Overall Satisfaction with QuickBooks Desktop for Mac
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.
- I waste an incredible amount of time every upgrade restarting and catching any errors.
- I hear my accountant asking why things are like this in the Mac version? They are not, apparently, like this on PC.
- This is supposed to be a program for novice bookkeepers/owners or accountants. It continues to do the job only 6% of the time, year after year.
I only stick with it because I have used it for 30 years and have to continue as the cost to change over and learn a new system has always been prohibitive. My accountant prefers QuickBooks rather than embarking on another Mac software option.