Keep in mind though, even if this lobbying works it will take time, and meanwhile you're stuck with software that's far less useful. If you use a different online brokerage, Intuit suggests calling and requesting they develop Mac compatibility. The answer is a resounding yes, but only if you use, or plan to use, Fidelity Investments or TD Waterhouse. If you already own Quicken, your main question is probably whether this new version is worth an upgrade ($40 after a $20 mail-in rebate). The only viable competitor to Quicken in the computing world is Microsoft Money, and there's no Mac version. If you want top-flight financial management software for the Mac, your only choice is Quicken.
This E-Trade inconvenience foreshadows bigger problems unless Apple moves to prevent more cases of incompatibility involving data on Internet servers.īut before we get into that, let's cover the basics of this new software.
Thus I was unable to download E-Trade brokerage account information to my Mac, though I could do it in the Windows version of Quicken. Right now, it takes data only from Fidelity Investments and TD Waterhouse. The problem with Quicken 2002 for the Mac is that it can't talk to as many financial institutions as its Windows counterpart can.
