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20030923 Tuesday September 23, 2003

Why Intuit Sucks Intuit, the maker of QuickBooks and Quicken, does not make good OS X software. Why? Because it can't read the Window's versions of its files. I bought Quicken so we could edit our Quicken files with our Macs, as we currently do with our PCs (data file is stored on Linux). To edit our Quicken files on the Mac, we have to export a QIF file from Quicken/Win and then import on Quicken/Mac. Good thing I wasted my money on a Windows version of Quicken and a Mac version - since I'll obviously only be able to use one.

Same goes for QuickBooks - if you want to edit your Windows-created QuickBooks file on a Mac, you must export/import. That just sucks! Intuit - have you ever heard of this company called Microsoft? They seemed to have no problems making their software read files created by either platform - maybe you should take a lesson from them. Posted in Mac OS X at Sep 23 2003, 05:27:11 AM MDT 8 Comments

Comments:

I totally agree. Plus, they only make the Deluxe version and the business version for Windows. On the Mac we are stuck with the stock low level version. One of the only reasons I even keep a windows machine around, which is really irritating.

Posted by Nicholas on September 23, 2003 at 11:28 AM MDT #

I too agree. I thought we could move all our personal machines to Mac, but no. And, what's worse, is that the export QIF file doesn't always import properly to Mac. I tried it. I explicitly followed all the directions on their site to deal with all the other completely lame limitations they place (like reduced size of account names, various brokerage account limitations, etc.), and upon import tons of stuff was just totally fucked up. Balances were totally wrong, etc. What a waste. What made it utterly worse was that I bought Quicken for the Mac when we bought our iBook, not realizing that all the Macs come with Quicken these days! So, it was a double slam. It's really too bad that I'm in so deep with Quicken. And, what's the alternative? MS Money, no thanks. Or maybe GNUCash. Uh, ya, I don't think so. Heh, doesn't GNU Cash seem like an oxymoron?

Posted by Chris on September 24, 2003 at 08:01 PM MDT #

Intuit sucks. They will disable the email function of my QuickBooks if I do not pay them another $80 - $100.

Posted by Steven on March 24, 2009 at 11:03 AM MDT #

Intuit sucks. They will disable the email function of my QuickBooks if I do not pay them another $80 - $100.

Posted by Steven on March 24, 2009 at 11:03 AM MDT #

We were running 2005 QuikBooks Pro ContractorsEd and had rapped up 2008 taxes, all we needed to do was burn the file to a disk and drop it off with our accountant, just before we were about to burn it to disk a little window popped up requesting to download updates from QB.... Well we did, and low and behold it said 2005 was no longer supported,.....But it doesn't stop there.... our 2008 data files were gone..... We called INTUIT, stayed on the phone for ever, so tech support could say we needed 2009 QB for $499 ... We asked were our files were, he said he didn't know, but with the new version they would be fine and would have our files back... the 2008 records were parsed or broken up and renamed... I tried ?system restore? to early version, undelete programs, it all pointed to the QB updated and the same time the down load of the update from QB, at that time all the saved data was renamed and broken into multiple files with random registry entries pointing to multiple files... all the short cuts even pointed to broken renamed registry entries...INTIUIT you can keep your big dumb ass company, overpaid pr*cks and cr*p headed techs, and piece of sh*t programs... But leave our f*cking DATA ON OUR COMPUTERS ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I do hope business like this results another failed company mainly INTUIT and all companies connected to them? Greed and control has lead some great companies and countries to where we are today?The governments protects companies that keep them stuffed too the gills with cash stolen from their clients, then the governments try to bail out those companies with $ stolen from their citizens, what a great system.. We?re the clients, the tax payers, the mules?? Go hire an accountant, it?s cheaper and easier than buying another copy of QB, also try some other great software, PEACHTREE is a good one. LET THIER SYSTEMS FAIL? Email, Post, and Don?t Buy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Brian Sim on August 18, 2009 at 08:53 AM MDT #

After using Quickbooks for 8 years I am now a fan of Peachtree. Peachtree won't let you accidentally post something in the wrong month/year. Peachtree's general ledger report is better because it used debit/credit, rather than pluses and minuses. Peachtree is just more professional. Quickbooks loads up their homepage with all kinds of links to products...very distracting. And when you compare the "free" version of each...Quickbooks has a 20 customer limit...Peachtree has no limit. In fact, Peachtree's free version of First Accounting is one of the best bargains in accounting, with more features than Quickbooks Simple Start (like Quickbooks, the free version does not contain payroll or inventory modules).

Posted by jscottu on December 11, 2009 at 08:41 PM MST #

I have had QB for about 6 years and now my data file is large and supposedly corrupt because of "improper shutdowns and stuff like that." To get my QB up to a reasonable speed I need to clean my data file for $1600. Gee thanks QB. What a deal. Peach tree here I come

Posted by mike on September 22, 2010 at 04:09 PM MDT #

Intuit does suck. They treat their employees like crap. If customers do not fill out surveys in the middle of tax season(lol) and send them back in it's a possibility that we lose our job. Fired today. Feels bad man. I'd recommend no one use their software. It is truely bad. Source: I work[ed] with their ProSeries software everyday for the past few years.

Posted by Anon Intuit Agent on March 30, 2011 at 01:24 PM MDT #

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