sheepofblue

Anybody use something other than Quicken? Seems the new Mac version is not going to do investment tracking (and still cost the same) so I think the time has come to go to something else. I don't want something web based as putting financial info on the web seems a bit crazy. I am almost ready to use a 'doz version of something in VMWare but that seems a bit addled also....

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sheepofblue

So far I have checked out iBank. The interface is cluttered and it is SLOW. Things take longer to enter and much of what it is doing is unclear. Sadly I cannot see it being useful.

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sheepofblue

MoneyDance looks interesting... the quote method is a bit obtuse since you need to download an extension. It is FAST and pretty nice. At first glance I cannot see a way to plot debt but that is not a major issue. I think I will play with it some more to see if it can replace !@#$@# Quicken.

Oh on a side note. The quicken site says if you want advanced features then use 2007. However to export my portfolio for analyses it wants me to register. The quicken site won't let you register saying you need to get the new (yet unavailable) version that will not do the same amount as the old version.

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Geek

Have you gone to the Apple store to see what they have on the shelf? Quicken can't be the only viable finance software...

I'd be interested in something too but I'm not putting my data in the cloud.

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sheepofblue

The Apple store has Quicken 2007 (unsupported and they need to pull it) and I have seen iBank. I almost want to like iBank but it is just to slow (and that is on my quad core tower ) I will be the first to say that Quicken actually is the best product except for support and now it looks like intuit will cripple it despite recommending it

My current plan is to use MoneyDance in parallel with Quicken for a bit then switch. There is things that are missing but nothing is a show stopper. Also it is fast and seems reliable.

I would create an excel sheet before putting it on the web. While I am mad at Intuit my data is still available unlike if it was on the web where the plug pulls and you are hosed.

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sheepofblue

I want to like MoneyDance but it is just not quite there. I just went to enter a house payment and you have to manually enter all the data. In the end Quicken 2007 is the best product out still even with no support and web stuff broken

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Geek

Quicken Essentials for Mac now available

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sheepofblue

Looks like a grand disappointment as expected

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