Software programs for personal finance compatible with Macs

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<p>I think I started a thread about this many years ago, and with all the responses I got, I eventually ended up purchasing Quicken to manage our finances. Which was fine until two years ago when I decided to go with a MacBook.</p>

<p>So then I purchased Quicken Essentials (2010) for MacBook about a year after the laptop purchase, but never got around to installing the program. This past week, I had to upgrade my OS to Lion because I use iCloud. So tonight I decided to install the Quicken Essentials program, and kept getting an error message whenever I’d try to open it. In researching my error message, I saw how many people absolutely hated Quicken Essentials now with Lion OS.</p>

<p>So before I put all the work into entering data, I started looking into other personal finance programs. iBank got good reviews, and I downloaded a free 30-day trial program, but discovered our credit union is not supported. I do know that our credit union supports Quicken, so now I’m back to trying to figure out if it’s worth it to go back to Quicken and try to figure out the error message. When I try to open Quicken, I get a box that says, “No document could be created.” My computer says there are no software updates for the Quicken version I have, although I find that hard to believe since I purchased it over a year ago. (Actually my computer says all my software is up to date).</p>

<p>Anyone have any user-friendly personal finance software programs they’d recommend for a MacBook Pro?</p>

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<p>I’d suggest installing VirtualBox for Mac OS X, spending about $90 for a Windows 7 Home OEM license and running your old quicken on it. Note that you’ll need at least 4 GB on your Mac.</p>

<p>Edit: I did this several years ago for two applications that only run on Windows. I tried WINE (Windows Emulator) and Boot Camp to run my Windows applications. WINE provided about 97% compatibility which wasn’t enough. With Boot Camp I had to reboot to Windows to run those applications and I couldn’t run Mac OS X applications at the same time. Using a Virtual Machine allows me to run Windows and Mac OS X applications at the same time.</p>

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<p>I kinda like splash money</p>

<p>[Mac</a> Personal Finance Software Reviews](<a href=“http://financialsoft.about.com/od/macsoftware/tp/Mac-Software-Choices.htm]Mac”>Best Personal Finance Software Options of 2023)</p>

<p>heres some more.
<a href=“http://www.macworld.com/article/1161401/lion_personal_finance_quicken_alternatives.html[/url]”>http://www.macworld.com/article/1161401/lion_personal_finance_quicken_alternatives.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>EK4 - just about every program mentioned in those two links are ones I also looked at when doing my research. The top ones mentioned and/or reviewed tend to be iBank, Mint, and Splash.</p>

<p>What I may need to do is wait until my credit union opens in the morning and call them and ask what software programs are supported by their system. That seems to be the major glitch for me.</p>

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<p>I like Fortora Fresh Finance. Not sure what credit union you use but it’s worth a look. I love that’s it’s really easy to use, it has very clean screens I can’t stand other software that has complicated busy screens. [People</a> Friendly Personal Finance Software, Money Management, Budgeting | Fortora](<a href=“http://www.fortora.com%5DPeople”>http://www.fortora.com)</p>