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• edited June 2018

  After you click on the Quicken icon in the dock, what does the menu at the top of the screen look like? (You might have to move the cursor to the top of the screen to show the menu.) If the menu shows 'Quicken File Edit ...,' try clicking on File and then on 'Open Recent.'
• edited July 2018

  Hi Alan and thanks for your reply.
  When I click on the Quicken icon on the Dock, the Quicken, File, Edit,... menu comes up but I can't click on anything as I get the beach ball spinning, which doesn't stop until I force quit Quicken.
• edited June 2018

  Quicken may be trying to open a damaged file. Try this: with the SHIFT key held down, launch Quicken. You should be asked if you want to open your most recent file. Click Cancel. You will then be taken to the Let's Get Started screen.
  If this works, it's a good indication that your file is damaged. You can revert to a backup, or there may be some long shot things we can try to get it working.
  If this doesn't work, then we can try to remove the Application Support folder and see if something there is hanging up Quicken.
  Let me know how this goes.

  Quicken Mac Subscription; Quicken Mac user since the early 90s
• edited August 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?
• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  As an experiment, when you get to the Let's Get Started screen, try creating a new file. In that file, create a couple of accounts and a few transactions, just to see if a new file will work. Let me know what happens with that.
  Also, try signing out and back into Quicken (menu Quicken > Sign Out).
  Finally, try completely disconnecting your internet connection, then try to launch Quicken and open your existing data file.

  Quicken Mac Subscription; Quicken Mac user since the early 90s
• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  Option 1 worked OK. Could all my backup files be corrupted?
  Option 2 didn't work. Same hanging behaviour as before after logging off and back on.
  Option 3 hangs but in a different way. When I shift-click on the Quicken icon, it comes up with a window that says 'Quicken cannot update data due to a network issue. We can't connect to the Quicken Cloud.' and it gives me two options but I can't take either. The options are 'I'll Check it later' and 'Update now'. If I simply click (rather than shift-click) on the Quicken icon, it just hangs as usual.
  What can we try next?
• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  Could all the backup files be corrupted? Let me ask this: have you been storing your data file in Dropbox or a folder synced to iCloud Drive or any other cloud file sharing service?
  But let's try this: Quit Quicken. Then in the Finder, option-click the Go menu and choose Library from the menu. Then navigate to Library > Applications Support > Quicken. Drag the entire Quicken folder found there to the Desktop.
  If you have not changed the default file location, then your data file will be found within the Documents folder inside this Quicken folder. Open that folder and try to open your data file. Quicken will re-create the Quicken folder in Applications Support. If there was a problem in the copy you moved to the Desktop, this could fix it. I don't have high hopes though.

  Quicken Mac Subscription; Quicken Mac user since the early 90s
• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  Hey RickO:
  I store the data files in my 'Documents/Quicken Mac' folder. The backup though is to a Dropbox folder. I have 6 backup copies there going back to 4 June. I just also tried restoring a copy of my 6 June data fie from my cloud backup service but nothing changed.
  I dragged the entire Quicken folder from Library > Applications Support to the Desktop, and also the Quicken 2017 folder I also found there, just in case.
  I opened the data file in my Documents/Quicken Mac folder and then also tried with the file restored from the cloud. The Quicken folder was re-created in Library > Applications Support but the file did not open and I had to force quit Quicken again.
  How can all Quicken files get corrupted at once, even backups?
• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  Could there be a bug in the latest update?
• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  If there were a bug in the latest update, I'd think it would be being reported by others.
  It's okay to store the Quicken-created backups files in Dropbox. If you go to Mac's System Preferences > iCloud, is iCloud Drive checked? If so, when you click the Options button, is Desktop & Documents Folders checked?
  Let me summarize where I think we are with this:

  • Quicken hangs when opening your data file
  • However, you can create a new file and it works correctly
  • Recreating the Applications Support > Quicken folder didn't help
  • Restoring backups didn't help
  • Safe Mode doesn't help

  On the off chance that something in 5.6.2 is causing this, you should be able to recover 5.6.1 from the Trash if you haven't emptied the Trash. Or perhaps you can recover it from a Time Machine backup. If so, I would drag it to the desktop and launch it and see if your file will open.
  Also, try with the oldest backup you have as follows: take the file ending in '.quickenbackup'. Copy it to the Desktop. Change the extension from '.quickenbackup' to '.zip'. Double click the .zip file and you will have a new Quicken data file on the desktop. Double click that to open and see if Quicken hangs or not. If that works, try the same with your most recent backup.
  If that doesn't work, we can try to take a deep dive into the file structure, but that's another long shot.

  Quicken Mac Subscription; Quicken Mac user since the early 90s
• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  BTW, I will be out of pocket most of the day today, so may not see your reply until tomorrow.

  Quicken Mac Subscription; Quicken Mac user since the early 90s
• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  In Preferences > iCloud, there is no check on the iCloud Drive, so it's not enabled.
  I have no access to 5.6.1 unfortunately. My Trash is emptied regularly. Is there nowhere we can download it? I looked in the support pages but couldn't find anything like that.
  I tried the back up file copy to Desktop and changing the extension to .zip with all my back up files and none worked.
  I really appreciate your help. Let me know what I can try next. Thanks!
• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  The only way you might be able to get a copy of 5.6.1 is through Quicken support, and I'm not sure if they can do that. But you could try. (I always zip a copy of the previous version before updating so I can revert if need be without relying on the Trash. But too late for that now.)
  I want to go back to something we tried before but didn't complete:
  Turn off all internet on your computer. Verify you have no internet by trying to open any site in Safari. You should immediately get 'You are not connected to the internet.'
  Now shift-click Quicken app. Click Cancel on the 'do you want to open...' dialog. If you get the 'Quicken cannot update data due to a network issue' dialog, just close that dialog. Then close any other windows that are open.
  Next, click menu File > New and Start from Scratch. You should be able to create a new file while offline.
  Assuming that works, go the copy of your file on the desktop and double click it. Let's see if that opens now while you're offline? If it does, that indicates a Quicken account problem. If you get the same hang, then we're back to square one.

  Quicken Mac Subscription; Quicken Mac user since the early 90s
• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  While we are working on this, I was wondering if this is something we all need to be aware of and watch out/test for. Short of a media corruption on the drive that is hosting the backup, is there a scenario by which the Quicken file continues to open and work, but the backups that are being made are corrupted? How is it possible for multiple backups to be created which are corrupted?
• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  If the file is working when the backup is created, it's hard to see how the backup would be corrupted. I think there's something else going on here; we just haven't figured it out.
  You bring up a good point, though. Would not hurt for the OP to restart into Recovery Mode and run Disk Utility First Aid on the hard drive.

  Quicken Mac Subscription; Quicken Mac user since the early 90s
• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  Working offline worked to create a new file but not to open my existing file.
  I have to point out that my Quicken file, after a few updates by new releases, was started in 2007 as Q for Windows and converted to Q for Mac in 2012, so it has quite a few records.
  My file is on my Mac's hard drive and my backups are on Dropbox. It seems very unlikely that all those files on different drives are corrupted. I agree, there must be something else going on here.
  I'll run Disk Utility and report back in a few minutes.
• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  I just ran Disk Utility First Aid and it reported no errors.
  What's next?
• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  Just out of curiosity, what is the size of the data file, and how long are you waiting when you get the beach ball when trying to open it?
  Let's try this... In the Finder, right-click on the data file and choose 'Show Package Contents'. Take a screenshot of the resulting window and post here.
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  Quicken Mac Subscription; Quicken Mac user since the early 90s
• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  The data file is 27.4Mb. I used to wait less than 10 seconds and it would open OK. Now I gave it up to 30 minutes with no result.
  Here's the screenshot of my data file 'Dog 2012.quicken'
  
• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  Do you know if you were able to work with this file under 5.6.1, or did the problem start on upgrade from 5.5.x? IOW, did you upgrade from 5.5.x to 5.6.1 then to 5.6.2 or directly from 5.5.x to 5.6.2?
  The reason I ask is that in the upgrade from 5.5.x to 5.6.x, the database structure is modified for the changes in 5.6.x.
  It would also be good to know if any of your backups were created while you were still using 5.5.x. (although you may not remember exactly when you updated Quicken)
  One more thing... since your backups are stored on Dropbox, you should be able to use Dropbox's version history/file recovery features to perhaps download backups from longer ago. Have you tried that?
  Also, have you tried contacting support about this yet?

  Quicken Mac Subscription; Quicken Mac user since the early 90s
• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  I've worked on this file on all Q for Mac releases and updates since 2016, when I migrated from Q for Windows. So that includes 5.6.1. I update Quicken as soon as a new update is released. I upgraded form 5.5.x to whatever came after it, not directly to 5.6.2
  BTW, when was 5.6.2 released? The Support Release Notes don't have dates (?). My issues began on June 11 and I have a Backup (pre-update) file dated June 11 (see screenshot). That sounds interesting.
  You're right, I don't remember when I updated Quicken but I have in my automatic backups folder a few files from pre-updates (see screenshot).
  I downloaded older files from Dropbox version history and tried each and every one of them, including the above mentioned pre-update file from June 11. They all had the same Force Quit result. Strange...
  Lastly, I haven't talked to Support as I thought you were from Support!!
  
• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  Actually, this is primarily a user-to-user forum. Those of us labeled 'SuperUser' are just regular users like yourself that happen to have a lot of experience with Quicken and are willing to try to help out others. Official support is only available by chat or phone as reached from Quicken menu Help > Contact Support.
  I have to say, you've got me stumped. You can create a new file and it works okay, but your regular file hangs. Your backups created from way before the problem started also now hang.
  This kinda makes me thing that it's something with your Quicken account, but working offline doesn't fix it.
  So, I would suggest you contact support at this point. I'm also going to try to see if I can ask someone from the development side to get in touch with you, but no promises.

  Quicken Mac Subscription; Quicken Mac user since the early 90s
• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  FYI, the last version of v5.5.x was v.5.5.7 that was released on April 21, 2018.
  After that came:
  v.5.6 - May 9, 2018
  v5.6.1 - May 18, 2018
  v5.6.2 - May 30, 2018.
  Note that these all start as limited releases and you may or may not have received access to each.
  (if you need dates for earlier releases, let me know.)
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• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  Alex,
  I'm told you're not the only one experiencing this issue. It is being investigated, but no solution as of yet. You should expect to be contacted by someone from Quicken at the email address you login to the community with. Make sure to check your spam folder.

  Quicken Mac Subscription; Quicken Mac user since the early 90s
• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  Alex, also, I won't be privy to any email communication you have with Quicken. So please post back how this gets resolved. My curiosity about this is high.

  Quicken Mac Subscription; Quicken Mac user since the early 90s
• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  RickO, thanks for letting me know about this issue. I've contacted Alex directly. Alex, sorry this happened to your file. We are already investigating 2 other customer files so, unfortunately, this isn't an isolated case. Since we have people's files we should be able to figure out the issue shortly.
• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  Thanks RickO so so much for your help so far! And thanks Quicken Marcus for stepping in. If you need my file to investigate, please let me know. I'll post the end result here when we reach that point.
• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  We've figured out the issue and will release a 5.6.3 update either tomorrow or early next week. When a file is opened, Quicken updates a bunch of things in the file. One of those things is that scheduled transactions set to be automatically marked as paid get marked as paid. Unfortunately, that feature wasn't expecting there to be auto-marked as paid scheduled transactions that end. It expected them to go on forever so when it encountered one that ended, it got stuck resulting in Quicken hanging when opening the file. Sorry, we missed this one in our testing. It should never have happened. The interesting thing is that one of our developers who has worked on Quicken for about 20+ years says he remembers fixing the exact same bug in Quicken Windows when they introduced auto mark as paid scheduled transactions many years ago. Anyway, we'll have a fix as soon as we can get this release tested.
• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  Thanks so much Quicken Marcus for finding this bug so quickly. I'm looking forward to the next update to sort this issue out. Thanks again!
• edited June 2018

  Hi @RickO. Thanks for your reply.
  I managed to start Quicken doing what you said and got to the Get Started screen. Then I tried restoring each of the 5 latest backups and Quicken hung every time and all I could do was force quit it.
  What can we try next?

  @Marcus... I wasn't aware we have the ability in QM18 to have a scheduled transaction set to be automatically marked as paid. If that exists, I can't find it in the current version. Is the issue you refer to a process that was added for the future addition of this feature, or am I missing something?

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