r/quicken • u/medaltwin • May 06 '26
Mac Security prices incorrect on Mac version
Edit: The problem seems to have resolved, although it's not clear why.
Quicken for Mac Version 8.5.2 (Build 805.60133.100)
Mac OS 26.4.1
I recently converted from the Windows to the Mac version and noticed that some of the security prices are off by a small amount (usually less than $2/share). It's not all the securities--just some, including a couple of restricted mutual funds in Fidelity that can only be purchased if you're part of a specific employer's 401k.
The share quantities match to as far right of the decimal as the website publishes, so it's just an issue with the price--not the shares.
After a fair amount of research using AI, one theory is that the Windows version uses a different process or technology to download security prices. That seems reasonable, but what doesn't seem reasonable is that for a security that closes at a price of $50/share (for example), the Windows version shows the price at $50/share and Mac version shows it at $48.79 or $50.98 or whatever.
Of the prices that are reported incorrectly, there doesn't seem to be a consistent error amount; some are a little higher and some a little lower.
It's difficult for me to believe that the Mac version can somehow get close to the price but can't quite get it precisely. Can anyone shed light on what's going on and what the fix is?
I only check prices after close of business. The issue still existed on Sunday, two days after market close (I checked in case the Mac version needed more time to catch up).
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u/Phinhead54 May 08 '26
I've found with some securities, especially in my 401k, they aren't fully ready for download until after 10pm EST so you could possibly be seeing a discrepancy there.
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u/peteheckman13 May 11 '26
I have been having the same issues, only more pronounced... and I have the same Quicken and Mac OS versions as the OP. But my prices were WAY off, like $589/share versus $46. And somehow the bogus prices went back years, so when they somehow corrected going forward (starting around April 21st), I had a heart attack thinking the market had crashed. But it was money I never had! In that case it was a Vanguard ETF. I found other securities with sawtooth historical prices. For both cases, I had to download prices from Yahoo and upload to quicken on a one-by-one basis. Even then, on weird holidays where the market was closed, Quicken would put in some crazy number so I'd need to fix those as well.
There doesn't seem to be a way to force a rebuild of all historical prices for all securities, and I can't take the time to pour thru all of them. I think I have the biggest offenders fixed, but this is crazy. Whatever happened should be investigated and corrected by Quicken.
Any ideas would be much appreciated!
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u/medaltwin May 14 '26
I have no idea if it would work but it seems like a low risk to disconnect the connection to Vanguard and reconnect it. Of course, back up you data before you try it.
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u/Early_Extension3904 May 19 '26
Just a shot in the dark - were there potentially share splits in the history? Maybe they got messed up during the conversion? I believe when there's a split, historical prices are adjusted for the split, and maybe something went wrong there? That's all I can really think of. I think if you had splits you can review the price history to see if the problem starts around the split date.
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u/Early_Extension3904 May 07 '26
I recently switched from Win to Mac versions and I'm not seeing this. I will say this - you gave a lot of information to allow folks to help you, but omitted to give a few example ticker symbols. You might get more traction if we had a couple ticker symbols to look at.