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From: Scotto on 27 Feb 2010 11:59

I'm looking for tips on a good Mac money management program to replace
Quicken for Mac 2007. With Intuit's new Mac release this week being a
big disappointment and my general disappointment with Quicken in
general I'm searching for a new alternative.

I'm just doing basic downloading, reconciling and budgeting. Quicken is
like an overpowered (and overpriced) Mercedes. OTH I don't want some
POS Chevy. A Honda or Toyota equivalent is just right (to overuse a car
metaphor).

So far I'm looking at MoneyDance and MoneyWell.

Thanks.

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From: BreadWithSpam on 27 Feb 2010 12:28
Scotto <srornat(a)yahoo.com> writes:

> general I'm searching for a new alternative. (to Quicken 2007)

> So far I'm looking at MoneyDance and MoneyWell.

There's a Mac Quicken e-mail list that's been discussing
alternatives for a long while, with lots of discussion about
what exactly folks need (ie. electronic billpay, downloads
of bank data, etc).

Browse here:

<http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/quickenmac/>

As for me, I haven't found an alternative yet that I'm
ready to abandon Q2007 for.

iBank3 from igg is nice, but somewhat similar to the new
Quicken and I hated the way it handled securities portfolios.

Moneydance seems to be well regarded but I haven't tried it.



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From: Joseph Mostarda on 27 Feb 2010 12:29
On 2010-02-27 08:59:21 -0800, Scotto said:

> I'm looking for tips on a good Mac money management program to replace
> Quicken for Mac 2007. With Intuit's new Mac release this week being a
> big disappointment and my general disappointment with Quicken in
> general I'm searching for a new alternative.
>
> I'm just doing basic downloading, reconciling and budgeting. Quicken is
> like an overpowered (and overpriced) Mercedes. OTH I don't want some
> POS Chevy. A Honda or Toyota equivalent is just right (to overuse a car
> metaphor).
>
> So far I'm looking at MoneyDance and MoneyWell.
>
> Thanks.

I was considering getting the new Quicken Essentials for the Mac, have
you used it? How is it? I was previously using something called iBank,
but quit using it because I could never get it to sync properly with
the BoA accounts. I'm hoping Quicken works better in that regard.

From: Tom Stiller on 27 Feb 2010 12:54
In article <2010022710592116807-srornat(a)yahoocom>,
Scotto <srornat(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm looking for tips on a good Mac money management program to replace
> Quicken for Mac 2007. With Intuit's new Mac release this week being a
> big disappointment and my general disappointment with Quicken in
> general I'm searching for a new alternative.
>
> I'm just doing basic downloading, reconciling and budgeting. Quicken is
> like an overpowered (and overpriced) Mercedes. OTH I don't want some
> POS Chevy. A Honda or Toyota equivalent is just right (to overuse a car
> metaphor).

Good luck with the analog for brakes and accelerators. :-)
>
> So far I'm looking at MoneyDance and MoneyWell.

I tried MoneyDance, but haven't decided to abandon Quicken yet.
>
> Thanks.

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From: Richard Maine on 27 Feb 2010 13:38
Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> In article <2010022710592116807-srornat(a)yahoocom>,
> Scotto <srornat(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Quicken is like an overpowered (and overpriced) Mercedes.

Overpriced, yes. But overpowered? Obviously, you haven't looked at the
latest Quicken product for Macs. :-( And the last several Quicken
releases for Windows might have lots of features, but ones that tend to
bog down performance, which doesn't seem very Mercedes like. Nah.

> > OTH I don't want some
> > POS Chevy. A Honda or Toyota equivalent is just right (to overuse a car
> > metaphor).
>
> Good luck with the analog for brakes and accelerators. :-)

Well, some might have hoped that when Intuit finally released a new Mac
version, it would signal that they were accelerating in the Mac market.
Looks like they hit the wrong pedal. :-(

> > So far I'm looking at MoneyDance and MoneyWell.
>
> I tried MoneyDance, but haven't decided to abandon Quicken yet.

I used Quicken for Windows up to about a year ago. (I found the Mac
Quicken unacceptable, even before the latest fiasco). Switched to
MoneyDance. I won't say I find it great, but it is acceptable for my
purposes.

In some ways I don't find MoneyDance as nice as Quicken for Windows. Its
reporting options are very slim (notably for investments), and split
transactions are slightly awkward, to name two; there are others. But it
means that I don't have to start up VMWare to run it. That's a big plus.

And unlike Quicken essentials, it does print checks, track investment
transactions (albeit with poor reporting options), and make backup
copies of its data file, all of which are pretty "essential" to me.

It also means I don't have to put up with Intuit plastering ads all over
my screen and generally seeming to put more effort into getting me to
buy further products instead of actually doing the job of the one I
already bought (including their forced obsolescence game of forcing you
to buy new versions, even though they don't provide anything new that is
actually useful, if you want to continue connecting to banks.)

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