Quicken 2015 First Blush I LOVE IT….well, as much as the emotion of “Love” can be applied to programming code….
I decided to go ahead and take the plunge and NOT go back to the Snow Leopard version for working through this months bills, reconciliation, Credit Cards and their reconciliation. I can’t begin to explain the differences, something like going from a Yugo to Bugatti Veyron…something like that. There isn’t a thing like the 2007 version, nothing…but if you tinker with it, it will come to you and once understanding begins to form it will become addictive. At first I thought many things were missing, no they are in different places and/or combined within another object. For instance, we used to have the checkbook, it’s gone or at least I couldn’t find it, but with each transaction there is an Edit tab and within there you can make the transition a check. One thing I found, on previously saved scheduled transactions, they are there, BUT the address are not on the checks and I could find no way to add the address, so I deleted and created new and I am sure from now on the check will be complete with address. I entered Point Of Sale (Debit Card), printed checks, reconciled, completed credit cards and reconciled them. It’s fantastic… One “disturbing” feature is the “mobile” application of our accounts….this means that the desktop version has to be linked to Intuit’s cloud so it can then be synced with our mobile devices….I really don’t like having my info. on their servers but in the world we are heading I may as well get used to it. When I clicked on the “Update Accounts” a dialogue window opens and there must have been seven or so items that were synced with Intuit, the accounts being the first and that took the longest. Once done I will now be able to use the iPad or iPhone to work right within my accounts…that’s to be learned another day. I do have one problem, the “Import” other files does not include .QIF as a format Quicken 2015 recognizes, so the payroll software I use will need to be changed, I’ll call Tuesday to see if their 64 bit version will include a format the new Quicken uses….I am sure it will, or soon will. After using it for one day I feel I have the basics well in hand, it’s so much better that now I would really not want to return to the older version. I have much to go but this is one fine program, and I am sure much like what the Windows version has had for years. John _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
