I've been using iBank for a year and a half. Despite all the promises, it is unfortunately very frustrating. The basic problem is that the features are nowhere near Quicken (2010 for Windows, what I used before).

The other issue are the bugs - with each new release, I hope that the various crashes and weirdnesses are fixed, and sometimes they are, but then so many new issues arise. One caveat, the bulk of my use and frustration with iBank is with investments, if you are more interested in cashflow type of transactions, it might be better. I feel that I send more time working round the issues with iBank, than actually being productive with it. Because of this, I've been seriously considering going back to Quicken, in a VM on Fusion. Obviously I would hate to have to do that though! I keep holding off, in case Intuit actually come out with a proper version of Quicken for the Mac, but I can't say I have much confidence in this ever happening.

So, all in all, I wouldn't recommend iBank. I had been using Quicken since 1995, upgrading ultimately to Quicken 2006 (maybe I bought one version in between). I stayed with Quicken 2006 for years, and I tried iBank when I bought a Lion laptop, but got frustrated with iBank (I continued to use Quicken 2006 on my Snow Leopard iMac). So when Quicken 2007 for Lion came out, I paid the $15 and have been happy with it. If you truly feel that you need the latest and greatest software, get something else, but for me, Quicken 2007 works, it has the bells and whistles I need, and that is enough for me. $15 is a small price to pay for what I think is pretty good software that gets the job done.

Quicken for Mac 2007 – Web Connect. Select “Web Connect” for the “Connection Type” if prompted. Change it back after the conversion is complete.

Look at PocketMoney I used Quicken 99 on my PC desktops and Pocket Quicken on my PDA for many years. When I bought an IPod 2 years ago I needed to move on and after trying a number of possibilities I settled on PocketMoney. Then when I made the move to a MBP last month I installed the Mac version of the desktop software and it's been working beautifully under Mountain Lion. You can import a QIF file from Quicken into a trial version and see for yourself. The 30 day trial is available from Catamount.com although you can buy the app from Catamount or the mac app store.

I just use the checkbook function so if you need more bells and whistles they might not all be there. Ive used Quicken 2011 on my PC. 64 or 32 bit windows downlowad for mac book pro. Data analysis excel macros.

For the last year though, I have neglected using it, as I do online banking and been lazy reconciling anything. I have a new Macbook Air, and thinking of getting an app for that (and not my windows desktop) and have been looking at Quicken Essentials. I get a lot of mixed reviews on the board here and app store on the app though. Basically I want something that will help me deduct on my taxes (category break downs, ie atm fees, cable/cell phone, etc).

Also need it to help with setting up a budget, and keeping track of my 401K info. I am not a fan of mint.com.