The call ended with an all too familiar bottom line which was that the backups were all bad so they didn't help. (This has been a common tech support comment for me) I've only tried to use Quicken for personal finance tracking, no securities tracking and the heavier features (thank goodness). Last year, I was told by Quicken support during a call I paid for that I had too many accounts and the database was too large. I counted 13 different sets of Quicken datasets which have been left hanging on my various hard drives over these years as I found out through different support calls that I would have to discard a corrupted database and start over. I have struggled with Quicken (currently Q07) for many, many years (back into the 90's). I'm still using Quicken Home & Business on an aging pc (sigh, just upgraded to Quicken H&B 2012) because there is nothing even remotely comparable to it on Macs. reports are very basic with very limited customization. tax category support is useless to nearly non-existent. there seems to be more emphasis on having a pretty UI than on capabilities. Even though they are the best of the lot, they still have a long way to go to be truly useful. Last month I installed iBank and Moneydance on my Mac to evaluate the current versions of each. But if you want to do meaningful recordkeeping and reporting, print checks, tax categorization, etc.
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If all you want to do is keep a transaction register, almost any of the apps will suffice.
#Ibank vs quicken for mac software
That said, you might start by checking out Mac Personal Finance Software Reviews
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everyone wants it, but no one can find it. So far, good financial software for Macs is like the holy grail.