For those still on the YNAB4 train

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I’ve been slacking on keeping my expense tracking updated since a) pandemic and b) I hit the wall on keeping YNAB4 running on my computer. None of the alternatives have clicked for me, so today I did a bit of a deep dive on options going forward, and found a few resources that may or may not be helpful for anyone.

  1. Someone started a YNAB4 subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ynab4/

  2. Which pointed me toward some fixes for letting YNAB 4 run on newer versions of operating systems: https://www.reddit.com/r/ynab4/comments/u6124d/updating_the_adobe_air_runtime_for_ynab4_for/

Let the record reflect that the solutions do require a bit of willingness to get messy and I cannot vouch for the security/longevity of any of these solutions, but I did upgrade past macOS10.14 (now on 12.5) and so far so good.

If anyone is interested and needs help/hand holding, I’ll do what I can!

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I’m still on the YNAB4 train, so thanks for posting this!

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Also still on the YNAB4 train, and have definitely noticed it struggling. I thought it was the 12 years of data :slight_smile: . I will definitely give this a try to see if it helps. Thanks!

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Idk if it will help performance, but it should let you update your operating system!!

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Only one way to find out! I feel like I’ve gotten a great ROI out of the $40 I plonked down in 2012, but $100 a year is a lot, especially when I don’t think I’d use a lot of the functionality. If there’s a chance I can postpone having to figure out an alternative for a couple more years, it’s definitely worth a shot.

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I believe I’ve finally come to the end of an era. I upgraded the macOS and now YNAB4 crashes whenever I try to import transactions. Diagnosing the issue is somewhat outside my level of tech skills and bandwidth at the moment. RIP, YNAB4. I definitely got my $$ worth!

I’m trying out ActualBudget. I believe they were one of the options reviewed by Lily/everyone a few years ago (how does time work??) and it looks like since then they’ve gone free and open source. So far, the YNAB budget has imported successfully, and the transaction file import worked nicely :))

Best of luck to anyone still using YNAB4!

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Oh no! I’m still using it on a Windows device. I think I got it 50% off during the annual steam sale in like…2012?

I’m retrospect I can see why they needed to go to a subscription model to stay solvent :joy:

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I mean, if they kept releasing major version updates, I probably would have paid for them? Because clearly it’s a tool I use that much! But the subscription model, especially at the prices they’re asking, are just too much for me! I should probably start a new thread with some notes on the move to Actual!

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