MACZILLLLLA  Quickbooks for Mac is terrible. I ditto all of the recent poor comments. What's up with intuit?  
(Version 10.0f2440)

EXEGETEJR  We use QB pro 2007 (pc version) via Parallels and Vista (a terrible solution) but we're in Canada and Intuit continues to COMPLETELY ignore Canadian Mac users, leaving us with the 2004 Mac Canadian version as the last compatible version ... so we're stuck with Vista and the pc version. As such though swapping QB files with out accountant is easy enough - except for having to fire up a second OS just to do so! Wishing there was an alternative that could export a QB compatible file...

I've emailed and received dozens "customer care" calls from Intuit and their standard response is to tell me they "recommend using the pc version with Boot Camp and Vista"! Wow, that's great Intuit. It is mind-boggling how such a known and supposedly reputable company can operate this way...   
(Version R8)

DR. GIRLFRIEND  One of the first things people ask when switching to Mac and attempting to use Quicken or Quickbooks for Mac is: "What's a good alternative to Quicken (or Quickbooks)? I keep a list in my documents folder to email to people who ask me. Here are the current contenders, in no particular order:

Prospects

iCompta

MoneyDance

MoneyWell

MoneyGuru

iBank

Checkbook Pro

Fortora Fresh Finance

Budget

If you have to use any Intuit products, I wish you luck. If you don't, you may want to consider supporting a company who is more customer-friendly to the Mac community. ~Best wishes.  
(Version R8)

KLAGRECA  Here's a perfect example of why Quickbooks falls hard.

I'm trying to enter cash back on a deposit. Sounds simple, right? Well, Quickbooks tells me that "The cash back account is invalid." And then tells me to choose another account.

Well quess what Quickbooks? The account is fine by my accounting standards, so if you have some secret validation method....shouldn't you let me know??? Like "account X is invalid so try Y."

Thanks Quickbooks. You're more damaged than Manny Ramirez's baseball career.  
(Version 10.0.3 R6)

MACERICG  The ONLY reason we run Windows on out Intel Mac is to run the PC version of QuickBooks for our accountant. The Mac version just plain stinks! Less features than the PC version and buggy.

Add to that you cannot simply exchange QuickBooks files between Mac and PC without running file converters. Is this day and age this is ridiculous! All the major software manufacturers took care of cross platform compatibility long before Macs were even running on Intel. This is a joke Intuit. Why can't you bee more like Microsoft or Adobe?

Oh, and support stinks no matter which platform you use.  
(Version 10.0.3 R6)

MARK BURGESS  Probably one of the worst Mac programs ever written.  
(Version 10.0.3 R6)

KAYEL  Check out iBiz and iBank.

Goodbye Intuit.  
(Version 10.0.3 R6)

MACZILLLLLA  I updated to 2009. Nothing has improved. Sure, it looks better, but it still has the same bugs. It syncing with AddressBook is still terrible. There search function doesn't use the dates I put in. Lots of crashes. Documentation leaves a lot to be desired. How can a major company like Intuit make such terrible software?  
(Version 10.0.3 R4)

ACCGUY  Quickbooks 2009 for MAC has bugs. I can get it to crash on Report filters every time. Even trying with the canned-QB company and from safe boot, it will crash. It's really disappointing - my move to the MAC has been great except for this program. Does Intuit test their products before release?   
(Version 10.0.3 R4)

FILCHESCAT  This version 10.0.0.3 R4 has been out for several weeks. Crashes on me about 1 in 4 times of use. Fortunately no data loss - just a pain to restart the app and that uneasy feeling of possible data loss or corruption. Intuit's crash reporting system always gathers crash and system info and allows for input, but rarely if ever do I get any feedback after the report. For a while the feedback was that they re-did the sound (??), but even these reports have ceased. This 2009 version is truly beta and should be majorly cleaned up before release as a commercial product. Too bad I'm stuck with it or I'd seriously look at another business accounting system.  
(Version 10.0.3 R4)

MACZILLLLLA  I can't beleive intuit would put out such a poor product. Very awkward and clunky. The layout manager for creating forms is terrible. Forget the syncing with Addressbook.app. It doesn't work well at all. And, it won't even sync vendors.  
(Version 9.0.6 R7)

MACVAULT  2 years pass, they add a window, and want $200 for an upgrade? Are they insane?  
(Version 9.0.6 R7)

MACUPDATE ADMIN  From Intuit, December 17, 2007:

"There was a problem with the update for QuickBooks Pro MAC for version 2006 and 2007. The update was prompting that "there is not enough disk space to install." If this message is displayed, click the No button. DO NOT install the update. It could remove files from the desktop folder of your computer.

Intuit has resolved the problem that caused this on the server. Do not install the update if it prompts that there is not enough disk space. Close and re-open QuickBooks and it should no longer prompt you to install the update. The latest release for QuickBooks MAC 2006 is currently R4 and the latest release for QuickBooks Pro for Mac 2007 is R6."  
(Version 9.0.4 R6)

MACUPDATE ADMIN  December 17, 2007: A critical bug with Intuit's QuickBooks automatic updater can destroy your desktop files, as documented in Apple and Intuit online support forums.  
(Version 9.0.4 R6)

GAIA  Will not buy another upgrade of QB for Mac.

The previous versions were full of bugs and did not deliver as promised by Intuit.

When the one of the upgrades started making multiple archived versions of our records which we could not open, I could not get help from Intuit no matter how many ways we tried to contact them: email, phone, and snail mail - absolutely no response. Bookkeeper hates it.

We were using Aatrix software and now with the 2007 version Intuit is no longer working with Aatrix but still does not do payroll from within the program like it does on the PC. Now you have to use PayCycle, which starts at $25 A MONTH for one employee and goes up from there. For my small business with one employee and about 5 contractors the price would be $45 a month for PayCycle service. Does it work? I'll never know.

Another very unhappy Intuit QB for Mac customer.  
(Version R3)

JORY  Previously, I have been totally satisfied with QuickBooks, but I must admit the 2007 version is a bit less impressive than the previous versions. There are some ridiculous bugs, such as filtering in reports returns the information on the wrong filter term.

There are some good new features, though. The new Layout Designer is great, since ugly invoices that don't allow for much customization was a real problem in previous versions. Unfortunately, there's now a problem with wrapping text that extends past a column's line in an invoice.

The Universal Binary was a welcome update, as I've gotten quite tired of constantly rebooting my MBP in order to run QuickBooks and Quicken. (Too bad I still have to do that for Quicken.)

There are still some major usability issues, though, such as contextual menus that don't contain useful options.  
(Version 2007)

AKMEDIA  Just started using Quickbooks Pro 2007 and this barely-bug-fixed version is not that much improved from the 2005 version I was using. And, the Intuit's marketing department has jumped WAY ahead of the coders and basically lies about the program's (in)ability to do online banking as advertised. There is NO Web Connect (as in Quicken and the Windows version of Quickbooks) and most banks do not let you download the required *.qob files needed to import into Quickbooks Pro for Mac. The overseas tech support person I spoke to suggested this feature may be included in a future version. So why did I upgrade. Oh yeah, because Intuit said this version had features it does not have...

Also, iCal integration is a joke. The program just puts events in your Quickbooks calendar on the date and at the time you entered it. That means that putting a bill into your iCal calendar does not show up on the billing date, the due date or any other date or time that is at all useful. Intuit should be ashamed to have charged for this 'update.' If you want a feature-rich version, it buy the Windows version and run it in Parallels!  
(Version 2007)

SEAN DRAKE  I bought my software a little over a month ago. just installed to find out there is

a new version. they want me to pay 199.00 for the universal 2007. which i asked when they were releasing on original purchase date they said they didn't know. Their excuse was they released it early and no one knew. what a load of SHITE  
(Version 2007)

MARUKO DRINKING TEAM  A lot of people rightfully blast Intuit, and QuickBooks, but it has really gotten better. I just switched from QuickBooks on XP (running under Parallels) to QB2007 Mac. There is no longer much disparity between the Mac and PC versions.

Even though it sucks in little ways (cannot keyboard-navigate to checkboxes and buttons in many dialogs, very poor double-click behavior which sometimes works normally when editing text, but sometimes double clicking a word in transaction opens the transaction in an editor), it is SO SO MUCH BETTER than it once was.

The legacy Carbon interface has been largely replaced by a modern Cocoa-based one. And the features have mostly caught up with the PC side.

Intuit is still a pretty bogus company, but most big ones are. You might have to hold your nose a little bit, but QB2007 really is the best small business accounting package for Mac users.  
(Version 2007)

JORY  I hear a lot of people bitch about QuickBooks Pro on the Mac. Personally, I find it to be awesome. For the purposes of running my business, the app works beautifully and provides about 85% of the functionality I require. In fact, it tends to offer more functionality than I require, but I grow into the rest as I get better at running my business and understanding the ledger that keeps it going.

QB 2006 is a great improvement over the previous two versions, as it behaves more like a Mac application with each major revision.

That said, there are still some things that aren't terribly useful (such as useless contextual menus that _could_ contain useful functionality).

I'm happy to be using QuickBooks and highly recommend it to business owners.

Incidentally, one feature I'd like to see added is the ability to backup to a personal server, rather than just to .Mac, which requires I spend $100/yr for a service I don't want or need.  
(Version R4)

ANGRYARTIST  Purchased Quickbooks Pro for the Mac OS-X only to find that it is not compatible with my OS 10.2.8 G5 that was state of the art 2-3 years ago. Now I find that my QB Nue 2005 files are not compatible with my accountant's QB 2006 pro for Windows. What are these people thinking?

I find from scanning various sites that I am not alone. I wish I had done my research before sinking hours and hours of time building my companies books on this software. I hope a few programmers lose their jobs over this!

I will Never buy another Intuit Product.  
(Version R4)

TC140  Major problems with Aatrix Payroll 15. Download corrupted the entire previous program. Tech help (over 11 hours in 3 days on hold before getting a person on 3 occasions)unable to sort this out.

Among problems fixed by Aatrix tech help:

several corrupt folders removed, 3 folder names misspelled by Aatrix, hence program unable to locate them for successful installation.

After the 3rd session was asked to archive our entire company and forward to Aatrix for troubleshooting.....

2006 tax tables downloaded, but show up in calculations only for SOME employees?????

Same with tax computations and SS limits (some employees have $84k, some $90 and 1 94.2K upper limits.

Beware of this Program. It is not wort the money or the time spent making it work.

We are switching to a different Accounting software for the entire company  
(Version R3)

FAKEARNOLD  All I can tell you is do not buy. It is terrible on the mac. There must be something better for the mac.

Don't Buy  
(Version R2)

SWAY  Quickbooks 2005 is a big sham. Don't waste your money.

It still can't make use of a high-res logo on forms (MAC users value aesthetics, they shouldn't have overlooked this.) Trying to get a form to print properly is a frsutrating experience (they should simply feature drag-and-drop like the Windows version.) It still won't handle payroll internally (Aatrix is an equally bad program.)

If Intuit game a damn about their MAC base, they'd add the same features that the Windows version offers. Instead, they rely on online surveys and beta testing to come out with their so-called "upgrades."

I'm having my company switch to an accounting program built with 4th Dimension such as "4th Quarter." It's more of an investment, but it's a much more robust MAC-based accounting solution.  
(Version R2)

ANONYMOUS  One star, for failing to proofread your "What's New" text.

Well, OK, so that's not the worst I've ever seen (I've seen worse ones dealing with FWB's Hard Disk Toolkit), but it's pretty bad.  
(Version R2)

BENJAMIN MOOGK  This product is of NO USE if you live in a Canadian Province or Territory that has a dual tax scheme (eg PST and GST). Your only option, if you wish to buy an Intuit product, is the more expensive and complex Accounts. The sales reps in both the US and Canada informed me that there are no plans to release a QuickBooks for OSX that can handle the dual tax scheme. If there is a work-around I would like to know. I would like to know if I can make the Windows Version work on Virtual PC.  
(Version 2005)

YONG JUN KIM  Hey! Intuit,

Would you refund this QB pro 2005 for Mac?

I am sure you downgraded.....  
(Version 2005)

RATMAN  Can't export to older versions of Windows files. I tried backing up to QuickBooks for Windows and my accountant couldn't open it. Turns out that you must have the latest Windows version installed to restore a Mac QB Pro 2005 file. Previously, my QB5 file was perfectly with my accountant's QB 2000. Not any more. Called QB and there is nothing I can do.   
(Version 2005)

JEFFREY LOVELL  This product is a dog. Took my perfectly good QB Pro v.5 file and corrupted it. Didn't add many features. Cost me $200. Customer support charged me $50 to help fix their bugs, but still not fixes. I'm asking for my money back.  
(Version 2005)

CHRIS J  Beware of converting from the PC version. The Mac 2004 version happily imports your data, but then silently chops fields that it decides are now too long. (Intuit developers apparently have no communication, data structure planning, etc... I think they like it that way.)

It gets worse... when I tried to export to a PC version to send to my accountant, the export goes smoothly, but my accountant cannot open the file. No useful feedback, just no go.

So I call Intuit, and after almost an hour talking to a tech guy, they reveal that there is another field length related issue, that can only be solved by shortening text wherever it is too long. I am a very light user (one credit card, two bank accounts, a dozen invoices a year) and there are way too many places to fix, and no way to find them.

The best Intuit could do is grace me with the offer to let me pay them for "data services" which is some mystery group that fixes data filles. Unfortunately, they never contacted me to pick up the data file like they promise... and after waiting 10 minutes while the tech filled out some mystery form to send to the mystery group.

I am going to try 2005 to see if the export is fixed, but I doubt there's any way to salvage all the missing data in my chopped field.

Note: don't try to order version 2005 from Intuit's web site... I filled out all the forms, looked at the "cart" field which said 1 item, pressed "Continue", and then the next screen says I have 0 items! Argggghhh!  
(Version 2005)

ANONYMOUS  The difference between 2004 and 2005 was a complete waste of money. I returned mine immediately.

If you don't have 2004 its a great program, but not worth the upgrade. They still haven't added support for their online features such as billing solutions.  
(Version 2005)

JEGBERT  Intuit has done nothing but rob the Mac community with their "half-featured" QuickBooks 6.0 and incessant paid upgrades. The lack of features as compared to the Windows version is nothing but a pathetic excuse to try and get Mac users to pay more money. Virtual PC is nothing short of "sickening" with the Microsoft takeover of the product, but thanks to Intuit that is still our only option if we want to use a productive finance program.  
(Version 6.0 R2)

MARY  REVISING MY RATINGS. I did not mean to give that high of a ranking to QB 6.0. I forgot about the featureless payroll that comes with it. You have to subscribe to another payroll service. Do you think Intuit will refund the 9 months I have left under my PC payroll subscription? Doubtful. Let me revise my ratings.  
(Version 6.0)

MARY  As with most Mac users, I was using QuickBooks (2002) via Virtual PC because of my accountant is using a PC. When the Mac 6.0 version came out with the transfer capability, I was extatic and bought it. My biggest complaint so far, after only messing with it for one day, is that you do not have the layout designer feature as you do in the PC version, a huge dissapointment. I have been able to create job jackets, info for our employees to see about what they will be doing for the job they are working on, nice looking invoices and estimates. If they can't implement this into the Mac version, then unfortunately I will have to resort back the miserable world of Virtual PC.  
(Version 6.0)

ANONYMOUS  intuit ripped off PC users too!! forcing £200 upgrades to QB pro and payroll users. Considering how basic quickbooks is my advice to anyone thinking of buying quick books is to invest in an abacus instead its more cost effective. QB is only accurate to within +/- 50p per transaction anyway!!!!!!  
(Version 6.0)

ANONYMOUS  Bought QB Pro 5 - unusable with no integrated payroll (forget Aatrix). 6.0 is the same. They will pay me $199 before I will waste time trying to use this cludge again. We use MYOB, no cigar but then look who they have to compete with. Hg  
(Version 6.0)

SOON TO BE FORMER CUSTOMER  To charge 199.00 for an upgrade for version 5 is not wrong it is CRIMINAL. Hey Intuit check out other softwarw e companies policies (Adobe, Quark etc etc) if you own a recent version you pay less. I dropped the full price on Version 5 only 6 months ago. Great way to win over the OSX user base by charging for an update with a year of a new release.

Go back to business school and learn about customers, pricing and staying viable in a market.

I wish you a swift trip to Chapter 7 !

A very unhappy customer  
(Version 6.0)

JEFF  Intuit will never get my quickbooks money until they abandon Aatrix payroll module and integrate the payroll features into the program. What an expensive nightmare. I switched to MYOB and am quite happy now after a period of adjustment. MYOB's support is not expensive and they are very available. They are, however, very slow with needed improvements to the program. Even with that my advice is to tell Intuit to take a hike until they do their job properly.  
(Version 6.0)

SCHMELDING  Looks like Microsoft will be getting my money for Virtual PC so I can continue running QuickBooks Pro for the PC on it. It really pi$$es me off that Intuit charges for cross-platform compatibility -- something they should support out of the box. Losers.  
(Version 6.0)

CHANDLER, AZ  Typical Intuit... They had promised a way to import information form Windows when it was announced, but that soon followed to be a pay-for-service add-on, which was quite expensive per file. After helping convert clientele to the OS X version from Windows and OS 9, it ended up costing me money. The problem remains in that there is only one real standard in the business and that is QuickBooks. MYOB, although it has it obvious advantages, is lost in the shuffle, due to lack of marketing money that Intiut has.

In the end, this update should not cost users of version 5, as the most important feature was shown to users from the beginning. Import and Export features should have been built-in from day one. I also agree that AAtrix downright stinks. Either AAtrix needs to fix the severe problems in its software, or Intuit needs to build in a solution for payroll, if they expect QuickBooks for Mac to ever make any money.  
(Version 6.0)

MACGIZMO  If you're a small (one person) company, then QBPro for Mac will do your accounting and invoicing just fine... anything more than that and this program will go a long way in pissing you off, and not much more.  
(Version 6.0)

ANONYMOUS  They should have included cross platform file compatibility all along, and now that they finally offer it, they charge $300 for it? Intuit is a JOKE.  
(Version 6.0)

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA  Absolutely the worst upgrade I have ever seen for a software program. If you are attempting to convert from an existing Windows Quickbooks file, DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME. Not only did the file convert incorrectly, their ridiculous, charge per call tech support had no solution to my problem. Their suggestions were to start a new company file or pay for their data recover specialists to fix the file. Another $250 for that service, $99 is your willing to wait a couple of weeks. Of course, they offer expensive service plans to resolve this issue. The problem is, why should I have to pay for additional service for Intuit to figure out how to fix their program. Bottom line, hang on to your PC version or try a different accounting program. It was a thoroughly disgusting experience.  
(Version 5.0.1)

RON  Our office converted from Windows QuickBooks to Mac QuickBooks this year because all our office machines were Macs except one Windows machine which was used for payroll and accounting. To do payroll on Mac QuickBooks one has to use the program Aatrix Payroll. We have found the Aatrix Payroll to be impossible to work with because of its frequent crashes and a clumsy interface. After five months we gave up and went back to the Windows QuickBooks because the payroll works seamlessly. Since the new QuickBooks version still leaves out payroll, except for the Aatrix module, we would not use it.  
(Version 5.0.1)

CHRIS  After upgrading from QB Pro 2002 for Windows I was dissapointed to read in the manual that this version of QB will not open any other QB formats other than Mac. This stinks for those of us who switched from QB 4 to Windows versions after they stop making QB for mac and now I bought the upgrade to switch back and can't open my company files.  
(Version 5.0)

ANONYMOUS  Disappointing.

Not a lot different than 4.0.

Features, performance far behind the latest Windoze version. Only reason to upgrade is for OSX compatibility. Otherwise don't bother.  
(Version 5.0)