And it has discontinued the Mac version at least twice since I’ve been a user. For example, it has frequently updated Windows versions while there hasn’t been a new Mac release since 2007. For one thing, I don’t trust Intuit, which has shown a remarkable lack of respect for Mac users over the years. I know I ought to be thrilled that Intuit will provide a Lion-compatible version Quicken 2007 sometime in 2012, but I’m not. When Intuit finally announced an update four months later in August 2011, I said:
A decade later, when Apple released Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), Quicken 2007 ceased to function, making it difficult for users like me to upgrade. As you may recall, Intuit discontinued Quicken for the Mac for the first time in 1998, when Apple was moribund and its future was hazy.
In the meantime, Intuit is up to its old tricks again.
That replacement was iBank and I’m still totally happy with it. Last November I told you I finally found a suitable replacement for Intuit’s Quicken personal finance software, after nearly 15 years of searching.
