Amcarter3
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Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition
Amcarter3 reviewed on 12 Apr 2012
However, due to the increase in the threat level, I’m now using Sophos on all 3 of our laptops. It’s impressive. Very low CPU usage, fast and very up-to-date virus updating. The initial scan takes awhile which is to be expected. It found 6 pieces of malware as attachments to SPAM emails. I'm glad to have them GONE. After that, subsequent scans are quite fast and I feel confident our computers are clear and well protected.
Sync!Sync!Sync!
Amcarter3 reviewed on 03 Apr 2012
Logitech Control Center
Amcarter3 reviewed on 27 Feb 2012
Sync!Sync!Sync!
Amcarter3 reviewed on 08 Jan 2012
I have an issue with Sync3 and have not received any response from Nobu, the Developer. The issue is that my Sync3 is set to auto-start and perform backups on Sundays. However, I instead of one version of Sync3 running, I get at least 2 versions of Sync3 open simultaneously each Sunday morning. There is only ONE version of Sync3 in my Application folder on my primary hard drive. I suspect the reason for the multiple versions has to do with the fact that my primary drive is cloned to 2 external backup drives. No other software I own does this.
Is anyone else experiencing this?
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Microsoft Office 2011
Amcarter3 reviewed on 10 Oct 2011
Outlook is an over-hyped and messy version of Entourage. I keep trying it and then go back to the basics - Apple Mail. And if you include Hungerford Software's Mailhub add-on for filing messages, Mail becomes the easiest, most effective and fastest email client around.
Powerpoint is fine. Excel is fine. The rest is a mish-mash of features and poor layout.
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SEE Finance
Amcarter3 reviewed on 08 Oct 2011
I'm a 25 year Quicken for Mac user that switched to iBank a year ago. I detested paying for Intuit's minimal upgrades, horrible tech support and refusal to create parity between the Mac & Windows versions. I researched and tested at least 5 different programs. I finally purchased and had great hopes for iBank. However, I've found that iBank has many frustrating quirks, design issues and actual bugs that have been identified but not fixed. iBank simply is not living up to its claim to be the "Gold Standard". It is so frustrating to use that I am looking at switching to See Finance.
See Finance is a fully featured, very FAST and robust financial management program. It is very user friendly and has an intuitive user interface. It handles transferring old Quicken files better than any other finance program. It connects easily with the bulk of banking institutions and handles downloads effortlessly and fast. Account reconciliation is as intuitive and easy as I could imagine (unlike iBank). Investment tracking is easy and fast. The report capability is awesome. Graphic charts make sense. This is a great program.
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iBank clearly has an important edge when it comes to handling transfers between accounts. For example, if I move $1,000 from my savings to my checking account online, both programs download the transfer correctly as an outflow in my savings account. However, only iBank automatically linked the corresponding inflow transaction in my checking account. I had to manually link it in SEE Finance by first changing the Category to indicate my checking account and then manually use the "Create Corresponding Transfer Transaction" command to add the transaction to my checking account. That is two manual steps to do something that iBanks does automatically.
The impact on me when I use SEE Finance is that I end up feeling uncertain every day as to whether I have correctly matched corresponding transactions. As a result, I waste time double checking... going back and forth between accounts to verify transfers because I do not trust that I have correctly manually handled linked them.
Perhaps there is a way to use See's Filters feature, but to be honest, I have yet to figure out how to use the Filters. It seems complicated.
My point is, iBank handles transfers smoothly and effortlessly. SEE Finance does not. This is really important from a user's point of view. I will opt to use the program that makes my DAILY LIFE EASIER every time. I hope they fix this issue soon.
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MacUpdate Desktop
Amcarter3 reviewed on 16 May 2011
Personal Finance
Amcarter3 reviewed on 14 May 2011
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MainMenu Pro
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AppleJack
Amcarter3 reviewed on 22 Mar 2011