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It was being used by our organization for all accounting tasks such as month-end close, posting invoices, posting receivables, etc. It is the first accounting software we have used so it basically allows us to organize our transactions into profit and loss/balance sheets for all our entities. It has a lot of good short cuts to make posting transactions quicker.
- A plethora of good short cuts.
- Ease of posting journal entries.
- The advanced search feature.
- Managing multiple entities.
- Freezing during long journal entries.
- Inability to import journal entries.
- Meant for smaller businesses, we outgrew QuickBooks.
November 25, 2019
QuickBooks is the Key to Business Growth and Long Term Success
QuickBooks Desktop runs our business, it tracks everything, serves recurring invoices and tracks payments. We also use QuickBooks Desktop to track sales, commissions and manage accounts receivables. I use QuickBooks Desktop on a day to day basis to track everything going on across all accounts from sales to expenses to the financial status of our accounts.
- Manages accounts.
- Snapshot of the current status of accounts.
- Recurring templates/invoices and charges.
- Ability to view reports with 1 click.
- Sometimes it can be slow to load.
- More shortcuts or the ability to create my own shortcuts would be nice.
- Bigger fonts by default, my eyes are getting old!
September 12, 2019
The Only Accounting Software Worth Recommending for Growing Businesses
Quickbooks Desktop is the platform of choice for accounting at my small business. I use Quickbooks Online/Desktop to keep up with my accounting across multiple devices (including iOS, macOS, and from any browser window). It helps me keep up with my bookkeeping, expenses, payroll, billing, and reporting all in one place - and it connects with my bank accounts and helps automate many of the accounting process our business requires.
- Reconciling my bank accounts is made easy by automated bank connections and rules for re-occurring transactions. I can also transfer between connected bank accounts making sure to not double up on transfers or payments.
- I love that I can access Quickbooks Desktop via a web browser, iOS, and the desktop app. I live in a mobile world so having the ability to crossover is vital.
- Payroll. One simple feature that allows me to track employee and employer taxes, make payments, and automate the entire process. All I have to do is hit approved and the rest is done for me. I love it!
- One regular bug I experience with the desktop app is the "shoe came untied" error. It seems to happen all the time but is usually fixed with a restart. Just a minor annoyance.
- There is so much QB can do, it's hard to know how to use it. I'm no professional accountant so I'm not familiar with most of the reporting and functions that are useful - so better training and support for noobs would be helpful. That said, I've noticed a ton of resources, I just haven't taken advantage of them - so it's probably more user error than QB's problem - though I suppose I haven't felt that learning new things within the app are the easiest.
- I have had a specific error where one of my banks is only importing 1 credit card, rather than all 5 of the cards on the same account. I think this is a Quickbooks error, however, it's possible it may be from the bank side. This is an issue I wish Quickbooks would help resolve.
We use QuickBooks mainly in our administrative department for effective data storage, organization, and preparation. What we find most useful is its ability to prepare our accounting information for import to Turbo Tax. This streamlines our whole operation and makes every April a pleasure rather than a pain! While accounting can often be troublesome, QuickBooks makes everything more efficient.
- Easy to use interface.
- Great for exporting tax information.
- Quality data storage and management.
- Useful mainly only for intuit products.
- Often slow and becomes clogged if data amount is too much.
- Integration across the company is not ideal.
November 22, 2019
Another Mac QuickBooks upgrade, another big disappointment.
Every update I hope to just be able to restore my data without issues. So far, Mac 2020 seems to be OK except for my payables. Since it is a small number of listings, I have gone through and voided the errors. However, someone at QuickBooks Mac 2020 has chosen to use the lightest possible gray type on a white background. It is literally impossible for anyone over the age of 20 to read light gray on a white field I am stunned at having to try to work around this incredible time-wasting flaw. I have always had some ridiculous issues with QuickBooks for Mac and have been forced to keep using it by my accountant because of so many years of buying their software and the need for my company to keep its continuity. Each update is a nightmare to finally get it to restore...and then the fun begins. If I had the time you would have 20 reviews like this from me over the years. SO disappointing and so much of my time and my employee's time wasted getting this software to actually do what I paid for. PLEASE correct the ridiculous gray type so I and all of the many reviews I have found online can see to pay our bills. Pathetic.
- As long as you have extensive experience with it, it will print checks properly.
- The strengths would only be forcing people to continue the pain due to longevity in the market.
- Thinking of all ages of people who have to use the product (i.e. using light gray type on white; light blue on blue). No one cares about color changes. They are distracting and when you can't read through them they are a waste, NOT a new enhancement for the upgrade.
- Laying things out together for each task - all banking info here; all payables here; and checks should include which type of check to print. Preferences should be included for each type of task, not stored a Google search away. Why aren't all preferences for a service grouped together?
- QuickBooks search is weak. Unless I can word what I need as they do, my question will be answered in Google not QuickBooks.
August 12, 2019
A Great Accounting Option for Small Companies
We have been using QuickBooks to manage payroll and expenses for the company. It's been great for the small company size because it's easy to learn and navigate, especially QuickBooks for Mac. The program is easy to use which is a big deal. We don't want to spend excessive amounts of time training employees who could be doing other things for the company. It helps our finance manager to handle payroll and manage bills easily and there is less stress for everyone involved!
- The program is very easy to learn, the interface is incredibly user-friendly and there are tons of free resources and tutorials available
- It makes managing payroll really easy for the employee and accountant on staff. No more lost time sheets or late paychecks!
- Managing bills and paying them has become streamlined and it's great having everything in one place so we don't lose track of things.
- It's great at getting the timesheets from employee to accountant but the time sheet side of things could be made a little easier to use. Some of our older employees have had a difficult time adjusting to the format.
- More in-program help/tutorials would be great and expedite the learning process. YouTube and other online resources are great but can be hard to track down in the heat of the moment. We'd love to see some easier help resources within the program that are easy to access.
May 17, 2019
The Workhorse for Mac Bookkeeping
I use QuickBooks for Mac to manage finances for 3 companies and for my personal finances. It is my one-stop for all things financial across multiple companies and allows for quick and easy bookkeeping and accounting.
- Syncs with my financial institutions
- Runs seamlessly on my Mac systems
- Keeps all of my financial information in one easy space
- Makes Tax season a breeze
- QB for Mac is not nearly as feature rich as the Windows Version
- QB for Mac has recently FORCED users to password protect all databases. They SHOULD allow a preference to disable rather than imposing their workflow on the end user. The PW is in my environment [and this step is] unnecessary and a cumbersome waste of time.
- Mac version can occasionally be a bit buggy
November 17, 2018
QB Mac App Top Notch
QuickBooks Online has been great for our company as it allows for us to work on accounting, account management, etc., without being tied to a desktop computer at the office. Since I use a Mac laptop, I strictly use the QB App for the Mac. I find it to be faster than the web version, more responsive and allows the important functions I use it for to not be cluttered in a web browser with dozens of other web browser tabs/windows open for other business needs. I've been especially impressed with the continuously added features and improvements in usability.
- It now works very much like a web browser and allows for tabs and additional windows. I use this feature every time I'm working in the app.
- It's fast and very stable
- Any concerns I have would be with QuickBooks Online and its functionality and not the app. The web version is the same as the app so when I do need to use the web version on a PC, the familiarity is there to not miss a beat.
December 19, 2018
Great for businesses
Financial management. It is used by the owner of the company and allows us to review financials and reports regularly. We went with QuickBooks for Mac because we all have Apple computers and we can use it for multiple companies. This saves us money in the long run and has more features than the online does.
- Fast and simple to use.
- Prints our checks for AP.
- No access on mobile devices.
- More informative reporting with graphs and pie charts [would be nice to have].
July 06, 2018
QuickReview of QuickBooks
We use Quickbooks for our Merchant Services and daily tracking of transactions and banking activity. We also utilize the platform to submit invoices and keep track of our account. In addition, we use it for the barcode swipe capabilities. It is used by our entire organization and addresses all the matters identified above.
- Barcode swiping
- Tracking our daily bank account activity.
- Bookkeeping for tax purposes
- Tracking of inventory
- Tutorials for onboarding might be useful. Maybe more videos.
March 09, 2018
Our Full-featured Accounting Software
I have been using Quickbooks for Mac for many years. It is the prime bookkeeping software. I use it to pay bills, track income, generate income and loss reports, cut invoices, and as a backup for my visits to my accounting consultants. I first started out with a program called Quickbooks Pro for Mac, but that had since been superseded by Quickbooks for Mac. It has more features than what I need - for example, the software can link with online banking, but for security purposes, I simply do not take advantage of that feature. As I'm a sole proprietor, I also don't need the "payroll" feature. The software is "professional specific" meaning it can be tailored to my needs as an architect. Writing checks using my printer is relatively easy, but I don't use that feature anymore since I do much of my banking online.
- Track income
- Track expenses
- Generate reports
- Aids in balancing checkbooks- reconciling
- Interface with MacOS is good
- Deleting accounts which have been paid off is difficult
- Upgrade path is costly
- After five years, I want to delete all book keeping data. Difficult to do with QuickBooks.
September 13, 2017
QuickBooks for Mac will have your back
We assist clients who use quickbooks for mac with bookkeeping, accounting, and taxes.
- It is a robust desktop tax software.
- QuickBooks for Mac has grown up and is no longer considered the orphan cousin of its PC cousin.
- QuickBooks for Mac now offers most of the features that customers using the PC product are familiar with.
- Easily convertible to PC for your CPA's convenience.
- Not much to say in this area, but I caution users who convert their data to PC versions for tax purposes to carefully compare accrual/cash versions between the two software because they may not match.
- The Mac versions are not comparable to the PC versions. QuickBooks 2017 for Mac will not necessarily have the same features as the PC version.
- The biggest challenge for most desktop users is what I call version error. That is where clients have one version of the data on one computer and then back it up and use it on another PC. Every year I hear stories about how this resulted in the loss of data because the user forgot to restore the most current version of the data.
August 16, 2017
QuickBooks Mac is a hybrid fruit, created by grafting the best bit of QuickBooks Pro and QuickBooks Online.
Quickbooks for Mac currently being used in the financial planning and analysis department. Our Accounts payable and Accounts Receivable departments use. Quickbooks for Mac help solves invoicing, payment and accounting needs. We use it to invoice and receive payments from our small clients who don't have access to larger and more costly systems.
- Ease of use
- Support
- User friendly
- Training videos
- Quickbooks user community
- Website integrations
August 07, 2017
QuickBooks For Mac - Use It And Never Go Back
QuickBooks (QB) is the software used for all aspects of company accounting. It provides a streamlined approach to controlling cash flow, producing monthly reports, invoicing and quickly allows an overview of the business performance. It also makes invoicing and receiving payments quick and easy to monitor on a daily basis. Reconciliation of bank accounts is normally quick and easy with the ability to link QuickBooks and our bank accounts.
- Invoicing made easy. It's easy to customize invoices as well as email them in a batch. Great time saver.
- Reconciliation of bank accounts made easy. It's simplified with the ability of linking bank accounts to QB & matching bank transactions with those transactions posted through QB.
- Creating reports & customizing reports for my CPA is also done with ease.
- QB support team has been very easy and friendly to work with as I have had many questions that I need help with from them They have been able to identify my problems and offer solutions.
- The Mac application has multiple flaws. At 1st I used the app exclusively but now only launch QB through my web browser.
- Although I have found the reconciliation of monthly bank statements to be easy I did experience 1 month that QB posted payments twice for 3 different batches of credit card payments. The help desk had never seen anything like it before. Hopefully I never see it happen again.
- The migration of accounts & customers from my previous accounting software was not at all easy and indeed was very time consuming and tedious.
I use quickbooks for Mac to manage all of my finances for my consulting company. It's incredibly helpful to organize receipts and invoices with the multiple clients I work alongside. A large problem it addresses is being able to handle recurring invoices for clients I have on retainer. Interacting with international clients is also convenient as it does automatic currency conversions.
- Recurring invoices.
- Multi-platform support.
- Simplified reports.
- Improvement for marking receipts as billable or reimbursable - it currently has a few user glitches and unnecessary extra steps.
- Forecasting tools to visualize anticipated cashflow.
- Being able to file quarterly tax reports with the pro account (currently it is only offered in the solopreneur version).
March 18, 2016
QB for Mac
I use it for all of my business accounting I also have my bookkeeper access it. I use it to invoice and track payments from my clients. I also use it to send checks to my contractors (Staff), vendors, and for participant incentive checks. A CPA recommend I get it a few years ago.
- Create client Invoices
- Receive payments from clients
- Track expenses
- Print Business checks
- Yearly updates should be at a discounted rate.
- Should not have to pay for phone Support
- Quickbooks should offer discounts on supplies (checks, etc).
July 08, 2015
Well suited for small business
We've been using QuickBooks for close to 20 years for all of our accounting needs. In the past 7 years, we've added the QuickBook Server capability to enhance our Bookkeeping Department and have found it very useful.
- Ease of entering vendor invoices as well as credits
- Simplicity of reconciling accounts
- One problem I found unexpectedly was that when you are using the Multi-User feature, your reporting is not 100% accurate which can cause problems at times
- I've upgraded my computer recently to OS 10.7 and have had a few times when my Quick Books quits unexpectedly. This is frustrating and also makes me nervous that I'm losing information
February 25, 2015
QuickBooks for Mac 2015 Review
I teach QuickBooks for Windows at Bellevue College, and I set up, troubleshoot, and teach QuickBooks for Mac to small business owners and their bookkeepers online and in the Seattle area. I am an Intuit Trainer/Writer and I teach QuickBooks for Mac once/year at the large national conference on QuickBooks, and at home I sometimes answer questions or perform file management/conversion tasks for others who support QuickBooks for Mac clients.
- Online banking is easy and fun to learn, and saves data-entry for those little debits/ATM's on your bank statement.
- Invoices can be designed to look nice and emailed with a "Pay link which speeds up cash flow; a #1 concern for new businesses.
- Save money by using the online payroll that syncs in data so you don't have to enter complicated paychecks at all.
- The #1 complaint is that setting it up right is a challenge. People waste time trying to figure it out only to realize that they don't know accounting so of course they don't know how an accounting program should be set up. Like any time you are in over your head, reach out to your network and find someone who can log onto your computer and walk you through it.
- If you need to track the cost of wages to jobs you can't do it with the online payroll, but check for yourself because it's a function that landscaping companies and construction businesses usually need, so maybe they have added it by now. That would really help!
- It's premise-based software and that means you take on the role of hardware admin, and it's a lot of work for what is increasingly becoming a smaller gap in the functionality between QuickBooks for Mac and QuickBooks Online.
- QuickBooks for Mac 2015 has been updated consistently over the last 3 years and continues to provide for the bookkeeping needs of small companies using Macs in their offices. However, it has limited job costing functionality. It is similar in functionality to the 2010 version of QuickBooksPro which runs on Windows.
October 31, 2014
QuickBooks - because you have to?
We're a lean startup, so it covers all financial reporting and analysis apart from sales where it's worthless.
- It's very standard so most banks and others who need financial data can easily review your data.
- It's a UX disaster. I don't think anyone has ever thought about the SMB user. Really painful to use.
- So many QB users are not accountants so that QB has no accounting intelligence built in is such a loss.
June 24, 2014
QB for Mac: A step in the (mostly) right direction
I help a few of my clients who have decided to use QuickBooks for Mac. We like to make sure that the clients are able to choose the version of QuickBooks that they feel the most comfortable with. I'm the only one in my team who is able to help those who want to use QuickBooks for Mac, and while the 2013 version was a major improvement over the 2012 version, I feel most comfortable with the pc version.
- It does a great job at fitting in the Apple ecosystem.
- It looks and feels user friendly for less sophisticated users.
- It's a great tool for those looking for a simple accounting solution.
- Everything seems hidden in the menus, making it difficult to find what I'm looking for.
- It doesn't run as many reports as the pc version, or if it does, it doesn't make it easy.
- Journal entries give up flexibility for interface.
June 20, 2014
QuickBooks for Mac - Great for Many Small Businesses, But Its Not the Only Program on the Block
I support QuickBooks for Mac with multiple clients and I also use it to keep the financial books for my own company. It is great for the micro to small business with basic accounting needs. It handles the usual accounting functions like bank downloads, reconciliation, invoicing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, purchase orders, estimates, job costing, and budgeting. Payroll is available via Intuit Online Payroll.
- The user interface is very "Mac-like" and yet QB for Windows users will be able to find most functions quickly, especially via the menus, as their layout is similar to the Windows version
- If your accountant and/or bookkeeper uses QuickBooks for Windows, your file can be easily passed over to them after saving it as a Windows backup. You can also import journal entries they create on the Windows version directly into your company file.
- The "Company Snapshot" function gives a great one-screen overview of your company's finances including profitability and receivable and payables.
- The inventory function works but lacks units of measure, assembly items, price levels, and current availability functions.
- The payroll imports from Intuit Online Payroll, so it is not completely integrated and provides no mechanism for assigning labor costs to jobs. You have to do your own journal entries in order to add those costs to jobs.
- There is no Accountant's version, so your accountant or bookkeeper cannot work on a copy of your file and then import changes into your company file. However, this is less of a drawback than it might sound, since the Windows implementation of this is fraught with problems as well. Just ask any accountant or bookkeeper who uses it regularly. The new facility to import journal entries from the Windows version is very nice.
- There is no SDK for developers, so there are no third-party applications available to add functionality like improved inventory, CRM, point-of-sale, etc. Does not even integrate with QuickBooks Point of Sale.
June 20, 2014
Is QuickBooks for Mac right for you?
I am a Advanced Certified QuickBooks Pro Advisor. I do not actually use QuickBooks for Mac on a daily basis for my own business. I am a bookkeeper and I support QuickBooks for Mac clients and I have several clients using various versions of QuickBooks for Mac. It has improved greatly in the last few years.
- QB for Mac allows Mac users a good accounting program without having to utilize parrallels or a virtual machine environment.
- There are not nearly as many add on applications available to the QB for Mac user. QuickBooks is a great accounting program overall but there are many things it cannot do no matter what version and that is where the add on applications come in. However the choices are quite limited in the QB for Mac universe.
- As there is no time sheet integration from the payroll program for the Mac version, if you need job costing, you must do it by utilizing what is called a zero dollar check. You unfortunately cannot push time data from payroll to invoicing like you can in the Windows version.
- Many reports in the QB for Mac version do not have the ability to show details that are available in the Windows versions. Sometimes this make finding and correcting errors more difficult.
- QB for Mac does not have the functionality of QB for Windows. Backing up and restoring files is one area that leaves a lot to be desired. The file label created automatically is not a clear cut as it is in the Windows version, and many people overwrite the wrong file and lose data.
April 18, 2016
If you want clarity in your numbers then get QuickBooks
I use QuickBooks for Mac to manage all of my finances for my personal transactions and my bookkeeper accesses it. I also use it to send checks to my contractors (staff), vendors, and for participant incentive checks.
- Create Invoices
- Track budgets and expenses
- Allow to track internal transactions
- The late updates
- Efficient support
- A few benefits or discounts
- More capabilities
June 16, 2014
Great for Mac Users!
QuickBooks for Mac is currently being used as the main financial software for several clients of mine. These are small businesses that use MAC computers for all other work, so QuickBooks for Mac is a great tool that fits within their business structures. It also helps these companies avoid using a PC or the online versions, while also giving them the comfort and ease of using a computer system they're already familiar and comfortable with using. It is used across the organizations and seems to be a winning option for their financial management of their service-based businesses.
- It has the familiar look and feel of QuickBooks for other platforms, making it an easy transition for someone not Mac-savvy.
- It is easy to install and update regularly. It is also easy to create regular backups.
- The size of the software is minimal, so hard drive space is not an issue.
- Ideally, QuickBooks for Mac would be formatted a bit more like the other desktop version for PC. There is sometimes confusion as to what windows are open/closed, etc.
- A better integration of online services would be great for QuickBooks for Mac.
June 16, 2014
Quick accounting and budget management
Quickbooks for Mac is not being used by my organization; I use it for my private practice and it makes accounting and tax management much simpler.
- Easy layout for check register
- Canned reports are the ones you'll use most often
- Can set as many user-defined income and expense categories as you need, for simple to complex budget management
- The customer option is not set up well for systems outside retail; I would love to see more flexibility in this area
- Quickbooks is not a practice management system, so it is not HIPAA-compliant
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