And to that the fact that I was able to download the software and begin using it right away and you have a sure winner here! I use for home finances and a very small business and it’s more than adequate. All in all, after dumping the tax forms and correcting the categories to meet the tax form issues with TurboTax, it works well enough to buy a new copy every two years. Be aware that when you edit out the duplicates on the CC transactions, it will also correct the checking account balances. I had been using Microsoft Money Plus for personal and two business accounts, plus various investments accounts. I was able to import the existing account data into Quicken from Money Plus.

So, for example, MORE banks are supported for direct connect. MORE transactions can be automatically categorized since auto-categorization already existed. Minor gratuitous changes to the UI, and while it’s nice that user data is now stored in a single file rather than multiples, it’s almost TWICE as large. This was true, but only to ask a question that could’ve been answered by reading the initial request, had the rep been paying attention. I am smiling right now just because the situation is so laughably bad. Also, some keyboard shortcuts are now gone. There does not appear to be any way to customize the icons or keyboard shortcuts so that I have my most desired actions available in the account ledger. So, I figure, if they got rid of such a useful baseline measure of your overall finances, they must have introduced something newer and better, right” They have an applet that you can add to your home page that shows your spending for the period. What in Heaven’s name is Intuit thinking” For anyone using 2010, trying to decide whether to upgrade to 2011″ They took the most useful feature out of the product. I remember when 2010 was being hyped, they showed this new Cash Flow panel with the IN/OUT/REMAINING concept, and I loved it.

I imagine they did this to make the interface “look” simpler/cleaner, but now you have to rummage through the menus to find them. So, for example, the “Live Community” speed button was eliminated; it is now found as a “Help” menu item. Well, I hadn’t had installed for more than 10-15 minutes when I figured out I could use it to tap into my online banking and credit card accounts and it would automatically sync and import for me. I love that it has a bunch of different categories preloaded to help track expenses, and that it helps track our loans as well.

I upgraded to Quicken H&B 2011 from the 2005 version. To be honest, I just don’t see how this is really any better. Automatic transaction downloading for my checking, savings and credit accounts is all very handy, allowing me to add more verbose metadata to my daily transactions beyond what my monthly statements can offer. It’s also nice to see all of my assets in one place, added up to provide my Net Worth.

I cancelled the action. Went on the website and found out how to turn off the “register this Quicken” pop up and am using this program.

I am no bookkeeper. Recessed Medicine Cabinets.

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