Quicken 2003 for Mac

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Summary: A Good Product - But not as robust as the WIndows Version
Review: I recently switched from Windows to Mac and after reading the negative reviews here about this product I purchased it with trepidation. Quicken 2003 for the Mac has worked well for me. I have not encountered any bugs but the program is basic compared with the Windows version. I miss the page that summarizes all financial information. Yet the Mac version does the job and I am happy to have it for my Mac. I find it runs very smoothly.

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Summary: A Good Product - But not as robust as the WIndows Version
Review: I recently switched from Windows to Mac and after reading the negative reviews here about this product I purchased it with trepidation. Quicken 2003 for the Mac has worked well for me. I have not encountered any bugs but the program is basic compared with the Windows version. I miss the page that summarizes all financial information. Yet the Mac version does the job and I am happy to have it for my Mac. I find it runs very smoothly.

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Summary: Why monopolies are bad
Review: I switched from Windows (XP) to Mac OS X. Everything is better on the Mac, save Quicken. I used Quicken 2001 on my PC, so I expected Quicken 2003 for Macs to be an improvement. Wrong.

Quicken 2003 doesn't allow for as much customization of views as the PC version of two years earlier. Also, there's no home inventory, which Quicken 2001 for my PC had. Most importantly, I am can't upload my portfolio and balances to Quicken's website, which is one of the features I used to use the most. I had been in contact with a tech at Intuit's support group, but he eventually stopped responding to my e-mails. It doesn't crash on me regularly, but it does occur more often than with any of my other programs.

Two years down the road and the software is worse. Unfortunately, everything I've read about 2004 actually makes it sound worse! Too bad there are no other options - a little compeition might force Intuit to actually improve its product.

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Summary: Switcher gone Quicken
Review: I was dependent on MS Money on the PC then switched to Mac (have no idea why I waited so long) then had to buy Quicken. Great program but there isn't a MS Money conversion program built in. I had to recreate 6 years of data with importing and file manipulation! Either Mr. Gates needs to capitalize on the Mac market for Money or Intuit needs to get on the ball with "Switchers"! Overall, a solid performer on OS X. Takes a while to get used to from an entry point of view but it is the best so far.

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Summary: Switch with care
Review: I'm a switcher, moving from PC to Mac. I love Mac OS X, it's what made me switch. I'm disappointed in Quicken 2003 for the Mac. There's no direct import of PC data, you have to export things as .QIF files following a strict recipe. When I did that, I got whopping big numbers in my portfolios. I never knew I was a billionaire. It turns out there's some glitch that can be found by graphing the value of a stock and finding where the price skyrockets, then entering a real price for that day. There is also no Quicken 2003 for the Mac support page at Intuit yet. Lastly, there's a problem with the date entry fields where you only can see the year/month but no date. I have not tracked that down yet. Call it beta software, switch with care. Maybe wait for the next version.

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Summary: Extremely disappointed. Mac version getting worse...
Review: I'm extremely disappointed with Quicken 2003 for the Macintosh and, judging by the other negative Amazon reviews, I'm not alone. I've been a Quicken user (both Mac and PC) since 1993 and I've evangelized it to friends, family and coworkers. Unfortunately, the latest Mac versions seem to be getting worse with each release.

Specific issues in 2003 that are giving me problems:

- Inability to download account data with multiple customer IDs
- Inability to use Web connect with Citibank (despite indication on the Intuit website to the contrary)
- Overall sluggishness and instability

I'm running R4 (the latest patch), but there seem to be fundamental flaws or limitations that keep the Mac version from acheiving functional parity with Windows. My experience with this version is contrary to the vast majority of all Macintosh applications (i.e., they just work like they should, letting you focus the the task you're trying to complete): I've spent much more time trying to get this to function than I have managing my finances...

I urge Intuit to commit the resources required to return Quicken for the Mac to the level of usability and functionality that we've come to expect from them.

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Summary: Just as good as always...
Review: I'm not sure why some other reviewers have said they've had issues. My was a clean install with no problems whatsoever. And after 10 months, I have yet to have any difficulty with it. I've even set up my Roth IRA, 401k, Rollover IRA, and some other investments with little pain and effort. And it goes out and updates my portfolio with the click of a button.

I've even got my PC friends to start using Quicken. They're obsessed with seeing where they've been spending their money.

It's another quality product for Intuit with great ease use packaged with a nice Aqua interface.

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Summary: BEWARE 2003 upgrade for Mac OS X! Rating: MINUS 5 stars!
Review: I've been using 2000 for Mac since it came out and was very happy with it. Since upgrading to 2003, I've had nothing but trouble. Downloading transactions is a nightmare with constant freezes. There are phantom transactions that don't match anything and then disappear. Select one transaction and you can't unselect it. Select one transaction and you frequently have only the option of accepting all not just the one highlighted. Matches that read exactly the same in the downloads and register are not marked as matches so if you accept, you have a double entry. Opening and closing the window doesn't help. Restart the program and your downloaded transactions look the same but the balance in your register is suddenly doubled! I want to go back to 2000, but now that won't version connect to my bank. DO NOT GET 2003 FOR MAC!

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Summary: Is there an alternative?
Review: I've been using Quicken for Mac since it's first version many years ago thinking that with each upgrade the bugs would be fixed, I can't do it any longer, I've lost too many recorded transactions especially in split transactions. I've complained to Intuit about this for years, but can't get past the untrained phone support. Does anyone know of an alternative? I'd be willing to pay 4 times more just for the satisfaction of knowing my banking data is safely recorded. What good is a banking program that loses transactions, what do I tell the IRS?

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Summary: Don't buy this until it's fixed!
Review: I've been using Quicken since it was invented (cir. 1988) - and version 1.0 that ran on my 8088 PC was better than this one. Not only were my files scrambled beyond repair when converting from Q-99, but electronic bill pay was totally scrambled. Intuit's help line was a little use - though they didn't charge me their hourly rate.
To make matters worse, once you start using '03, with Wells Fargo bank, I was *unable* to revert back to the old version. You're stuck!
Intuit came out with a patch, but it still doesn't fix irritating bugs like windows being resized and moved on each startup, and the "customize reports" pane is chopped off halfway (I'm serious - this is a glaring bug!).
I'm w-a-y dissapointed in Intuit that they'd release such a buggy piece of software.