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Software QuickBooks Pro 2007 for Mac (Mac)

Domain Name Com's - Software : QuickBooks Pro 2007 for Mac (Mac)

- Clunky but popular (I don't know why)
I purchased this because my accountant said it is what everybody seems to use. I worked with it for a couple of days and then had had enough. If you started with this and knew nothing else I suppose you would be happy. Problem is I've used MYOB for years and when you go to this product there is a lot missing. It may be popular but then we all know that's not always an indication of what is best for the job. You really might want to check out MYOB. The cost between getting this and keeping it updated and MYOB and keeping it updated is perhaps $50 higher, but then if you are trying to work around limitations, trying to find features that don't exist, that $50 savings fast becomes at your own folly. MYOB allows 5 separate data files with no additonal upgrade, and for me that was where I am, and where I should have stayed. I had tried the QuickBooks trial but never could stick with it long enought before the trial would expire. Buying it did force me all the way thru its paces, it's just it has little to offer. Much of the time I spent in testing it was to try to find options. I'm not sure why most all the operations are menus deep and unintuitive but the time testing it is not in use but in trying to figure it out. Bad software on the surface, bad software in deep. Popular or not, I pass.

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- Cannot adjust check layout
QBPro only includes three check layouts without any ability to adjust individual fields on the check. This is an issue since the default voucher layout prints the $amount directly on top of the pre printed "AMOUNT" on my voucher check. You can move the layout as a whole, but that moves all content- which in my case is properly positioned (except for the amount). Downloading the trial version is GOOD advice - try before you buy.

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- Better, but still issues
Its nice that Intuit is continuing to update Quickbooks. I have been using the Windows verison for years, generally in Virtual PC (SLOW!!!!), and have looked at the Mac version each time a new version has come out. This one finally got enough of the funcitonality to be useful, namely being able to share files with the Windows version (for my accountant) and online downloads. And it was universal binary. So, I ordered a copy and shifted over to it last month. The transition seems to be fine. It read my QB2005 files, and all the data looks good.

However, yesterday, I went to print some 1099 forms. Fire up Quickbooks, go to the print forms menu.. no 1099 item. Bring up the online help, it said to go to the print forms menu and pick the 1099 item.. well, its just NOT there. I suppose I should try contacting Intuit tech support about it, but my last encounter with them, a few years ago, was not exactly pleasant.

So, I dont know what other features are missing, but I wont be surprised if there are some.

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- Some problems are QuickBooks, some problems are Mac
I'm a long time user of Microsoft Money on Windows, and spend at least an hour a week entering bank statements, bills, etc. When I bought QuickBooks for Mac for my single-proprietor consultant startup, I thought I would switch to all my accounting with QB. After about 10 hours of pain, I abandoned doing personal accounting in QB, and decided the easiest path was double-entry (no, not that double entry). The pain inflicted by QB was:
* Can't track current prices of stocks, etc. - just the initial and sale price
* Can't easily split a paycheck (from another company) into tax, health care, etc - at best, it is a two-step process, after setting up an account for each category
* Nearly impossible to mix business and personal expenses
So, it is good for a business with separate bank accounts, separate credit cards, etc., but not for someone who is trying to minimize the time and expense of a part-time consulting business. But, when you pretend you do have separate accounts, it does the expected thing. It encouraged me to open a business checking account (luckily, free), which I wasn't planning to do.

The Mac version is the source of the other problems. My biggest reason for going with QB was because my accountant encouraged it, mostly for the "review copy" option, allowing an accountant to make changes on his copy while I continue to use my copy. QB for Mac, while priced as high as the QB for Windows versions, does not have this feature. So, I will be making paper statements while my accountant works on the books for tax time. At least I can export a QB for Windows version, and import the result (at least, the docs claim I can do this)

However, free software updates come about once a month. I wouldn't be surprised if I get the accountant's copy feature by February. But I'm not counting on it (I imagine it won't show up until QB 2008, if then).

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- Love it!
This was a great investment.... it helps me save so much money in time alone!

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