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Best Financial Application?

I'm looking to start keeping track of my finances and actually establish a budget. I'd also like to start investing seriously and keeping track of my different online accounts. What's the best app for the Mac? Quicken? iBank? Something else?

TOPICS: Mac OS X
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I had tremendous problems with...

I had tremendous problems with Quicken's inability to import (or at least import accurately and painlessly) years of Quicken data from Windows, when I switched to the Mac about three years ago. I tried Moneydance, it imported every transaction effortlessly, and I've never looked back.

Tech support has been swift and helpful, exactly the opposite of Intuit's. Upgrades are free and painless--again, exactly the opposite of Intuit. And the Moneydance people seem, to borrow a phrase from third grade, very nice--again, the opposite, at least these days, at least for Mac users--the opposite of Intuit.

Moneydance could handle investments a little more deftly, but it's adequate for that use and on par with or exceeding Quicken with standard things like checkbook management and expense-bucket tracking.

 
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