finance software mac

Overall Rating: ( 23 reviews )

1. Posted: Jul 3 2008

   It's a great product and I like the new design and would recommend it to anyone looking for there first finance software. If you are already using a version of Quickbooks make sure it can be converted & opened in the new software. It boasts being able to share with a PC and a Mac, old versions of Quickbooks Mac and even able to open a previous file from Quicken. However, I got stuck in the void. Attempting to open an older PC Quickbooks file (by old I mean the 2006 version) and it could not open it. After further looking into it, the only way to make it work is to find some running the 2008 Quickbooks PC (and convert my old file to 2008 and then to Mac) or find someone running an older version of Quickbooks Mac or of course buying the new PC version as well. Having someone else (that has the new 2008 Quickbooks PC) opening & converting financial information isn't always a comforting thought. Too bad Quickbooks doesn't offer a free 30 day trial of 2008 PC like they do with the 2008 Mac.

2. Posted: May 11 2008

   I have a service business. QuickBooks Pro for Mac works well for my business. I create invoices while I'm servicing my customers. I spend 95% of my time on the road. It allows me to be accurate with payables and receivables, spending less time on accounting. In turn I can spend more time with customers.QuickBooks Pro 2007 for Mac (Mac)

3. Posted: Mar 27 2008

   Intuit claims they spend lots of money supporting the Mac version, but you couldn't tell from QuickBooks Pro 2007. This is essentially the same software they came out with six years ago, and has all the same limitations. The immediate problem for those considering purchasing this today is that QB Pro 2007 crashes when trying to export to Excel 2008, the latest version of both pieces of software. That's right... Intuit doesn't support the world's largest software publisher's largest-selling product. And they advertise that they do (see the claims about easy export to Excel above). Yet their own Mac support discussion boards are filled with unanswered requests for a solutions to this problem. When you click on "Export to Excel" in a report window it crashes Excel 2008. I spent an hour on the phone with Intuit and they blame Microsoft. Microsoft blames them. We've been here before, right? Intuit needs to fix their product, and where is v.2008 with all the features that the Windows or Vista version has?

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