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Quicken Personal Finances 2007 for Mac |  | From: Intuit, Inc.
Category: Software
List Price: $69.95
Buy New: $51.93
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Seller: tonysmusicbox
Rating:  194 reviews
Sales Rank: 91
Format: CD-ROM
Platform: Mac OS X
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Mac OS X
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 2 x 8 x 6
MPN: 298337
Model: 298339
UPC: 028287013926
EAN: 0028287013902
ASIN: B000GI0HR2
Release Date: August 13, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | No rebate needed - not eligible for Intuit mail in rebates. | | • | Schedule bills payments in iCal; never miss another bill due date again | | • | Easily track and analyze the performance of your stocks, bonds, mutual funds, IRA's and 401(k)'s | | • | Use iPhoto to create visual portfolio of your valuables; ideal for insurance applications and claims | | • | Keeps all your tax documents in one place; connect to your online accounts in minutes |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Track, save and invest with the ultimate personal financial Mac management software created for the Macintosh platform. Manage your money on your Mac with this comprehensive personal finance software for the Mac platform. It's been designed for - and by - Mac users and offers special Mac exclusives.Easily download and track your 401(k) portfolio. Quicken Mac 2007 makes it possible for you to download your 401(k) information - share holdings, daily prices and more - so you can easily monitor your retirement investments and plan for the future. Know precisely what your balances and holdings are. Synchronize your balances and share information for a quick and clear picture of your investments.Quicken Mac 2007 enables more detailed paycheck tracking. Now you can enter all of the deductions from your gross paycheck to more closely follow where this key piece of income is going. Plan ahead for tax time by entering the amount you've paid in state and federal taxes, medical benefits, FICA, and personal spending accounts or retirement plans.Now there's a fast and easy way to enter your expenses - without launching the entire Quicken Mac 2007 application. Simply click the QuickEntry Widget in your Dashboard, enter the amount, and it'll be automatically recorded. Added security and encryption makes it easy for you to back up your Quicken data files to Mac. Product Description: Quicken Mac 2007 - complete package Category: Home / entertainment / lifestyle applications Subcategory: Home / life - personal finance / tax preparation License Type: Complete package License Qty: 1 user License Pricing: Standard Language(s): English Platform: MacOS Distribution Media: CD-ROM Package Type: Retail OS Required: Apple MacOS X 10.3.9, Apple MacOS X 10.4.6 or later, Apple MacOS X 10.4.5
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If you're a Mac user, Quicken 2007 for Mac is exactly what you want to manage all of your finances. With Quicken for Mac, you can track, save and invest with the ultimate personal financial management software created for the Macintosh platform. Quicken for Mac now delivers all the most important features and benefits of Quicken Deluxe 2007 for Windows -- along with exciting Mac exclusives that leverage the full power of the Macintosh operating system. Get help choosing which version of Quicken 2007 is right for you. View a chart of Quicken 2007 for Mac's top features. 
Track your expenses in minute detail so you can manage your budget more effectively. View larger. | 
Quicken 2007 for Mac helps you easily track and analyze the performance of your stocks, bonds, mutual funds, IRA's and 401(k)'s View larger. | 
Use OSX's iPhoto to create a visual record of your home inventory. View larger. | The Ultimate Financial Management Tool
Quicken for Mac 2006 is the comprehensive personal finance software for the Mac platform. It's been designed for -- and by -- Mac users, and lets you track all of your expenses and manage your cash. By keeping track of your income and expenses with a Mac-exclusive iCal feature, you can easily manage your household cash flow and avoid unpleasant surprises. Visualizing exactly where you money is going will help you to more easily manage your spending. Quicken can also help you pay bills, balance your accounts and reconcile bank statements more easily than ever. An improved access to all of your accounts from one place and with just one password, along with improved compatibility with more than 4,000 participating financial institutions, means that you'll have all the information you need about your balances at your fingertips at all times. And when April 15 comes around, the software will help you to organize your tax information so you can easily find the tax deductions you deserve. This makes tax time much less stressful. If you need to track your investments, Quicken 2007 for Mac is designed to help by letting you easily track and analyze the performance of your stocks, bonds, mutual funds, IRA's and 401(k)'s. By putting all of your investment accounts at the tip of your fingers, you can quickly compare your portfolio to market averages so you can see how you're doing. With the software's powerful investment management tools, you can define your goals and conduct your own research. Quicken Premier also sends you investment alerts. You can get the latest news on your favorite stocks and funds so you can make informed and timely decisions. Intelligent and tax-smart investing insights alert you to more tax-efficient investments, opportunities to offset capital gains or losses or when other taxable events occur. Mac-Exclusive Features
While Quicken 2007 for Mac gives you all of the robust financial management features of the Quicken programs for Windows, it has the added advantage of offering features that you can only find on a Mac. For instance, you can use Mac's iPhoto to create a visual record of your home inventory. Using pictures of your home inventory from your iPhoto library is a unique and terrific way for expediting insurance claims and maintaining a visual track of your assets. Simply take digital shots of your rooms, furniture and valuables, then add them to your Home Inventory records within seconds. Quicken 2007 for Mac makes it unbelievably easy -- and fun! -- to track all your home valuables.
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Works just fine, no problems February 11, 2007
Ted K. (Fairview Heights IL)
43 out of 47 found this review helpful
I have been a Mac user for 20 years, but I also have used Windows, and I have used both Mac and Windows versions of Quicken. Over time, I have stayed with the Mac version because, frankly, I like it better. It doesn't have all the extras of the Windows version, but I consider that a plus. It has a straightforward interface, downloads work fine and easier than the Windows version, and it's easier to work with accounts and transactions.
I had been using Quicken 2005 for the Mac. Based on other reviews, I hesitated to upgrade. I decided to wait until Release 2. The installation and conversion worked fine. Everything transferred over without a hitch (I have six-plus years of transactions in 40-50 accounts, including some now closed). Since the upgrade, everything is running just fine.
I upgraded primarily for two new features -- the ability to do estimated taxes using the current tax year's numbers, and the ability to back up automatically to my .mac account. I had been backing up by saving a copy and then manually copying it to my .mac folder. The new backup is fast and easy, much faster than the old manual version. Also, making a local backup seems much faster than before.
In short, everything is working just fine. If you install the software, then install Release 2, then open your data file, you should have the same experience as I did, unless perhaps there is some pre-existing corruption in your old data. My data file is 7.7 MB, and it's working flawlessly.
Works just fine, no problems February 11, 2007
Ted K. (Fairview Heights IL)
31 out of 34 found this review helpful
I have been a Mac user for 20 years, but I also have used Windows, and I have used both Mac and Windows versions of Quicken. Over time, I have stayed with the Mac version because, frankly, I like it better. It doesn't have all the extras of the Windows version, but I consider that a plus. It has a straightforward interface, downloads work fine and easier than the Windows version, and it's easier to work with accounts and transactions.
I had been using Quicken 2005 for the Mac. Based on other reviews, I hesitated to upgrade. I decided to wait until Release 2. The installation and conversion worked fine. Everything transferred over without a hitch (I have six-plus years of transactions in 40-50 accounts, including some now closed). Since the upgrade, everything is running just fine.
I upgraded primarily for two new features -- the ability to do estimated taxes using the current tax year's numbers, and the ability to back up automatically to my .mac account. I had been backing up by saving a copy and then manually copying it to my .mac folder. The new backup is fast and easy, much faster than the old manual version. Also, making a local backup seems much faster than before.
In short, everything is working just fine. If you install the software, then install Release 2, then open your data file, you should have the same experience as I did, unless perhaps there is some pre-existing corruption in your old data. My data file is 7.7 MB, and it's working flawlessly.
Personal financial management software February 21, 2009
paul grandmaison (Walpole, NH USA)
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
It is really unfortunate that Quicken 2007 Mac gets such bad reviews from so many people. It was because of this that I had avoided buying it, but finally decided to give it a try, and I am really glad that I did. I really think that it is the best personal financial management software available.
I am saying this after taking a look at iBank which seemed to run more slowly as the database size increased according to a number of reviews. I didn't try running a large database on it myself, so I can't say from personal experience, but I wanted to avoid that problem, so I didn't take it further. I also took a look at Moneydance. A lot of people seem to like this software, but I found the interface to be less polished and it felt a bit like I was running some old modified DOS based software. Neither one allowed me to access my bank account data online and download it.
To put my comments here in context, I am a CPA and I generally find Intuit's marketing methods despicable and generally would prefer not to buy any product made by them. It is because of that that I am writing this review with some reluctance. However, I feel obliged to counter the bad and or misleading reviews that can be read here with the hope that someone can benefit from my experience with the product.
The first thing I did when I bought Quicken 2007 Mac was to see if I could connect with my bank in a rural part of the northeastern USA. I scanned the list of available banks and was amazed to find my bank listed!
Quicken provides readily accessible instructions on how to download transactions from your bank. I didn't know how far back I could go, so the first time I just tried creating an import file from 1/1/09 through today following the clear instructions in Quicken. That imported really easily, so I thought I would go back and see if I could import my bank account activity for all of 2008. Again I was able to without any problem other than a lot of the check numbers not showing who the payee was. But now I have all of my transactions back to 1/1/07 and my Quicken data reconciles to my bank balance to the penny. I am editing imported transactions to show payees and categories now, and it goes pretty quickly.
In one of the reviews below someone indicates that you cannot download and import transactions from your bank into Quicken 2007 Mac. I suppose it may not be possible with all banks, but do not have the time to determine that. In any case, I was able to with no problem from my little locally owned bank, so I question the accuracy of that statement.
If you read the reviews closely, a lot of them contain complaints about migrating data from a Window version of Quicken. I cannot address that issue as I did not try doing that. However, I think that it is important to put the rating these reviews give the product in context, so a low rating because of that issue may not be relevant to you.
Another reviewer indicated that there was a problem with Quicken 2007 Mac on Macs that have an Intel chip. I found this interesting as I am running the software on a Macbook that has an Intel chip running Mac OS X 10.5.6 and have found no problems. The only hitch I found was trying to add categories as entered transactions. I got an error message that a file was missing and I had to reinstall Quicken. I did that, and can now add categories on the fly. Some people have also complained about it being clunky. I found it to be a little bit too, until I went into preferences and made some changes like not asking me for a confirmation when I want to change a transaction.
Some people say running Quicken for Windows in a virtual machine is the way to go. I could have easily done that as I run quite a bit of Windows software in a virtual machine, but I wanted to be able to access Quicken straight from my dock. I also have Quicken Home and Business 2000 loaded in my virtual machine, but will be taking it off as I like Quickbooks 2007 Mac better, if for no other reason than the ability to directly download transactions online from my bank.
One thing to keep in mind though is that you can run into problems if you are going to try converting data files from an old version or a Windows version. Around 2004 or 2005, the format base of the data files were changed and that can cause some incompatibility.
As an example, in 2007 I wanted to convert a Quicken Mac file to QuickBooks for Windows. To do it I had to have Quicken Mac 2005, and first convert the data to that software before I could convert it to a Quicken for Windows file and then to a QuickBooks for Windows file. It ended up coming out fine, but there were a few hoops to jump through. Luckily I found someplace online where I could get Quicken Mac 2005.
So, depending on your situation, you may find that Quicken 2007 Mac will work great for you. I just wouldn't make a decision not to buy it based only on the low average rating given to it here. For me, I find the interface to be really enjoyable and am finding personal financial management to be fun again.
Much better than Money, no bugs for personal user October 13, 2007
Elias McMasters
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
I'm not sure why people gave this a bad review. I switched to Quicken after switching to a mac and learning that Microsoft doesn't make Money for Macs. To my pleasant surprise, Quicken is a million times better. I can do everything I did on Money, and then some, easier. I haven't run into any bugs yet, but it looks like those are affecting business users more. I mainly just use Quicken to track my checking, credit, and loan accounts, and it's worked great for me.
Haven't Had Any Problems Whatsoever!?? June 8, 2007
Leebo (USA)
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
I received this copy of Quicken 2007 for Mac preloaded on my Intel iMac. I love it. It works flawlessly (knock on wood). I've never had it crash or lock up on me once! It backs up to my .Mac account and prints reports, budgets, lists, accounts, anything. I like the way it autofills lines and automatically adds the decimal points. I've been using Quickbooks Pro 2007 for Mac for my business. I wish it was nearly as good as this Quicken. It stinks. I think it should get 2 stars only. I'm really suprised to see all the complaints and bad reviews. I think it is a highly polished piece of software. It makes me wonder if the preloaded software is somehow better? I don't know.
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