Installing Quicken for Mac

I just purchased an iMac. It has the Leopard OS. I am attempting to install Quicken for Mac 2007. The program installs just fine; receive message "Installation Complete". When I attempt to open the program, the program does not open, but rather opens the document files with the message "Choose a Quicken data file to open". There are no Quicken data files on the computer. Does anyone know how to get the Quicken program to open. Never had a problem with Quicken in Windows; I'm already stating to question the wisdom of this move to Mac.
Thanks for any help you can give me

Obvioulsy, the best place to get answers about third party applications is with the manufacturer of the product. You can contact Quicken on the web here:
You alosmight want to check the manual that came with Quicken to see if that issue is addressed or not.
http://quicken.intuit.com/personal-finance/mac-personal-finance.jhtml
I have been using Quicken on the Mac since the very first release and have not had any problems with it for the most part. Those that I have had are very small and they did solve most of them.
When it asks for a data file I presume it gives you the option to either select one or to cancel? What happens if you just don't select one? Does the program just quit?

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I have a copy of Parallels Destop 8 installed. However, I can't use it without purchasing a full copy of WINDOW 7 or 8 software...
These are information which reviewers like you mislead the buyers into a false purchase and get struck with an unworkable solution...
I ask the reader to ask questions before making these decisions . I wish i have known these issues before, I wasted my money on Quicken for the MAC and Parallels Desktop 8.
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