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![]() I’ve resisted this switch thus far because I’m anxious that, in the end, I will not be satisfied with Essentials. And this is what I will probably do — hoping for the best. Besides, given Intuit’s poor track record regarding support for the Mac, I’m skeptical that we will ever see this vapor-product anyway.How does Intuit suggest I resolve my dilemma? Its primary recommendation is for me switch to Quicken Essentials for the Mac. It’s time to bite the bullet. I’ve procrastinated too long already. What makes me most anxious about moving to Essentials is that it’s a one-way street. It’s pretty much Essentials or a non-Intuit product.In considering Essentials, its feature limitations are not my main concern. Neither option appeals to me. Otherwise, if you’re willing to run Windows on your Mac, you can use the full-featured Windows version of Quicken. If you like to live in the clouds, you can use the company’s mint.com service. On the up side, as of version 1.5, you can at least print checks with Essentials (addressing a critical prior concern of mine).Intuit offers two other alternatives for Quicken 2007 users. Tidy up for mac reviewWhile you can export Quicken 2007 data to Essentials under Snow Leopard (I’ve already tested this out and it works fine), you can’t do the export after you’ve upgraded to Lion — because the necessary converter software won’t run under Lion! For the same reason, if you want to export you Quicken 2007 data to iBank (an iBank video tutorial shows you how), you better do it before upgrading to Lion. Why? Because Essentials does not include QIF file export and thus does not offer a way to export your data back to Quicken 2007 — or to any other competing product (such as iBank, a popular alternative that received a 5/5 rating here at TM0).It gets still worse. Even if that did not exist, you still couldn’t get your data to go from Essentials back to Quicken 2007. Never mind about the Lion/Rosetta problem. Quicken Essentials Tutorial Mac OS X Lion InNow Intuit has gone a step further — treating Mac users with a disregard that comes close to contempt. Why is Intuit apparently just now trying to figure out a solution that allows Quicken 2007 to run under Lion? Why must we wait to the “end of the summer” to find out if such a solution will even see the light of day? Why couldn’t they have had made a decision and informed us about it weeks ago? And why can’t they at least provide a converter that allows a Quicken 2007 to Essentials transfer under Lion?Intuit has always made Mac users feel like second-class citizens — compared to how it treats Windows users. They have chosen to do neither.Apple announced the forthcoming release of Mac OS X Lion in October 2010, around nine months ago. Intuit has had five and half years to either upgrade Quicken 2007 to a robust Intel-compatible program or come out with an entirely new program that compares favorably with the Windows version of Quicken. Plain and simple.The first Intel Macs were released in January of 2006. Further, if you transfer your data to Quicken Essentials, you better hope you like it — because there’s no exit route.Intuit’s position here is indefensible.
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