Intuit says work begun on new Mac Quicken, QuickBooks
Intuit, which launched QuickBooks 2008 for Windows PCs this week, said a new version for Apple's Mac platform is currently under development with a released planned for sometime next year. Meanwhile, future development of Quicken on the Mac is also reportedly underway.
The software developer last issued a new Mac version of QuickBooks, one of the nation's more popular small business accounting programs, in October of 2006. Titled QuickBooks Pro 2007, the release consisted of a Universal binary developed to work efficiently on both Intel- and PowerPC-based Macs. It's presumed that any future offering would be of the same breed.
"QuickBooks is currently focused on developing the next generation Mac platform and plans to deliver a new QuickBooks Mac offering in 2008," the company said in a statement provided to AppleInsider. "This decision will result in an offering designed to delight and meet the evolving needs of our new and existing Mac customers."
In the meantime, the finance software maker said Apple customers can continue to use their current version of QuickBooks Pro, which it plans to fully support under its standard policy.
In speaking to AppleInsider a representative for Intuit added the company remains "committed to delivering the Mac community the best business and personal finance solutions in the market," and that "more details will be shared" closer to their release.
In an similar statement provided last month, the Mountain View, Calif.-based firm said it was also planning for 2008 Quicken offerings for both Macs and PCs and was "investigating the best possible ways to serve the entire Quicken community."
"With anticipation of the launch of the new Mac OS X (Leopard) and Intuit’s ongoing focus on delivering customer driven innovation, more information around future Mac [Quicken] offerings will be shared at a later time," the statement said. "In the mean time, we wanted to make sure that you were aware of Quicken Online -- scheduled to arrive in 2008. This new offering is platform agnostic and will allow users to manage their finances via any web browser."
Citing a company-wide policy of not making forward looking statements about its products, Intuit declined requests to provide any additional details.
The software developer last issued a new Mac version of QuickBooks, one of the nation's more popular small business accounting programs, in October of 2006. Titled QuickBooks Pro 2007, the release consisted of a Universal binary developed to work efficiently on both Intel- and PowerPC-based Macs. It's presumed that any future offering would be of the same breed.
"QuickBooks is currently focused on developing the next generation Mac platform and plans to deliver a new QuickBooks Mac offering in 2008," the company said in a statement provided to AppleInsider. "This decision will result in an offering designed to delight and meet the evolving needs of our new and existing Mac customers."
In the meantime, the finance software maker said Apple customers can continue to use their current version of QuickBooks Pro, which it plans to fully support under its standard policy.
In speaking to AppleInsider a representative for Intuit added the company remains "committed to delivering the Mac community the best business and personal finance solutions in the market," and that "more details will be shared" closer to their release.
In an similar statement provided last month, the Mountain View, Calif.-based firm said it was also planning for 2008 Quicken offerings for both Macs and PCs and was "investigating the best possible ways to serve the entire Quicken community."
"With anticipation of the launch of the new Mac OS X (Leopard) and Intuit’s ongoing focus on delivering customer driven innovation, more information around future Mac [Quicken] offerings will be shared at a later time," the statement said. "In the mean time, we wanted to make sure that you were aware of Quicken Online -- scheduled to arrive in 2008. This new offering is platform agnostic and will allow users to manage their finances via any web browser."
Citing a company-wide policy of not making forward looking statements about its products, Intuit declined requests to provide any additional details.
Comments
what is very unfortunate is that the actual 2007 Quicken for Mac is not working well;
Downloading stocks quotes has been an issue since June 18th and was never ever resolved
in particular for Canadian Stocks Quotes
just look at the Quicken forums; you will see these treads in priority at the top, no fix yet and we are nearly in October;
even forum users have let it go, posting no new messages
so I suppose evryone is looking elsewhere !
Quicken need to fix Quicken 2007 (and prior versions for quotes download) prior to even thinking of the 2008 version
Hello,
what is very unfortunate is that the actual 2007 Quicken for Mac is not working well;
Downloading stocks quotes has been an issue since June 18th and was never ever resolved
in particular for Canadian Stocks Quotes
just look at the Quicken forums; you will see these treads in priority at the top, no fix yet and we are nearly in October;
even forum users have let it go, posting no new messages
so I suppose evryone is looking elsewhere !
Quicken need to fix Quicken 2007 (and prior versions for quotes download) prior to even thinking of the 2008 version
Agreed. At least the huge increase in Mac sales is making companies like this wake up to Mac development!
As for Quicken Online, no thanks. I want all my financial information on my desktop.
I manage an all-mac office, and when we upgraded Quickbooks some years ago my reasearch told me the mac Quickbooks was buggy and unstable. I purchased a PC just to be able to run it, and finance has been happy. Now of course we have a Parallels option, but still.
Intuit, can you please deliver us a mac version of Quickbooks that has feature partiy with the windows one? Plus a UI and performance that we can be happy with, and you can be proud of?
Maybe not soup-to-nuts accounting, but daily financial notebook that could sync back to the mothership.
Particularly if the iPhone as purchasing tool takes off the way I think it ultimately will.
Quicken on Mac is really really under featured: stock quotes, multi-currency accounts, ... even though I like the interface better.
Hey Intuit, please look at your forums if you really want to "investigate the best possible ways to serve the entire Quicken community."
\tPersonal Finance is the huge industry and yet for software there is no competition. Not on Windows platform and not on OS X. I don?t understanding. MYOB, Oracle, Microsoft, Apple, H&R Block. All these companies and more could produce competing software and win in this Markey. But know one wants to compete. It sector is almost as bad as task management software. Intuit is a cash cow. On windows, Microsoft allow Inuit to do so they too can charge 60, 70, 80 bucs a year as well. We need a third leg. For businesses other than the Arts, accounting software is the point of a computer (to an extent).
\tYahoo and Google could enter the market as well. There investment pages are the beginning but then just don?t go anywhere as fare as automatically tracking transactions. Morningstar and Standard and Poor?s, banks and other investment companies all have an interest. And yet, nothing.
\tI need a programmer. If you have the skills, I have some ideas.
After using Quicken for 4 years (on Mac and then PC), I came up with a MUCH better solution.
I keep an Excel file of all my finances. It's basically the same thing as Quicken: a checkbook register. I have tabs for long-range planning, budget, goals, etc.
I keep it on a small USB keychain flashdrive, along with a Word document containing all my passwords for every website and account I have.
This way they are with me always, and can be used on almost any computer I find myself at.
And I never forget them because I won't be driving anywhere (keychain) without them!
Quicken has always sucked, and I doubt this is gonna change.
Do you have some sort of security mechanism for that? If someone steals your keys, do they also have access to your livelihood too?
Using a spreadsheet is probably not a bad way to go if you just keep track of things and don't need to do payroll. The accounting world just seems to require indoctrination because I just don't understand how this software kind of works, at least, it's just not my thing.
"In the mean time, we wanted to make sure that you were aware of Quicken Online -- scheduled to arrive in 2008. This new offering is platform agnostic and will allow users to manage their finances via any web browser."
Why start pushing a web-based application in favor of your cash cow? I wonder what the "gotcha" is. It's probably a subscription fee. Keep track of your finances on our website for $19.95/month. Can't pay? No problem (for us), we'll just delete all that data and move on unless you keep up with the friendship dues.
All your data are belong to us.
Why start pushing a web-based application in favor of your cash cow? I wonder what the "gotcha" is. It's probably a subscription fee. Keep track of your finances on our website for $19.95/month. Can't pay? No problem (for us), we'll just delete all that data and move on unless you keep up with the friendship dues.
All your data are belong to us.
A web-based app would be better, but bankofamerica.com has a nearly perfect web-based finance app already. It already aggregates my other accounts and analyzes spending by category. If bankofamerica.com allowed me to adjust pending transactions (restaurant tips always come up wrong) and add pending checks, I would stop using Quicken all together.
As the banks' web sites get better, Quicken will have a hard time getting people to pay for what they already get for free.