work very hard on > > keeping it up to date and are making improvements all the time. > > > > d > > > > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 11:04 PM David T. via gnucash-user < > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > > > > I won't comment on whether the migration process has become simpler > over > > > the years, as I haven't done it in about as long. > > > > > > There has been a huge amount of discussion over the years on the > question > > > of migration from Quicken (usually tied either to the beginning of a > new > > > calendar year, or the imposition of a new fee structure by Intuit). > > > > > > A search of the mailing list archives will turn these up. > > > > > > Additionally, the wiki includes a summary of many of the points that > have > > > been raised on the topic. > > > wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Importing.2FExporting_Data > > > > > > I can't comment on the ease of migration from the other application, > but > > I > > > can say that the strict enforcement of double entry accounting in > gnucash > > > causes most Quicken refugees some discomfort. People with complicated > > stock > > > holdings also encounter special challenges typically. > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 6:54, Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user< > > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: On 7/31/19 5:01 PM, Clint Chaplin > > > wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I am looking for, well, some assurance here. > > > > > > > > How many of you migrated to GnuCash from another financial product? > If > > > you > > > > did, what did you migrate from? How much data did you have to > migrate? > > > > And would you do it again knowing what you know now? > > > > > > > > > > I ran Quicken for a few years, but I could not stand Windows 95 > (current > > > at the time), so I switched to Red Hat Linux 5 in about mid 1998. A > > > little later, I started using GnuCash. It could presumably convert from > > > Quicken, but it made such a mess of mine that I just dropped all the > old > > > data and started afresh. > > > > > > I suppose in the decade or more since than, Gnucash has improved the > > > behavior of the conversions. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > .~. 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