I am using budget software from YouNeedABudget.com that meets my needs better. YNAB--unlike what I saw in the Quicken screenshots--focuses on monthly budgeting rather than mere transaction tracking. One of the basic ideas in YNAB is to use last month's income for this month's expenses to avoid living from paycheck to paycheck. I realize that's not going to work for everyone, but I like it.
Someone above mentioned Moneywell. That looks interesting, too. Do the amounts in the budget "buckets" roll forward from month to month?
I was intrigued until I reached the $70 part. iBank costs a good deal less and for that I can put up with its quirks. Moneywell is another one that looks interesting, but this Quicken looks like a damp squib, and an expensive one at that.
I think you're overreacting. My understanding is that Mint doesn't actually get your password data, it's passed on to some password broker that all the banks already use to store you login credentials. Do a little Google searching for a clearer picture, but I'm pretty sure no one's had their financial data compromised just by the act of registering acccounts with Mint.
I also heard that AMEX is giving its account members a mint.com type of functionality that allows you to register accounts and such.
I have a question with Mint. I have everything setup through my online banking, CC transfers, bill payees, etc. Does Mint know how to break down these transactions, or will it just present you with the statement view of all transactions which you then have to manually categorize?
I have to wonder why they bothered. Once again it's missing features from the Windows version. Even Microsoft took 10 years to learn that while Office looks Mac-like, it's missing features cripple the software compared to the Windows version.
Don't bother waiting. If this is the direction Quicken for Mac is taking, then you might as well just use the free Mint.com app.
I would love to use mint.com, but they don't support my bank so I can't use it. So my only choice is to use something like Quicken which can import the OFX file the bank creates.
So without bill pay, investment management, or TurboTax integration, Quicken for Mac is now basically Mint.com but you have to pay about $70 for the privilege of using it offline instead of using the free online version. Guess that Mint.com investment Intuit made will pay off.
Inuit says that only 6% pay bills through Quicken, but that sounds fishy. It can't be. I've been paying bills electronically with financial software, first Managing Your Money and then Quicken, for almost 20 years. To me that's a core feature, not a bell or whistle that people don't really use.
As you said, without bill pay, investment management and tax integration, the application is worth very little.
I was a quicken user for a long long Time- I went to a PC and was using Parallells- I looked at every product and was waiting for the quicken for mac to come out. When I heard it was not going to have bill pay I gave up on it.
Over priced - under powered. The lack of Turbo Tax integration, poor reporting and minimal investment tracking are show stoppers for me. Intuit continues to drop the ball for Mac users.
Too little, too late. Intuit has never been serious about a financial app for the Apple platform. Go with iBank instead - works with many banks online and has a great iphone app (for $5).
What I can't understand is why the former CEO of Intuit is on Apple's board, given the lackluster Mac support the company has historically provided. Can't he pull a little weight?
Too little, too late. Intuit has never been serious about a financial app for the Apple platform. Go with iBank instead - works with many banks online and has a great iphone app (for $5).
Intuit is leaving the PPC in the dust. Essentials is an Intel only application.
I have tried Moneydance and Moneywell, but I keep going back to iBank.
I had too much trouble balancing my checkbook with Moneywell and
Yes...very strange "update". I WILL NOT be spending $70.00 for what really is a large step backwards for Intuit (Mint) Quicken. I agree, this is a paid version of mint.com. Hopefully Intuit will read these, sell very few copies, and completely re-write the program. For now, I am staying with 2007 version. They blew it!!
The fact that Intuit owns Mint.com now is probably a good indicator that Mint.com is on its way out too. I have Mint.com, but it's just no replacement for my desktop Quicken.
Actually its the opposite. Intuit now point you towards mint.com instead of their own QuickenOnline, so I think their plan is to move to mint.com, and probably phase out QuickenOnline.
Looks like I'll be sticking with Quicken 2004 - at least until the G5 iMac holds out anyway.
Agree that this software is way too expensive for the features. Plus it only took them forever to come up with this. Been promising a Mac version forever.
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Someone above mentioned Moneywell. That looks interesting, too. Do the amounts in the budget "buckets" roll forward from month to month?
I think you're overreacting. My understanding is that Mint doesn't actually get your password data, it's passed on to some password broker that all the banks already use to store you login credentials. Do a little Google searching for a clearer picture, but I'm pretty sure no one's had their financial data compromised just by the act of registering acccounts with Mint.
I also heard that AMEX is giving its account members a mint.com type of functionality that allows you to register accounts and such.
I have a question with Mint. I have everything setup through my online banking, CC transfers, bill payees, etc. Does Mint know how to break down these transactions, or will it just present you with the statement view of all transactions which you then have to manually categorize?
I guess I should google it more...
Note to Intuit: We want feature parity, not half a product.
Quit whining. You knew that there was little software available when you bought a Mac!
Do we hate Intuit now, like we hate Adobe?
Don't bother waiting. If this is the direction Quicken for Mac is taking, then you might as well just use the free Mint.com app.
I would love to use mint.com, but they don't support my bank so I can't use it. So my only choice is to use something like Quicken which can import the OFX file the bank creates.
So without bill pay, investment management, or TurboTax integration, Quicken for Mac is now basically Mint.com but you have to pay about $70 for the privilege of using it offline instead of using the free online version. Guess that Mint.com investment Intuit made will pay off.
Inuit says that only 6% pay bills through Quicken, but that sounds fishy. It can't be. I've been paying bills electronically with financial software, first Managing Your Money and then Quicken, for almost 20 years. To me that's a core feature, not a bell or whistle that people don't really use.
As you said, without bill pay, investment management and tax integration, the application is worth very little.
So I went to www.yodlee.com
They run the back end of MINT and many other big banks.
So far so goo.
Quit whining. You knew that there was little software available when you bought a Mac!
Do we hate Intuit now, like we hate Adobe?
True dat- but that's why we use bootcamp and parallels.
Too little, too late. Intuit has never been serious about a financial app for the Apple platform. Go with iBank instead - works with many banks online and has a great iphone app (for $5).
What I can't understand is why the former CEO of Intuit is on Apple's board, given the lackluster Mac support the company has historically provided. Can't he pull a little weight?
http://about.intuit.com/about_intuit...l_campbell.jsp
Too little, too late. Intuit has never been serious about a financial app for the Apple platform. Go with iBank instead - works with many banks online and has a great iphone app (for $5).
Intuit is leaving the PPC in the dust. Essentials is an Intel only application.
I have tried Moneydance and Moneywell, but I keep going back to iBank.
I had too much trouble balancing my checkbook with Moneywell and
did not like the way Moneydance works.
Quit whining. You knew that there was little software available when you bought a Mac!
Do we hate Intuit now, like we hate Adobe?
Not as much as we hate a certain someone......
The fact that Intuit owns Mint.com now is probably a good indicator that Mint.com is on its way out too. I have Mint.com, but it's just no replacement for my desktop Quicken.
Actually its the opposite. Intuit now point you towards mint.com instead of their own QuickenOnline, so I think their plan is to move to mint.com, and probably phase out QuickenOnline.
I like the clouds.
Cloud Financing... One day you have a solid investment/retirement portfolio then POOF, the next day you don't...
Agree that this software is way too expensive for the features. Plus it only took them forever to come up with this. Been promising a Mac version forever.
Quit whining. You knew that there was little software available when you bought a Mac!
Do we hate Intuit now, like we hate Adobe?
You don't even own a Mac. Quit pretending like you have a stake in this...
For anyone else, Quicken for Mac *used* to have those features in previous versions.