Hello Rosemary We've had a lot of success with MoneyWorks. It's not free but is very user friendly, cross platform and understands GST etc.
You can import and export data to most other Book keeping apps. Your accountant gets a free copy too. Look here <http://www.cognito.co.nz/index.php> Made in New Zealand. Kind regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers, for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors. 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email [email protected] On 29/01/2010, at 4:58 PM, Rosemary Horton wrote: > Hi there, > I have a problem. I've been using Moneydance for quite a few years an have > just discovered that when I so carefully archived off the last tax years that > in fact only a few of the records were archived to the archive copy..so I > have no accurate records of transactions etc. I have no idea where everything > went if it wasn't archived... If I'd known that it lost everything I would > not have "archived" it. > > That is water under the bridge so to speak, but has anyone done this and have > it work? There are no instructions..the help file merely points to the menu > item > > What;'s lost is gone, but how do I do it so it works? > > How do I make a a copy that can be read by other systems with categories > etc? qif backups I discovered only coped the current account..so year of work > are gone. > > Does anyone know financial software that doesn't require an accounting > degree, but will import transactions from the bank and allow categorisation? > What about a program like the old Windows 3 Quicken? > > I'm a bit upset about this. > > > -- > Rosemary Horton > [email protected] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>

