Q: What is the best Mac-compatible Alternative to Quicken and why?

Thanks. I missed it was for Q '07, non-Lion version.

I'm a Quicken 2006 user on a PC.  I have a new MacBook Pro OS 10.9.2 and want to continue using Quicken.  I tried Quicken Essentials and did not like it.

With the OS I have on this system should I purchase Quicken 2007 for Mac or Quicken 2007 Lion?

Quicken 2007 Lion will run on Lion through Mavericks. Whether or not you can import your PC Quicken data to it is left as an exercise, since I don't do windoze stuff.

Actually it will run on Snow Leopard, Lion, Mt. Lion and Mavericks; $15 full version download from Intuit:

http://quicken.intuit.com/personal-finance-software/quicken-2007-osx-lion.jsp

And, here is Intuit's support document for conversion from Quicken PC to Quicken Mac:

https://quicken.intuit.com/support/help/how-do-i-convert-quicken-for-windows-fil es-to-quicken-for-mac-/GEN82890.html

Since the OP was running 10.9, I didn't think mentioning SL would be useful. Thanks for the conversion link. That should help the OP.

Since you already pointed out "Lion through Mavericks" I thought the statement should be made complete for all else who might read it: Snow Leopard through Mavericks.

Actually YOU pointed out the way to me for this conversion link in your earlier post:

https://discussions.apple.com/message/25220406#25220406

Use Boot Camp Assistant to run Windows in your Mac and continue running Quicken for Windows.

I am amazed that Intuit can do similar versions of TurboTax for Windows and Mac, but can not do a decent version of Quicken for the Mac.

dansauer wrote:

 

Use Boot Camp Assistant to run Windows in your Mac and continue running Quicken for Windows.

I am amazed that Intuit can do similar versions of TurboTax for Windows and Mac, but can not do a decent version of Quicken for the Mac.

Why do you think that Quicken 2007 for Mac is not a "decent" version?

In your experience, what is missing from Quicken 2007 for Mac that is included in Quicken for PC?

I have been using Quicken for many years (starting with DOS and continuing with Windows) and started paying my bills with Quicken as soon as it became available, and have been doing it since.

The fact that they have not included this feature in the Mac version is impossible for me to understand.

I was a DOS person, and then a Windows person, but when Apple went to Intel processors and Macs could run Windows I switched, and now I use Windows just to run Quicken, for everything else I use OSX.

Thank you for this information: I was not aware that Quicken for PC had a bill-paying module.

Is this implemented through the internet, or does Quicken for PC just allow you to then print a check and then post it?

If it is implemented through the internet, are you satisfied with that aspect of online security now in a post-Target internet security breach world?

Bills are paid from your bank account linked with Quicken. If the merchant you want to pay accepts electronic payments, Quicken sends the pmt electronically, otherwise, sends a check on your behalf by mail. With a single entry in Quicken for each pmt and a quick transmission, your bills are paid.

I believe the internet security pre-Target or post-Target is up to the user to keep an eye on his/her accounts and the use of good passwords. After all this years using Quicken (knock on wood) I still have to have a problem (hope this comment doesn't jinx me).

If your bank has Bill Pay (or similar) you can schedule your payments at no charges and add your payments via Repeating Transactions which can automatically enter them in your account in Quicken 2007 for Mac -the latest -not Essentials yuk!

I have been doing this for years and continued when I started using  Quicken 2007 for Mac

quicken.intuit.com

$14.99 for Download or a little more for the CD

I've downloaded 3 times to 2 iMacs and MacBookPro

I don't handle portfolios / stocks through Quicken, however.

Just one more input for you: wait until Quicken comes out with a true Mac Quicken program. I've been a Quicken PC user for many years. Running 2013 Premier currently on my PC laptop after converting my desktop to iMAC 27" last year. I started searching for Mac compatibles when we got an Apple laptop two years ago. I've tried Quicken 2007 for Mac, iBank, one I can't remember and now Quicken Essentials. None of them give what I need for access to financial institutions, mutual funds, or budgeting. The conversion process is always cumbersome and flawed. Some need you to truncate account names, most drop info or double list transactions, don't handle closed accounts well, etc. I keep the laptop PC Quicken as primary and run Essentials on the Mac as a backup. Quicken support via phone promised me months ago that an Apple version that was closer to the PC capabilities was to be coming out mid-year. Perhaps. I'm hoping. Otherwise we are left in the cold.

Really!?!

You're telling the OP, who posted in May, 2013 to continue to wait for Godot?

How about just using Quicken 2007 for Mac, available for $15 from Intuit NOW, while he's waiting?

http://quicken.intuit.com/personal-finance-software/quicken-2007-osx-lion.jsp

I concur - Quicken 2007 works well for me. Quicken Essentials is awful.