#ComputerCrash

Still working on getting my new computer up to speed after my old laptop crashed.

Was able to reinstall #TurboTax 2024 & reload the tax file. Important because I have a huge tax loss carryover that I need to be able to continue to carryover. 😎

Reinstalled a copy of #Quicken Deluxe yesterday. Only negative about that is that I now have to pay a subscription to continue to use it but I've been using Quicken for decades & I know how it works.

Am willing to try something new if it's free but my search for a free Quicken alternative came up empty.

Still have to restore some #LibreOffice text & spreadsheet files. Have hard copies & could try to scan & OCR read them but there aren't many but will probablyjust retype them manually. 🤷‍♂️

#Quicken #SoftwareSubscriptions

With the recent crash of my old laptop, I lost old non-subscription Quicken program & all of the data associated

Had a disc for an old 2017 version of Quicken that I thought that I could just upload onto my new computer but it didn't work & couldn't find a "free" checking/financial account program that I liked.

So, I caved in & subscribed to Quicken Deluxe online which is identical to the program I was using before but didn't have to pay $72/year to use.

What a racket!!! 🤦‍♂️

I just brought my banking/investment accounts up to date on the program but I'm still going to be looking for a FREE one to use in it's place.

Please post any recommendations for any FREE, non-subscription alternatives to Quicken that you may know of in reply to this toot.

Thanks!!!

Want to get off of #Quicken or some other commercial #financial #bedgeting application? I've just found one that is amazing: Actual Budget. It's very similar to Quicken (although it's a bit different, from what I've heard), it's local-first, has an integrated sync server, is secure, integrated accounts download via one of four services (based on your region)***, excellent reporting, handles budgeting, and more...

Honestly, I've used GnuCash in the past, and it was such a pain I'd given up on it.  But Actual Budget I've managed to set up, get most of my accounts to download automatically (I have eight accounts to manage - only one I have to do manually), and started reconciling transactions.

I managed all of this in about two hours.

Oh, and the final, best part of this: Actual Budget is Open Source under an MIT License.

*** The sync service may have charges. Here in the U.S. it's $15/yr. Given the number of transactions I have to deal with, this is a pittance...

In case you’ve been following, a related PSA is that Quicken for desktop has apparently gotten shittier 🚮

I thought I’d do some accounting work as we determine what Proton/Comcast did to my Internet. No an option. I suspect Quicken didn’t provide actual software, but a service you can effectively only use while connected to the web.

#finance #Comcast #Proton #PSA #Quicken