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    Finance program for Mac?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by GeekGrrl, Jan 17, 2008.

  1. GeekGrrl

    GeekGrrl Notebook Enthusiast

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    Can anyone recommend a program that is actually useful? The reviews of Quicken/Quickbooks 2007 are awful, and Intuit is saying 2008 won't be out until the Fall. I've resorted to Moneydance, but have found it very limited. Am I going to have to partition and buy Vista and Quicken for PC just to be able to do my budgeting? [As a pretty basic computer user, I was hoping to stick to one OS...]
     
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    system_159 Notebook Deity

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    Try Moneywell or Debtinator. Both have great reviews, but I don't have any personal experience with them.
     
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    My favorite so far is iBank. I think I tried pretty much every program out there for the Mac. Something close to 15 programs and iBank was my favorite. Still, none are as good as Quicken for Windows.
     
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    You could try Codeweavers' Crossover for Mac and have Quicken for pc on your laptop. I believe they support it. Crossover for Mac is only beta though.
     
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    GeekGrrl Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey all - thanks for the ideas - I hadn't heard of any of these programs. Checked them out, and here are my first impressions, in case anyone out there is in the same boat I am:

    • Debtinator isn't really a track your finances program - more about long-term planning to get out of debt

    • Moneywell has potential, but is pretty new, so I'm going to keep an eye on it

    • ibank looks good - has mixed reviews but I might give it a try

    • Crossover looks very cool, and they already have some compatibility with Quicken for PC; I'm going to wait for the next version and see where they are with Quicken 2008 [I'm surprised Apple or Microsoft haven't gone after these folks for some kind of license/copyright issue 'cause Codeweavers seem to be doing what should be done - making it so one computer can do anything - more so than VMWare or Parallels]

    If anyone has any other recos, please do share!

    Thanks....
     
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    taelrak, Jan 19, 2008
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