That's 200 times less download for the same functionality. Net support, etc.) while Attic Manager does all it does and more with only 3MB of download. What amazes me is that new QHIM standalone requires me to download about 600MB of software (Microsoft SQL Server. It works, it's faster, it can import your QHI database and you can export it into Excel and then you're free from this crazy vendor lock-in. The last one is really Intuit trying to lock the customers from moving away to better products. Most of the other issues are still not fixed like low resolution thumbnails, limited printing options, compatibility with newer versions of Windows and no ability to export data. I really don't know why they do not use proper Windows controls provided by Microsoft, like most other inventory software does. However, the UI is still crappy and slow. The database is really faster, looks like indexes are properly used. It still does not work on Windows 7 64bit! I got some comments to my previous posts how QHIM standalone that uses MDF files is much faster than the old versions, so I decided to give it a shot. If you do run it on Mac, please leave a comment to this post. If you aren't converting from Quicken, but just want a cheap, nice, clean and simple Home Inventory program for Mac, then buy the Standard version. Note that you need at least the Pro version to be able to load QHI files. Looks like I might be getting a new Mac soon :)Īnyway, if you have a Mac and you're stuck on Windows because of Quicken Home Inventory Manager, just go, download Attic Manager and forget about all the problems:
So, what does this mean:Īttic Manager can load your QHI inventory database and you can then use it (add items, update information, edit locations, etc.) on Mac. Then I transferred my Attic Manager database from Windows using Backup on Windows and Restore on Mac. IDB database from old Quicken into it, and it worked flawlessly. I tested the trial version on friend's Mac, and it seems to work the same way Windows version does. Apparently it was tested and works on MacOSX 10.9 Mavericks, and website says it supports 10.7 and never, so this means it's a 64bit program.
Now, I just read on another blog that Attic Manager version for Mac is out. Even if I did not migrate from QHI, I would pick this one to track my stuff. I migrated from Quicken Home Inventory some time ago, and AM has shown to be a nice little program that does its job well. Anyway, one of those apps is Attic Manager. I just want to click and run the app, not wait for entire operating system to startup. Also, running Windows under VM just for one application is too slow for my liking. But, there were some Windows programs that do not work under Mac, and Bootcamp seems too complicated for me. Moving away from Windows to Mac was something I planned to do for a very long time. I'm amazed how this simple program keeps working on every new version of Windows that comes out, without even updating the program to newer release. So, yes, we lost like 20 minutes doing this, but now my friend has his QHI database on his brand new Windows 10.
You first have to install Attic Manager on Windows XP (I checked, they say Windows 7 would also work), load the database there and then use Attic's backup/restore function to transfer the data to Windows 10. qhi files cannot be loaded on Windows 10 directly. idb files load directly into Windows 10 copy of Attic Manager without problems. Then I talked with some friends who wanted to convert their Quicken databases and here's what we found: I first tried with the inventories I converted earlier and everything works as before. As you already know form my previous posts, Attic Manager can load QHI databases so I can access all that data it took me years to enter. My next question is whether Attic Manager works and it does. Of course, one of the main questions was whether Quicken Home Inventory would work on it and the question is still no. Although my main system is Mac now, free is free and I decided to test it.
Microsoft is offering free upgrade to Windows 10, and I figured I should try it.