It’s hard to tell what’s the upgrade in this newest release. It acts and looks just like previous versions, and I’m glad they haven’t changed the look, though. I hate it when they alter things so that you have to get used to it all over again. But why was it upgraded in the first place? New OSs? Well, why should we have to pay for that? Oh, you can get your FICO score.

After several hours trying to convert data from PC to Mac format, I finally succeeded. Then, however, I tried to connect accounts online to banks, etc. Accounts came back with wildly diverging amounts and transactions from the PC version. I couldn’t understand what was going on. When I compared my PC accounts to the online versions, they matched transaction for transaction, but with the Mac version, there were discrepancies. Next, the interface is totally non-intuitive.

I’ve been using Quicken for years now. The product more or less morphs into the same thing year after year. This year, however, whenever I enter amounts into some of my accounts, I get double entries until I close the product and come back to see that the redundant entry has disappeared. It’s just an annoyance. Also, this year, I haven’t been able to sync some of my bank accounts, even with Intuit Customer Service on the line trying to help me.

I wish Intuit would make a version of this product that wasn’t so damned hard to navigate! Not just in the questions, but in the forms. Stuff is still hidden and not easily found. It does the job, sure. Thank God, it calculates correctly and gets you through things logically, but it’s after-the-fact when you want to check and/or change things when you sort of have to hunt and peck.

I love this virtual platform. It is convenient, intuitive, user-friendly, and allows me to purchase cheaper versions of certain apps (e.g. MS products) for the PC platform, rather than the Mac. Also, Quicken runs on the PC-side. The Mac version is brain-dead.

Installationnn* Requires the installation of text to speech, C++ redistribution package, and newer access database plug-in if you don’t have office 2007.n* The install package try’s to make you install Bing as the default search engine and MSN Live toolbar. GPS featuren* Requires MSN Direct subscription or you can upload custom maps via USB if your unit is supported.n* Only supports devices outside of Garmin via MSN Direct. No USB support for GPS units other than Garminn* If you own a Tom Tom and want to use Map Point without MSN Direct you are out of luck.

It took me a while to review the software due to some initial bugs that caused my Mac to stop responding and maxed out the process. However, the manufacturer released a few bug fixes that addressed the major performance issues that resulted in a much better experience. Computer Used with Dragon 5.0 for MacnnMacBook Pro Retina, early 2013, 13-inchnProcessor: 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5nRam: 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3nOperating System: Mac OS X 10.

Windows 8 takes more clicks to get around than Windows 7. It would be great if you install it on a touch screen laptop. I don’t necessarily think it’s a tablet friendly OS. I do think the changes that are in the new OS are necessary due to moving to move touch interface on all mobile devices however, until more are available I think people are going to find clicking more to get to a given application will be irritating.

I wanted to make double sided greeting cards. I have a really expensive HP color laser printer, and this package simply does not support it, so I have to do all kinds of workarounds. Is sounded really great. That was just not my experience.

I’ve used TurboTax for many, many years and never had any problems at all. It is really flexible and the submission of modified tax returns after the fact is great.