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Mac users and tracking cards...

Creditaddict — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:56:28 GMT

Do you use Mint, Quicken, iBank (Mac's money software)

It looks really good but I have such a hard time with most of these prgrams, I loved Mint for a while but a few of my banks won't sync up to them including Navy and that is just annoying and to me defeats the point of it!

I'm sorry MODS if you have to move, but since it's about tracking CC I was hoping maybe it would stay

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haulingthescoreup — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:58:08 GMT

I'm curious about iBank. I hadn't heard of it; my bad.

If anyone uses it, and they have USAA, and it reports and updates USAA, I'd be a happy camper!

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Creditaddict — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:07:46 GMT

@haulingthescoreup wrote:
I'm curious about iBank. I hadn't heard of it; my bad.

If anyone uses it, and they have USAA, and it reports and updates USAA, I'd be a happy camper!

HAHA, I hope you get USAA and I get Navy to work!

the review I have red on iBank basically say if you own a MAC and you like how programs are laid out on a MAC you will love iBank, it just makes sense to people over the other options (That's what I read in multiple ratings and it's only $59 at store but when looking for something else this morning I did find a Mac Version of 09' Quickbooks which is kind of expensive but if I remember correctly I didn't like it and the fact that I forgot I even owned it proves further I didn't like it!!! LOL

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RockinRay — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:16:44 GMT

So, I will go out on a limb here. I use YNAB - You Need a Budget... A different way of thinking about things and does help you control your spending. Google them for more information.

I have set up a register for checking, savings, and each credit card. I budget monies to the different catagories and spend against it. I never fall out of grace with this software. I have used Quicken, iBank, Mint, and one other that I have forgotten. I do really like YNAB.

It takes some time to get your head around their concepts, but I can tell you once you do you will never look back. Runs on Mac, Windoz, and Linux.

End of shameless plug! Haha..

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SoulMaster — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:22:26 GMT

I'm a Mac/Chrome + Android guy and I use Mint exclusively. Mint Rules!

Here's a suggestion... whenever I've had a problem with any account, I've shot an email over to their customer service team. They usually get it fixed within a couple days, even when Nevada Federal Credit Union switched to OneNevada CU, they had it covered in about 72 hours.

Before you go through the hassle of moving, you might want to send them a quickie email.

My 2 cents,

-SM

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CS800 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:26:40 GMT

BOA has a feature called portfolio and i have been using it. All my cards, checking , mortgage, car loans, even IRA and 401k accounts. Everything in front of you.

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Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:28:27 GMT

I use excel for Mac. Works for me. Liabilities on one side assets on the other. If I need to know balances on every card and account then Amex money manager is what I use.

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haulingthescoreup — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:34:36 GMT

I whined multiple times on Mint, and they could never fix it. (at least not for me)

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Smug — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:39:22 GMT

Pageonce is all I need.

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android01 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:48:45 GMT

I use Quicken for Mac. I'm pretty happy with it. It updates my accounts every day.

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Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:14:17 GMT

I have been using Mint for a while now but have heard rave reviews about Pageonce and Manilla. I might test them out for a week or two just to see which is better.

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Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:18:21 GMT

I use Mint. I think its wonderful. It even goes into my checking account at my local bank and pulls the transactions. I have never had anything else work with my local bank which is usually several years behind the large banks as far as technology goes. It also automatically categorizes transactions which is good for budgeting.

You can recategorize things and it remembers the categories. I recategorized a 5.99 "miscellaneous" transaction (ipad magazine subscription) from Paypal to the magazine category. Even though all the paypal transactions come in the same way, it will take the 5.99 transaction each month and put it in magazines while all the others stay uncategorized. I thought that was nice.

Obviously this would be a problem if you have something else come in for that exact amount, so you still need to manually check that things are in there correctly.

The iphone and ipad apps are pretty good and I spend more time with those than I do on the website.

If you have a really complex financial life (grad student with one source of income here), you might want something more full featured.

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TryN2Rebuild — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:19:18 GMT

I tried iBank also using USAA and even called USAA and they said they don't support that software and if it works once it may not work the next time. I tried the new version of Quicken for Mac and it is a total joke!! So what I have done is run Parallels for Windows on my Mac and then I installed the Widows operating system into that software which allowes me to run the new Quicken 2012 on my mac. If you have any question let me know.

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SoulMaster — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:23:15 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I have been using Mint for a while now but have heard rave reviews about Pageonce and Manilla. I might test them out for a week or two just to see which is better.

PageOnce is garbage... I hate them all day long. I have no specifics other than that they are in what I would call the 2nd tier. A great analogy would be the Discover website (Mint) vs HSBC (PageOnce).

-SM

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laz98 — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:27:26 GMT

Do all Mac users have trouble with NFCU & Mint? I have Windows & NFCU works just fine with Mint!

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LS2982 — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:34:01 GMT

@Creditaddict wrote:
Do you use Mint, Quicken, iBank (Mac's money software)

It looks really good but I have such a hard time with most of these prgrams, I loved Mint for a while but a few of my banks won't sync up to them including Navy and that is just annoying and to me defeats the point of it!

I'm sorry MODS if you have to move, but since it's about tracking CC I was hoping maybe it would stay

I tried mint and they have some kind of issue with GECRB where they're locked out. Not worth it.

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Datx — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:26:53 GMT

@laz98 wrote:
Do all Mac users have trouble with NFCU & Mint? I have Windows & NFCU works just fine with Mint!

NFCU works fine with me too on Mint. Don't think MAC users would have issues since Mint is just a web based program. I went back to PageOnce since Mint and GECRB accounts don't get along.

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Smug — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:46:53 GMT

Manillia and mint don't work well I am sticking to Pageonce as it still the best out of the bunch!

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CS800 — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:54:21 GMT

@Smug wrote:
Manillia and mint don't work well I am sticking to Pageonce as it still the best out of the bunch!

I have heard good things about Mint and Pageonce. I have to try one of them to see.

With the BOA portfolio, My Barclay card and GE cards have difficulty updating. I always have to manually re log on and refresh.

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Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:28:44 GMT

I use iBank for my personal and business finance, could not be happier with it, + iPhone / iPad app with constant syncing (if your connected to a network) = 1 Happy Camper