Mac switcher / Intuit hater question: Is there a good alternative to Quicken for the Mac? My wife just got me a new MacBook as a pre-Valentine's day present (yes, she's awesome.) There are obvious equivalents for all of the applications I have on my old desktop (running XP), except one: Quicken. I know there's a Mac version of Quicken, but from what I hear it lacks a lot of the functionality of the Windows version. I also know that I could run the Windows version via Parallels, but that doesn't appeal to me for two reasons: a) the only reason for me to install Parallels/XP would be for Quicken, which makes the whole thing rather expensive, and b) over the last few years I've come to hate Intuit with the proverbial heat of a thousand suns just as much for their product-sunsetting, privacy-invading ways as for their insecure software. (Bastards.) So Quicken in either form is right out.

What's the best budgeting/personal finance for my Intel iMac running 10.5.1? It seems that Quicken doesn't work on Intel Macs and that it has terrible reviews on Amazon. Ideally, I would like: 1) Something that I can automatically import financial information from my banks/financial institutions and track capital gains and losses/savings and credit card rates, etc 2) Something that can help tailor a budget for me, makes suggestions, etc 3) Something that is very easy to use. My natural state is disorganization I am better at organizing things that are easy to KEEP organized.

What's the best budgeting/personal finance for my Intel iMac running 10.5.1? It seems that Quicken doesn't work on Intel Macs and that it has terrible reviews on Amazon. Ideally, I would like: 1) Something that I can automatically import financial information from my banks/financial institutions and track capital gains and losses/savings and credit card rates, etc 2) Something that can help tailor a budget for me, makes suggestions, etc 3) Something that is very easy to use. My natural state is disorganization I am better at organizing things that are easy to KEEP organized.

I am looking for a good way to use my iPhone, Mac, and/or .mac account to keep track of small amounts of money that my friends and I owe each other. Any suggestions? Here's a typical scenario: Friend: Hey, let's go to this concert! Me: Sure, I'll buy the tickets and you can pay me at the show! (two weeks later, while shopping) Me: Crap, I don't have enough cash for this must-have thing Friend: Oh, I'll buy this for you now; then I'll owe you less at the show (two weeks later, at the show, trying to figure who still owes whom what) Me: ? Friend: ? This happens a lot. We're not trying to scam each other of course...we're just having a hard time keeping track of and remembering this stuff when we're out.