Intuithas updated its mellow - profile Quicken Essentials finance - tracking program with a serial publication of new features that appear to address substance abuser complaints about the software that substitute the Mac version of Quicken .
Version 1.5 of Quicken Essentials for Macdebuted Wednesday , with redesigned features Intuit says should more intuitive to Mac user . Transactions now appear on a single line — rather of two , as in premature version — for easy skimming . The software also now has iTunes - fashion abilities to add and absent data columns so that users can arrange financial information concord to their preferences . user can also change information on multiple transactions at once , instead of making edits one - by - one .
Other newfangled features include the ability to write and mark checks , add attachments to dealings notational system , and enter property and balances for investment accounts . Another Modern choice : the ability to export financial informationto TurboTax . Intuit has also streamlined the process of downloading dealing information into Quicken ; users are no longer required to manually assign each transaction to the appropriate register .
The updated program may also appeal to a broad theme of substance abuser with the new update ; Intuit has lucubrate the phone number of financial mental institution that offer data point downloads from 4,000 to 12,000 .
Quicken Essentials for Mac is $ 50 . It is available for Macs tend OS tenner 10.5 or afterward .
Quicken Essentials arrived on the Mac in February after a jumpy road to eject . Intuit had first announced plan in 2008 to replace its Quicken personal finance program with Quicken Essentials , but numerous delays pushed the release to 2010 . In April , Intuit cut the price of Quicken Essentials from $ 70 to its current $ 50 price tag .
