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On the other hand, it means I donР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›t have to use Quicken or deal with Intuit anymore. And since Direct Access is a subscription, I pay it annually. On one hand, this means iBank costs me a bit more than $59.99 for the app. The solution is a subscription to IGGР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s Direct Access service for $39.99 a year. Which brings me to my only gripe about iBank: While itР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s possible to pay bills and download data directly from many banks at no additional cost, my bank wasnР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›t one of them. You provide Payee Details the first time you make a payment to someone After that, just fill in the blanks and click Continue to send a payment Paying bills this way rocks Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™ no printing, no paper, no envelopes, no stamps, just a few clicks and IР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›m done. And thatР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s my favorite feature -Р В РІР‚в„ўР вЂ™Р’В paying any bill by typing a few characters and clicking the Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўsend paymentР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ button. After testing close to a dozen programs that didnР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›t meet my requirements, I found iBank, from IGG Software, which not only imported my Quicken data flawlessly, it also lets me pay any bill electronically with just a few keystrokes. * The complete column appears at the end of this one Next: I Found It - iBank 5 - I Found It - iBank 5 I had but two criteria for a replacement: my new personal finance program had to import Quicken data, and it had to let me pay bills electronically (i.e. And it has discontinued the Mac version at least twice since IР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›ve been a user.

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For one thing, I donР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›t trust Intuit, which has shown a remarkable lack of respect for Mac users over the years.Р В РІР‚СњР В РІР‚РЋor example, it has frequently updated Windows versions while there hasnР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›t been a new Mac release since 2007. Did that make me happy? HereР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s what I said in January 2012: I know I ought to be thrilled that Intuit will provide a Lion-compatible version Quicken 2007 sometime in 2012, but IР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›m not. * The complete column appears at the end of this one Four months later Intuit updated Quicken to run on Macs with Intel processors.

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So, as soon as I install Lion I lose the ability to use Quicken as well as a couple of hundred other PowerPC apps on my hard disk (but none of which I consider mission critical).

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The problem is that Mac OS X 10.7 Lion doesnР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›t include support for Rosetta. You see, Quicken for Mac 2007 (as well as Quicken for Mac 20) were built for the ancient PowerPC processor and were only able to run on modern Intel-based Macs by the grace of an Apple technology known as Rosetta. And the reason IР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›m not ready is that at least one application I consider mission critical -Р В РІР‚в„ўР вЂ™Р’В Quicken for Mac 2007 -Р В РІР‚в„ўР вЂ™Р’В will cease to function after I install Lion.

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Fast-forward 14 years and Intuit/Quicken was still a thorn in my side, as I ranted in an August, 2011 column: The second and far more significant reason is that IР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›m not ready to upgrade my main Mac. Sadly, I never found anything that came close to meeting my needs. And trust me, since I had to import 10 or more years of financial data into each program for testing, IР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›d have been delighted to never open Quicken again. I knowbut I tried at least a dozen programs over the years, and I didnР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›t find a single one that worked for me. * The complete column appears at the end of this one Believe it or not, IР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›ve been looking for a personal finance solution for the Mac since then.

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Like Howard Beale, the mad prophet of the airwaves in the movie Network, I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore. And you can bet that I won't shop and apply for mortgage and life insurance online at either. Furthermore, I will never visit their Web site, nor will I take advantage of their 'extended personal finance capabilities' at. I won't use MacInTax, even if they don't kill it next year. The conversions work reliably and require that you export data first from the previously-used software. Quicken Essentials has a conversion feature for data from Quicken for Windows, Microsoft Money, and older Quicken Mac versions. As soon as I find a replacement, I'm throwing out my copy of Quicken. At the time I wrote: I don't know about you, but I'm done with Intuit. Way back in May of 1998, when Apple was at the depths of the death knell era, Intuit abruptly discontinued Quicken for the Macintosh. Intuit, as you probably know, has no love for Mac users.

MacР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s Rants & Raves Episode #98 I love managing my finances on my Mac, but I have never liked depending upon Intuit or its Quicken for Mac products.