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Microsoft Money, but for Mac???

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emac82

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Feb 17, 2007
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I am looking for something that would be like Microsoft Money, but for Mac...I know I could set up something in Excel, but something where I could just help budget my money, and import my bank statements and stuff..

I have Parallels but I would rather something for Mac.
 
emac82 said:
I am looking for something that would be like Microsoft Money, but for Mac...I know I could set up something in Excel, but something where I could just help budget my money, and import my bank statements and stuff..

I have Parallels but I would rather something for Mac.
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I hadn't really though of this when i purchased my Mac but it would be nice to know if there is something like MS Money for Mac
 
- Quicken for Mac
- Coming "soon"... Online Quicken (platform independent, runs in a browser. I'm waiting for it).
- Numerous freeware and shareware alternatives, check here... three on the first page today Mac OS X Downloads
 
CashGap said:
- Quicken for Mac
- Coming "soon"... Online Quicken (platform independent, runs in a browser. I'm waiting for it).
- Numerous freeware and shareware alternatives, check here... three on the first page today Mac OS X Downloads
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I live in Canada. I don't think Quicken is available? Although...I won't be using it for payroll or taxes...
 
emac82 said:
I am looking for something that would be like Microsoft Money, but for Mac...I know I could set up something in Excel, but something where I could just help budget my money, and import my bank statements and stuff..

I have Parallels but I would rather something for Mac.
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Have you taken a look at Moneydance (http://moneydance.com/)? They have versions for the Mac as well as for Linux and Windows. I have not used it yet, but it seems very full-featured. As a recent convert to the Mac I am planning on testing it out soon, but maybe running Microsoft Money on Parallels for a while first.
 
I've been using MYBO for over 14 years. I like it, though it may be a little more money than you want to spend.
 
Although I still have a PC at home that I could continue to run MS Money on, I wanted all my financial data on the Mac. I bought Quicken for Mac (2005?). Two years later, I still miss my MS Money. It just worked better for me. I have learned to deal with the different way that Quicken works. Once I get an Intel Mac, I may use Parallels and move back to MS Money.

Then again, I'm about to start developing my own budgeting software application and will probably add checking/savings accounts to it and a balancing mechanism and the abandon Quicken.
 
Having used MS Money in the past, using this under Parallels may be the best option.

I have used MoneyDance on both a PC and Mac and it works pretty well (although I couldn't get the budget to work - could be just me).

I have now switched to iBank. It's not perfect and has crashed a couple of times (luckily it autosaves very regularly). It is however a purely Mac application and this shows. One thing I did do was to get rid of the default categories and use the MS Money ones that I found online somewhere.

My conclusion is that there is no one ideal solution for personal finance software for Macs and you are best to try several apps (many have free trial versions) to see what fits your needs and you feel most comfortable with.
 
I want to start using MS Money because I also have a Windows Mobile 5 PDA and thought I could sync up with Pocket money. I'm probably going to depend on Parallels for running this.
 
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